A popular proverb is “Show Me Your Friends and I will Show You Your Future.” The people with whom we associate plays an important role in shaping our thoughts and our life.

"the boy asked wryly / 'Where can I put my foot now? / There isn't anywhere left to go somehow?'"

Srila Prabhupada explains that if you offer your sincere prayer into the hand of Sri Radha, she will recommend you to Him, saying, “this devotee is better than me, please accept her!

"In chanting you want to be so absorbed that you touch Krishna, that you touch the spiritual world and that when you have completed your chanting you will have a Krishna conscious fragrance or influence around …

"Slow down, breathe and peer deeper into the mystery of the everyday."

We are members of an institution meant for giving compassion to others, but are we each individually acting with compassion in our personal dealings?

"The boat of your lotus feet / Will get me across the ocean of life some day. / No matter come what may / In my heart you will stay...."

What chances am I missing? What opportunities am I throwing away by being casual, unthinking, lazy?

Just as the unexpected revealed Arjuna’s character, and by the Gita’s guidance, took him toward healthy choices, Gita wisdom can guide us wisely when we too encounter the unexpected.