A POWERFUL PAUSE…

 

Sometimes acting quickly is what is required, but there will be times in life when a pause becomes a powerful turning point.

There is a lot of distraction, restlessness, disturbance, amongst youngsters. A society that is progressively becoming individualistic, wants everything and everyone to be in sync with them. They cannot accept anything that is not favouring them.

To those who cannot take a no for an answer or cannot accept failure, I wish to say that, instead of being disturbed, rattled or disillusioned by the world, make peace your priority.

Every choice we execute has a consequence. If the choice is not right, the consequence will take away your peace. So, choices have to be deliberated. Anything that is done impulsively could backfire. Have a peaceful arrangement with life.

Friends may entice you to try something for the first time in the name of having fun. They will even tell you that everything in life should be tried. When everybody is indulging in it, you too will be tempted. It is very difficult to resist, especially when you are with your friends. What you may not do when you are alone, you will certainly have the courage to do it with your gang of friends. Just pause for a while…reflect…and then move away to ensure that you don’t yield to the temptations.

Teenage is a phase in life when you are prone to arguments with parents. You cannot agree with them on many issues. In fact, you will be at logger-heads with them. Anything they say may irritate you. You feel they are curbing you or controlling you and you get agitated. Many a time there will be a quarrel, a disagreement or even a showdown at home. You might even say things that you will regret later. At such times, just pause for a while…reflect…and then move away to avoid further confrontations.

Developing a herd mentality is common amongst teenagers, who cannot stand up for their own beliefs. Peer influence is very powerful during teens. It is not easy to walk alone and be right. You need immense courage. But, when you join the wrong gang of friends, there is every chance that you may lose yourself, develop wrong habits, and ruin your own life. Before you extend a handshake to the wrong person, just pause for a while…reflect… and then decide to withdraw and move away.

A pause is very powerful to bring life defining changes. It can preempt you from hitting the wall and bleeding. A poignant pause is all that you need to practice, to bring peace into your life.

After reading this, just pause for a while…reflect …and bring in new changes that will help you achieve new dimensions in life. 

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What is Your Primary Form of Worship?

 

“If you love your work, it is your

happiness

If others recognize the results of your

 work, it is your success

If you dedicate those results to Him,

then it is your prayer” – mahatria

Some of us are familiar with the story of Jim Murphy and Dave Anderson, who joined the American Railways on the same day. Twenty years later, Jim Murphy became the Chairman of the American Railways, whereas, Dave Anderson continued to be a worker. Dave said, “I came to work for $1.75 an hour, Jim came to work for the American Railways, and that made all the difference.

If our work is our passion, it will manifest in the life that we live.  Work should energize us and not drain us of our energy. If you are tired at the end of the day, then you are not in the right profession. Work should help us discover ourselves. Nothing mirrors us to us as much as work does. In fact, work empowers us and enhances our growth.

I never knew what I was capable of. I was very happy as a homemaker and had no intentions to work. I must confess that I had sleepless nights thinking of becoming a working woman. And lo behold, it is almost three decades as an educationist, and I feel I have just begun.

Work upskilled me, uplifted me, and refined me. It brought in all the desirable qualities and also made me a disciplined individual. My focus was always on what I could give. Students were my focus of attention. Their needs and success were at the forefront of my mind.

I would say that I brought about a lot of changes in me to suit their needs. Over the years my love for them grew by leaps and bounds. I began to thoroughly enjoy my days in my workplace. I realized that it was a calling. There was something divinely beautiful about it. It never seemed work to me. I was flowing with the flow as if some poetry was unfolding in my life.

Life was not the same again. Children became my heart beat, my very breath. Doing something for them came naturally to me. Their mere presence energized me. I realized that it was my “swadharma.” I entered school every day with a grateful heart. The school is filled with their vibrations.

Not all are blessed to work with children. You need to be His Chosen One.

Right from a toddler to a teen, there is a huge range. Everything about each age group is so different. This variety is the beauty. The energy around is electric and the synergy is palpable.

Where else will you experience such an environment! Where else will you see so much of life! Where else will you find so many expressions and emotions! Where else will there be a potpourri of talent! Where else will you receive so much love!

It is only in a school that you will find all of these and much more. If you are part of this ecosystem, consider yourself to be super blessed! May your work be a prayer unto Him and your primary form of worship.

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