You Win at Life by Spending It in Joyful Love

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

Kabir seals the shabad with its clear conclusion: the soul-bride wins only if she passes her life singing the Lord's Praises. The word wins matters — life is a bit like a game (as Kabir has said elsewhere), and here's how you actually win it: not by looking proper, not by collecting compliments, but by spending your whole life in joyful love of the One. That's the real adornment, the real victory, the thing that lasts when all the outer shows have faded. For a child, the whole shabad lands on a bright and simple truth: don't spend your life performing for approval — spend it singing, delighting in what's good and holy. A life full of joyful love is a life well and truly won.