My dad was absolutely correct, but not just about spelling. The same idea applies to virtually everything. In my work, for example, it’s not critical that I’m an expert editor as long as I know my own weaknesses and limitation. I can hire someone to fill in where I’m weak. Similarly, I’m not a great coordinator for putting together all the details of a public lecture. No problem. I can hire someone who is. It’s always smarter to do this and, in the long run, it’s almost always less expensive and more profitable. The only time there would be a problem is if I didn’t know that I wasn’t good at something or if I was unwilling to admit it.
Chances are you’re probably really good at certain things and really bad at others. So what? Why should you frustrate yourself? This doesn’t mean you can’t learn new skills or improve existing ones. It merely suggests that you spend the bulk of your time doing whatever you are good at and is most important to your success.
It’s easy to get bogged down and defeated doing tasks you aren’t very good at.
Generally when we are in the material world, we try to be prosperous by material opulence.
Just like a common man tries to have a good house, a good wife, a good property, good social prestige,
and this way, go on increasing the bodily concept of life, and possess more and more in relationship
to the body.
This is unfortunate. All living entities beginning from Brahma down to an ant,
everyone is trying to increase such materialistic way of happy life without knowing that
any amount of material comforts of life cannot make the spiritual living entities happy.
Therefore, when a living entity becomes very serious to become really happy and
gets into touch with Krishna Consciousness by the Grace of Krishna and the Spiritual Master,
that is the beginning of his fortunate life.
And the more one becomes advanced in that fortunate way of life, the more he becomes happier and happier.
This is the difference between fortunate and unfortunate.
The beginning of contact with Krishna Consciousness is the beginning of good fortune.
That some people may come and others may not, this is also due to association.
Suppose a man accidentally comes in contact with our society and gives some service
willingly or unwillingly,
that is the beginning of his fortunate life.
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