The greater the effort, the more self-serving the result. Love is an action, not an effort. We are told to take our instruction in how not to make an effort from field flowers.
Tag Archives: results
Contentment
Life cannot give me what I need while I chase after what I want. What comes to me unbidden, unanticipated, is the precondition to contentment. Contentment is not an achievement. Not a result.
Quietly delighted
A man I know tells me that he has resigned from the results committee. This is a recommended action. The Gita puts it plainly: “Take no thought for the fruits of your actions.”
Best practice
The meaning of work lies not in some hoped-for result or reward but in the work itself.
Work has no purpose. It’s not for me or for you or for anything. It’s for itself.
Our best work happens when it’s not a means to something else.
Results
Guy: “I’m totally results-oriented.”
Gita: “Take no thought for results.”
Men's Work 