Monday, 31 May 2021
Thursday, 27 May 2021
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Struggle and success
I just read a most uplifting
post. “Setbacks are not as great as comebacks. Setbacks are meant for stepping back,
waiting and then forging ahead with gusto.
People who kind of sink under
setbacks probably don’t believe in themselves AND don’t have enough faith in
the Universe. They see everything as a point of no return, when this is
completely like shutting all possibility of light when we know very well that
the sun shines every day.
I love this saying also because
the feeling of making a comeback is simply fantastic. Nothing can ever match
such a high. But we need to struggle and strive for that success.
Just keeping inspired in
whichever way we can and never giving up hope and effort are the mantras.
What is the worst that can happen?
Whatever the outcome, we would have tried our best.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Monday, 24 May 2021
Wisdom
Sometimes I wonder about small
minds when I hear of people’s real life stories where they carry such huge
burdens smilingly.
It is so much more productive
to find it in our hearts to keep the love alive.
Sometimes, we have to have our
hearts broken several times before we find that fountain of love deep inside
which multiplies as we divide it. But we would rather close our hearts than let
love ourselves of its cage.
When you don’t feel it inside
your heart enough for yourself, people should not expect to receive it from
You but we always make that
mistake.
Wisdom is long in dawning if it
ever dawns.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
Forget and forgive
It’s
time to heal ourselves. How much conflict do we want? Aren’t we tired? Of all
the negativity, all the gnawing desires of more and more and more. Insatiable wants!
It’s
time to heal. Empty out our hearts of all we have bottled up and release it all
to the winds. Let’s breathe easier. Let’s love more. Forget and forgive hate,
envy, cravings ... and be at peace with ourselves.
What
is it that we search? It is all within us.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
Monday, 17 May 2021
Sunday, 16 May 2021
Circumstances
Good sense must always prevail
at the worst of times. And one of those worst times is when you feel victimized
by life’s circumstances. It doesn’t really solve anything. In fact, depletes
all your good energy.
When we enter a dark room, and
there is no light, no candle in hand and no way to find one, we try to feel our
way back to the door. Do we feel like we are victims of fate because this
happened to us? Yes, we might feel angry, frustrated but not like victims.
But somehow, when we feel
diminutive and lost without connection to and trust in the divine power within
us, we fail to see the way out that door.
Because we MUST know that we
came in from a place which was lit up. So, obviously, there IS light out there.
We just have to find it.
Goodluck.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
Saturday, 15 May 2021
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Crown of thorns
I have always maintained that, on long term observation, I have generally found less thinkers and more followers in the world. Perhaps, that’s why they vote bad politicians into power, just getting mesmerized by money power and flamboyance without solidity and leadership qualities.
It is truly amazing that Donald
trump should be able to hold sway over “white” America such that his followers
would actually stoop down to wreak such havoc in Washington DC. And ruin their own
reputation, meticulously laid down through many years, at least as a stable
country.
Somehow, although USA has had
its share of racial issues, THIS episode of vandalism in Washington DC has
really resulted in a bit of shame for the most powerful country in the world.
They say, to sustain power, one
should be able to temper it with benevolence, not megalomaniac tendencies.
People have great expectations
from Joe Biden: equivalent to his seniority and hopefully, maturity, too because
his inheritance is certainly not a healthy one. Just like our Indian PM
inheriting a crown of thorns.
More power to these statesmen
and praying they can reverse the separatist trends that are tearing the world
apart bit by bit earlier and very rapidly now.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Monday, 10 May 2021
Recognize
It is so easy to criticize someone.
So easy to mock at someone people say there is vicarious pleasure in it. I
think there is a lot of sadness behind those criticisms, those smirks and
mocking.
We forget that when we see
something worth criticizing, we recognize it because we also have the same
traits in us. Otherwise, how would we recognize them? And to mock at others
kind of camouflages our own pain at being the way we are.
Yes, if we have the courage to recognize
this and work on ourselves to improve on this, that’s terrific! Sadness is no
answer to anything productive.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
Friday, 7 May 2021
Relationships
Right thinking makes life easy.
It is simple that if a fabric is torn, it cannot be used. But if it is darned
well, it can. Like the fabric, burning bridges in relationships is like tearing
the fabric and you can’t use it again. Where as if the holes of misunderstandings
can be plugged, there is every chance to retain the equation.
I have seen that the most intolerable,
vexing people are the most vulnerable and need their fabric to be mended at the
earliest.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
Thursday, 6 May 2021
Wednesday, 5 May 2021
Consequences
Let every experience polish your shine more and more. Detach
yourself from it and you will see what that experience is trying to show you
about yourself. Every such realization adds shine to your persona. Don’t get
involved in the judgmental aspects of goodness and adversity of them. That is
just your perspective. In reality, the implications are vast and consequences
far reaching... much more than you know.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
Tuesday, 4 May 2021
Monday, 3 May 2021
Confidence
If you are not a confident
person, you will always lack in confidence in relationships as well. You might
misunderstand instead of understanding because the light emitted by confident
people is so bright that many may automatically come under its shadow.
Really not a desirable
situation the idea of “I am not good enough” can be the reason. This could have
developed in childhood or maybe, with constant comparisons. But this is sheer
ignorance nevertheless.
Most of the time, we try to
avoid people who threaten us. We know what’s happening but still, don’t want to
change this, although change May bring much positivism in us.
If you are excited about
learning cycling but scared to sit on one, how will you learn to use it to move
forward? Diffidence is like never getting onto that cycle. No one can lift us
and put us on that seat except ourselves.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
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