Filed under: Inspiration | Tags: happy new year, how to make resolutions in new year, inspiration for new year, motivation for life, New Year Resolutions
New Year is about to begin in 2 weeks time. Whenever someone mentions New Year, first word that comes to your mind is Resolutions! Lots and lots of resolutions by almost all the people. But what is ironical is a greater percentage of people abandon their New Year resolutions within the first three months of the year. The reason is simple. Some of them make practically impossible resolution or too ambitious to achieve. Some people seriously think they can fulfill their resolutions but some excuse or other and it remains incomplete. The thing is, mind must know what is within plausible limits and what lies outside the limitations. Ambition and deep desire is one thing but trying to tame impossible targets is altogether different.
The ideal way is to make a commitment and not a resolution. The word resolution itself has acquired a negative connotation and is kind of taken in a funny way. Whereas if you make commitment, things will make more sense as mind will be aware of a new term and that proves to be of great help. Another good idea is not to make resolutions with others. Do it in a different way when not everyone is doing the same. Try to devote a part of your emotion to the commitment. You must feel very strongly about the commitment you are going to make. Lastly, pen down whatever you have decided it goes a long way in reaffirming your commitment. Verbal and written must go together. The last thing is, give your commitment and resolution some time. Believe in the process and it will happen. Just go for it.
Filed under: Igniting Our Will | Tags: I can, inspiring tales, living life, motivational articles, self-motivation, we can
Your statements hold such great importance in your lives. The speech you make, the sentences you utter in the course of a day so much reflects your thinking. Wise people have said, always think before you speak because of simple reason that your words make your personality. Using affirmative sentences in a confident manner changes a lot about your underlying belief. Imagine starting your speech with ‘I Can’ on a regular basis and witness the change. Although small, but these changes bring major positive effects in one’s life. While you speak think of yourself as an accomplisher and as someone who has dreams and then speak words.
Procrastination is a problem, a real big problem. Procrastination delays movement and causes impediment. If you have faith and good speech and still you are not able to make any move then blame it on procrastination factor. Take a step forward and don’t look back. And even if you look back it should be for the purpose of reflecting upon how things have gone and what you could have done to make journey more fruitful. Actions must take place or else you will keep staring at opportunities gone by. Nobody likes to miss his moments and take actions and move ahead.
Don’t fear taking risks. A risk taker goes a long way in deciding one’s fate. Risk and reward run together. But before taking risks, think about all the factors involved and try to master your fears. That is the key to gain confidence and proclaim proudly, Yes, I Can.
Filed under: Igniting Our Will | Tags: inspiration for living, life without limitations, living wihtout limitations, magic of life, paths of life
Life is a tricky concept. To some, its definition is as simple as to life is for living and for some others, life is the greatest mystery. Both categories are right in their own way. But one thing common to both categories is opportunities offered by life at every juncture of our lives. Some may accept these opportunities gleefully and some others may dismiss it by complaining of noise. But opportunities are not meant to stay forever. One needs to grasp them as soon as possible or else they might slip away to some other waiting arms.
Having said that, life is full of different paths. Life is not about restrictions and limitations. If there are limitations then that definitely exists in your mind and not in life. Life in other words is all about endless possibilities and one is free to choose any path he wishes to. We keep coming across several such stories where people have gone beyond the perceived limitations and performed miracles.
So how to live a life without limitations? Well, start with your faith. One must have faith in a higher authority. Faith dos necessarily mean being religious. It just signifies one must be spiritual and engage in practices that make his spirit stronger. As you think so you become. So expand your thinking and imagine unconquered frontiers. No negativity in your thought process should be allowed. Soon, it will become your habit to think big and going whole hog for your dreams.
Filed under: Inspiration | Tags: balance, balance in life, journey of life, life enhancement tips, motivational article, self-motivation
Our life never goes in a smooth curve. We tend to face several ups and downs in the fascinating journey of life. It does not much time to gravitate from ecstasy to despair. Things that are taking place in the outside world are beyond our control. We cannot make things run on our whims and fancies but yes, we can always strive towards maintaining balance. Balance is defined as “creating a state of harmony among all the elements of your day, your week and your life”. It’s a blessing to make balance your habit. If you are balanced, it represents a state of equilibrium where one can be more poised and feel stable.
Humans are destined to perform several functions in a day. If we don’t create a sense of delegation, we will find it tough to maintain balance and without balance, there can’t be any peace and harmony. Life cannot be carried in a comforting state without presence of balance. One needs to take certain actions to achieve this essential feat. The first requirement is to control your life and your actions. You cannot change the events taking place in your surroundings but yes, you can always change your actions and reactions.
One must live his life; he or she finds it fit. The first priority should be you and then only all others. If you cannot make yourself happy, nobody else can. Its futile to think of what others are saying or thinking. It will drain you of your energy and time. Just keep doing your work. Change is inevitable so accept the changes whenever they come your way. Don’t resist changes. A routine life makes thing much easier. Try making a to-do list every night and complete them the following day.
Filed under: Musings Of Life | Tags: Asking For Forgiveness, inspired living, making mistakes, virtue of forgiveness
We humans are prone to making mistakes. It is no crime to make a mistake. Sometimes, in the flow of life we hurt others. Often we sleep over it and some other times we like to say sorry but move on. But, as the song goes, ‘sorry seems to be the hardest word’ and that is so true. Asking for forgiveness is a tough thing because it involves suppressing your ego. At the same time, forgiveness must be heartfelt because there is no felt saying sorry if you don’t mean that. One can also be not sure of forgiveness even if regret is expressed. But one should have heart pure and clean while apologizing.
Before taking the initiative, one must be pretty sure of why he is sorry. Go behind the reasons and realize your mistake. Then only, the expression will be genuine. Fake apology mostly worsens the case so be very genuine about what you feel. There is one suggestion of writing down your apology. This will make you more comfortable. Writing also helps if the person is feeling embarrassed. One can send this written apology where it is intended. But its always better to meet person one to one and then apologize. One strong suggestion is to never to make any excuse while saying sorry. It does not really give a positive vibe. Avoid blame game and just be sincere. Rest assured, things will fall into place.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Inferiority Complex, Overcoming Inferiority Complex, personality development, tips for attitude building
One of the psychological problems faced by lot of people at different stages of their lives is lack of confidence and low self esteem. This is not a good stage to be in at any point of time. These two menaces can make a person feel inferior and he starts thinking that he is less talented than other people. One must strive to overcome this problem. It is difficult, yes but then nothing comes easy in life. Inferiority complex is responsible for filling up your mind with negative thoughts which over the period turn out to be a huge problem. Overcoming inferiority complex is key to increase self-esteem.
To start with, one must try to think positively. To develop a god personality, positive thoughts must replace negative thoughts. The trick is to think positively about not only you but also people around you and society in general. Often sense of inadequate physical appearance makes one feel inferior. In such conditions, one should try to groom himself. It can be done by improving dressing sense and taking good care of your physical appearance. If someone lacks a particular thing, he feels inferiority complex. To handle such situations, one needs to focus upon his strengths and ignore what you do not have. No one in this world is perfect so why even bother about this issue? One should also try to improve his skills. Develop your attitude and life will again appear beautiful.
Filed under: Igniting Our Will | Tags: Being gracious, manners, personality tips
If you start judging the world with some perfect standards, you will disappoint yourself because the world will fail miserably on your tests. When someone tells you that you did a good job, appreciate the comment and say thank you. Do not start to ramble on how you failed to reach your goals and how unsatisfied you are with this current report.
When someone appreciates your performance or praises your attire, do not put yourself down. That is not being humble. Putting yourself down in turn sets you up as a superior person. It sounds like you are fishing for compliments. Even if you are not, the other person feels that you are putting him down because you are not appreciating his comments or thanking him for his kind gesture. You also come across as a person who is never satisfied in life. You are belittling the other person’s opinion.
Just be a gracious person in accepting thanks and appreciations. Be gracious in accepting your debt to others. Be gracious to people who helped you on your way. Be gracious to favors that others have shown. Be gracious when someone is remembering you. Be gracious in forgiving some oversights. After all it is only from your mistakes that you learn more than from your successes.
When you are gracious, others in your immediate environment also become gracious. All it takes is one person being gracious so as to make a difficult situation becoming easy and moving on smoothly.
Forgiveness is a great virtue to have. It has been said that “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” How true! The need of forgiveness arises from anger. Anger because few expectations have not been met or you have been betrayed or you have been robed of some deserving rewards. But thinking of it, isn’t anger a very interesting emotion? We humans are supposed to experience all sort of emotions. And emotions are as varied as they come. But as per society’s dictum we are not supposed to express all the negative emotions. Rather we have been taught to deny some so called negative emotions.
It has been ingrained in us that getting rid of anger is one of the most important aspects of our lives. Society preaches us these thing and we are expected to listen to them. But what is the fallout of such sin of suppression? Anger is not a bad thing as such. What is bad, however is holding anger inside you without providing it a let out. Have you ever noticed that sometimes we suppress anger for hours, days or even years and that result in unpleasant scenarios? Suppressing our anger has such deep roots that quite often we even forget that we are holding onto a potent weapon. But remember anger always manifests itself in some form or other. It would be foolhardy to underestimate the potency of this weapon. We will further dwell on this subject in coming articles.
