When a storm comes, it is the trees that get uprooted. Be as humble as the grass and nothing can touch you.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarRead
Material wealth does not equate to success. Equanimity and peace of mind does
Interpretation
True success is measured by inner peace rather than material possessions.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's quote emphasizes that genuine success is not found in accumulating material wealth, but rather in achieving a state of calmness and mental stability. It suggests that true fulfillment comes from within, and that equanimity and peace of mind are the ultimate indicators of success in one's life.
In practice
This quote can be used as a guiding principle in a personal development workshop.
When a storm comes, it is the trees that get uprooted. Be as humble as the grass and nothing can touch you.
If you are unhappy, even the moon irritates you, sweet things nauseate, music disturbs. When you are calm and centered inside, noise is musical, clouds are magical, rain is liquid love.
When you judge others, look at yourself - You too have flaws and the divine nature has accepted you with all your flaws. It doesn't judge you. Who are you to judge?
A child does not try to know the mother, it simply has faith in her. In the same way, having faith in the Divine is the source of the greatest strength.
A Guru is there to show you what you are. You are not different from Me. Whatever I am, that is what you are.
Diwali means to be in the present, so drop the regrets of the past and the worries of the future and live in the moment. It is a time to forget the bickering and negativities that have happened through the year. It is a time when you throw light on the wisdom you have gained and welcome a new beginning.
Once the festival achieved a certain level of notoriety, then people began to come here with agendas that were not the same as ours. We can't do anything about that. We can't control that.
The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.
The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
Thereβs nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
I've never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn't have the right attitude, didn't give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it; wasn't prepared and didn't have the whole program worked out.
We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.
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