THOUGHT FOR THE DAY as written at Prasanthi Nilayam Today
Man is the monarch of all animals. Though the elephant lives longer, the
lion is more fierce, the eagle more far-seeing, the cock more punctual in early
rising, the cow more imbued with the spirit of sacrifice and so on, human birth
alone has in it, the potentialities that can be brought out by proper culture.
You are born with a helpless lamenting cry; you should die with a smile of joy.
That is the purpose of the years between. But those years are wasted now.
People are tossed about from one want to another, one grief to another, until
they are blinded by despair and exhausted by foiled pursuits. Most illnesses
are due to this despair and exhaustion. God alone is your anchor, who will save
you from stress and storm. Do not neglect or ignore Him in your life.
BABA
