SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 6 Text 17
yuktahara-viharasya
yukta-cestasya karmasu
yukta-svapnavabodha sya
yogo bhavati duhkha-ha

yukta--regulated; ahara--eating; viharasya--recreati on; yukta--regulated; cestasya--of one who works for maintenance; karmasu--in discharging duties; yukta--regulated; svapna-avabodhasya- -sleep and wakefulness; yogah--practice of yoga; bhavati--becomes; duhkha-ha--diminish ing pains.

TRANSLATION

He who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation and work can mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga system.

JOURNAL:

Srila Prabhupada in his purport writes; As far as work is concerned, a Krsna conscious person does not do anything which is not connected with Krsna's interest, and thus his work is always regulated and is untainted by sense gratification.

I travel from job site to job site. Some weeks I don't have any work and others I work fifty plus hours. This week I'm helping a company that needs me on swing shifts. My last site was all day shifts. So, to be regulated, I make sure that each and every day I do my japa, read a little from Krishna conscious literature, and write in this blog. At work I chant to myself and carry an MP3 player that has bhajans and lectures on it. In an attempt to stay disconnected from the fruits of my labor I let my wife handle the finances.

And every time I get a call to go to work I thank the good Lord for the blessing!