Reactivate Yourself

                                              Expectations From Myself                                                                            Photo-Shifaaz Shamoon (Unsplash) Expectation , a conviction that often is a run on the future, may or may not be realistic. A less beneficial result gives rise to the emotion of displeasure. If something positive / negative happens that is not at all expected, it is a surprise. From times immemorial ‘Expectation’ as an emotion has been and will be a permanent fixture of all phases of our being. Right from the early toddler days till our end, expectations keep growing based on our thinking paradigms. Our hope and anticipations generally starts from hunger, toys, candies, good grades in examinations, attraction to opposite sex, good professional education and job, settled family life, earning lot of money, travelling overseas, good health etc. Name anything and our mind shifts focus to have it. Whether as an individual/ group, there is no end t

                          Rust Beyond Rest                                                                          Photo -Saksham Gangwar(Unsplash) “If you rest, you rust” was coined by Helen Hayes nick named "First Lady of American Theatre" .   Taking a cue from the quote, I feel before moving forward, it is essential to understand the larger picture of what and why of ‘Rest vs. Rust’. What is that we are loo king for in moving ahead and what are we prepared to sacrifice? No doubt there may be occasions when inspiration a nd enthusiasm depletes on being tired or facing obstacles etc. It therefore may make our perseverance complicated.   This is the crucial phase of our crusade and decides the future course of action.   Surging from the comfort zone of ‘resting and nesting’ is sacrificing extra leisure time and material comfort. It is do it now or never and go beyond the imaginary boundaries of limitations. We need to learn from disciplined animals like dogs, bulls an

 

                                Re- energize                                                           As We Age                                                               Photo Credit-What’s up   It is rightly said 'so long as one continues to be amazed, one can delay ageing’. According to Zen practices, a true mind does not get attached to youth or old age and there is no expectation from either state.  Remember birds sitting on a tree are never scared of the branch breaking, because their trust is never on the branch but on their own wings so continue with self-belief. Every day is a symbol of rebirth so forget all yesterday’s bad moments and make most of what you have to the fullest. This is the time to be around people who may or may not be our near and dear ones but who appreciate, support and feel gracious and sociable towards us.   I have rarely heard people talking about trees ageing. We all say that trees are growing. No matter tree might start bending yet we feel it i

                                     Emotional Striptease                                                               Image Credit-@Strip Club Quotes From times immemorial emotions have been a permanent facet of our being. Like the heart beat , emotions sprout the moment a child is born and become part and parcel of  his life . We generally hear in casual conversations that “so and so has no emotions.” “Her mother in-law is often emotionally cruel”. Time and again we are told to control emotions. Oh! Gosh I wish it was as simple as a walk in the Mall. Well honestly, we have to live with them whether these are positive or negative. Although as we become mature, start a job, we gradually learn to hide these under some pretense. Whenever I am in a pensive mood, my children tell me-“Oh come on Papa don’t be emotional”. I often tell them that ‘We Walk with emotions…Eat with emotions…and Sleep with emotions’. These are behavioral inputs formed through our senses which get converted in to t