How are you in this moment ?
Are you ok?
Every once in a while
Just ask yourself these simple questions.
And let yourself answer
As the thoughts flow
Jot them down
There is much healing
In the journaling of thoughts
In expressing your feelings
On paper or to another
In simply voicing it out
Giving a path to let the steam off.
Build yourself up with care
Connect with a deeper breath
And listen keen as you exhale.
As you externalize, you create space
And understand yourself more.
Savvy
Across this desert of life
There is a mountain that beckons you.
That emits calm.
It invites you into its fold
Although the path is treacherous and tricky
You will lead yourself to it
For in its wake, the light of soul blooms
Your spirit awakens
And your body regenerates.
As you reach its pinnacle
You look onwards and upwards
You see the light of a thousand stars
Shining on you, their cosmic lights
There is nothingness
And yet everything-ness.
A feeling of calm and composure
Envelopes you in its presence
That soothes your soul.
The air filled with an ambient pure fragrance
Of the mystical flowers as you sense it in resonance.
Healing you
And empowering you,
With the strength of stability in its sureness.
Savvy
Teach children to be open to new perspectives, nurture in them the ability to appreciate, it not only transforms them but also the way they interact in the world.
Savvy
In Japan, a ten-year-old boy had a goal of becoming a judo champion.
However, he was disabled. He didn’t have a left arm.
Becoming a judo champion is a huge challenge even for those with strong arms and legs.
What could a boy without one arm do?
He approached many trainers.
All of them looked at him with pity and sent him back.
The boy didn’t lose heart. He kept trying.
Finally, one trainer agreed to teach him judo.
The training started. The trainer taught him only one move.
Days, weeks, and months passed. The trainer didn’t seem to teach him anything else. The boy got frustrated.
“Master, knowing just one move isn’t enough to become a judo champion. Will you teach me anything else?” he asked.
“If you master this one move, that’s enough,” the trainer replied.
There was no arguing with the trainer. The boy continued his practice.
He mastered that single move well.
The championship began!
First match: A well-trained opponent against this boy who knew only one move.
The match started. To the surprise of the audience, the boy won.
Second match: He won again.
He continued to advance and reached the semi-finals.
He struggled a bit but won that match too.
Now it was the final match.
His opponent was a multiple-time champion. He felt a bit of pity and some disdain for the boy without an arm. But the boy didn’t falter.
The match started. In the first round, the opponent knocked the boy down.
Seeing the boy’s condition, the audience was shocked. The organizers considered stopping the match.
“Let the boy fight,” said the trainer.
The opponent, now careless, thought he didn’t need any safety gear to fight this boy.
The boy executed the one move he knew with great force. The opponent fell.
The boy became the champion.
The audience couldn’t believe it, and the competitors were astonished.
Even the boy couldn’t believe his victory.
That evening, he asked his trainer.
“Master, how did I win this match? I won with just one move,” he said.
Smiling, the trainer replied, “There are two reasons for your success.”
First, you have mastered one of the most difficult moves in judo.
Second, the only way to counter that move is for the opponent to grab your left arm. But you don’t have a left arm!
“Your weakness turned into your strength and made you a champion!”
The boy marveled at the trainer’s words. He felt joy thinking about how his weakness had become his strength.
Each of our minds is a sea of talents. Diving into it can yield pearls or shells, depending on how long we hold our breath.
Every person is endowed with unique talents by God. Our success lies in discovering and utilizing them.
Do good
And when you do
Think not of acknowledgement
Nor recognition
Do good
From the goodness of your heart
And you will find joy in it.
Make it a practice everyday
To do at least one good deed .
And soon it will become a habit
That happens naturally
And just know
In time…
You will do good anyway
Savvy
Hopegiving & motivational words that serve as a reminder to self.
Feel free to share with whomever you think needs it at this moment.
Let not the problems that come by boggle you .
Know time has all the answers
Keep the faith.
Let not the hear and say affect you.
There is always more than what is said or heard.
So much more.
Let not the passion for whatever you do dwindle
Rest & recharge yourself & keep the spirit alive.
Let not the weight of what you carry pull you down.
You are definitely not defined by how much you bear.
You are much more than that.
So go ahead, aspire to transform yourself for the better
And keep moving closer to your dreams.
Taking a step in time.
And most importantly, trust in yourself
For there is always so much more
To you, for you & by you.
Savvy
Seeds of consciousness
We are all born with them
Love, and kindness
Care & compassion
Our feelings and emotions
Our heart shows the way
In our thoughts & our actions
It’s upto us , in our lives
To find them & nurture them.
Savvy
Confidence is an iceberg
Radiating outwards
From a deeply secure space
Quite unlike insecurity
Projecting confusion & chaos.
Without much base.
Savvy
So many masters with ideas…
Many motivating words around
On how to ace productivity
On how to get things done
And manage the chaos that reigns
When push comes to shove
Every thing takes a backseat
You simply need to steer
Racing against time for dear life
In the toughest times
Good habits come to rescue
Like discipline and dedication
Helps complete tasks at hand.
How have your habits helped rescue you ?
Savvy
Then and now
Then I had manicured hands
Fingers always maintained
With perfectly painted nails 💅
Now I like them as they are
Functional and neatly cut.
Then I wore high heels
To make me feel more stylish
Now I have a style I call my own
High heels I no longer need or buy.
Then I was yet to experience life
Too sensitive to a fault…
Now I have come of my own
Upholding my health over stressors
Emboldened enough to stand by me.
And today, another solar cycle older
Wiser or not is left for you to say,
But this I know from living
Half way and more in life.
No matter the then & now
What is, is what matters.
In you, is what you need.
Life is what you make of it.
Every now is precious enough to fill it with gratitude.
Savvy
As humans we are always exploring and discovering possibilities. Sometimes we understand much in no time, and take the right steps, and at other times we mis the bus.
Acknowledge the wins & the misses.
Every step missed is brimming with a lesson.
If we choose to pay attention every failure teaches us something.
On where we want to be,
On how far we are, from where we want to go.
Question is are we ready to acknowledge failure as a part of the learning process?
Every success can be attributed to the many experiences that may have had many lessons and the effort taken to succeed.
And if there is propensity and determination to take the effort, there are many pathways that lead us beyond failure.
I like this saying by Mary Ash, I came across recently which presents a fresh perspective on failure.
‘For every failure, there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.’
Acknowledge where and how you are.
You will find your own path.
Savvy
So you are angry?
Now what?
Do you think it is helping you ?
For anger never helps
It only hurts .
Here are six things you can do for balancing your emotions and feeling better.
1.Become Aware that you are reacting than responding in your anger is the first step
2.Counting backwards from 20 to 1.
3. Removing yourself from the place you are feeling angry even for a short while by going for a short walk helps settle your emotions.
4. Switch words is a technique to use feeling oriented words to create powerful change of emotions with imagery to manage anger.
For example a positive word like Happy can evoke different feelings.
Or words like ‘take it easy ‘can evoke a sense of ease.
5. Better still is taking to chanting mantras, or hearing your favorite upbeat music , or even Journaling.
6. If nothing else imagining ocean tides in a flow and breathing deeply, in and out even for a few minutes eases the tense body & mind.
Remember to acknowledge your emotions as there is more harm in suppression. As you find healthy pathways to manage your anger, you bring wellbeing into your life
Live life lovingly💙
Savvy Raj
If ever you are in a position where you are hurt and helpless and want to help yourself out of this situation check on your own behavior
Are you speaking and sharing more than you should?
Are you over explaining and try to match up to anothers expectations and not valuing your own strengths?
Are you defending yourself when the other person refuses to understand anothers perspective?
Are you too sensitive and taking things personally when actually the source of the issues or the problem is not you at all?
Often it is self awareness that is the first step towards bettering your life.
A self check to see your reactions is definitely a way to improving how you handle and manage difficult people in life.
Tbe way to make life favorable to you , is in living as if all is rigged in your favor.
Savvy
As life can be truly challenging
We all have worried about it
Yet worries don’t change things
Acting on the issues does.
So instead of worrying today
Whenever you begin to worry
Can you thank your worry
For trying to be helpful ?
And remember to make it a habit.
If you realise you are worrying
Work on worry everytime
Thank it again & again.
It is simple to do yet impactful.
Sometimes as perspectives shift
Solutions, find space to emerge.
Savvy Raj 
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