After being pushed and prodded by a friend of mine to update my dusty ten year old blog full of ramblings of the journey of a girl who climbed from her teenage to her womanhood,
I thought "Why the heck not ?" If I need a new identity from time to time, so does my blog ! I have so many lovely things to share anyway.
So I've given my blog link a new name.
"Live that simple life."
Simple would hardly mean non-experience. It would probably mean maybe, I would choose a book over new shoes. Or choose a nice rendezvous with a writer over ogling outside a Jimmy Choo store. Life is always giving you expansion, if you choose to see it.
(This picture was shared by Brené Brown, one of my favorite authors. She is an inspiration to all the people out there who love sharing their precious life experiences through writing)
I urge you to try out something new.
New things, new people have a lot to offer. New conversations which open you up to things you'd never otherwise know, new adventures which expand your horizons, new jobs open you up to interesting stories and events in people's lives that will touch your life in more ways than one.
The world is full of interesting people. The other day I met a physicist (yes, they actually are interesting people) at a book store, and we had an extensive chat about time travel being real and that the theory of memory, intuition and serendipity being nothing but time travel. It was a "eureka" moment for me. On another occasion, an old friend at New York reminded me that we pay too much attention to things such as mating and/or having a significant other, that we forget that we ourselves are capable of interesting things, far beyond what we could ever imagine to find in another person. It woke me up and made me realize how true it is that we are trapped in the madness of having to worry about who's doing what or how we "should" be showing people that we are having fun, instead of actually having it (My last post is extensively about this).
Friends will stay. Men will come. Women will come. What matters is that in this life, at this moment, you grow. You grow to be someone you love and enjoy, someone whose company you enjoy. Have real, seriously interesting things to know, talk about and do, beyond basic instincts. Write, blog, listen to stories, listen to podcasts from interesting people, listen to new music not to share but just to listen to it, cook something new for yourself, learn to make a hammock, make kombucha, make mango compote, make something ! Play the ukulele or the accordion, take evening walks with your iPod. Something !
On to newer things.
So now that I've been doing basic Hatha Yoga for a few years, I thought why not take it a level up and try some aerobics ? I tried Capoeira, but I stopped when I found it to be demanding to the point of competition, and I don't think I'd ever want to introduce competition in my me-time, doing me-things. My simple theory is this - you could think you are passionate about a lot of things, and you could think this is "your calling". But if in a year you haven't made more time than two weeks to do it (twenty-four by seven), it isn't you. You're still on the road to discovery. Hence, I would think that many people describe their work as their passion. I agree. Your job, your work, define your choices as a part of your innate personality, your depth in life, your very basic native sentiment, whether you look at the world as a place of buy and sell, glamour and superficiality or see people and lives that you're so closely knit to, as you. There's a lot of difference. And it also applies to new interests. Nothing that you find newly in your life, be it experiences, hobbies, interests, relationships or friendships should resemble old things - making the same choices only teaches us the things we already know.
New activity, I thought. None of the stuff I've already known.
Now, anti-gravity yoga fascinates me - pilates and aerobics incorporated into yoga. It's caught my attention, at least. Now that I will have time to develop on me, personally, I think it's wonderful. Life couldn't have caught me off-guard at a better moment. So, I'm waiting to sign up for Omfactory. Let's see how it goes. I want to know what it's like to be suspended upside down by fabric drawn from the ceiling, learn to do a full split mid air and the sorts. Sounds delicious right ? :) Well, it is.
New books. Real gripping "books" that that get your belly to ache laughing, or your mind to go off into a parallel universe of thoughts. Maybe if you're a little bit of a nerd, you might love "Fangirl" so much that you'd never want to put it down.
They say every cloud has a silver lining. Sometimes you're stuck in the cloud. And that's okay.
Because no matter what, there's loads and loads of thrill, love and goodness out there :)
You will find all of it if you just open your palm, let go, keep your eyes and heart open to new things, and I know it like I know my name.
Much love,
Aarthi
I thought "Why the heck not ?" If I need a new identity from time to time, so does my blog ! I have so many lovely things to share anyway.
So I've given my blog link a new name.
"Live that simple life."
Simple would hardly mean non-experience. It would probably mean maybe, I would choose a book over new shoes. Or choose a nice rendezvous with a writer over ogling outside a Jimmy Choo store. Life is always giving you expansion, if you choose to see it.
(This picture was shared by Brené Brown, one of my favorite authors. She is an inspiration to all the people out there who love sharing their precious life experiences through writing)
I urge you to try out something new.
New things, new people have a lot to offer. New conversations which open you up to things you'd never otherwise know, new adventures which expand your horizons, new jobs open you up to interesting stories and events in people's lives that will touch your life in more ways than one.
The world is full of interesting people. The other day I met a physicist (yes, they actually are interesting people) at a book store, and we had an extensive chat about time travel being real and that the theory of memory, intuition and serendipity being nothing but time travel. It was a "eureka" moment for me. On another occasion, an old friend at New York reminded me that we pay too much attention to things such as mating and/or having a significant other, that we forget that we ourselves are capable of interesting things, far beyond what we could ever imagine to find in another person. It woke me up and made me realize how true it is that we are trapped in the madness of having to worry about who's doing what or how we "should" be showing people that we are having fun, instead of actually having it (My last post is extensively about this).
Friends will stay. Men will come. Women will come. What matters is that in this life, at this moment, you grow. You grow to be someone you love and enjoy, someone whose company you enjoy. Have real, seriously interesting things to know, talk about and do, beyond basic instincts. Write, blog, listen to stories, listen to podcasts from interesting people, listen to new music not to share but just to listen to it, cook something new for yourself, learn to make a hammock, make kombucha, make mango compote, make something ! Play the ukulele or the accordion, take evening walks with your iPod. Something !
On to newer things.
So now that I've been doing basic Hatha Yoga for a few years, I thought why not take it a level up and try some aerobics ? I tried Capoeira, but I stopped when I found it to be demanding to the point of competition, and I don't think I'd ever want to introduce competition in my me-time, doing me-things. My simple theory is this - you could think you are passionate about a lot of things, and you could think this is "your calling". But if in a year you haven't made more time than two weeks to do it (twenty-four by seven), it isn't you. You're still on the road to discovery. Hence, I would think that many people describe their work as their passion. I agree. Your job, your work, define your choices as a part of your innate personality, your depth in life, your very basic native sentiment, whether you look at the world as a place of buy and sell, glamour and superficiality or see people and lives that you're so closely knit to, as you. There's a lot of difference. And it also applies to new interests. Nothing that you find newly in your life, be it experiences, hobbies, interests, relationships or friendships should resemble old things - making the same choices only teaches us the things we already know.
New activity, I thought. None of the stuff I've already known.
Now, anti-gravity yoga fascinates me - pilates and aerobics incorporated into yoga. It's caught my attention, at least. Now that I will have time to develop on me, personally, I think it's wonderful. Life couldn't have caught me off-guard at a better moment. So, I'm waiting to sign up for Omfactory. Let's see how it goes. I want to know what it's like to be suspended upside down by fabric drawn from the ceiling, learn to do a full split mid air and the sorts. Sounds delicious right ? :) Well, it is.
New books. Real gripping "books" that that get your belly to ache laughing, or your mind to go off into a parallel universe of thoughts. Maybe if you're a little bit of a nerd, you might love "Fangirl" so much that you'd never want to put it down.
They say every cloud has a silver lining. Sometimes you're stuck in the cloud. And that's okay.
Because no matter what, there's loads and loads of thrill, love and goodness out there :)
You will find all of it if you just open your palm, let go, keep your eyes and heart open to new things, and I know it like I know my name.
Much love,
Aarthi
3 comments:
U definitely know it like u know your name. Very deliciously put. So many things that I'm going to incorporate ! Keep writing:)
Hey anonymous!
Thank you. I'm so glad my post inspired you to incorporate these things into your life ! Keep reading :)
"Life is always giving you expansion, if you choose to see it.
Friends will stay. Men will come. Women will come. What matters is that in this life, at this moment, you grow. You grow to be someone you love and enjoy, someone whose company you enjoy. Have real, seriously interesting things to know, talk about and do, beyond basic instincts."
I'm taking these to the grave. A refreshing read, indeed!
We attract and the Universe smiles ;)
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