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TAKE CARE OF LITTLE THINGS by sivananda

Swami Sivananda

Little drops of water

Make the mighty ocean.

Little grains of sand

Make this beautiful land.

Little moments

Make the mighty ages.

Little pies and farthings

Make millions and crores.

Little mistakes

Little unkind acts

Will make you a devil.

Little words of love,

Little acts of kindness,

Little good thoughts

Will make you a saint.

 

PRAYER

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace,

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

Where there is injury, let me sow pardon;

Where there is doubt, let me sow faith;

Where there is despair, let me sow hope;

Where there is discord, let me sow unity;

Where there is darkness, let me sow light and

Where there is sadness, let me sow joy.

O Divine Master,

Grant that I may not seek so much

To be consoled as to console;

To be understood as to understand;

To be loved as to love;

For it is in giving that we receive

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;

And it is in dying to the little self

That we are born to eternal life.

—St. Francis of Assisi

 

 

 

WHAT THEY LIVE

If a child lives with criticism,

He learns to condemn.

If a child lives with hostility,

He learns to fight.

If a child lives with ridicule,

He learns to be shy.

If a child lives with shame,

He learns to feel guilty.

If a child lives with tolerance,

He learns to be patient.

If a child lives with encouragement,

He learns confidence.

If a child lives with praise,

He learns to appreciate.

If a child lives with fairness,

He learns justice.

If a child lives with security,

He learns to have faith.

If a child lives with approval,

He learns to like himself.

If a child lives with acceptance

and friendship, he learns

to find love in the world.

 

Jai Gurudev