Once we realise that there is so much to be grateful for, it dawns on us that our job is to serve our fellow beings. Ask not what others can do for you, ask what you can do for others. This attitude of service is what brings unimaginable joy to our lives.
Even if our daily actions are just the same, getting up, commuting, working, spending time with family or playing a sport, our joy is vastly enhanced by the sense of service. Asking others ‘how I may help, what I could do for you, or suggesting we are all in this together to lift an individual’s spirits’ brings joy.
When the mind is thus calmed, intellect awakens. Intellect is the discrimination between right and wrong action. This is a critical faculty. At each moment in life, we are faced with a choice. What we choose determines what will happen to us. To spend or to save, to eat junk or healthy food, to associate with this person or that, each decision impacts our future. When each decision is taken wisely, we can face our problems confidently. We make enlightened choices by studying Vedanta, knowledge of life and living.
