Cc Madhya 17.128-185

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Expectation is the mother of disappointment. If we can be appreciative of what we have in every moment, instead of being expectant of one thing or another.. Right now, we can appreciate everything. It's possible to appreciate everything, veritably. We live in the middle of an ocean of miracles. The very fact that we're alive—we can perceive things, we can use our tongue to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.

I saw a little chipmunk this morning when I was walking out on the driveway, and one of those little berries had fallen down from the tree and got smashed on the ground, and he was down there licking it with his tongue, and I could see his tongue. And I thought, 'Chipmunk tongue: it's pretty small, but he's getting a taste from that little berry goo on the ground.' And I was thinking, 'I'm glad I don't have a chipmunk tongue, because all he can do is taste a nut or a berry, but I can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.' That's a miracle.

Something that Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākur points out: there are all kinds of tongues in the world. The human tongue is the only one that can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. So, if we just start where we are, Kṛṣṇa says that sve sve ′dhikaˉre yaˉ niṣṭhaˉ sa guṇaḥ parikıˉrtitaḥ (SB 11.20.26): appreciate what you have right now. Don't worry about the future, and progress will come in due course of time.

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