Tag: #selfacceptance

Padma- A review

March 29th, 2023
I watched Anoop Menon’s Padma with interest because of the effervescent Surabhi but also because of the story.

Our desire to fit in makes a joke of us many a time. The desire for validation, to be told, ‘you are ok’, even by random strangers, makes most of us behave in the most nonsensical manner.

Andrew my cat, preens to catch our attention, sits right in between my daughter and myself when we are watching a film, sips water when we grab a cup of coffee and so on, we all, just like Andrew, the handsome cat, want to belong.

Life though, ruthlessly throws us into situations which again and again bring to fore our anxieties, our inner most fears, mocking our sham of confidence, tearing apart the mask, and we shudder, with a feeling of being an ‘imposter’ in most circumstances.

Perhaps to truly belong, one has to go back to one’s roots, learn to be self accepting and self embracing, because if without the validation of the image in the mirror, what magic can outsiders do?

So, just be you! Always, anyways, unapologetically you!!!

Padma being padma, just that is life in the true sense.

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Embrace Yourself-V, Chiquitita

August 19th, 2022
Chiquitita, you and I know our roots are where we sprung from, and like everybody else’s they are strong, proud, yes, sometimes tacky but mostly sturdy, well, if not, Chiquitita, it’s your turn to make it grow wings.

The ABBA classic is soulful and meaningful but what I want to stress here is the need to accept where you come from i.e. the family, the village, the city, the class, the caste, the religion, the parents, the siblings, the name, fame, even the infamy, if any.

Once, you learn to accept and agree, ‘ok, so this is where I come from’, it sort of becomes easier for you, to map where you want to go. It helps you to just stand up and say to yourself, ‘I come from this & this, so what! /or cool, now I am going to be this and that and much more!’

Meaning, where you come from alone need not and does not define you, you have all the right in the world to choose to be whoever you want!

And how beautiful is that, really!

The body type, the color, the race, the family background, the gender need not be something to hold you back, instead you could choose to make it your strength.

Agreed that it is not easy as it sounds, but it is not impossible either.

By taking a good look at where you come from in a most dispassionate manner, you will save yourself considerable time from wallowing in self-pity and instead focus on your onward journey. In fact, the earlier you acknowledge your roots for what it really is, the quicker you will move ahead in creating a powerful identify of yourself.

So, Chiquitita, break your chains and go sing a new song!!!

songs that heal
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Embrace Yourself – II

July 3rd, 2022
Self esteem begins when you own up your only home on the planet, the body that the soul inhabits, not by choice but by a happy/unhappy coincidence. With the acceptance of your only home, will you be able to stretch yourself, move out of the inner workings of your mind, to see what lies beyond. Later, you will come back with thoughts that wandered outside your inner realms and mull over it all, to see how it makes or ‘umakes’ you or how it adds to who you are or takes away small portions from your being, to chisel your life into exact measures of the soulful, albeit clueless, life journey that you are in. But again, acceptance of the body that you live in, majorly comes, I believe, by accepting, acknowledging where you come from, your parents, your immediate family, those extended craziness in your family, the place you belong to, the language you speak, the faith you are born into, the food that you grow up eating, the social hierarchy in which you are placed, the identity you are sometimes given or some times that which you make and so on.
Well, acceptance of these aspects that are beyond your immediate control, does help in being at ease with who you are, and then you will surely start to explore the light that your soul truly seeks. If you are lucky, you will find a mate or two on the way, but the journey of your soul will continue, till the last breath lasts. Well! then, it makes sense to keep the smiles and embrace who you are in order to grow into who you want to be, doesn’t it?

#Embrace who you are to grow into who you want to be – Sreelekha
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Embrace Self

May 15th, 2022
Life was never meant to be a race. There is no prize for being the first to get somewhere, for being the most popular, the most liked, and so on. The Sun never rewarded any flower for blooming first. Nor did the Earth announce prizes for the birds who flew the fastest. The vast universe has place for everyone, allowing each to reach his prime in his own time. Yet, in his race to be the best, the fastest, the most liked, the richest and so on, man forfeits the time he has on the planet to chase glories that last a few likes or a few shares. So, stop, hold yourself, take a deep breath and appreciate yourself. Your time is good time. Your journey at a slower pace is good, the different path you chose is amazing and your milestones are waiting…
Coz, at any given time, you are the best that you could have been!!!
-Said the Universe
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Padma- A review

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Embrace Yourself-V, Chiquitita

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Embrace Yourself – II

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Embrace Self

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