Once I visited the ex-president of a country at his home on his invitation. He had retired just a couple of days back at the time. When I reached, he asked his waiter to bring some beverages for all of us present there, but the waiter got a bit delayed in getting them. The ex-president took it personally and said to me, ‘Look, Gurudev. When I was president, he followed my orders immediately. Now, he doesn’t respect my words.’ I just smiled and told him, ‘It is all in your own mind.’

The happiness that comes from talent or skills that you develop, or the positions you hold in society, stays only for some time. Unless you realise who you are, long-term happiness remains a far-fetched reality.

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