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