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Soul Sustenance 12-08-2012
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Crossing Negative Circumstances/Situations (Part 1)
There are periods of life in which it seems to us that there is someone or something
who gets in the way of our path. Circumstances, instead of going in our favor, go
against us. They are barriers that make it difficult for us to reach our objectives;
they are interruptions that prevent us from feeling satisfied; they are situations
that seem to reduce our feelings of success.
When we find ourselves with these scenes that appear to block our progress towards
the aims and objectives that we have set out for ourselves, we tend to have negative
thoughts; we feel anger and rage, or we feel sad and unenthusiastic, as if we don't
have the strength to either overcome or transform the situation. Rather it is the
situation that overcomes or overpowers us and leaves us exhausted. Some people are
not prepared for this to happen and put all their strength into fighting the situation.
They do so with feelings of anger, revenge and injustice. Often it becomes a process
that wastes their energies and leaves them exhausted, without achieving a true solution.
It is possible to live through situations without them causing such an emotional
energy loss. That does not mean that we become cold and insensitive to what happens
around us. It is a question of living through situations without drowning into them.
If we drown ourselves in them we won't be able to help others or ourselves.
We will be lost, like the shipwrecked, at the mercy of the waves, the tides and
the winds. We will have lost the control of the steering wheel of our ship – our
life.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
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Message for the day 12-08-2012
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Words that do not give courage are waste.
Expression: When someone is facing a problem, if the words are not those
that give courage to the one facing the problem, then such words are wasted. There
would be no use of speaking such words. In fact, to speak such words is to discourage
the other person further. So when attention is paid to speak only those words that
are for the benefit of all there is a positive and a powerful impact on others.
Experience: Even when I keep attention on a simple thing like speaking only
positive words, or words that bring benefit to others, I find myself having only
powerful thoughts and words. I am neither discouraged by others' behaviour nor will
I ever discourage others. I continue to have faith in others and allow this faith
to colour my words and actions. So I find that there is benefit in whatever I speak.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris