You need to be both serious and playful.

Bad Antogast

December 31, 2022

In life, you need to be both serious and playful. When you are serious you gain wisdom, and when you are playful you use wisdom. Playfulness is not the same as frivolity. Without seriousness, your playfulness is meaningless. Imagine that time is like a river flowing in front of you. It is not always possible to watch from the shore. You will also have to jump and go with the flow, but when a flood occurs, know that you have a shore to rest on. Wisdom lies in knowing when to do what. Wisdom also lies in recognizing how much time you are wasting and moving forward consciously so as not to waste too much. When you fail, ignore it, don't take it seriously, life is a game, be playful. When you succeed, be serious and grateful for everything that got you there. It is difficult to do both, but it is a living wisdom - a balance that is needed.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji