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“Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself”                                                                                                                         Oprah Winfrey A large part of our lives is about relationships. Human connect is an important part of our ethos and there is no question that it makes life worthwhile. There is no beginning or end to when we start forming r...

My annual trips to India include a sojourn to Pune where I spent 10 very formative years of my life - the early two being life changing.  It is here that my parents, puzzled about what to do with my life as well as some sincere intentions to give me worldly education, sent me to board and educate myself at the nationally revered Fergusson College in Pune. I was all of 15 when I said goodbye to everything stable in my life - mom's food, dad being at my beck and call, friends and plays, the television, and my bed. I was the center of my universe as well as two other people who I served as the life purpose for.  And now I was one of many many girls living up to the rules of an dictator like elderly couple who hated anything developed post 1985. Queuing up every night to receive a spatula full of lentil and rice and the much in demand buttermilk, I doubted my existence. I shared the room with two other girls who clearly despised my because of my always somber disposition....

Very rarely have we been so vulnerable to the prospect of dying due to external reasons in the most common of situations. I no longer have to be in a battle zone to lose my life.  I realize I can die shopping for watermelons in the neighborhood grocery store, while running on the lakeshore, at the local cafe while eating my croissant or giving a presentation at work. Grateful is not a word we would use for the incidents in motion across the world. But I am grateful for the realization of mortality that is so on my face. The knock on the door is hard, calling us to take notice of our whole lives - on how we are living, on the definitions of success we have long harbored or the unforgiveness that lives within us. Death can be the greatest teacher, as in the face of it, every semblance of urgent and important that we have long held dear, weathers away. We stand face to face with what is real. Are these incidents here to remind us to take notice? Are they here t...

My purpose in life is to explore life's big questions & to rise above the pre-occupation of everyday life to realize life is bigger.  And to experience it.  ~

Post published on Successstory.com http://successstory.com/inspiration/9-professional-tips-from-my-1-year-old-niece 1.    Time to rest and time to work : She gets up at 9AM and she needs to start lazing and winding down by 10PM. She cannot read a clock but she is tuned to the messages of her body. It does not matter how the day went or what she had to deal with, it’s difficult to mess with her work-rest cycle.  In the midst of the rigor of work and life, we fail to honor the cycle of night and day. Our bodies tell us when to rest and we need to pay heed, not ignore it on the pretext of the busyness of life. We seem to take work pretty seriously while resting the body seems like an afterthought. Create a ritual of honoring the time around sleep – whether it means switching off all devices a few hours before or reading your favorite book. 2.    Not enough rest can make you cranky : If for some reason her sleep needs are not met, everyone in the house and...

We are all energy. We come from it. We go back to. But in the middle of it, something really important takes place. We keep giving it. Everyday. During the school recess, the important meeting with Manager of the department, to the lady at the park, on the phone call in the morning. We just keep giving it. We give, give, give. Until, we feel like we cant give anymore. But the tragedy is that we never realized we gave it all away. Until the day we utter the magical few "I have no energy" or the more precious "I feel so drained"... ~

Article published in www.successstory.com  Success Story Article 1.   Defining phase: Indecision, frustration, worry, anxiety, adventure, - every emotion you are feeling, has been felt by others. The road to arriving at a career can be a potpourri but people have travelled the road before. They may have bruises but each one symbolizes a shift that makes life meaningful. Unless we are couch potatoes – any reasonable person striving for a dream or an aspiration feels the pangs of rejection and fear. We are better off for it. For every struggle we boldly face, there is one more ethic we build that is going to serve us for the rest of our lives. Don’t be resistant to this phase; embrace it with all your heart, because it’s here to change you for the better. 2. Define success for yourself: What does success mean to you? Not the societal definitions but your own. The quick responses at this age are usually – money, a fancy car, a fun relationship, great parties, etc. Cha...