I am finally on the last leg of
my education! Remember your 10th boards? That was the first time
many of us heard this famous dialogue from our moms “Beta bas is baar padh lo,
life ban jayegi”, little we knew this was a dialogue we were going to hear many
more times. Well, I am the lucky one, the last two years of my academic life
are here and thankfully it seems to be fun and exciting up till now!
Recently I had a chance to read a
couple of chapters from the book “Monk who sold his Ferrari” by Robin Sharma as
part of an assignment. Though I am generally not too fond of self help books, I
liked this one. I used to think these self help books are just a load of gyaan
and does not make much sense practically. Luckily for me I was forced to read
it, and wonder of wonder! I liked it! Reading it, I realized how little we know
about ourselves and how important self awareness is for our personal growth. I
feel like sharing a couple of things that really gave me a different
perspective of how I view things in life.
Have you ever thought about the
percentage of time you speak in a conversation and the percentage of time you
actually listen? I am not trying to undermine the importance of voicing up your
opinion, it is absolutely essential that you put across your point. But you can
also not underestimate the power of listening, the power of understanding and
accepting. One should be like a cup, open and receptive to new ideas. Those who
know me closely are aware of my talking prowess, how I can talk and talk
endlessly! But now I am on the path of self improvement and have started
speaking less and listening more (yes yes, I can hear you guys laughing :P ) .
Another thing that I realized
after reading the book was how pain is a motivator. Pain shows us our limits,
it shows us how much we can stretch ourselves. At every moment that you say you
cant take it anymore, believe me you can.
Same is the case with fear, I will not say much about it. This quote
from the book captures it beautifully “Fear is nothing more than a mental
monster you have created, a negative stream of consciousness”. And what do you
do with a monster, you challenge it and you slay it because you my dear are
capable of doing anything.
You, yes You, who are reading
this right now, just wanted to tell that you are beautiful and your potential limitless!
In the next post I will write
about the 10 rituals of radiant living, till then keep smiling!
