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THE CHALLENGE : PART II - 6. SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA

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24/07/2019. 6.ENJOY THE CHALLENGES OF LIFE What is this life? How should we really live it? EVERYDAY…WITHOUT FAIL… life comes with different flavours… pleasant…unpleasant…wonderful… boring…tiring…fulfilling… Life does not place choices before us. What you see is what you get. So, what can we do? TAKE one of two approaches:  Face life as it comes  Make life build your future Most Often…the challenges… overpower and overwhelm us. Unable to deal with them gracefully:  Sometimes we stumble  Often, we grumble  We also crumble… BECAUSE we lose our poise. Our attitude is faulty. Challenges should stimulate us Obstacles should challenge us Difficulties should pull out the best in us IN SHORT: challenges should get our best performance. For that, regardless…we must breeze through all challenges with a smile BUT…there is more… In facing challenges… we should not:  get exhausted  lose energy  lose humour  lose our smile  lose sight of our goal(s). INSTEAD our goals shoul...