Remember Your Why?

Remember the story? Once there was a turtle and a rabbit. The rabbit was to win and then he took a nap….

Sometimes I write to motivate. To motivate myself to write. I like how both these emotions are so interconnected. it is like the law of success. Both the emotions have an effect on my feeling. Just writing, sometimes for fun, in an artful technique or just to express is appealing. Appealing to both my heart and my soul.

Of course, there are times when one feels lots of emotions, but choosing words to express is hard to find. And then somedays words just flow like how water runs when we open a tap. Especially during those days when I find it difficult to find words, I sit and think about moments, people which make me happy or bring a skittish smile to my face. Sometimes thinking about memories from school or from childhood makes me realize I have come so far yet I am still present there.

Standing right there in the left corner in the classroom going through experiencing the emotion again. An emotion of joy. I still remember sitting and listening to the Shakespeare scene from my English novel book — again a blithe smile on my face. Reciting it with a high spirit like a character itself from the novel jumped out from the book and has started to act in a classroom of children of grade X. Yes, I was the one who brought life to the character from the novel. Anyway, reading, reciting were like my soulful activities.

Never raised my hand in class to brag or out case pride for reading. Always willing to work on my shortcomings. I was never afraid to experience a silly laugh or giggle from the crowd of fifty in a classroom if at times I mispronounced a word or many. Albeit the void helped me gain confidence to make more mistakes and learn along the way.

Life was and is a journey. It never was and never will be a destination. Yes, of course, the school often made it feel like it was a race. A RACE TO WIN. And if you don’t run, you will be l — e — f — t

Behind.

Way far behind.

Is it still the same? What do you see around or experience what you see around? Is life a race to finish or a marathon to run?

I encourage you to perform recovery runs. It is not easy to live a lifetime in a moment. It is damn hard yet so simple to live each moment with complete presence and in a carefree, therapeutic fashion.

Feeling settled with a feeling of poise, peace? Do you also want to experience taking a back seat in life and slow down? Resonate with what you just read?

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