Self love is not selfishness

When we were growing up, we were never taught self love. More than anything else, we were sadly made to feel guilty if we didn’t make others a priority. This conditioning led to a habit where we have forgotten how to love ourselves. If only we realised that the best...

Disillusioned

“I wanted to pursue this course but now it doesn’t make me happy.But I loved this, so doing anything else won’t make me happy either.” This is a standstill most people arrive at, and they believe it is just that they don’t like it. While the truth is, that the middle...

The path of resistance

“No one has done this before.You should do what everyone else is doing.Don’t colour outside the lines.” Ever since we began to understand language, we have been given instructions on what to do!  Except that we were rarely told why.Because of which it never made...

Eliminating competition

Competition could sometimes get bad.And suck a lot of our valuable energy. What we were supposed to expend on ourselves is now going towards bringing others down, even if unconsciously.  What if we focussed only on our journey? Even if others were in the same...

Solitude and solutions

“Why am I feeling this way?Why am I sad?Why am I angry?What am I perpetually disturbed about?” When we sit and think about the answers to these questions, we get a step closer to knowing our motivations.  The awareness of why we feel what we feel, makes the...

Choosing struggle

If we choose a path that we resist, we know that we will struggle. However, even if we choose a path that we love, we can still struggle. Struggle is a constant; it promotes us to the next level.The question is, is the next level the one that we have chosen? When...