It’s often not about how heavy the weight is as how we carry the weight.
Finding another shoulder and just another plank to distribute the weight works wonders.
So, this week, who are you lending a shoulder to? It could make a telling difference. Who knows whats weighing someone down.
(at Juhu Beach)
Looking at the sea can be soothing. The waves compete with each other and seem to be in a perpetual rush to the shore. To beat the other wave, to rise above all else.
At the shore, they seem to dissipate into nothingness. Spent energy, and spent drive dominates the air.
Perhaps thats why we go to the shore. Perhaps thats what we need to remind ourselves looking at the shore. The pointlessness of daily frenzy. To hold ourselves lightly but tighly.
(at Pattaya, Thailand)
He is a slender man. All bone and muscle. A pronounced jaw, a tanned skin and a stubble for the head. But he packs a punch with his smile. A smile that gives his broken uneven teeth even more mileage.
He helps us with the water scooter on the beaches of Pattaya. He negotiates the waves and the machine with an alacrity that would expose his experience.
The waves seem to be no match for him. The water scooter seems to do to his bidding. He keeps waving at us from the shore. He asks us to take more time in the sea. ‘Have fun. You have time’. He says.
As one more wave rushes to the shore and the scooter bobs up and down in a helpless rush, he settles on the the shore. ‘You had fun?’, he asks.
When we nod in enthusiastic affirmation, he puts on display his uneven tooth and the big gap in between them. ‘Enjoy it while you have the time’, he says.
He perhaps doesn’t know how profound his statement is. Perhaps he does. There is wisdom in the ordinary man beyond what we give credit for. In their leading of life
(at Pattaya, Thailand)
So, how do you welcome a new day?
When the Sun sends the first hints of his shimmering rays, it is but a small hint of the opportunity ahead.
To continue the work from yesterday.
To begin anew.
To press reset.
To walk the long road.
To course correct.
To sit down and reflect.
Whatever works for you.
That the Sun shows up in the east can lull us to think of it as a matter of routine. But to look at it as something else can alter how we treat the rest of the day.
So, wherever you are, sing in celebration when the Sun shows up. Dance. Run. Play. Read.
The majestic Sun teaches us about changes & transitions like none else.
(at Udaipur City, Rajasthan, India)
When the waters kiss the boat with a rather stern energy you are reminded of the strength safety net that the shore offered.
And when the boat ebbs a bit in hapless disregard for the passengers on it you sniff the challenges ahead.
You have a thousand butterflies in your stomach. But there is strange adrenalin coursing your veins. Its almost like when you were young, full of life and ready! Thats when life shifted.
You grip the oars and can feel the water through them. You begin to stroke the oars and the waters seems to gird their loins.
A thin smile escapes furrowed brows and pursed lips. For you have worked at this. You are ready for the ride.
There is one fact. There is one view. And then there is another. And then there is another. There are several.
The fault in us is when we assume one view to be the final view. Our view that is!
To always stay on the look out for our biases colouring our views, will help us see things in better light.
For started, recognising that there could be a different way of looking at the same object will set us on a better tangent.
So what are you looking at today. Rather how are you looking at it?
When you leave sight of a shore, new adventures come your away. Yet, the allure of adventure must override fears. Fears of loss and pain. Sometimes unfounded and at other times rather practical.
But it is in the courage to seek new shores that life seeks its renewal from. It is this seeking that we need to keep alive in us. To stay curious and to have the courage to leave shores that have been kind and familiar.
It is in this seeking that new journeys emerge. When the new journeys emerge new insights come by.
Somewhere along the line, new eyes and a new mind appears.
Go travel.
(at Diveagar, Maharashtra, India)
Patterns. They are everywhere. For the trained eye, they are visible.
They tell a story. It is when you spot a pattern than you can luxuriously indulge in creativity. Weaving a new pattern is imagination at play. “The truth is outside of all fixed patterns” said Bruce Lee!
All of this is fine. I am repeatedly made aware of how important it is to stop and think of my own thought patterns.
I realise that the real fortune lies there
#patterns #beach #Maharashtra #India #travel #traveller ##travelinsights #creativity #startup #entreprenuership #entrepreneur #development #personaldevelopment #joy #love (at Diveagar Beach)
