Never submit your cheerfulness and light-hearted nature to a frivolous outlook.

शमथ। Samatha

When work and accomplishments get into your nerves, you forget the simplicity of life. You
occupy every waking moment with worries and anxieties which find their way into your sleep
too. This makes your mind eager to take flights of fantasy.

You begin to think that not taking anything with the due respect they command is the way to
freedom. This looks like the easy way out, and in fact may be quite enjoyable for a little while, so
much so that you get hooked on to this inane attitude. Little by little your life takes an infantile
course making you disparage anything and anyone who come into contact with you.

It does not take much intelligence to know that the result of this attitude is disastrous, but as
with any addiction frivolousness destroys intelligence. You begin to think that the universe is
centred around you and it needs your approval to do anything. Anything in nature becomes
valuable only if you give those their due respect. Frivolousness does just the opposite of it.
Diamond, in the hands of such people, turns into a mere stone.

You cannot keep worries away by not taking up any responsibilities. Treat everything and
everyone with due respect not by merely saying so, but in action. Your heart will be greatly
delighted, and each and everything will transform themselves to be valuable for you.

Feel Blessed
Swastham Shantam Sampurnam