We are always getting ready to live but never living. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson When one moment comes, other is gone already. For this simple moment, look how much fuss we create! How much violence, ambition, struggle, conflict, anger, hatred, just for this small moment! You are traveling through this world and waiting to unlock […]
You can have a plastered smile on your face, all day long. You can reply “Good” when someone asks, “how are you?” You can display your disguised world on Instagram. Deep down, you know this is not you. On the outside, you can show the world ‘how perfect you are.’ But on the inside, you […]
Getting charmed by the numbers in the form of material or people is a normal behavior. It takes a mindful thought and hence a shift of perspective “Don’t be quantitative.” It is about the quality, not quantity. You cannot accumulate life and measure it in a quantity. The happiness can’t be measured, neither the love nor […]
The idea of perfection is over-rated. Having ‘All or Nothing’ mentality is setting you for an endless chaos of emotions. Labelling things in extreme such as success or failure takes away the perspective from a beautiful dimension; the journey itself. There is always a struggle hidden in every success and a lesson in every failure. Our strengths […]
Life can be simple, but then you encounter a ‘fear of being judged by others.’ Making little decisions such as how you look, how you speak, what you talk about, what you post online (etc.) and even your day-to-day life is governed by fear of being judged. What a pity! Have you ever imagined a […]
All of us occasionally reach a point when “enough is enough.” At that point, you start feeling suffocated and start carrying a blank stare in your eyes while moving towards a breakdown. You are seeking advice and therapies in the hope of fixing yourself, but breakdowns are not easily fixable. What if I tell you […]
You can always find a distraction if you’re looking for one. ~ Tom Kite We all know that time is precious, yet it is easy to be distracted whether it is by phone, social media, news, online shopping, gossip and so on. Your productivity is becoming a victim of your distractions. These distractions are not […]
While you are looking at the mirror, the mirror is looking at you. What you see in the mirror is not only a reflection of your physical self but also your state of mind. Often you are watching the mirror with the intention of finding faults and with a hope of not having any. When your […]
The sales of anti-depressants are skyrocketing these days. In spite of having more comforts than our ancestors used to have, we are still struggling to find happiness in our lives. Accumulation of wealth is not filling our voids but putting more holes of confusion in our minds. Many successful business models are based on human […]
This is an ancient Zen story based on master Lao Tzu’s teachings, and I would love to share the greatness of it with my readers. It is said that an old follower of Lao Tzu who was 90 years old, was pulling water from the well with his young son. Master Confucius happened to pass […]
