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Value What you Have!

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Do we thank enough for what we have? Are we content or do we keep complaining for our unfulfilled desires? Do we appreciate what we have or do we undermine our accomplishments by resenting for our wishes that couldn’t be effectuated?      

Compassion: Week 3

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The third week of our monthly feature usually entails learning from the teachings of the eminent personalities. Compassion is a widely preached topic by all religious and spiritual leaders of all times. I’ve chosen a few quotes that I personally admire. Hope these words speak to you as well! Let’s take a peek.   The … Read more

Compassion: Week 2

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“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion” – Dalai Lama

 

We’ve heard the word “compassion” too often in our lives in various forms and phrases per se:

“Be kind to others”

“Care for the feelings of others”

“Share love and benevolence”

 

Today, I want to focus on practicing compassion on a rather unheeded sect, “Self.”

I know compassion is generally construed as being kind, caring and understanding to the needs and feelings of others but do you believe a broken heart can understand the woes of others?

Well, then let’s move on to find out what exactly is meant by “Self–Compassion.”

“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” -Buddha

 

In the never-ending race of our monotonous life, we rarely empathize with ourselves. We remember to do special things for each of our family members but we forget to pamper ourselves. Let me elaborate:

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Focus: Week 4

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“Stay focused. Your start does not determine how you are going to finish” – Herman Edwards   The last day of the month brings us to the end of our month long journey of “focus”. We started the month with a poem on staying focused in week 1.   In week 2, we reiterated the … Read more

Focus: Week 3

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  Lack of direction, not lack of time is the problem. We all have twenty four hours in a day – Zig Ziglar   We have advanced towards the third week in our expedition of “Focus”. It’s time we must gather from the experience of others. Let’s explore what legendary proclaimed on the importance of … Read more

Optimism: Week 2

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We have inched towards the second week of our month long journey of optimism. If you happened to miss the week 1 post, where we talked about bringing about changes in our attitude by following the two golden rules, then you can glance it here. Hope we practiced the approach of responding to situations rather … Read more

Self-discovery: Week 2

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Hey friends We are into the second week of this journey of self-discovery, the theme for my monthly feature. In Week 1, I shared my views on what constitutes self-discovery. I also took a peek at the views of fellow bloggers and shared insights with you. Mark Twain remarked, “I can teach anybody how to … Read more

Relationships

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Relationships are quite fragile in nature. Even a trivial unpleasant word or action can disrupt our entire belief system. It takes years of love, care, bonding and sacrifices to form and sustain relationships but only a single deed of misconduct, for cracks to set in. Harsh words create a hole in the ship of relations … Read more

Follow your Dreams

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Dreams are the foundation and hope for our desired fate. They are a purpose of survival for many. But procrastination can squash your dreams. Dreaming big, in itself, is not a stupendous act. Most of us do it all the time. But to have the audacity, perseverance and fortitude to convert your vision into reality, … Read more

Equilibrium

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  Throughout our lives, we strive to achieve equilibrium in numerous forms. Balancing work and personal life; Managing our time between kids and spouse; Balancing our time between family and self; Managing our priorities; Harmonizing necessities and pleasures; We can be happy and successful as well as at peace if and only if we can … Read more