Élan Vital.

So you are now to complete the chapter'15 and will be all set to fill the pages of chapter'16 of the book called 'life.' The New Year is a gift. A gift from life and not everyone is privileged enough to receive such gifts like a whole new set of fresh experiences. So before anything else, this New Year should be filled with gratitude. Be thankful for the smallest and biggest of everything you receive, for the pleasing and even the hideous moments. The New Year is the time when you have to let go of everything which no longer grows you and seek happiness elsewhere. Instead of dwelling on to what's gone, welcome the what's to come with an open heart. The New Year is the push you needed to try out that activity you always wanted to and showcasing your inner talent. The New Year is the time when you surround yourself with people who inspire you and bring out the best in you. Do away with every negativity which hinders your growth. The New Year is the time wh

Triumph Over Fear.  Once there lived two brothers, Faith and Fear. They resided in the precarious mind. Often they would fight on frivolous issues, and Faith was defeated everytime. Faith started losing faith in himself, fear would always manage to score by quashing the truth.  Their altercation went on for days, the mind struggled. The agitation was so vigorous that the mind was about to witness it's walls getting shattered, when Faith clammed up. Fear had won, as always, and Faith looked haggard.  Faith was a fireball. That's what Soul, his mother used to call him. His thoughts were filled with nostalgia, of how Soul used to comfort him and used to tell me him to never give up, for Faith is that spark which could ignite the fire of life. At that moment, this appeared a canard to him. But Faith being Faith, there prevailed some faith that the faith he had in him would be enough for Faith's success.  Faith woke up with the sight of what looked a mirage to his tir

"The pleasure which we rarely experience gives us greatest delight."  How often do we take out a moment to genuinely feel the moment? Are we wasting this moment waiting for a moment which to us will be 'the moment?' The way this sounds complicated, same is with our life. We all are in such a haste in acquiring the bigger joys of life that all this while we have been missing out on the little joys of life. A lot of times, our psyche is concealed so deep in the walls of curse, blessing can't find a way inside. We take everything for granted, which leads us to a miserable, vacuous and a gloomy life. Dale Carnegie once said, "One of the most tragic thing I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our window today."  It's high time we start making this moment count and start collecting the fragments of h

As humans, we are inclined towards judging things, people and events around us. Free will and the ability to choose is the part of what makes a human human. It helps us understand people and make decisions on a conscious and a subconscious level.  Being judgmental is necessary. There could be a million diverse opinions about something, but some of them may conclude as a deleterious aftermath. We often fail to realise that sometimes even the smallest of opinions are big enough to cause wreckage just because we are unacquainted with the whole story!  What I believe is that, REPLACE JUDGEMENT WITH CURIOSITY. Rather than being so quick to judge and categorize, we should keep in mind that the opinions which we have formed can turn out to be delusive. Each one of us is unique in some way. Each one of us has something unusual inside us. Don't let that criticism bring you down. You are much more than those opinions about you. None of us has reached the pinnacle of perfection.  C

There are days you feel you are losing out on yourself. You feel bizarre. You feel the fibres of your being are dilapidating, inch by inch, atom by atom. You are so anxious about being content that only what you can feel is the befuddling hollowness. It's perpetual. We have to acquire the actuality of life being a bittersweet peregrination. There are going to be days where desolation feels comforting and bewildering altogether. Ecstasy isn't always at one's disposal. On days like this don't be oblivious. Everything won't seem adequate in a jiffy. Feel it but don't judge the moment. Your thoughts sometimes can make you unfathomable. Let go in a consideration of your soul being refined anon. When the conclusion seems obscure, you have to look for that little faith you know you have inside yourself that is going to guide you to that mindfulness afresh. That hollowness is going to fade away. You have to grasp the beauty of being vacuous for you to reconci