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Monday, July 25, 2011

TEST, TEST, TEST!

Marketing gurus say, "Test, test, test, and see how it works!" Srila Prabhupada also tested how many rounds devotees can chant every day, 64 or 32 or 16. He tested whether Gurukula will work.

Similarly, we can see what works for us. We can start small, and there is no limit to how much you can expand. The most important thing is to somehow work on developing that desire to do something.

We all want to achieve something. We are goal-achieving entities. We want to achieve something, we want to leave a legacy, we want to leave something behind us. We feel happy when we make or create something. We want to do something significant and that's not bad.

If we want to do something significant for Krsna, we should do it. Krsna has given us so much ability, and talents, and skills, and we are just not using them. We are running on 20 percent of our potential.

We should look into it and have a discussion with someone, like a friend or a coach, and see what it is that we are not using. Look around!

Krsna is offering challenges for us in different ways. We can become an expert in avoiding these challenges and justify why we are not taking on things. Taking risks is very much present in Srila Prabhupada's teachings.