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The sad part of being sick is that you are bedridden. Your smell & taste sense takes a toss. Your brain gets crowded with many thoughts, good or bad. You start craving for people whom you love and like around you.
Last but not least, you start behaving like a kid seeking all the attention.
There are so many things I can be thankful for. I am alive as one. The other is that I still have control over my consciousness.
The world we are living in gives us all the ingredients to get lost or get into FOMO. With age, we will realize that our sanity and the company of a chosen few matters.
The sooner we distinguish our needs & wants, we will start living without worrying about finances. The loved ones will accept us for who we are, not because of our car or bank balance.
Your health. What you put in your mouth, who you meet, and what you think should matter to you.
Your poop speaks a lot about your health. I am not kidding. I am serious. The emergence of research in the gut microbiome domain makes it more evident. I remember reading – 10% Human and Guts. Both books impart the same information. All these years of understanding myself more, my choice of food, and my daily habits resulted in a better life.
These books mention how our human body has bacteria and many other organisms. It also mentions some of these bacteria are building blocks and shape us into who we are. They help with every stage of our life, including mood, health, and longevity.
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Haven’t Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism mentioned these since their inception? Our science is finally catching up with religion.
Every passing year has things to teach us. The world is connected more than before. We survived COVID. We are at war now. Many lives will be lost. But for most in the world, life will continue passing by.
I have my list of how the year passed. Many things progressed in my personal and professional life. With age, I feel more and more content with everything in life.
In the end, we live in our thoughts. Everything outside, from wealth, relationships, or accomplishments, is secondary. The sooner we accept it. Nothing much will matter to us.
We have nothing to review besides how we think, observe, and feel about ourselves and how we live in our thoughts.
Our life gives us opportunities. It is upon us how to cease and make use of it. We don’t have to play a victim card because of our sexuality, caste, looks, or nationality.
People who made a difference in this world have come out from all the dogmas and gone against all odds. Be it Ambedkar, Gandhi, Mandela, or Martin Luther.
I find our society has turned more into a victim mindset rather than a doer mindset.
Our civilization would have never flourished on the victim card.
What is the secret of happiness? I keep getting asked. My simple reply is to be grateful for whatever we have in life.
We can see life as half full, half empty, or being thankful that we have a glass with options.
Most of us humans thrive on love, affection, and care. Once we have it, everything becomes an add-on.
We have so many things to complain about. Our wants are endless, and so much to regret. The monkey mind has conditioned us to think about negatives.
A few thrive because they collect all little positive moments in life, keep them in their safe, and cherish them. They are more happy and less in pain and misery. We need to seek within. Observe us and our thoughts before going out and saving the world.
We are running and chasing our checklist. It is never ending. We have too much to do. This journey of life eludes us from little things. The little joys of shipping tea and enjoying the monsoon rains. The morning crawling of birds or late night howling of foxes. There are many millions other things.
We prioritise task list above the little joy of not doing anything. Just reading, spending whole day in a blanket and enjoying the winter.
It’s end of year and we should slow down a bit, relax and be thankful about things that happened to us this year. At the same time we should let go, forgive others we hurt us.
We don’t have to be scared about making a choice in life. It totally depends on us. Our lives are moments and every second we breathe. At every moment we are picking and choosing. We shop, we choose, we eat again, we go choose. The judgment and indulgence is all ours.
We have to be responsible for our actions. We can not just blame the world for our inactions loaded with thought leadership.
I don’t know if it is experience or maturity that imbibes clarity in us. Our guiding principle that keeps us going in life. The world we are living in has options all around us, be it personal or professional life of ours.
To live a virtuous life requires clarity on what we want, what we don’t want. It requires what is acceptable to us and what is not. Our clarity towards life keeps us going. It ensures we are not under the bus.
Our life on this planet is limited. We have to be super careful in guarding every minute of it.
Believe in yourself, work hard, and keep a positive mindset. Rest everything will happen as much as we deserve.
We can’t color ourselves red, seeing others. We don’t have to compare our success with others. We all have our destiny and journey of life.
We humans tend to overcomplicate our lives with competitive animal instincts.