Never get too much excited in happiness that you forgot your actual goal

It is mentioned in Srimad Bhagwad Gita (2.14), one should tolerate happiness and distress both as sometimes tolerating distress is very much easy compare to happiness.

There was a king he was very much devoted to Lord Vishnu and before doing his prescribed duty he always pray to Lord Vishnu and always remember Vishnu while performing his daily activities.

Day was passing one day he became father of a son and he was very happy. When he retire from his daily activities and his son comes in his lap he forgot his whole tiredness.

His attachment towards his son was increasing on daily basis and slowly-slowly he started going away from Lord Vishnu and he was feeling so much happy.

One day when his son was playing near by his courtyard a poisonous snake bit his son and he immediately died. After hearing this king started lamenting on his son's death and after 2-3 days he fall sick due to hunger and thirst.

One day he prayed to Lord Vishnu, My dear Lord I know it is my mistake in excitement of happiness I forgot to remember you and now I am realizing how fool I am.

I learned a lesson, one should never get so excited during happiness that you lose focus of the goal of your life. And the goal of a human life is to please Lord Vishnu or His incarnations and if one failed to do so his all achievements i.e. wealth, health, beauty, name and fame goes into vain.

And a wise person never take this risk to compromise his actual goal for little happiness.

Sometimes, we also keep our daily sadhana aside and participate in joy and happiness with others but one should remember this joy and happiness are temporary and our sadhana towards Lord is eternal. And if one is compromising his eternal thing with temporary is considered to be a great fool.

Hare Krishna!

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