Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my heart, why not stay mindful of the Merciful One? What else is there to turn to?
You can run all over the whole world, but in the end, only what the One does comes to be.
Dhanna opens with a gentle question to his own heart: why not stay conscious of the Merciful One? Where else would you even turn? And the settling truth: you may run around the whole universe, but only what the Creator does comes to pass. We spend so much energy running — scrambling, worrying, trying to control everything — when in the end, things unfold by a wisdom larger than ours. This isn't a call to do nothing; it's an invitation to rest from the exhausting belief that it all depends on our frantic effort. For a child, it's a calming reframe: you can stop running around anxiously trying to control everything, and instead stay mindful of the kind One who is actually holding it all. The shabad is about to prove, with beautiful examples, just how well that One provides.
What's the difference between anxiously trying to control everything and trusting that things are cared for?
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