14 October 2014 - QA 9

My dear Gurudev, I want to dedicate many more hours a day to The Art of Living but I have kids and I need to be with them as well. What should I do?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You know, do not think kids are a hindrance. There are many who have had small babies and have still been doing tremendous work. We have many teachers who have very small children and still they are working.
Janice is one such example. She has done so much even when she had two little kids. And there is another teacher of ours in Poland, she had three little ones, and with the kids she would teach a hundred or two hundred people.
So we should not think that we cannot do something because of kids. You should definitely not neglect them, you have to take care of them. Give attention to kids, but at the same time, if you have an intention to do something for the society, you can do it. Keep some time for it.