Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Good times and hard times, owning things and losing them — it's all just passing weather.
So I try not to get too wrapped up in any of it.
Ravi Daas puts the ups and downs of fortune in perspective: prosperity and adversity, property and wealth are just Maya — passing things, like changing weather. And so Your servant is not engrossed in them — he doesn't let himself get too wrapped up in either the good times or the hard ones, because he knows they pass. This isn't coldness or not caring; it's the steadiness of someone who's found something that doesn't change (the One's love) and so isn't thrown up and down by every gain and loss. For a child, it's a grounding wisdom: good times and hard times both come and go, like weather — so enjoy the good lightly, endure the hard patiently, and don't let either one define you or toss you around. Keep your feet on the steady ground of what lasts.
How does remembering that both good and hard times pass help you stay steady through them?
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