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I caught myself  having this thought some time in January... aaand behold! I have never found myself in a ceaseless turmoil than recently, thankfully they are not grave. Just annoying because they happen really fast and I feel they hit me on my blindspot. As I slowly chew and digest them, I need to remind myself to stay calm and accept that I cannot solve them, even making sense out of them needs time. What I've noticed though, is that when I inject improvements in my life, no matter how small it is, the other aspects fall into their proper places.  This time, more than I can remember, I'm deliberate on how I respond to life - tough! Even after, what I like to think, calculated evaluation of the choices, I still doubt the decisions I've made - like a terrible episode of buyer's remorse, I am learning to live with them. Because as Alan Watts said:  "everything could've been anything else, and it will have just as much meaning. " Another consolation ...

Belated Happy New Year!

Mid Feb and a lot has happened, things are coming in waves... (I wrote this draft last week, and held publishing it. Aaand as of this writing more waves have came in) Start of the year was wonderfully eventful, family duties and then there was India, that I couldn't find time to share my well wishes for 2017. Looking back, 2016 was pretty swell! I did a lot of the things I said I was going to do and there were lots of surprises!  I’m in awe at how my 2016 panned out, faithful to the intentions and their specific manifestations. So now, I’m giving life to my 2017 intentions. Basically, in the grander scheme of things, 2017's intent is identical to last year’s.  I’ve written my 2017 specifics and am working towards realizing them, because it has been said - nothing comes free, especially not the good stuff (or something like that), and I will not allow no less than good in my life. And so... Though a month and a half delayed, have an awe-inspiring 2017 all! I wis...