Otsaliheliga

-

Otsaliheliga is the word used by Native Americans or the Cherokee people to express Gratitude or "We Are Grateful"! 

For me, this weekend was kind of one. 

Did a couple of things, that I probably should be doing more often, and were fulfilling, had a calming effect overall, 

  • I slept for more than 15 hours. 
  • Went for a walk (getting back on track) 
  • Spent some time at a center dedicated to differently-abled kids
  • Helped them the way I could with their studies

Though I don't believe in sharing what we do to give back to society, today I would like to share this feeling of gratification and fulfillment I have right now, after doing the abovementioned things. 

Yesterday when I came back from the walk, I was happy. Happy as I had hit the track after so long, happy as I could finish 5km in one go, and a bit disappointed as I took more than an hour to finish 5km. (Earlier I could do 10 km in 100 min). 

Today, while I was at that center, I realized how stupid we are. We keep on fighting for random things, things we probably won't even remember a few months/years down the line. During the entire activity, it happened that some kids held my hand randomly with a request in their eyes, not that they knew me, but somewhere their eyes had confidence that their requests would be fulfilled. It was a different feeling. For those few seconds, I could feel the power of doing something for someone. Having the courage to do something for a stranger, leaves you with a different feeling. We were at the center for hardly an hour, but that hour was different. First few minutes, we were not sure, how to get through things, but then one of those kids just said, food is yummy and thanked me for serving, it was a beautiful moment. 

The smiles on those faces made the visit worth it. 

It was the Free Bird's idea to visit and do something around this, and she ensured that we executed the plan as well! Thanks, lady! :) 

Most of our time goes into cribbing or feeling bad about things that didn't happen. We rarely think or appreciate the things that have happened. And Gratitude is probably as uncommon as Common Sense 

This weekend was one such weekend, full of gratitude and some good things. 

Popular posts from this blog

Oops Apprendo

-
Just a few days ago, Cute Li'le Angel happened to be in the town on a business trip, and as usual, we almost fought the hectic schedule, city weather and the traffic to have a meeting for a couple of hours. Somewhere we both knew, that there is no formality of meeting, instead more a need to see each other, our own way to cope up with the fast moving life!  As usual, our conversation was much beyond about the life we are living, and more focussed on deeper thoughts. Obviously, we know each other like back of a hand, and still, love to know each other more when it comes to how we are evolving as a human being in this world. And, every interaction we have, inspires a blog here!  This time, the thing that remained was, "Learnings in life" over a cup of tea.  Guess she was not very sure, that even at this age, we are still learning about how to conduct ourselves. But for me, I was pretty sure, i have a long way to go when it comes to learning things. For me, it is more about ...
Read more

You Are More Than the Mind

-
 'The real "you" is different from those thoughts. You are reacting to every thought that visits your mind. By reacting to all of them, you are paying attention to your thoughts and feeding them, allowing them to exist. That is how a troubled mind creates a chaotic world.' This is an excerpt from a book am reading. A book which happens to be a fiction, and i didn't expect to read such a deep line in that one. It made me think, ponder upon even after days of reading the same. This is something that i learnt during Vipassana. My understanding of this is "Things keep on happening around you, whether they are good, bad or negative positive for you, completely depends on how your brain processes it, which is again dependent on what have you fed it in terms of thoughts and inputs (like reading, watching, etc).  They say, we create a version of reality in our mind, which is a product of actual happenings, our thoughts/ideas and our reactions to them. What you pay at...
Read more

An year of Metamorphosis!

-
Since the last post, life has been overhauled. It's been six months, and life is completely different now. A lot has happened in these six months, and I cannot relate to myself anymore. The person I was before April and the person I am now are two completely different human beings! Definitely, I have become more boring than earlier.  This year has been the year of firsts! Many things happened for the first time with me, and I did many new things.  Getting fired Vipassana Living in negative temperatures with basic means  Not planning anything  Noble silence for 9 days (Trust me the best time of life) Living without a phone, internet, and family  Lived at an altitude of 3500+ mtrs from sea level  Rushed mom to emergency for cardiac care Went on a trip with my Angel Welcomed a baby girl in the family. The first daughter after me! When she was born, no one in the family knew what rituals we had for a baby girl, as the ones who did all of them when I was born ar...
Read more