Passage 8

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In plain words

Teachers from Anantapur phone him: ‘Your daughter's sugar is very high; she is unable to come to classes. What are we to do?’ they ask. When he comes to Me and grieves, I give him courage. By the second day it comes down. Her Bhakti and surrender alone are the cause of this.

Whatever you have taken hold of, you have taken hold of it indeed; stay just so until your hold prevails; whatever you have longed for, you have longed for it indeed; keep worshipping until your longing is fulfilled; whatever you have asked, you have asked it indeed; do not let go until what you asked is given; whatever you have thought of, you have thought of it indeed; do not stir until your thought is fulfilled. Unable to bear your pleading, either He must save you, or you must go on asking, forgetting your body; that is all; but to stop halfway and turn back is not the devotee's vow.

With Bhakti and faith as firm as that, she lives her life. At times the blood in her body runs low and she becomes very weak. Even in that condition she keeps doing a great deal of work. This is true Bhakti. Making steady faith alone her support, she leads her life. She is first in her studies, first in her work. First in everything. That is why she was given the ‘All Rounder Gold Medal’.