Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1806. He became the 16th President in 1861 of the United States. There is so much more to him and we must revisit and revise our history to inspire.
Here are 5 of his quotes:
1. I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
2. I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
3. When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
4. Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility.
5. The best way to predict the future is to create it.
If you are someone who loves nature and miss your weekend already? Then this post is just for you. Walk through this post and fill your heart and soul with nature’s beauty.
These are unedited because it would be unfair to edit the beauty of nature. You can go ahead and take a screenshot or share your favorite picture with anyone because what else to make someone feel good.
Today, while I was sitting in the office, looking outside the window. I started going back to revisit my 2019. I could almost feel that the year had been quite a roller coaster ride for me. It was a different feeling.
While I was digging deep into the moments and memories, a friend came and we started talking about life and other things (in general). I asked her, how the year has been for her. She said that it was tumultuous. She added, that the year brought in lot of lessons and some good unplanned opportunities.
While she was telling me more about it. She said, “if something happens according to how you planned, it’s good and if it doesn’t happen the way you planned it, then it is even better.”
She left and the day progressed. I went back again looking for meaning in my 2019. Only then did I realise that she opened something for me. A whole new way to look at my 2019. Almost everything changed, even my feelings.
I felt at ease. Things that hurt me suddenly felt like lessons learnt differently. And now all I can think of Steve Jobs when he said “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.”
Look at your 2019 differently over this last weekend!
Some skills usually tend to run out off trend but then there are some which stays and on some you keep building upon.
I find a TEDx talk, The First 20 Hours by Josh Kaufman really insightful where he shares the power to develop a skill in mere 20 hours. I highly recommend all of you to give it a shot.
It begins with small steps and through making deliberate attempts. You see, a lot of famous personalities such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Oprah did not gain success in just one day but through their consistency. You can watch the documentary – Inside Bill’s brain, understand how his routine looks like.
All of the personalities who went u in the ladder today achieved it because of what they know and what they have learnt. They dedicate themselves more of their time on learning most valuable skills.
Here are some skills for you-
Learning
Writing
Speaking
Learning Most of us do not recognise learning as a skill, but the fact is that it is the most valuable skill. Learning is one of our most important processes involved in our functioning on a daily basis. Learning equips you to grow in manifolds, whether it is about learning to play an instrument/ vehicle or anything. Learning will increase your motivation, make you more adaptable, relatable and help you to do your job better. You can make use of resources such as Learning to Learn on Coursera, or through techniques such as 30-Second Habit or a book – How We Learn.
Writing Writing is a great way to express our deepest emotions. It opens our flood gates of expression and acts as a powerful method of communication. Write publicly, it gives you a chance to write better get feedback from others and improve constantly. You may create blogs and publish it on WordPress or other other blogs. You need not write lengthy ones but spend 30-40 minutes on it. It will help you to arrange your thoughts better, gain clarity on who you are and what you want.
Speaking Most of us are often hesitant to speak for ourselves because of shyness or less confidence. Once you open yourself up ad put yourself out there, you will feel better with every attempt. Stop taking criticism too seriously. Picture yourself as a personality whose speeches or talk you love. Seek opportunities to speak publicly. You can begin with people with you are comfortable with. Talk about something you are passionate about. kick off the nervousness slowly. Loosen your grip there. You may attend Toastmasters events, or talk at your workplace.
Taking time to remember, because it was longer than you expected. I empathise with you on this knowing the fact that it is not easy.
You tend to hold on strong so much and for so long that you forget that it still lives within your core.
The fear of death percolates beneath the surface and often haunts you. And denial is how you cope with it.
Death is a visitor in the course of lives. Some of it is visible in physicality, such as death of a dear one, pregnancy loss or a animal. While, the other stays invisible but hurts equally, such as loss of a relationship or friendship.
Let me make you look at the other side, the good reasons you should confront death.
It is helpful for you to explore into the course and meaning of one’s own life, given the fact that the life and death are interdependent. Then why to possibly ignore it?
It helps you to learn to live well and learn to die well equally.
Gives you a scope to know your own emotions and thoughts about death.
Makes you look at everyday from a different lens. This reminds me of Steve Jobs quote – “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ll be right. Every morning I looked in the mirror and asked myself: If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I do today? ”
And lastly, gives you a chance to rivet your attention upon ‘being’ itself. It is a powerful experience.
Once you delve into those realms of existence; you have a good chance to come back to the stream of life and live it.
Here is one of my favourite read – Tolstoy’s story “The Death of Ivan Ilyich.”
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