Choices I make - today. tomorrow and forever

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Posted by Shilpi
Today the day started with so many challenges and so many deadlines to complete, that I forgot to smile for almost 3-4 hours till I knew I was in control of the situation and the team got the direction to work on..

Now, the day has ended well and things are in place..oh god...such a relief..Honestly, in the morning I knew that the day will end well and this chaos is temporary..Fortunately, life teaches with experiences and the more you get challenges, the more cool you become in handling challenges. And I have been lucky to face challenges, learn from it and improve each time.

When I relax, I look for some nice stuff on the internet and today I came across a wonderful video.. It reminded me again, that I am in control of my life and I become what I think. Feels pretty good..I thought of writing what i remembered so that whenever I loose track, I can just open and read this post, from anywhere..And then I will upload the video too...I think it is a great idea...So, let me start then.....!

Everyone is blessed with the same 24 hours and the same potential. So, everyone is equally blessed

Where I will end up in life is not determined by where I start but it is determined what I choose to do with my potential and my share of 24 hours.

And this choice shapes my destiny! I choose my destiny.



If I just live or I make a difference, this depends on (i) The choices I make (ii) My commitment to my choices

Choices can either make or break my life

A few choices that are significant for me:

Be kind to everyone even if they don't deserve it
Smile at challenges because challenges make me stretch my limits and discover a new me every time.

I always take responsibility because if I blame, I give my power away

I believe in my dreams...I know that I am reaching closer to them each day.My dreams are my greatest assets and I never ever doubt them

Greater rewards come with solving bigger problems. So, if I am getting bigger problems, this means greater rewards are on the way

There is no reason to distrust people. trusting people makes life easy and happy

I choose to make a difference...I choose to make a positive contribution in people's life whom I met...

I choose excellence...I choose to be different, forgiving, responsible, loving and I choose to dream big...

God is with me if I choose to be excellent..


Listen to my heart or head?

Sunday, October 25, 2009
Posted by Shilpi

It happens with almost each one of us that we are in an internal battle, the battle si between my own heart and my own head. What a pitiable situation…both are important to me and I need both of them to live a beautiful life. Then why cant they live peacefully instead of fighting and bothering me..

Now, it’s my life and it’s going fast. I need to find a solution and I need to have a way of resolving the conflict very soon. Because I have a mantra in life, I do not want to look back and regret that I could have lived better.

I think, the answer to that question lies in answering a very basic question “what you want in life?”

People live by what they think they should be or by what others like them to be. One life to live, and that to its so short and unpredictable, then how can I live my life on the basis of what others think I should be doing? It doesn’t make any sense to me even from the most practical point view. When I decide what I want in life, I just listen to my heart. I believe that what my desires comes from the whispers of my authentic self. My authentic self is the real me. My authentic self is the real me. When I go by logic, I may make business sense but not sense of living a life.

When I listen to my heart and do things I feel a burning passion in me and that gets anything done by me with passion and the are accomplished without hesitation. I give my best without feeling any hesitation or resistance.

I always follow my instincts. This habit has got so many roots in me that I just set on action when my instinct pushes me. The reason I follow my instincts so blindly can be, whenever I didn’t follow them, I did regret. Following instincts, I have never been wrong so far.

I may sound immature to say follow your heart but that is what I do. I know people who do otherwise and do not see them doing better than me when it comes to living a life of balance. Yes, I do face problems like others do. Following instincts is not a full proof plan and I do get challenges on the way, but then I am happy to face them and resolve them without a single worry because I am doing what I always wanted to do. And if I fail, at least I tried doing what I wanted to do and I am happy to give many tries. One major pre-requisite and benefit of following instincts is – you let go your self set limitations and you are able to stretch beyond what you think you could. This worked for me many times.

Then do I need to forget about my head and just follow my heart…Not at all.

I do use my head extensively to achieve the dreams that my instincts have pushed me for. I use if like a planning center where all the “I want to do and be” are put into implementation. And, I use my head to support my heart when I meet challenges on the way, to find solutions for problems that come in the way.

And what I really really avoid doing is letting my heart compromise by listening to what my head has to say.

I am unique and so is every creature on this earth. World becomes wonderful having so many different people as different people add different colors to the canvas. So, I wish everyone just comes out of mind limitations and let their hearts do the talking and let their heads listen to them.