Sometimes we get so disturbed by the past that the clock stops- "on 12 Dec 1937 I..."- and we still remeber what happened! Ha, forget what happened! Who cares what happened! First of all accept that whatever happened maybe due to our past karma, that it was due to us. Now we are finished...no, we start again, start fresh, start positive and build up something good. Then the future is bright, the future is what you make it; the past is not making the future- the past is gone- dead and gone! What are you making of the future? You can make something of it. It's up to us...Krsna consciousness takes more than just determination; determination means that, "Okay, I will do!" Okay we will do it but it takes more than that; you also have to do something. You have to spend time with devotees and you have to do things in devotional service. You have to make an endevour...Yes, you have to chant 16 rounds- 16 good rounds-not 16 normal rounds! That's an endeavour. So like that we make an endeavour in spiritual life then we can become very successful...
(HH KKS, Phoenix RY '07, SA )
