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Reading Time: 2 minutesAt the end of the day, what you choose to say YES and NO to and what you decide to do indicates when and where you spend your time. When you think that TIME is outside of you and controlling you, you will have a hard time ever having enough of it.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAll of us deal with challenges that come our way on a daily basis.
Many of these are simply the demands of everyday life. And whether we like it or not, many of these are due to factors which are beyond our control. Infact, much of what happens to us in life is beyond our control.
Despite our best intentions and efforts, things go wrong- relationships fail, our loved ones die, we develop health problems, financial issues crop up. No matter how much we try to avoid it, pain follows us everywhere. Pain is indeed an integral part of our human existence.
Reading Time: 4 minutesKnowing where you want to go is the first and most important step in getting there. However for too many of us, we are so “busy”, we often do not stop to question whether we are travelling in the right direction.
If we are not really clear on what we stand for, what we want from life, we may end up filling our life with what is mundane and the unimportant.
Reading Time: 5 minutesTime is our most precious commodity. However, many of us go through life feeling starved of it. Many people I interact with personally and professionally struggle daily and feel that that they do not have enough time in the world to get things done.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe often overlook the fact that what affects one is bound to affect us all even if we are on the other side of the earth. Also, as human beings we are hardwired to naturally live our lives wanting to connect with others, to be loved and to belong. Indeed, we are hardwired for connection. It is what gives us our lives meaning and purpose and makes us feel safe and secure.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe are taught in schools about intelligence and knowledge. But we are rarely taught about the type of intelligence that we need to develop to navigate through life and connect with other human beings in the most effective manner- emotional intelligence. This is an extremely important skill that is often overlooked.
Reading Time: 5 minutesBeing kind to yourself is much more than stopping self judgement. It involves actively comforting yourself like you would a dear friend. It means that you allow yourself to create some space and stay with your pain when it arises and ask yourself “It is difficult for me right now. How can I help and care for myself at this moment?”
Reading Time: 5 minutesOur fast paced lives do not allow us to slow down and relish the pleasures of every day life. It is not conducive to noticing and enjoying the simple joys that are present in our lives only if we pay attention to them. Also, it is really easy to think nowadays in terms of – Who am I to enjoy when others are suffering?
Reading Time: 7 minutesAs we all prepare to resume some kind of “normalcy” post these two months of lockdown, our future is fuzzier than ever. All we really know for sure is that many things will have changed when we reopen, some forever.