My stories, My way
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…
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…
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…
J will always be for joy for me! Joy is that elated feeling, the unencumbered happiness that makes all your senses go fully alive. Experiencing sheer joy is a kind of meditation. You feel alive, in touch with your being and close to your spiritual self. In one of my favourite movies, Zindagi Na Milegi…
When I started looking for words with I, there were so many that crossed my mind, starting with “I”. I toyed between Inspiration, ideation, intelligence, intimacy but settled on information especially in today’s time when understanding it is more critical than ever. The dictionary meaning of Information is “facts provided”. In this day and age,…
F is for forgiveness. It has taken me years to train myself to practice forgiveness. I was never the one to hold a grudge but things hurt me and linger in my psyche. I have slowly learnt it is an unnecessary weight to carry and the only person who suffers is you. So over the…