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difficulty she reached the shores. This is what Krishna said: "Surrender to
me and focus only on your karma". Here
Lord Rama was watching the whole surrendering is to the cosmic balance,
scene. He was very much moved by that's why our ancestors said,
the love the little squirrel showed to 'Krishnarpanam astu' ('Let this be an
him. Picking it up on his palm he said: offering to Krishna') before doing
“Little one, your love touches my heart.” anything.
He warmly stroked the animal with his
three fingers. Since then, squirrels No task and service to Rama or Krishna
have three lines on their body. or the cosmos, however small, is
unimportant! We should never forget that
love and dedication is what matters and
not big services and show we make for
our prestige.
It has been said that something as small
as the flutter of a butterfly's wings can
ultimately cause a typhoon halfway
around the world. A butterfly flapping its
wings in one part of the world might
ultimately cause a hurricane in another
part of the world. For e.g., a butterfly
flapping its wings in Amazon jungle
might create a Tsunami in Indonesia.
(See A depressed girl and the butterfly
effect:
However small or trivial, every task is
equally important. Any project can An adult man weighing 70 kilograms has
never be completed by the main people 70 trillion cells. Just one cell multiplies
alone. They need the support of all. So, more than required, it can cause tumor
however small, an effort appears, it (malignant or not) or if cell start dying
should always be appreciated. before time, it may end up in cancer.
Our ancestors taught us through Gita The entire world is surviving because of
that every task, work or Karma should small bees. The moment bee stops
be done with dedication, determination going to flowers to collect nectar, the
and devotion. We have right to do that. plant kingdom will disappear. And that
But we don't have the right over the would be the end of life.
result. In layman's terms, every task
should be looked upon as service to When you do a work, ask yourself if you
the Lord, and his blessings will always are doing it for appreciation or doing it
be with us. out of devotion. If you are doing Karma
