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Finding the Light

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Ever felt like standing in the middle of a never ending tunnel? Or walking a never ending path that has no end or exit? Treading through the dark and hoping to find light coming from outside? Unsure of the fact that whether you will make it to the end or not? Unaware whether the direction you have chosen is right or wrong? Will it take you towards or away from your goal?

The question now is what to do in such situation? Keep trying or give up? Giving up definitely is the easiest option but is at the cost of your survival.  On the other hand if you choose to keep walking there is a clear 50% chance of succeeding, definitely combined with a 50% chance of not reaching the right end.

But look at the scenario from a different angle. If you succeed … Hurrah! ….. But in case you were not lucky enough to choose the right direction you will still get a chance to enjoy, learn and discover things along your way. Who knows that maybe something exciting is waiting along the corner for you to discover it? Maybe it’s a new way of getting out of the tunnel or a shortcut to the right end that you will come to discover along the journey? The bottom line is that you have to move. In whatever situation you are or at whatever point you are standing inside the tunnel you need to move ahead because movement is life.

At the end everyone wants to reach the goal but remember that as soon as you will reach it you will suddenly discover that what actually mattered was how you travelled the path to it. In the end your attitude, reaction or behaviour towards; the various phases of your journey, the ups and downs you encountered, the dangers you faced, the challenges and obstacles you conquered, the emotions you felt and the people you came across, will in actual determine your success. Not the achievement of goal alone.

Start working on your path today so that is worth it in the end. Get out of your comfort zone and start making things happen. Stand up for things that really matter to you and start loving and giving a little more. Keep focus on your goal but do not miss the bigger picture around you and keep working on your path as the path is your life of today.

At whatever point in life you feel trapped inside the tunnel, remember to just keep moving on and cherishing  each and every moment along the way.

You will definitely find the light ……

The Return to Innocence

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Sometimes I think we, the humans, are amazing creatures. How we have transformed from the wild ‘cave man’ of yester years to the man of today; cultured, civilized and sophisticated, is amazing.

The man from the caves now lives in houses that are built according to the highest standards of quality construction, elegance and sophistication. The man who used to eat raw food on the go with his bare hands would have never imagined at that time that in the later years he would be served with the most processed and aesthetically pleasing food on his plate. Accompanied by the most brilliant cutlery and assortments to satisfy his pallet. He had no connections with the people living in other parts of the world and was just limited to his own family and tribe. In fact no device to keep him entertained and connected. I wonder how he used spent the whole day without them. Poor lonely soul spent his day without any text or voice chat and had no social media site to share his ideas on. How boring life must have been.

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Thank God I am in the world of today; Cultured, Civilized, Satisfied, Healthy, Entertained, Connected, Protected and Social human being. I am so happy to have what I have. Am I happy?

Am I really cultured and civilized? Yes, I think I am. Today I know how to carry myself perfectly in the best manners of elegance and sophistication unlike the wild man I once was. But yes, I am ignorant or maybe not interested in learning about others or their needs or my role in the society. Yes, I am cultured. I do wear the most expensive linens and silks to cover my body unlike dressing myself in leaves. But yes, I do not care if other humans can even afford to barely cover themselves. Yes, I am civilized and I know how to talk in the most sophisticated manners and languages of the world. But yes, I am totally unaware of the basic language of love that in actual connects all humans who can speak or not.

Am I satisfied with the abundance and variety of food on my table? Yes, I can have the world’s most exotic dishes ever discovered by man; unlike the raw food my ancestors used to eat. In fact I have the world’s most refined tasting food to satisfy my pallet. But yes, the food I am having is so highly processed that it has no nutrition value and I understand that it is making me sick day by day.

Am I entertained? Yes, that’s the best part for being present in today. Media keeps me engaged and I can enjoy 24/7. But yes, today at the cost of entertainment, watching a million dollar block buster movie in cinema or TV, all I have to give away is just one and a half hour of my time which I earlier utilized to enjoy the small things in life that mattered the most. Am I connected? Yes, I love the way I am connected through technology to my old friends and family. After all humans are social animals and their basic need is to connect and share. But yes, in spite of being connected, I feel lonely and as if something is missing in my life. I guess it’s because I am not present in my present. I am physically sitting right in between my family but I am not connected with them. In fact I am connected to people who live in the other part of the world.

I feel protected. Do I? Yes, in addition to all the advancements man made, he has significantly grown when it comes to his protection.  Today man has the most sophisticated weapons to get rid of any life form he feels threatened from. But yes, I am not protected because man is using these weapons against his own kind.

Who are we and where are we going? None of the advancements I have mentioned above have proven that we are better as humans then the cave man was. In fact I think today we are more ignorant and savage then the earlier cave man. In fact I think we are the savages, not them.

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Still asking why? Well because:  We hunt humans, we knowingly eat the food that makes us sick, we do not value family, we do not express others or understand emotions, we are ignorant to the needs of others, we do not speak the language everybody can understand, and we do not believe in equality and respect others on the basis of how powerful they are. We are savages….

Today we need to learn who we were. Listen to our heart and instincts of nature and return to our basics – Return to innocence.

 

The Masterpiece You Are

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Ever wondered about the time when you were new to this world? With tiny hands and feet, you were helpless and the two things you knew at the time were sleeping or crying. You already knew how to take milk and get comfortable as soon as your mother held you in her arms. Even at that time, you had a unique fingerprint, an identity that did not match anyone else in the whole world. You had a unique genetic code that determined the distinguished combination of characters you possessed. Yes, you were a masterpiece of God. A masterpiece on your own!

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The series of miracles did not end here. Throughout the time when you were growing, you were amazing. How fluently you uttered your first word? How intelligently your brain mapped the path you used to guide your food from the plate into your mouth, never deviating even once? You surprised everyone when one day you stood up suddenly from the crawling position and started to walk. With every growing stage in your life, you proved that you could do wonders. Intelligence, imagination, creativity, potential, memory, curiosity, questioning, experiencing, feeling and creating are all the miracles you had, the miracles that were left unseen. Yes, human is a Masterpiece of God and you, my friend, are a Masterpiece.

If you are broken, tired, cheated, mistreated, wrinkled, depressed, not understood by the world or have any other feelings that are weighing you down, then you have definitely forgotten the fact that ‘you were once a masterpiece and you still are’. You are unique. You were born with a mind that has its unique way of thinking. You developed your own understanding of the environment around you according to your circumstances. You have no limitations of mind and there are no boundaries to your imagination. No one can calculate or limit your intelligence and control your imagination/creativity. You have a unique set of feelings, emotions and way of dealing with the world that no one else can ever achieve or copy. Yes my friend, you are unique. You are a Masterpiece.

Grab the steering wheel of our life today; extend to your full potential and discover your purpose and identity. Remember not to copy anyone; instead become the best version of yourself. Believe in miracles because you were once a miracle and you still are one. Stand up today and repeat in your heart: I am a Masterpiece, I am unique, I am who I am, I am happy with what I am and I am a Masterpiece.

 

[Note: This post is especially dedicated to my friends who have forgotten who they are. love you all :)]