In India there is a festival called Shivaratri, Shiva's Night, popular especially among devotees of Shiva. Shiva stays awake 364 nights of the year looking after us, but on this last night we tell him tenderly that we will be selfless so that he can rest in peace. . . . Since the Lord has toiled so long for us, it is not unreasonable for us to try to follow his personal example of selfless living.

Eknath Easwaran, The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living: Volume 1