Every day is a new beginning. Treat it that way. Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be.
New Beginnings have this amazing butterfly effect on me. On focusing on New Beginnings in January, I couldn’t help but think of how the turn of this date from 2010 to 2011 is so so new. It is, in all ways a new year, a new chance, a new experience, a new Beginning…which holds potential to so much more. Continue reading
“Dreams are like stars…you may never touch them, but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny.”
Claire from United Kingdom asks a very intriguing question this week, which I will attempt to answer.
Her question: Do I follow my fate or can I change my own destiny? Whats the difference between fate and destiny?
My Answer: One of the primary tasks we all face is deciding whether to follow the path fate has in store for us or working on manifesting our potential and living up to our destiny. Continue reading
“I fed my ego, but not my soul.” ~Yakov Smirnoff
When the ego recedes from our lives, we have space for the other to exist. A way of loosening the grip of the ego is the ability to recognize that others have a right to existence too.
This seems self-evident, but to the ego, only the self matters. For instance, on my recent trip to Mumbai, I traveled by the local train. When you enter a crowded suburban train in Mumbai, and dozens stream in along with you, pushing past with scant ceremony, it is hard to accept that they have as much right to get into the train as you do and that they are justified in disregarding your precious self. Continue reading
Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it’s breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You’ll see the sun come shining through for you Continue reading
Most days when you’re so tied up in those mundane activities of life, you tend to overlook the moments that make life beautiful and actually worth living. We constantly complain when the week ends or the month ends or the year ends… Where did it go? It went by so quickly! It’s this realization that creeps in just for a minuscule second, and you ask yourself, “What do I have to remember this week, month, or year gone by?” Continue reading
Todays fast paced world leaves all of us wanting more. By the time your day ends, you are exhausted and crave a certain familiar warmth. If only to just sit and watch TV with or have dinner with. Failing to have this, there are many who have gone into a state of self prescribed depression. A state of loneliness.
