‘Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children‘ Kahlil Gibran
A life well lived
Includes experiences
That makes us who we are.
We are not set in stone
Or cast in iron that cannot mould
Our emotional being cannot be suppressed
We are life living breathing and exploring possibilities.
Our infinite ways of expressions is unique to our being
We surf the tides of changes and flow
And we learn as we go.
Savvy
This is heartfelt share of a beautiful story forward .
Sometimes while performing some duties, does such a thought come to mind that why should I do this work, what’s in it for me?
Contact Lenses
A true story!
Brenda was about halfway to the top of the huge granite cliff. During her first mountaineering attempt, she was breathing while standing on a ledge. While she was resting there, the safety rope hit her eye and the contact lens fell out from her eye.
“What now?” She thought, “Here I am on the edge of a cliff, hundreds of feet above the ground, and now everything has gone blurry.”
She looked around again and again in the hope that somehow she might reach the top of the mountain. But she couldn’t see any way.
She felt panic growing inside herself, so she started praying. She prayed for inner peace and she prayed that she could find her contact lenses.
When she somehow reached the top, a friend thoroughly checked her eyes and clothes for the lens, but could not find it. Although she was calm now as she had reached the top, but she was sad too, because she could not see clearly across the mountains.
She prayed to God that, “Oh Lord, you can see all these mountains. You know every stone and leaf, and you know very well where my contact lenses are. Please help me.”
After a while, another group of climbers reached the top peak. A member of the crew shouted, “Hey, have any of you lost contact lenses?”
It was quite shocking, but do you know where the climber saw it? An ant was walking slowly on a twig on top of a rock, and that contact lens was on it!
The story does not end here. Brenda’s father was a cartoonist. When he heard the incredible story of the ant, prayer and contact lenses, he drew a cartoon picture of an ant with the title, “God I don’t know why you want me to carry this thing. I can’t eat it and it’s too heavy as well. But if that’s what you want from me, I will carry it for you.”
I think we should all happily say, “God, I don’t know why you want me to carry this load, I don’t see anything good in it and it’s too heavy as well… but if this is what you want of me, I will definitely carry it and that too with full enthusiasm.”
Nature doesn’t invoke the worthy, it makes whoever it invokes worthy. ♾️
“We remain conscious of God in everything we feel, think and do in constant connection with God. The easiest way to do this is through acceptance and surrender.”
An expansive quote on the way of work comes to mind in this now
It’s hard to do one thing 100% better than everyone, but you can do 100 things 1% better. It all adds up.– Jay Steinfeld
A few musings pertaining to the way of continous improvements at work…
Integrity speaks more than words.
Have confidence in your principles
Think of ways to support one another
Collaboration is a great team builder
Working to improve without antagonizing
Take your ego out of changing scenarios
It makes it easier to adapt to changes.
As you lead, help team, to own their work
Help teams to lose their self doubts
Help make their vulnerability a strength
Being understanding than seeming smart
Is important for one and all.
Choose to do good by people all the time
Make space to find authentic resolutions
Create culture to welcome feedback
To allow yourself to know where you are
Nurture, the genuine human connections
Build trustful relationships with one & all
Work will feel totally worthwhile!
Savvy
We are but mirrors in reflection
Across dimensions of space and time
Such is the eternal truth of our being.
We construct and deconstruct
In our imagined cosmos
The truth of our own existence.
We bounce and reflect our perspectives
In and on to each other.
We shine our brilliance.
We mirror perceptions.
We are vulnerable and yet volatile beings
Beaming energies boundlessly.
The task is to recognize the strength of our souls.
Savvy
For a manager in today’s world the gamechanger here is a set of new perspectives that can help in excellence on the job .
Embrace technology to stay updated.
Be efficient to be effective. Do things faster and work smarter.
Work with Integrity and command respect than demand it.
Listen actively and respond promptly without delays.
Manage time well use management tools onder promise and over deliver consistently.
Be professional in your behavior and approach work with a positive mindset no matter how the day pans out
Make yourself indispensable
Do things others cannot do or won’t do…
Quantify by using metrics to analyze or to present your contributions.
Align with your buisness. Understand and work in tandem with the vision and mission of the company.
Circles of compassion
Creates connections
Bonding boundlessly
From the heart.
Everything flows from love
Creating synergies in synchrony
Between strangers strengthened
In these compassionate connects.
Savvy
Having a passion may help you succeed.
But having compassion will enrich your meaning of success 🙂
Savvy
In sensing the tranquillity within
In knowing the sounds of silence
In flowing freely in the moment
Is the song of wonder and awe
Of the beauty in the being …
In the bliss of the bless.
Savvy
A way appears
Out of nowhere
Somehow when you need it most
Trust the way to deliver
As there is always more meant to be
For hope is here to stay
Look for the good in every way
And you will find it any way.
Savvy
There is more to speaking than what we simply hear.
And the power of positive speech cannot be underestimated.
Speak as you would like to be spoken to
Speak clearly with confidence & certainty
Speak to convey the message than try to control.
Speak using positively affirming words.
Speak politely and avoid sarcasm.
Speak with empathy and avoid criticism.
While speaking to children…
A child hears and understands the tone of your voice well.
Keep it balanced as far as possible
Use it well to convey the messsge without yelling.
And most of all
Speak with words that appreciate than admonish.
It makes all the difference.
Savvy
Our habits are in our hands
When we choose to rise and sleep
What, when and how we eat
How much we sit or move every day
What kind of lifestyle we lead
Every one of this is a choice we have
Our body is meant to change in time
But our habits can make all the difference
We can cultivate wellness in our ways
We can choose to empower our mind
We can choose to live life Lovingly
We can cultivate positive thoughts & ways
All is in the timely interventions
In our life and living.
Savvy
All matter is energy
And we are unique speckles of vibrations.
All resonating in the universality of life and living.
Trust you matter, more than you know
Believe you can and are making a difference
As you connect deeply in the universal flow
Tune in to reflect the truth of your being.
Every word every deed
Every step every move
Impacts the larger whole
Just as much as the world around you.
So start with who and what is around you
Sense your intuitive self talking to you
Telling much in all its subtlety.
Trust it, for it is abound
With the strength of the subtle energies.
Resonate joy, abundance, balance
Resonate love ,harmony and peace
For you have the power to transform your world
Savvy
Awareness is built in the sensing
Like how only when the feelings are felt
In the heart there is a sensing of hope.
Like how time is measured of the moments
All else is illusory and will fade away!
Care to tune inwards to sense and feel
The gift of your own life in the heartbeats
Value the preciousness of life itself
Live it Lovingly!
Savvy
We all sail in the same boat of unending hope
We all learn of life in the living
Sharing experiences along the way.
We adjust our sails as we sense the winds of wisdom blow
And follow in hope of discovering more in the flow…
And in the leading and the following
Life goes on…
Finding meaning for itself!
Savvy
When you love deeply
You begin to respect life
In all forms that you see
You revere the omnipresence
You wonder about abundance in awe
Your life becomes more meaningful
For there is so much more to understand
About Life in the living
You become more present in the moment
Every now has immense potential
And you begin to live than simply exist
Live life lovingly!
Savvy
Savvy Raj 
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