The heart’s earnest and pure desire is always fulfilled. In my own experience I have often seen this rule verified.

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Source: An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth (1927-29), chapter 'Balasundaram'.

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A wish that is merely wanted flickers and fades, but one held with real sincerity quietly reorganizes how a person spends their days. There's nothing magical about it: undivided, honest longing steers small choices toward what it seeks until the result stops looking like coincidence.

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  • Someone who truly wants to mend a rift starts choosing calls over silence until the relationship slowly heals.
  • A person set on learning a language weaves it into commutes and meals and one day catches themselves thinking in it.
  • A volunteer whose heart is set on a cause reshapes every weekend around it until it becomes their life's work.