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Namaste

 

 

" Real service is born out of love and dedication. To serve with dedication

can be compared to a circle, for a circle has no beginning or end. Love doesn't

have a beginning or end either. Love exists for love's sake only. Love has

no expectations. "

Amma

 

 

 

" My children, life is meant not only for winners, but for losers as well.

Usually people think and speak only about their successes and their

achievements. But to gain any real, lasting achievement, we need to pay more

attention

to and think about our failures as well. We like to take the credit for our

achievements, thinking that they are due to our efficiency and our abilities,

while we blame our co-workers and others for our failures.

It is human nature to claim that others are responsible for our failures,

saying that had they only heeded our advice, everything would have been all

right. All this is due to us having the wrong attitude about failure.

The very fact that a person has met with failure proves that he has taken up

a challenge, that he has been adventurous. Any action provides a challenge.

Learning to drive, climbing a mountain, writing an examination, going deep-sea

fishing or even for a toddler to learn how to walk is a challenge. In every

task there is a certain amount of adventure involved. Whenever a task is

undertaken, success and failure follow like a shadow. So sometimes we succeed

and

other times we fail.

We shouldn't be afraid of failure. If we are afraid, we will never be able to

succeed, we won't gain anything out of life. That is why we should encourage

and support the losers as well. We encourage someone in order to inspire

them and to remove their fear of failure. In sports and games, the loser is

often given a consolation prize, which is meant to encourage them.

Encouragement

is beneficial in every way.

The world belongs to the vanquished as well as the victor. Knowing this, we

should be forgiving and bear with those who fail. We should give them every

opportunity to try again. To be patient and forgiving is like applying grease

to an engine. Patience and forgiveness encourage a person to move forward with

renewed strength. The effect of our forbearance is like the power of

gravity, which, though invisible, is experienced by everyone. Let us give those

who

have failed every opportunity to try again and again. Don't write anyone off

just because he or she may have failed once for that would be an even bigger

failure on our part. Opportunities should be available not only for the

triumphant, but also for the fallen. Nowadays only the victors are given

recognition, while the losers are often ridiculed. But instead of ridiculing

the

losers, we should encourage them. People are enthusiastic only if they are

given

the encouragement they need.

Life is meant for the courageous and adventurous, not for those who are

pessimistic or afraid of failure. The greatest failure in life is to expect

victory in every single situation. Spirituality teaches us this principle. Only

when we live with this understanding is any new creation possible. By new

creation Amma means giving birth to a new, really positive generation. "

Amma

Aum Amriteswaryai Namaha

marci

 

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