Delayed gratification and gratitude

Re:Delayed gratification and gratitude by yunusabd on Monday March 09, 2020 @03:07PM (#22528602)

To the list of interjections you could add the Chinese "盡人事，聽天命" (do what's humanly possible and leave the rest to God's/heaven's will) or "順其自然" (let things go their natural way).

"Que sera, sera" or "what will be, will be" also works.

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Re:Delayed gratification and gratitude by gauravjain13 on Monday March 09, 2020 @08:57PM (#22531666)

And the Gita’s – “You have the right to work; not the fruits of your work.”

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Re:Delayed gratification and gratitude by Topolomancer on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @03:52AM (#22533546)

Thanks, this a great quote! I added it as well. Do you happen to have an original source for this? I would love to see how it looks in Sanskrit.

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Re:Delayed gratification and gratitude by reltuk on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @06:57AM (#22534403)

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन

Transliteration:

karmaṇy-evādhikāras te mā phaleṣhu kadāchana

You can read more here: https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/2/verse/47

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Re:Delayed gratification and gratitude by Topolomancer on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @03:51AM (#22533537)

Thanks, these are great---I added them!

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