Thoughts

 Hope is that one word that keeps us alive. I think it's the most important word. Whenever something is lost, nothing is lost. Whenever we lose a job, a friend, a family member, truly we are not losing anything. However, when we lose hope, everything is lost. In fact, hope is that one thing that we need to have in life no matter what happens. There would be tough days, there would be days where we don't feel hopeful but that's when you tell yourself to get up and feel hopeful.  So, let's first understand what hope is. Google defines hope as " a feeling of trust. " Wow. So brilliant. I feel that's actually hope.  Hope is the last thing ever lost. I love this quote. Hope is the last thing ever lost. I have felt hopeless in life. But when you lose hope for life, you lose everything. Hope is not just a word; it’s a lifeline. It’s what keeps people going when everything else falls apart. When we feel lost, broken, or pushed to our limits, hope quietly stays in ...

 I found a beautiful book called as Ego is the enemy. A lot of times we think that we know everything. However, the truth is that we don't know everything all the time. It's our ego that tells us that we know everything. So I decided to read some books on the ego and there's a book by Ryan Holiday, ego is the enemy. He has written some really good stuff about ego and why is it an enemy for all of us. In fact ego will make us forget who we are at times. So let's take a look at a few quotes from Ryan Holiday who's talking about ego.  The ego is your enemy, not your friend. It is the ego that gives you wounds and hurts you. It is the ego that makes you violent, angry, jealous, competitive. It is the ego that is continuously comparing and feeling miserable. So interesting. Now if you think about it, let's say a girl in your life rejects you. You will feel a bit wounded. But the hurt that comes is not from the girl. But it's the ego that says how can she reject m...

 I love the idea of creativity. I think it's one of the best tools that we have to avoid loneliness and even depression as a matter of fact. The more creative you are the more you can be creative with everything in life. I feel the idea is that we need to be fresh for producing something real. So what is creativity? "Creativity is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others" So it's defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others. So I understand the idea of creativity. Now the question is that there might be multiple quotes on being creative and let's see what people have said about being creative.  There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. ...

I think life is a celebration and we often forget that we are not celebrating life enough.  The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. Now that's such an interesting way to put it. So, one has to praise life. Life is beautiful, happy and a celebration. Yes, there are setbacks, difficult moments and things that you dislike about life. However, in reality life is a celebration and one has to live life with a joyful and an open heart. Now what Oprah Winfrey means over here is that when you praise life, i.e to say that you appreciate the little things about life, that's where you will find a lot of happiness. You will see the joy in the air that you breathe and the music that you play. You will enjoy the movie a little more when you are praising the movie. You will have a great conversation with a friend when you are praising the friend. I feel it's important to praise life in itself. Sometimes we are not that unabashed in our praise. H...

So let's talk about some positivity. I know that situations, circumstances, etc are not something that's within our control. However, we can think positively in our circumstance. Make the best of the things that are within our control. One thing sport has taught me is that we will all lose games at times, we will win games as well. However what's more important is the lesson learnt from the loses so that you can continue to move forward in whichever area of life you have to. So go ahead and take a look at that and be the change that you ought to be.  Imagine your brain has something called as input and the other thing is output. When you feed your brain junk and negative thoughts on the input side, what comes out is the junk and the output side is also junk. If you feed your mind with positive thoughts, with thoughts of goodness towards yourself and towards others, then your life will be positive. So you have to think positive even in the darkest of times. Don't think I...