Blog - Until some months back, this B did not exist in my life. But now that it is there, I cannot imagine my life without my Blog. It has possibly been one of the best things to have happened to me. Now, my blog helps me to follow my passion of writing and has become a wonderful outlet for my creativity. But more importantly, the blog has changed the way I perceive and look at things.....there is an added interest in everything I see or do...because there is always a potential blog post in everything that is happening around me. Not only that, when my family and friends read my blog posts and then send me messages or call me to tell me their opinion on the post or how it had an impact on them...it makes me feel good....not only because my work has been appreciated but also because that brings the person that much more closer to me. So, in a way, my blog has improved my relationship with my family and friends....I am a much more richer person because of it.
Books - I love to read.....nowadays due to lack of time, most of the reading happens over the Internet...news, articles, other blogs....but what I really love to read is a book. I travelled on a flight recently and the travel time was about 4 and a half hours. I had picked up a book to read on the flight and after many years, I actually read a book from start to finish in one sitting. Growing up, books were my companions during many a hot vacation summer afternoons when it would be too hot to step out of the house. And my passion for reading was such that once I started reading a good book I would not be able to put it down even carrying it with me on to the dinner table many a times....and promptly being yelled at by my Mom for that...very nostalgic memories. There is something about a good book which can make you lose yourself in it.....if the writer is good, he or she can take you literally on a journey through your imagination ....travel the world so to speak. Life has changed a lot from the time when I was a carefree teenager who could just read and read...so while not much reading happens now...I still read whenever I can...even squeezing in just a page or a chapter most days. There is a wonderful escape that books provide and so books are another very important B for me.
Balance - Balance.....something I have been very consciously trying to achieve in the past year or so. There was a late realization that dawned on me sometime last year. Before I had kids, I had a full time job and so work was all consuming at that time. And then when I had kids, I started working from home, so life became a juggling act between home and work. In all of this, one very important aspect got sidelined.....me. I had not been taking much time out to do the things I liked....and life was racing by quickly. That was when I decided that there needed to be a balance in my life between work, home and me. I had to find the time to do the things I liked in order to better myself personally, emotionally and spiritually. And so began the conscious effort to do more of the things I wanted...write more, listen to more music, read more, even pray more....and while life is still a juggling act between all the roles I play...there is a satisfaction due to the balance in the equation.....a balance which I think is important in every person's life.
Belief - I believe in a lot of things....God, karma, luck....but most importantly I believe that what is meant to be will be. This belief has always helped me put a very different perspective on a lot of things. So when I don't get something or something doesn't go my way.....even though there is sadness.... the belief that perhaps it just wasn't meant to be helps me deal with the situation without making me overly negative or bitter.
Signing off feeling 'Blissful' and 'Blessed' and this quote by 'Benjamin' Franklin
'Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.'
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