Listening to our "self"

This Love Has Whispered
Secrets In Your Ear
That Don't Make Sense
To Anybody Else.
You Know Who You Are.
You Are The Shining Star. ~ Rumi 

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Just when I think I have known myself enough, and that I cannot handle anymore, and as I start to give up to some particular situation, I start to get these little signs that I have more to myself. Someway or the other, I begin to realize that I have further to go. I realize that there is still work to be done and then I tend to survive.

I believe that it is important to nurture ourselves, especially during these waves of emotion that we often experience and they tend to drag us with them all the time. This state of emotional imbalance breaks us down. We therefore need to take the much needed time to listen to our inner voice, what is it telling us? 

Take time for yourself in these intense times with so much going on all around us – remember to breathe, to be in nature with Mother Earth, to do what your soul loves to do and what makes you feel true to you. This is a continual process – one which I find has become more intense. Getting to know ourselves is an awesome feeling, understanding our self and being able to work through and release so much of our "stuff" that continues to surface, is a truly empowering and rewarding experience.

Wee bits of Happiness

Happiness!!! Aaahhh!! Is it something you are after? Does it seem to be far away? Why are we always after it? Why do we always feel that most people around us have it, and we don't.

I feel this way too. But lately, I have realized that happiness is always around us. At least a few tiny little pieces of pleasure are easily available and accessible.

As they say.. happiness resides in small things. Little joys come from little things. Well for me, I definitely am one of those trying to find happiness in little things. Well... that is all I can do as of now.


I seek happiness in little day to day activities, like, listening to music, watching the stars, chirping of the birds, to cooing of the cuckoo before the rains, watching the rain, a little sunshine after the rain, the smell of my favorite flowers, when my little baby holds my hand, smiles at me and when she gives me a hug for no reason. Even a four word sentence said by someone (i.e. "you look great today", or "I love your smile") can make my day. These are the little things that always make me smile and make me feel that I am alive. They are not exactly what I am after, but these are wee bits of happiness that are always around.. no matter where I am.  And its a wonderful feeling to be able to see, feel and touch these little pieces of happiness.

We just need to take a few minutes out of our lives to feel and enjoy these precious moments. And they have to be enjoyed now.. because we never know what tomorrow will bring to us. So why wait for tomorrow... Lets just cherish today!! :)

"Happiness is as a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond our grasp,
But which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you" ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nature beckons

Life has been so monotonous and mundane these days, I just feel like fleeing away from the present and go to some place that brings peace to my mind and soul. I want to be between the nature. I want to smell the mistiness of cold air and gaze at the deep blue skies full of twinkling stars, for as long as I can. I want to be silent and listen to the chirping of birds at dawn and I want to hear the ruffling sound of the waterfalls. I want to see the dew drops on the leaves and watch the beautiful colors of the sky when the sun rises and sets. I want to be amongst the green mountains and valleys and surrender myself to nature. I want to feel the raindrops in my palm and on my face and I want to dance in the rain. I want to read a book on a quiet lazy afternoon and want to put earplugs in my ears and listen to the songs of my choice at nights. I want to lay down on the green grass, close my eyes and forget about everything else, and just feel the silence within me.

It all seems like a dream far away. Not sure if and when this will happen but it is surely something I feel like doing right away. Nature beckons me. I want to surrender myself to the nature.

The Rumi way

"Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field, I will meet you there" ~ Rumi