How can we be confident about our ability to do a service without becoming proud?
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Thank you So how do we have confidence How can we ensure confidence Yeah I mean confidence to do some service But at the same time you don’t want pride To make a certain decision So how do we do that Yes there are two different things here First is that There is There is a belief that Krishna has given Ten thousand years to the human And Acknowledging something which he has given That is not Pride If the focus is on Krishna That this is Krishna who has given this to me Then actually rather than pride We do all that The focus can be We all have certain gifts Certain talents Some of the talents can be immediately apparent Some talents we have to explore Whatever it is To look at our talents And look at whatever abilities we have And to acknowledge them As Krishna gives to us That will lead to pride That will lead to gratitude And that Acknowledging whatever we have That’s what brings confidence So for example If you are able to speak fluently That’s ability Now if you look at others They will think I am superior to them They can’t think I can speak fluently But if they start looking at others as Krishna The focus is on Krishna This is something I can change With others See pride comes When our vision is on the world Not on Krishna When our vision is on the world If we see that I have something more than others I become proud And if I see that others have something more than me Then I become inferior In both cases The problem is We are just focusing on ourselves and others But instead if we focus on ourselves And Krishna Then Our awareness about other people Does not lead to pride And rather It gives confidence to Krishna So what we have Is God’s gift to us What we become Is our gift to God What we become Is our gift to God I have such a gift By using that I become a good speaker I share Krishna’s message And that is my offering to Krishna So this way If we keep it Not between us and the world But between us and Krishna Then awareness of our abilities Rather than interfering with our devotion Can enhance our devotion Can assist in our bhakti By giving us tangible means By which we can perform bhakti So seeing that Krishna has given us abilities That can give us confidence And it’s not that somebody has to have Extraordinary abilities Even ordinary abilities That can also lead to substantial contributions So Seeing the manifestation of gifts Can help us to have confidence Without conflicting with others