Growing

Published on May 25, 2010

Me in Sedona as the sun set. Photo taken by my Hansel, of course!

Growing is the most important and essential endeavor that a human being can undertake. You can make and lose money; you can be promoted and demoted in the world. Never, at any stage, is there any certainty about what will happen to you in this life. However, there is one thing that nobody can ever take away from you–the growth you attain through your own search for Self-knowledge. Furthermore, this growth and understanding become the foundation that sustains you through any and all worldly difficulties, and that allows you–whatever the form of your physical experience–to find in life a continuously unbroken flow of total well-being.

—Swami Chetanananda from the book Yoga Gems