It’s a part of life, a part of all our transcendental journeys on earth. Sometimes it’s countries waging wars, sometimes it’s our loved ones we are at loggerheads with and more often than not it’s within us. Look back at your life and you would find that mostly it’s been your inner peace which has been missing. Something we guarded and cherished as kids but have forgotten to prioritise while adulting. Like a kid always defends her choices and does what her heart tells her to do, if we start listening to our inner voice, we would be far less disappointed in ourselves. And once you have poured enough into your own cup, pouring into others becomes a way of life.
Category: self growth
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Is everything gold?
Do you think you are or should be perfect? Personally or professionally you have got it all sorted? Really?
Embrace the change Firstly do you have to? Nay, we don’t need to be picture perfect, after all we are humans and to err is human. So give yourself some breather to err and lower those cortisol levels!
Secondly if you whine that things around you are changing fast and that bothers you, think about it again. Would life be exciting if there were no change, no day or night, no seasons and no weekends? Nay, the moment you feel you got it all sorted, the equations mutate and thus you are entering the next round of the game of life! And trust me everything cannot be gold; if it seems then it’s an illusion my friend 😊
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Power of Visualization
Ever tried visualizing yourself in the future? How would you look, feel and what would you do x years down the line? What would you be chasing then and what your family members would be doing?
Stepping into one’s own shoes I started thinking about how it would be the next 2-3 years, seemed too close to execution – the feeling where you start feeling underprepared for an upcoming examination. So I thought how 5 years from now would look and still got lost in the details. The goldilocks number for me was 10. A decade was perfectly ‘far yet imaginable’ for me.
Manifestation is a powerful tool. We can get thrilled thinking of what the future holds and we may get sad knowing what we may lose in the way. Either ways, try it and I bet you won’t see your present self the same way again.
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To ‘younger’ me
A decade wiser, older, more experienced and all of that. Yet there isn’t much that I can pass onto you in the matters of love and life.
All I can say is that you can learn from my experiences, my mistakes. My lessons learned could be your guardrails when in doubt. Not that I have a handbook but after all ‘what not to do’ is better than being in the dark and hurting in the toe.
Do listen to your gut feeling. Do weigh in your happiness but without burning bridges. Do let love score higher than ego. Do give second chances. Do stay kind, especially to yourself.
Do not try to keep everyone happy. Do not fall into the trap of societal clocks. Do not blindly go by the orthodox barometer of success. Do not be outrageous but keep courage in your heart and logic in your mind.
May you laugh, love, live and light up the lives of all those you touch upon. Amen 🙏
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Legacy of strength
Strength to stay true to your words.
Strength to stick around your main characters.
Strength to stand by, through thick and thin.
Strength to get up from a fall.
Strength to abide by your decisions.
Strength to keep the vows you took, silently.
Strength to love without attachment and give without expectations.
Strength to face the past, dream the future and live the present.
May the strength be with you 🖖
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Solitude
I was raised to know solitude as a bad thing. The thing which makes you unhappy, makes others look down upon you and gets you stereotyped as an outcast.
Stars don’t need company As a grown adult with a full time job and a kid to raise, I now realize solitude is golden. It is the calming factor which helps me stay grounded in reality. It is good as I can hear my own voice and go through my own thoughts to bring clarity and peace in my life.
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Need for speed
Speed is the new mantra these days; whether at work or in personal life, the thrill of doing (& dismissing) at a faster pace is desirable.
There is speed networking to get to greater efficiencies in socializing. Then there is speed dating as relationships also get fast forwarded unlike millennials who spent years with one person. There also exists speed consuming i.e., watching Netflix at 1.5x as it’s too slow or videos at 2x to shortlist the best suited hack you are looking for.
Sip, slow. I wonder if we have something more to blame than our shortened attention spans. Maybe it’s a supply demand issue, as plentiful is also a vain thing!
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Emotions are us!
We blame a lot of stuff on our emotions – they made me eat, get angry and spoil the day etc etc. What if we came to know thay motions aren’t external to us. They are creations of our own brain. Emotions are guesses made by our mind in congruence with our experience and knowledge of the past.
Manifesting With this new bit of information, I am hopeful that I can generate emotions I want. And be aware to not generate the ones I don’t want. Which means feeling sad about broken past is in my hands. And so is turning the table around to see the same situation from a different lens. I can get objective about it, find my rationale to now feel calm that I learned a lesson from the past and I am grateful for it.
Now that you know it, go own it! & this could be your super power too.
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The art of chilling
Not the freezing that the Earth’s polar cause! And no, most certainly not, am I referring to being lazy, tardy and careless. But staying calm in the eye of a storm, attaining a level of zen and developing an attitude that balances care-concern with discern towards one’s inner peace.
Putting up your feet Do not mistaken it as a sign of weakness, being aimless or suggesting to put up your feet all times. But more like mimicking a duck, paddling furiously beneath the surface but staying poised to the outside chaos. It can do wonders to minimize the anger and frustration which arises due to friction with other humans – leading to a path of joyous harmony and invaluable health.
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Extra baggage
“Extra baggage welcome, at a cost” says the Airport signpost. & I wonder doesn’t that apply elsewhere too. If you carry extra, you gotta pay elsewhere.
Carry your past and you pay with guilt. Carry shame and you pay with remorse. Carry a yardstick for success and pay by yearning to live by its standard. Carry what others think of you and you can never be your true self.
Life’s a mixed bouquet Chasing happiness as per other people’s expectations or by peer pressure is like a dog trying to catch his tail. A futile effort leading to little more than momentary satisfaction.
Being yourself, holding your stead and being comfortable in your own skin, thoughts and pace of life is a tough, sometimes lonely but fulfilling journey.
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