Eknath Easwaran's Commentary
When everything you do is to please the Lord, your life is very simple. It is not that you don’t face complicated problems; everyday life is likely to bring challenges, but you have learned to face them without inner turmoil. You are no longer interested in pleasing yourself or in pleasing anybody else in particular; you want only to please God.
Putting others first is an area in which the mind can often play tricks on us. Interestingly enough, often when we believe we are thinking of others and putting their needs first, we are really just trying to please – which means we are really thinking about ourselves. When we truly are putting others first, we cannot but feel at peace with ourselves.
The Thought for the Day is today's entry from Eknath Easwaran's Words to Live By.