Salok Mehlaa 9, Salok 39 — whatever pleases the One comes to pass
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
People make many efforts to find comfort; no one makes an effort to find pain.
Nanak says: listen, O my mind, whatever pleases the One is what comes to pass.
We try hard to be happy, but some things are not ours to control.
jatan bahut sukh kay kee-ay — people make many efforts for comfort and joy. dukh ko kee-o na ko-ay — no one works to get pain. Yet hard days still come. har bhaavai so ho-ay — whatever pleases the One comes to pass. This is Hukam, the order and flow of life.
Think of planning a picnic, and then it rains. You cannot stop the rain. Fighting it only spoils the day. Accepting it lets you find a new plan.
What is something outside your control that you have been fighting? Could you let the river be a river?
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