Friday, November 11, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
What's Love, where to find it! (A beautiful poem by my friend and mentor Christine Arylo)
I send you this letter from my heart to your heart,
knowing that the great human equalizer,
the thing we all have in common,
that truly bonds us all is love.
I believe that each of us wants to be deeply loved,
and that without that love,
we will never find the happiness we crave.
No matter how much money you make,
how beautiful your body or how many accolades you acquire,
at the core of who you are, you desire to be deeply loved.
And yet, how many of us would be willing to stand up
and admit to the world
this deepest of deep desires?
Would you?
Of course you might express that you would really like a loving relationship,
that your family is important to you,
or even that you'd like to take better care of yourself.
But would you peel back the curtain that protects your delicate soul
to reveal that inside is the most innocent and pure heart,
one who craves to be seen by another so deeply
that you could almost feel that person witnessing your soul?
Would you show us the holes of loneliness
that sometimes surface on that same heart
when your soul feels unseen, unheard, un-understood?
I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
The loneliest times of my life have been in relationship -
be it with a parent, a friend or a romantic partner -
in which I called out to be seen...
when I reached out for unconditional love...
and neither was returned.
After many years of trying to find that deep love
from the people around me whom I loved,
I was gifted with a profound realization,
one that I have since come to understand is the secret to everything in life.
When we live by it, the happiness and love we seek is ever present.
When we don't, we will find ourselves forever
seeking out happiness and love, in vain.
The secret is this:
The deep love you seek starts and ends with the love you have for you.
Every person on this planet, including you, desires to be deeply loved.
At the core of your soul, your spirit requires that in this lifetime
you seek out and find unconditional and pure love.
The reason most of us spend our lives searching without ever really finding it,
is not because this precious love doesn't exist, or even that it is rare.
You've been taught to look in the wrong places - outside of yourself -
when the truth is that the love you seek
starts and ends with the love you have for you.
It is your right to fall so deeply in love with yourself
that you only invite that same kind of pure love into your life.
It is your quest in this lifetime
to get to know who you truly are in your soul,
beyond all the surface and societal muck that covers up your beautiful spirit.
It is your gift to learn to accept the person you are today,
right now in this moment and love him or her, all of you.
And it is your duty to free yourself
to fully express every piece of you without apology,
So brightly that you light every heart you touch like a firefly,
including your own.
That is self-love.
Being.
Loving.
Living.
You.
Without apology. Without holding back.
When you can do this,
you not only receive the extraordinary ability to feel the greatest of love,
but you also gain the ability to give that same deep love back,
giving others the gift of witnessing and loving their beautiful souls.
My wish for you is that today,
you start and/or deepen your adventure of falling madly in love
with the powerful, beautiful and free being you are,
just because you are you!
with great heart,
Christine Arylo
knowing that the great human equalizer,
the thing we all have in common,
that truly bonds us all is love.
I believe that each of us wants to be deeply loved,
and that without that love,
we will never find the happiness we crave.
No matter how much money you make,
how beautiful your body or how many accolades you acquire,
at the core of who you are, you desire to be deeply loved.
And yet, how many of us would be willing to stand up
and admit to the world
this deepest of deep desires?
Would you?
Of course you might express that you would really like a loving relationship,
that your family is important to you,
or even that you'd like to take better care of yourself.
But would you peel back the curtain that protects your delicate soul
to reveal that inside is the most innocent and pure heart,
one who craves to be seen by another so deeply
that you could almost feel that person witnessing your soul?
Would you show us the holes of loneliness
that sometimes surface on that same heart
when your soul feels unseen, unheard, un-understood?
I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
The loneliest times of my life have been in relationship -
be it with a parent, a friend or a romantic partner -
in which I called out to be seen...
when I reached out for unconditional love...
and neither was returned.
After many years of trying to find that deep love
from the people around me whom I loved,
I was gifted with a profound realization,
one that I have since come to understand is the secret to everything in life.
When we live by it, the happiness and love we seek is ever present.
When we don't, we will find ourselves forever
seeking out happiness and love, in vain.
The secret is this:
The deep love you seek starts and ends with the love you have for you.
Every person on this planet, including you, desires to be deeply loved.
At the core of your soul, your spirit requires that in this lifetime
you seek out and find unconditional and pure love.
The reason most of us spend our lives searching without ever really finding it,
is not because this precious love doesn't exist, or even that it is rare.
You've been taught to look in the wrong places - outside of yourself -
when the truth is that the love you seek
starts and ends with the love you have for you.
It is your right to fall so deeply in love with yourself
that you only invite that same kind of pure love into your life.
It is your quest in this lifetime
to get to know who you truly are in your soul,
beyond all the surface and societal muck that covers up your beautiful spirit.
It is your gift to learn to accept the person you are today,
right now in this moment and love him or her, all of you.
And it is your duty to free yourself
to fully express every piece of you without apology,
So brightly that you light every heart you touch like a firefly,
including your own.
That is self-love.
Being.
Loving.
Living.
You.
Without apology. Without holding back.
When you can do this,
you not only receive the extraordinary ability to feel the greatest of love,
but you also gain the ability to give that same deep love back,
giving others the gift of witnessing and loving their beautiful souls.
My wish for you is that today,
you start and/or deepen your adventure of falling madly in love
with the powerful, beautiful and free being you are,
just because you are you!
with great heart,
Christine Arylo
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
25 paise coin fades into history!
I have so many childhood memories around 25 paise coin. My grandfather sent me 25 paise everyday as my pocket money for the day with the man who delivered my lunch to school. And I bought candy with that money. That money was enough to buy me two pieces of candy or a helium balloon. The coin was a link and a reminder to that innocent phase of my life. 25 paise is no longer economically viable, so it is gone, but with it has gone those reminders of a time, when small things made me happy and made my day. Ah, I feel a gaping hole in my heart :(.
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Friday, February 04, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Love this quote
I love this quote by Senator Dianne Feinstein :
Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit.'
- California Senator Dianne Feinstein
Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit.'
- California Senator Dianne Feinstein
Professional Women in India
An interesting article that speaks about challenges women face in the Indian corporate world, professional women in India face more than a glass ceiling! Check this : http://www.diversitybestpractices.com/news-articles/professional-women-india-face-changing-social-expectations
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