Satsang Thought for the day

"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of
courage; be strong."
"Back in 1911 a stuntman named Bobby Leach went
over Niagara Falls in a specially designed steel drum—
and lived to tell about it.

"Although he suffered minor injuries, he survived
because he recognized the tremendous dangers
involved in the feat, and he had done everything he
could to protect himself from harm. Several years
later, while walking down a street in New Zealand,
Bobby slipped on an orange peel, fell, and badly
fractured his leg. He was taken to a hospital where
he died of complications from that fall. He received
a greater injury walking down the street than he
sustained in going over Niagara Falls . He was not
prepared for danger in what he assumed to be a safe
situation."2
I've visited Niagara Falls several times and have
never ceased to marvel at their breath-taking beauty
and the incredible power of the millions of gallons of
water rushing over the falls every second. I've been
extremely careful to view the falls from a very secure
position. If you stood in an unsafe place, one slip and
you'd be gone.

When it comes to life's temptations, we're very much
aware of and are careful to avoid the ones that "roar
around us like the rushing waters of Niagara ." But like
Bobby slipped on an orange peel, it is extremely easy
for us to ignore the seemingly "little" temptations that
slip up on us silently but don't appear to carry any
threat. However, a little drink here, a tiny taste of a
drug there, a small gamble now and then, a tiny
indulgence in lust, a quick look at a pornographic
website ... can lure us and ever so slowly, little by little,
draw us closer to the edge ... and we wake up and
discover to our dismay that we have slipped over the
line into an addiction that has us hopelessly trapped.
No wonder the Scriptures warn us to be on our guard
... and "If you think you are standing firm, be careful
that you don't fall!"3.

May the Merciful Sri Sai Baba always shower
His grace on us and our families and remove
our problems and anxieties by giving us all -
strength , goodluck, success and happiness
with peace of mind.
Sai bhakt,
Deepa H