Came across a beautiful tree in my walk this morning…
Wondering of the lifetime experiences that trees live through
Of how many seasons it must have seen
Of how it must have survived through the storms
As well as enjoyed the beauty of springtines
Of the countless lives it could have generously sheltered
And continues to do so….
Strengthened by nature
Thriving in the surviving
Salute to the tree.
© Savvy Raj
No one but you
Knows your true self
Empower your self
Create your life
Being yourself.
Be kinder, be connected
With yourself.
Allow to express your self.
Your truths in your voice
Makes you feel heard
Your voice with your words
Makes you understand
You are more than enough
To sense the light in you
Find out for yourself
With all of you
Who you truly are.
©Savvy Raj
Inculcating a habit of listening to music regularly, or even practicing music by learning to sing or playing an instrument, can improve your creativity.
Learning anything new can spark new neural pathways and bridge old learnings in associations to ignite unique creative expressions.
As far as music it is a holistic experience with benefits much beyond its entertainment factor. The right music can heal and regenerate cells in our body.
Music can be a healing medicine for the body, mind and spirit. Personally, like for many of you, I love many art forms, like music, dance and painting, writing and singing because they have an immensely positive effect on me. It makes me whole again, ready to face a new day… For instance, I am fond of different types of music at different times of the day…often I sense how refreshed I feel after listening or singing to them.
At home every once in a while my daughter and I find singing mashups of old and new songs together on the Karaoke very rejuvenating…One thing leads to another, humming or singing some melodies while going through the day, makes the moments feel light. I also find listening to gentle, soft instrumental music while painting very enjoyable.
What are your experiences with music?
When was the last time you heard your favorite songs?
When did you do something creative while listening to music?
© Savvy Raj
Peace is a force of nature
Creating strength within you
To face life with a calm presence
Unrattled and focused in approach
When peace flows in you
A river of joy flows through you
Cultivating compassion
And connection to all of nature.
In the peace of mind and heart
The spirit is at ease
It is gentle in its presence
Yet creates nerves of steel
Peace dares to be at ease.
In the journey through life.
Such is the power of peace.
©Savvy Raj
As you go through daily life
Just care to remind yourself
That you are being watched over
And cared far.
This simple habit will bring
You immense peaceYou will transmit universal love.
Peace be with you
©Savvy Raj
Life teaches lessons in living
Not all are blessed with knowledge
Of where they are erring…
Most find out much later.
Perhaps that is the difference
Between a life lived
And a life lived well.
©Savvy Raj
Read this poignant life story share.
A GEM BY SAEED JAFFREY
DISCLAIMER: CERTAIN FACTS HERE MAY BE INACCURATE BUT THE ESSENCE OF THE PIECE IS STILL VERY MEANINGFUL ABOUT VALUING PARTNERS.
Saeed Jeffrey divorced Madhur Jaffrey for his second wife Jennifer. But this veteran actor has won the hearts with his heart-wrenching regret.
This came out, a few years after he left this world.
30-Jul-2019
From the diary of Sayed Jaffrey, the famous bollywood character actor:
I was 19 when I was married to Mehrunima who was 17. As I grew up, I was very fascinated by the british culture in colonial India. I learnt to speak English fluently, wear suits with grace, and developed impeccable etiquettes. But Mehrunima grew up to be my complete opposite – homely, a typical housewife. All my advices and admonishments couldn’t change her basic personality – an obedient wife, a doting mother and a good homemaker.
But she was not what I wanted. More I tried to change her, more we drifted apart. Gradually she metamorphosed from a cheerful affectionate young girl into a quiet insecure woman. Meanwhile I started getting attracted to a co-actor of mine who was all what I wanted in my wife.
After 10 years of marriage, l divorced Mehrunima, left my home and married my co- actor. I had ensured financial security of Mehrunima and my kids . For about 6-7 months everything went well. Then I started realising, my new wife was not caring and affectionate. She was only concerned about her beauty, her ambitions, her wants and desires. Sometimes I missed Mehrunima’s caring touch and concern for my welfare.
Life moved on . I and my new wife were 2 persons living in a house, not one soul living in a home. I never went back to find out what happened to Mehrunima and my kids.
After about 6 -7 years of my second marriage, I came across an article on a Madhur Jaffrey, an upcoming famous chef who had recently launched a book of her own recipes. The moment I looked at the picture of the smart elegant lady, I was stunned. It was Mehrunima. But how could it be ??? She had remarried and changed her maiden name too.
I was shooting abroad at that time. She lived in US now. I caught the next flight to US. I inquired about her where abouts and went to meet her. She refused to see me. My daughter who was 14, and son who was 12, told her they wanted to talk to me one last time. Her new husband was by her side. He was also my children’s legal father now.
To this date, I cannot forget what my children told me.
They told me that their new father knows the meaning of true love. He Broke Da Cage of Negativity. He accepted Mehrunima as she was and never tried to change her into what he himself was, because he loves her more than he loves himself. He let her evolve at her own pace and never tried to force his wishes on her. He accepted and enjoyed her person as it was. And she has bloomed into a confident loving affectionate self reliant lady today under her second husband’s selfless love and acceptance.
Where as I was full of selfishness, demands and unacceptance of her persona had crushed her and then in my selfishness had discarded her. Creating a Cage of Negativity.
The Greatest learning of my life-
You don’t change people you love, you love them as they are….
The journey of creativity
Flourishes in the flow
Out of passionate awareness
Of the spaces between
Light to dark & dark to light.
For in betwixt these hours
Ideas birth & creativity grows.
In passionate perseverance
Puzzles fit in patience.
©Savvy Raj
Sometimes comments by readers become an inspiration for verses in a flow…. This was once such a flow.. I thank @KatieMiaFrederick for the inspiring comment. 🙏
The day we learn
to be light
live in lightness
not take things so seriously
we truly start living.
After all the sun will rise
& set in its own course,
life will flow in the river of time, why not think of living it
cruising along knowing
nothing lasts forever.
©Savvy Raj
For me the art of poetry is…
A faith in the verses that flow.
And faith in the flow that finds its purpose,
For faith is all there is,
Without it nothing is.
©Savvy Raj
The world needs universal love
Keep your stock of love unlimited
Let it flow freely without doubt
Let it be inclusive & expansive
Know it will find its path
Back to you in infinite measure
Know love is meant to be
©Savvy Raj
I am a lover of the mornings…
It gives me hope to look forward to
No matter the darkness of the night.
One more chance to make life better
To share and create
To heal and to help another
There is a beauty in every dawn
The way the sun rises every day
The way the darkness gives in to light
I am more me in the mornings
I enjoy the waking moments unhurried
I revel in the Now, in the bliss of bless
I witness the dance of light at dawn
As the sun beams its rays across
As earth awakens itself from slumber.
The chirping birds fill me with joy
Its not noise to me, its a song
Of motivation and energy
To carry on through the day.
Mornings share hope for the day
Do give yourself an early start
Make mornings work for you
Bask in the grace of light.
The synergy of the sun is upon you!
©Savvy Raj
To live and learn
To sense and share
To dream and care
To act and respond
To transform and transcend
Such is the nature of life and living
©Savvy Raj
Evolution happens in the changes that are a precussor to transformation.
A conscious unshackling of patterns of thought brings forth new and diverse ways of thinking. Every now and then a diversity acknowledges new associations and breeds creativity.
A deliberate action that reaches out far and wide to step out of conventional thought patterns is never easy especially as most often humans like to feel safe and secure in comfort of knowing of a stability.
Change can be unsettling and startling for most…
To accept and acclamatize in the new shifts.
As humans much of our creativity is often boxed in association of concepts and experiences and their correlation.
To creates new spaces for light is to step up in the gamut of creativity there need to be, a dare into the unknown that explores dimensions beyond.
Are you ready for the unshackling?
Heart says lead the way
Go on and make a move
Speak your truths
Heartfully
In all authencity
Bare your soul
Without fear
For heart never hesitates
For it flows through
Like a springwell
Of Endless love
The heart trusts to care
With spirit & soul
©Savvy Raj
An action that builds confidence is better than inaction which arises from fear.
At times the action is a success, at times may be the action needs a new direction to be successful but action is better than no action.
Savvy
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