by winston » Thu Dec 19, 2019 8:14 am
What should be our attitude when we do our work and receive its fruits?
When work is undertaken with an egoistic attitude, impelled by selfish motives and inspired by hopes of self-advancement, it feeds greed and pride, envy and hatred.
Then, it fastens the bond and fosters the feeling of attachment to more profitable work. It promotes ingratitude to those who lent their hands and brains, and to the Divine Himself who endowed the person with the urge and the skill.
"I did it", one declares when the work succeeds and say "Others spoiled it" when it fails.
Resentment, depression and despair follow when the work results in failure. The more deeply one is attached to the fruits, the more intense and painful is one's grief when one is disappointed.
The only means therefore, to escape from both pride and pain, is to leave the result to the Will of the Divine, while one is happy in the thought that one has done one's duty with all the dedication and care that one is capable of.
- Divine Discourse Sep 10, 1984.
Transform work into worship, and worship into wisdom.
Source: radiosai.org
It's all about "how much you made when you were right" & "how little you lost when you were wrong"