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Summary of Question: | Burden |
Category: | Other |
Date Posted: | Monday, 2/14/2005 9:57 AM MST |
P.S. You guys are doing a great job, keep it up. Thanks alot
(REPLY) Sat Nam. How cruel to be told that you are a burden! I'm so sorry to hear this. All I can say is that you must be a very strong, and a very special divine soul to have to go through this mental torture! One of the hardest lessons in life is to value and honor ourselves NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE TELLS US! And that includes even your mother, I'm sorry to say. Just remember that God put you here on Earth, breathes in you, gave you a physical body and a mind and emotions to experience His creation and hopefully make it a better place for your having lived and breathed on it. You have a right to be happy, yes you do! One of the keys to being happy, is to forget about yourself (and quite worrying about what your parents or anybody else thinks) and find some way to serve others. Study something in school that will prepare you for a career that enables you to serve others and help others. Marrying is not a bad thing, if you can make life happy for your husband and your children! You would know to always encourage your children, and make them feel good about themselves, because you know how bad it feels to be constantly "put down." I don't know why your mother is so mean, but that is her problem, it is her karma. Please pray for her, and bless her, and send her love in your prayers, but don't "cater" to her. You are a valuable human being, remember always, ANG SANG WAHE GURU is true! God is in every cell, every molecule, every atom of your being. You must honor that. Can you read Gurumukhi? I hope you do. Especially the recitation of Jaap Sahib, by Guru Gobind Singh is excellent for building self-esteem. But even in English, it is really valuable. Don't let anyone make you fell bad about yourself! Actually a very wise woman, Eleanor Roosevelt, said that no one can make you feel bad about yourself, unless you permit them to do it! She was an unattractive woman physically, she had an unpleasant raspy voice, but she did wonderful work for America and for its people, because she cared about other people. You can do the same. May God and Guru bless you to experience the beautiful soul within you, and live in joy and happiness. SP