Showing posts with label Affirm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Affirm. Show all posts

Monday, 3 September 2018

Laughter clubs


We often forget what it is like to laugh whole heartedly. More often than not, we smile politely. Laugh because it should be done at a joke so that the teller may not feel bad. This has not much salutary effect.
Even as a child, I had the reputation of being a little crazy. I would laugh at small things and often, become hysterical and laugh till tears came out of my eyes. My siblings would roll their eyes and say, "there she goes again". But I had so much fun! 
They say, God lives within this kind of laughter. Just a way of saying that a no hold barred laugh can change the composition of your body and charge it with so much positive energy that you feel blissful all day. Like, God is with you.
Laughter clubs started for this reason. Stress is relieved almost immediately if you can laugh out aloud. Laughter is very contagious. You will notice that you cannot remain immune for too long and will be triggered by people laughing continuously around you, so wishing you hours, days and weeks of happy laughter. Stay blessed and joyful. You don't need stress as your companion for sure.
Surekha Kothari

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Tuesday, 5 June 2018

Sense of excitement


If only every human being had that one ingredient for life: a sense of excitement! Like, when we are sitting at the edge of our seats in a thriller movie, just waiting to see what the next scene will bring. If we could translate that into our lives and wait for the next thing to happen!
Of course, there are sad episodes one can't possibly equate to anywhere close to exciting. There are "Navarasas" or nine types of emotions, all of which are within us. Yet, our attitudes make us. Or break us very easily said than done though.
When life happens, the best of us crumble at times. But we accept that we crumbled. And then the resurrection happens. And we look ahead again at what life brings to us next.
Surekha Kothari

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Thursday, 3 May 2018

Ignorance


The hardest thing is to let go and let people walk away. As hard as it is to walk away from people who have contributed to happy memories. Tough to convince yourself that their role in your life is over and yet, to remember that they are your soul connections from many lives. Good to remember that they play a part in your life as you do in theirs.
How intense is attachment? And how painful, too. And worse is when, in ignorance, you begin to react badly to them when you don't need to. We all just play a role.
But how difficult it is to make you believe this! How very intense and illusory is attachment!
Surekha Kothari

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