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NEEL TRIVEDI “If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever.”
-James O’Barr
We all go through it. It happens to people we love and cherish dearly. You know it’s coming and will continue to come till the end of humanity. It’s pre-destined from the day you’re born.
I’m talking about death.
“The struggle ends where the gratitude begins.”
-Neale Donald Walsh
The following scenario is pretty much universal: Most hours of the day are spent at home, writing, reading, watching TV and/or chatting on Zoom with friends and family. If you’re fortunate enough in which your career requires a lot of online work, you’re still working. When you step out for essential needs, you may or may not have some kind of mask on.
“There’s a thin line between confidence and arrogance. It’s called humility. Confidence smiles. Arrogance smirks.”
-Unknown
In all my articles for this site, I have always sited confidence as a key factor to get ahead in any endeavor. If you don’t believe in yourself, than nobody else will either.
But as today’s quote says, there’s a thin line between confidence and arrogance. Once you cross that line, that path that you’re on becomes much more dangerous to tread on with a lot more one-way streets.
It’s the repetition of affirmations that lead to belief. And once that belief becomes a strong conviction, things begin to happen.
-Claude M. Bristol
Sometime last year, I had written a post on self-affirmations. At that time, my posts were still relatively short and brief. With a universal lock-down in place, I have found myself drawing closer to this subject after moving away from it for a while. Hence, I am re-posting part of that article but with new and relevant information and also, my reasons for losing faith in this topic but ultimately coming back to it.
An amazing thing happens when you stop seeking approval and validation: You find it.
-Mandy Hale
How necessary is it to for us to have validation?
I have been asking myself this for the last few months. As an aspiring writer, there are times when, perhaps necessarily, seek validations from writers who I respect. Every time I come out with new story or poem, my mind always wonders “What will so-and-so think?”
“At the end of the day it’s not about what you have…it’s about who you’ve lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back.”
-Denzel Washington
If you’re a frequent reader of my posts (and a huge thank you to you if you are), you’ll notice that one of the things I routinely stress on is paying it forward, especially if it doesn’t take much effort or time. And even if it does, knowing you’ve helped someone goes a long way with your conscious.
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”
-Bill Gates
COVID-19 is undoubtedly the biggest pandemic in at least a century if not more. Elderly people who have been through various recessions, the great depression and major wars such as World War II have all said there has never been outbreak like this in their lifetime.
Even the people who were the most nonchalant about it in the beginning are now gripped with fear and anxiety with each passing day.
And then, there are people with mental health issues such as myself who are observing the situation and thinking, the world FINALLY understands.
“Laughter is the best medicine.”
-Unknown
You’ve heard it. I’ve heard it. The whole world, irrespective of culture, religion or language has heard today’s quote. But what exactly does it mean besides the literal sense of it? And how accurate is it scientifically or biologically?
“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.”
-James Cameron
Yesterday’s post about introspection was a huge step for me. Not so much because of the topic itself but because I finally what I’ve been doing for the past month or so in words and for everyone else to see. Up until the point I hit “publish,” it was mainly a private affair for me.
Much to my relief, however, it was a huge boulder off my chest. Psychologically, it proved to be highly advantageous for me. In that post, I talked about splitting up your emotions down to minute fragments.
Today, I’d like to do something similar with that article. I wanted to focus on one specific thing I’d alluded to in that post: taking one step at a time.
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
-Aristotle
Happy Easter, everyone!
I realize I have a lot of catching up to do as due to various technical glitches and a broken ankle, I was not able to put up posts all this week. As far as my understanding, however, all the glitches have been rectified so hopefully, there should no more issues.
I had started talking about introspection in my last post.
“The day your inner feelings dictate your oouter expressions and not the other way around, you’ll feel a change.”
-Neel Trivedi
Hello dear friends and readers,
Firstly I have to apologize for the lack of posts in recent times. I was having some technical issues with my phone data (there’s no wifi where I’m currently residing).
“Look on the bright side, then make it brighter.”
-Unknown
With practically the whole world on lockdown, it’s natural to feel helpless and wonder, is there anything in our control at all?
There is. Emotional growth and connecting with family and friends on a more intimate level.
“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy.”
-C. Joybell
Let me tell you a story. There was once a passenger who far exceeded the amount of luggage he could travel with. He only had two options. Either discard some of the luggage or pay an exorbitant price.
“If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.”
-Malcolm X
What or who are critics? People who assess your work and critique it is usually the more common conception. And while that may be true, we often forget one basic definition: criticism is just an opinion.
Now I’ve written about this subject before. But when I wrote about it previously, I wrote about it from the point of view as a writer.
“If you were born, you have a purpose. If you lived to be a certain age, you have a purpose. If you’re a human being, you have a purpose. Don’t kill the quest of finding out that purpose prematurely.”
-Unknown
Amidst everything going one, I’ll going to take the liberty of keeping this post shorter than usual.
There is one difference between this post and my other posts. I have not one but two messages of advice for readers.
“When you think you’re not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy that you exist.” -Quotesgram.com Whether it’s COVID-19 or something else or both, everywhere I look someone somewhere is scared, angry, depressed with a mountain of stress on their shoulders. And that’s okay because we’re all human beings. Amid all those … Read more
“‘See no scars.’ But it’s all lies. They only check wrists…not thighs.”
-Unknown
Today happens to be a very special day for me. Not because it’s St. Patrick’s Day although admittedly, its modern day traditions of wearing green, parades, etc do indeed hold a fascination for me.
But as most of the world celebrates the inclusion of Christianity in Ireland (and perhaps pinch a friend or two in jest who is not wearing green) I’m celebrating something else: It’s been one whole year since I last cut myself.
“Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.”
-Douglas Horton
Last week, I made a pretty big announcement about writing a very special, two-part post on feminism. Unfortunately, due to the widespread panic and stress due to the coronavirus I could not move forward.
“Life is not a competition between men and women. It is a collaboration.” -David Alejandro Fearnhead Hello dear readers, Thank you as always for taking your valuable time to read my posts. I do not have an official post today as there will be a two-part post coming tomorrow and Thursday. The post is about … Read more
“It’s the little things that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”
-John Wooden
Sweat the small stuff.
If you read that phrase, the first thought you’ll have is, he forgot the “don’t” at the beginning of the sentence. But I didn’t.
“Smiling does not necessarily mean you’re happy. Sometimes it just means you’re strong.”
-Nishan Panwar
In the past, I’ve written a post or two about the power of a smile. I talked about how it could make someone’s day and the psychological effects it can have on you even when you’re not really happy.
Although that post is quite old now, I recently received a message from a new reader who didn’t agree. Their argument was that why should they fake an emotion? Isn’t the norm today to encourage people to speak up if something’s wrong?