A devotee, not very serious, if any impediment comes upon him, he gives up his service, ‘I can’t do it, I just cannot, it’s too difficult, I cannot do it. May be some other day, but not today.’ If there is a little disturbance in health, if people are not treating you with honor and respect, if the weather conditions are not pleasing to your senses, we think, ‘how can anyone expect me to do my service in these conditions of life? Too much disturbance.’ But a sincere devotee, he will tolerate any type of condition, he will tolerate happiness and distress, honor and dishonor, pleasure and pain, and what does it mean - that he is tolerant, it means he will go on with his service; he will go on with his service to the Lord, he will go on with his service to humanity.
