learnings

   You are behaving just like your mom.... is it a wake up call or a compliment? Often we come across such feedback.  A child begins to imitate its primary caregivers and gradually imbibes the behaviour of people they interact directly or indirectly with.  Albert Bandura's Social Learning theory talks of modelling/ imitating/imbibing from parents and environment. It is a powerful theory and a parenting tip. I have often asked in my sessions- how do you want your child to grow up to be? Live your life accordingly...  Every minute we are consciously/unconsciously enacting out what we have absorbed( from homes, outside, characters from the tv, celebrities..) in the same vein. Now is that not powerful? Can we not pause to reflect on our behaviour so as to improvise ourselves?

  I love cleaning up with water. I like to get wet and splashing it against surfaces.. I never feel tired when I work with water. It is so much fun and now I enjoy it as a mindfulness activity.Today it is such a precious commodity and neither can we find a clean waterbody in our country.. A tragedy created by us. I hope we can rectify this soon.

  It is not common to hear about celebs in Sports and film industry, earning in millions/billions trying to get sops and exemption from taxes.. There is no harm in requesting but to stop payment of tax; trying to evade payment for the luxury cars ( when one knows about the import duty) speaks of values/ethics going wrong.  Be it the common man or a celeb, ignoring the law or bifurcating for the sake of private hedonism is unpalatable and wrong. A common man is punished whereas the celeb gets away with twisted appeals and lesser fines/sentence.  I loved it when the judiciary commented on why clebes cannot be role models in real life... Today I was disappointed when I read another senior official ( for the sake of winning ) termed it as almost slander to the celeb.. Sigh I shall use this for moral science lesson next. OOps I forgot, moral science is now out of syllabus. So is this why my countrymen is rolling down the cliff? 

  I am a potted plant. I am being taken care of by my owner. She waters me; looks at me with love.. I offer my leaves for a herbal drink.  Would you mind not using me as a dustbin? Thank you.

  I am just so amazed with technology and the brains behind developing it. I keep misplacing my phone at home. When I would go hunting my mother would comment that it would be nice if we could shout to our phone. within a week my Alexa got updated and behold half the wish has come true.  Life is so much easier now. I just have to ask Alexa and my phone rings. Thank you to the brains behind this.

  Refreshing our perspective means we are constantly changing, learning and reflecting.. It is indeed a eureka moment when we refresh our perspective. Refreshing perspective adds deposit to our emotional bank account. It gives joy and brigns slivers of happiness. There is an added rhythm to life.. have you experienced this?

  A couple of recent incidents demarcate reality versus imagined reality.. Two celebrities have been given a rap by the Judiciary for wasting precious public time and also for the selfish appeals made.. One is a superstar hailed by the masses ( I seriously wonder why if acting were a criteria) who is paid crores for acting in a film. The film makes ten times the money on the very first day of release too. The star requires luxury vehicles for his personal use. No harm in this.. But he wants waiver of the import entry fee. Now how heroic is this? In every film he spews venom against the government.; wants to eradicate corruption; gives indication of a new governance etc.. in the reel life.. IN REAL life it is a sad story. Yet I wouldn't be surprised  if I see him in a place of power spiralled by fandom.   Is there a real hero in your life.. I have plenty to look up to.. Real men and women who have made an impact in my life directly and indirectly.. Thank you to those ...

  To change and to accept change is a challenge. I go through stages of self pity, self doubt and self love as I work through a challenge. The stages are brief in duration, not overwhelming. As I begin to accept the change remorse lingers, ego lingers.. it is a challenge. It is cathartic.