The Introvert Guide

Life Choices.. Expectations shroud us, as do the disappointments associated. Decisions cause mental fatigue, choosing to do nothing is also a choice. All of us hold the chisel of our lives, it's important for you to pen down your pros and cons which will give you clarity than carry the burden of overthinking. Not everyone of us would be willing to take that route of managing tough conversations, awkward silences. The needs of life become the fulcrum of human behaviours and hence it's important we choose our fights wisely..

Solitude alongside Neutrality is the best Lifesaver ! Solitude, for many, could be the most hated companion ever and on the contrary, it could be the most sought after companion as well. It all depends on the individuals' perceptions after all. But, if experienced in a particular way, I feel and in fact believe that solitude can be the biggest lifesaver to most of our Emotional Hardships. Having said that it has to be experienced in a particular way, one thing which i think is badly required to maintain the Sanctity of Solitude is Neutrality. Neutrality, in this context, refers to "Ideally being Idle" on provocative aspects that cause hardships. Of course, this is not as simple as said to put it in practice,  we need to be mindful that, though not simple, it's not Impossible, at least. There is a possibility of misconception among readers if solitude necessarily requires Social Isolation and my answer would be "Definitely Not". It's only the thoughts, ...

 MIS-takes at Stake! Of late, when I started contemplating on the wrong decisions or conclusions that I've taken or arrived at, the word that prickled my mind a lot was MIS-TAKE. Though Mistake is a single word, it appeared to me as two words MIS and TAKE and that is the reason for hyphenation of the word, keeping aside the grammatical underpinnings of hyphenating a word. I mistook the meaning of mistake until recent days. I misconceived that the word meant only an error or a mistake, but I realised, after separating the word as MIS and TAKE, which are self explanatory and understandable, also means wrongly taken calls. Coincidentally, the word also has another word in it and that is 'Stake', into which all the mis-takes have been staked. Last but not the least, if only MY is spelt as MI, my thoughts could have been more meaningful by the word MISTAKES per se..

Lets Live Lets Love!  Life's not an easy one for those who think it's too easy, neither for those who don't !! Our current situation where a virus has turned mankind on its head, most of us stayed indoors and experienced life in a very different way. All of us have learnt a lesson for our life over the past 50 odd days, some of us picked up life skills like cooking, painting and arts, while a few of us enjoyed music during work, meditated, exercised, read a lot of stuff and visualized the new world, above all we learnt a new way of life in embracing the uncertainty. Let's pull together and help each other, most importantly let's be on a look out for people who are busy looking out for all of us. Be mindful of people who do not ask for help, as the strongest of them also get eroded by the waves.There is only one religion i.e., "Humanity", let's all inculcate love, compassion and empathy in our everyday life. ‌ Ending this with one of my favorite quotes ...

 Mental Discipline! It's been a while I penned down my thoughts... If we cannot control our mind, we control little else. Unless we put the perspective of mental discipline into practice, we cannot attain stability in other phases of life. Start to feed the most desired (positive) emotion so that the negative starves, I have been trying to advocate this and put it into practice, if not really practice. Irrational application of your thoughts can be avoided by mental discipline, this could sound difficult but not impossible!!

Trust! Trust can lead you to a greatest fortune or misfortune either! Many of us, if not all, come across situations in our lives, wherein we feel, we have been betrayed, by exercising that Trust on undeserving ones, which paves the way for dubiousness on Trust. In fact, thanks to that Trust which makes us realize and differentiate the deserving and the undeserving ones, without which we probably could become undeserving by trusting that untrusty ones. Henceforth, we need to be cognizant enough that, in these situations, emotional turmoils and traumas, aren't really caused by Trust, but irrational application of the same. Hence Trust the Trust!!