Love And Gratitude

A lot of learning, keep it up.

 

@nandinimithun,

Your snippet has some crystal clear direction how to lead a happy life. Once we learn how to make decision based on love (#5 Kindness above), automatically, being judgmental about others disappear. Our mind has a peculiar way of complicating things and applying simplicity including in our lifestyle is worth practicing.

Being humble is a struggle for me as I am always looking for others opinion on all my actions. Slowly, I am slowly learning how to do actions skillfully, lovingly and selflessly and look for sense of fulfillment more than the words of appreciation.

Already our mind is filled with so much and there is no need to get involved in everything and with everyone.

I am learning how to differentiate myself with my mind so that self-love will become an automatic process. The mind that finds fault with others also find fault with the way actions were carried out as its job is only to think and not act. Compartmentalizing all of these tools from the Jyoti inside of us is difficult to differentiate but by practice, we can get there.

My focus is on the following:

1) Speak less and if I speak whether it is relevant, necessary, and promotes harmony in my relationship with others and within. Give opinion only when I am asked.

2) Remove as many thoughts that are irrelevant and unnecessary for qualify of life.

3) Perform actions with passion and focus my attention to how they were carried out as opposed to performance. If every piece of the puzzle is done right, the end result should take care of itself.

4) Hunt for egoistic tendencies and try to eliminate them as much as possible. It is a lifelong exercise.

5) Accept things as is so that the mind is not burdened by analyzing the whys and what I could have done differently to produce different results.

6) Practice mindfulness as much as possible and enjoy being in the present moment as opposed to drifting to the past or future.

7) Reduce the desires as much as possible and track down how my happiness quotient is improving.

8) Try to detatch myself from things as feeling the possessions only possesses me.

9) Reduce expectations as much as possible.

 

Many posts and responses from you brought smiles on the face of all your followers in Indus Ladies.
Similarly many posts from luminaries in IL never fail to provoke my thoughts.
This year too I learnt of new things that impelled me to do research. Whether is culture or food or money or savings or Spoiler Or Ping.
I learnt learnt lot many that brought Smiles from ear to ear.
Naturally I owe my gratitude to all active & few dormant senior elder younger folks of IL.
God bless all my beloved sisters, madam sisters & brother members.
Happy MMXXIII.

 

Dear @nandinimithun ,

Living with love and gratitude is the way! When we look at others and ourselves with love in our eyes, we will be able to forgive almost anything, in others and in ourselves which automatically brings gratitude in life! A very Happy New Year to you and yours!

This is a mantra I follow and am ever grateful to be able to do that

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When I pause and take a breath before reacting, I realize that I become a better person. There are instances of course when I have to sleep over things a couple of days than a simple breath but that is the way