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Work on the kind of work that you like. Do not force yourself. It does not matter what you study. You know, sometimes young people have certain visions. "Oh, I want to study this," they say, with a lot of interest. Very greedily, they begin to study, but slowly, slowly they lose that interest. Somehow they pass the examination, but the love is lost. And now you ask, "Must I work like this?" You must not. Work on something different; therefore, you will develop more talents. Many people have very high educational qualifications and professions. Finally, they become something like a babysitter. How beautiful. There was one doctor who had a lot of stress. He had a friend who is a psychologist. The friend said, "I think you should, for one year, work as a babysitter. You will be happy." And that was a truly effective anti-stress therapy. So, follow your inner feelings—what you would like to do. And if you do not know, then go for a one- or two-year holiday. Do not worry; your parents have a lot of money. And you have the birthright to have that money. Sooner or later, Father, Mother, either you give it to me now, or I have to take it through the testament. So, go for two or three years somewhere and relax. See the beauty of the world and its people. And think over what you would like to do, and then do it. Maybe you would like to learn astrology. Maybe you would like to learn acupressure. You may like to be a yoga teacher. Or you would like to be a physiotherapist. Or you would like to learn music or painting. New talents are awakening within you. Many people who study music do not want to play anymore. There was a lot of love to learn music from childhood. They passed the examination, and now they were beginning to teach. Every day, the same put, put, and every day it was the same thing. And every day they had to repeat it to the little children. Suddenly, one day, you say, "Come home. Put your instrument in the temple." And do something else. Remember from yesterday: He who gave the beak will give the food. God takes upon Himself the destiny of the devotees. So it is said: sajjanā, itanā dījī, jisme kuṭumb samāy — "Lord, give me that much that I can feed my family. I do not remain hungry, and whoever comes to my door does not go hungry. That's enough." Work more spiritually; try. When you do not know what to do, then go inside yourself. Whenever you are scared, when you do not see the way out, pray. Mahātmā Gandhījī said, "Physically, I can fast, but mentally I cannot fast. My mental tonic, my mental tonic, is my prayer." Whenever there was some hard decision that had to be made—on the bank of the river Sabarmati, in his ashram, you will see there is still a little platform. He would face towards the east, where the river is flowing, and he would withdraw himself there. And there he would again receive an answer, intuitions, energy. Then he would come and write in his diary, and he accomplished things that many of us could not do. Therefore, the answer is within you. We may make a mistake out of ignorance, out of weakness, out of temptations, out of certain circumstances, but finally we have to make ourselves clear within us. Parents can give you birth, parents can give you money, but parents cannot give you your destiny. And you are the one who has to face that destiny. Many times, the waves of destiny push you from here to there, like a boat on the beach. Every wave comes and pushes the boat in another direction. With life it is like this with us: we are like a boat on the waves, and fate tosses us about as waves toss a boat. We are like that little boat that receives a slap from fate. But one day one great wave will come and carry us to the shore. Then it will be boring, so again you want to come back in. So come and go—we are the observer. This soul, this jīvā, this jīvātmā, is tired. It has traveled around the entire universe. There was one great saint, his name Sūradāsa. He was blind by birth, but very great. And Kṛṣṇa appeared many times to him. When Sūradāsa was singing bhajans, Kṛṣṇa was sitting and listening. That's right. Sūradāsa said, "My lord, I am that bird sitting on the big ferry in the middle of the ocean. Many times, I decide to fly away. After flying some hundred kilometers, I do not see anywhere to land. You know, oceans are thousands of kilometers wide. Often, I think about the ocean. We take off with an aeroplane from Los Angeles and land in 12 or 13 hours in Auckland, Wellington, in Auckland, New Zealand, landing near the ocean, 50 meters from the ocean, and taking off also just 50 meters from the ocean. All the time, there's ocean. Up sky, down ocean, neither left nor right, nothing visible. Time to time, some island comes: Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, but ocean, Lord. I am that bird on that ferry. Often I want to run away from you, but I cannot find any shelter, my Lord. Finally, you are my shelter again. Again, that bird flies to the ferry and sits there and has a rest." The children run away here and there and finally come to the mother. Similarly, we all bhaktas, we are bhaktas of God, bhaktas are Gurudevī. Sometimes, some destiny wind blows us away, and we are searching for some other shelter, beautiful. Nowhere, and that bird cannot sit on the water. And if it tries to land on the water, then it can land twice: the first time and the last time. There is a fish waiting. Look, you have another shelter inside. So, therefore, Lord, me us jahāzkā pakṣī hūm. I am the bird of that ferry. Jsem jako ten pták na lodi. Udne kī kośiś karta hūm̐, lekin kāj sarn nahīm̐ miltā he. So I try to fly away. I do not get a shelter again, I come back. You are my shelter, Lord, in the entire universe, and your greatness is that you never refuse me. That is the greatness of God. That ferry will never say to this bird, "The..." The bird will say, "Where will I go, my lord?" Therefore, it is said: "Guru, give me your grace." Give me your love. Guru, give me your grace. In.