Z is for zest – that unbridled passion and energy for something. I have zest for positivity in my life. As I say, I don’t need any drugs or alcohol, I am high on life and there ain’t a better high! As you must have seen a pattern in my posts, it doesn’t come easy….
Y is for You! Everything starts and ends here. There is a Shloka in Bhagvad Geeta – Akele aaye hain and akele hi jaana hai – we come to the world alone and leave it alone. It doesn’t translate that we should be alone but the fact that it is very important to think about…
X is for XO which stands for hugs and kisses in popular culture. I started researching as to how it came about. The internet has many theories – it seems X resembles lip lock and O looks like two people embracing. I cannot see it but symbolism has always been interesting. I am a big…
W is for Wisdom – wisdom of stories passed through generations, wisdom of parents’ experience and wisdom of what I have learnt as I have grown older. In Hinduism, wisdom is defined as a state of mind and soul where a person achieves liberation. Nirvana, as it is called, is reaching a place of ultimate…
V is for vulnerability – our biggest strength. Showing vulnerability is about displaying your authentic self to the world. And what can be more powerful than that? Vulnerability helps us make human connections. We can easily spot insincerity and fakeness from a mile away. By showing our authentic self to people, we easily attract positive…
U is for unique – one of its kind. In spite of our similarities as humans, we are all very different. Our uniqueness is a gift, something we learn late in life and some of us never learn. The world is so focussed on the similarities and fighting against the dissimilarities that we have somehow…
T is also for truth, trust and many other words but I chose T for transform. As I have mentioned in my past few posts, personal learning and growth are very important. They help us hit our goals and transform into whoever we want to be. My aim is to be a better version of…
R is for R.E.S.P.E.CT – the song embodies what it is all about. R-E-S-P-E-C-T – Find out what it means to me That is how I define respect. It does means admiration based in a persons’ abilities but on a day to day it is about having due regard for boundaries. Every relationship has some…
Q is for quest. My husband believes that when I was first born, my cry must be saying “Why”. I have an insatiable quest for learning. It is my motivator and something that keeps me going. My quest for knowledge makes me a voracious reader. Books are a way to travel the world without leaving…
P is for peace. While I do hope for world peace, here I am talking about inner peace. It is the most important thing in my life and the yardstick that I measure my life success. When I was young, like any other ambitious and passionate person, I went after the societal defined success of…