There are two kinds of happenings:
Preyas, those that we like (those that we dislike are in the same category)
and Shreyas, those that are useful and hence needed for our spiritual advancement.
Most people spend a large part of time, energy and resources on the first kind
and have very little left for the second kind.
The Preyas kind give fleeting pleasure and leave behind ever lasting misery and confusion.
The Shreyas kind have the reverse effect; short time difficulties leading to clarity of purpose and chidanand (Bliss).
What would you choose?
Ganoba
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Manliness consists in making circumstances subserve to ourselves. Those who will not heed themselves perish. To understand this principle is not to be impatient, not to reproach fate, not to blame others. He who understands the doctrine of self-help blames himself for failure.
Mahatma Gandhi, 1936
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