Hi folks!
Hope that you all are safe at your homes and having a memorable lockdown.
The current
situation is indeed troublesome for all of us. Our lives are off track. I’m
deeply missing my normal life - my friends at college, my roles in there and
also the daily chit-chats that add up to priceless memories. Everything is at a
halt. We all are in our homes, getting bored each day, binge-watching online
stuff, eating and sleeping. But there's something that you can try!
Even if the
lockdown has abandoned our social life, it has offered all of us a golden
package - an opportunity to know yourself, an opportunity to meet yourself; an
opportunity to cherish yourself...
It is true that we know a lot more about everyone, but we don't know who we
are! All of us do
remember the basics of our biographies but we have hardly met ourselves which
is why many times people decide our worth and there is nothing left for us than
to soak their verdicts into ourselves.
We know much
about others - you know what is the favorite dish of your best friend or
partner, you are aware of his or her mood swings. Well, that's too good and
appreciative, thus ameliorating the bond of both of you.
But wait! Do you know
what are you best at?
Do you know
what makes you happy internally?
Do you enjoy
how you're spending time with yourself?
Do you know
how to love yourself?
Well, if your
answer to any of the questions is No or if you are confused, you surely haven't
yet met yourself! Its nothing to panic either. Most people across the world
aren't able to do so even until the end of their lives; thus always staying
dependent on external factors for their own well being & happiness, leading
them to set impossible goals for themselves - "I can remain happy only
when I'll have a loving and caring partner”, or “I'll be happy only if my friend(s)
understand(s) me”, and many such Our own happiness never has to be dependent on
such external factors which are beyond our control.
There goes a
saying – “Life is all about finding and creating yourself". It seems
simple, but if pondered on, it can take you to on the best journey - The
journey which you'll start within yourself to meet your own self.
Meeting
yourself is not too difficult, not so easy either. It may take days, months or
even years; but once this journey is complete, you'll become happier, more
peaceful, more satisfied & contented.
So, from the
next morning, you wake up, rush to the mirror to see yourself, give a smile and
ponder for a while on how beautifully you have been made by nature, no matter
what anyone says or thinks about you. This exercise may sound a bit crazy, but
do give it a try every day, till you understand & realize how important you
are not only for yourself but for everyone around. When we are a perfect &
stable identity for ourselves, we will be a little less hungry for praise, a
little less worried by the opposition, and much more original in our own
thoughts.
So, in this
lockdown, - Start living with yourself. That surely doesn't mean that you need
to stay inside a closed room for the whole day looking at yourself in the mirror,
but it means that you've to start learning and analyzing yourself. So, take a
pen/pencil and a blank paper, write an essay on yourself and read it often -
keep changing it regularly as you get to know more and more about yourself and
keep working accordingly. I assure you that one day, it will change into one of
the best biographies, the day when you'll feel that you're the happiest person
on this planet .......
And Bravo!
You'll thus create yourself,
Thank you for
reading. Love you all. I hope that the next time we met, you'll be a new 'you',
having known much about yourself."
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