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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Angad Kaur

Prayer for the Day with Angad Kaur

Good Morning.

Yesterday I was talking with a good friend after reading magazine interviews in which people mentioned they start or end the day writing a gratitude list.

My friend is a Buddhist and shared an approach to the secret to happiness - enjoying what we have in this present moment, which is considered gratitude training. And that being grateful turns us from a state of lacking or needing to a state of inner prosperity.

I shared with him how Sikhs often refer to 鈥渄ukh鈥� and 鈥渟ukh鈥�. Simply described, 鈥渄ukh鈥� is pain and 鈥渟ukh鈥� is happiness. Both are part of life.

Our conversation also brought to mind 鈥淐hardi Kala鈥� - loosely described as having a 鈥減ositive, buoyant and optimistic鈥� attitude to life and the future.

Chardi Kala involves accepting what is happening in this moment and choosing to find upliftment within it, however difficult the situation might be.

In the past two years, when my friend and I have regularly met up, I鈥檝e shared a lot about troubles and challenges I鈥檝e been encountering and feeling overwhelmed by problems needing to be solved. Yesterday, through our conversation about gratitude, it brought me to look at these past few years through a different lens. I can see there鈥檚 been so many personal upgrades and new skills learnt, like how a rock becomes a diamond when put under pressure.

It is my prayer that we can live in a daily state of gratitude for all we receive, as it鈥檚 happening in the moment, not in hindsight, free from the mind鈥檚 measuring of it being good or bad, and instead trust we are always being given what is needed to enrich our life and have a prosperous future.

Sat Naam

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