The Vedas advocate us to sacrifice

everything, and through sacrifice we

would be able to have vision of the Divine
within. The creation and its maintenance
depends only on sacrifice. If there is no
sacrifice, there will be no life, and the
society will not remain intact. Even from
a worldly perspective, if we do not give
out the breath that we take in, we cannot
live. If blood is not constantly flowing
from one place to another every instant,
we cannot live. Unless the clouds give up
the water they have gathered, they
cannot remain as clouds. That is why it is
said, what you cannot get by your
knowledge and effort can be got by
sacrifice. If we think that something is
good and welcome it, some bad too may
come in the process. That which gives you
happiness when it comes will also cause
sorrow when it goes away from you.
Whether it is the good or the bad, we
have to sacrifice continuously.(Summer
Showers in Brindavan, 1974, Vol 1, Ch 2.)
SSSB