"Don't avoid the burn. Feel the burn." - my pilates instructor in exercise class this evening. That's true for life as well. Feel the burn, go through it, wait for the cold harsh winter to melt into a sunny promising spring.
Monday, 9 March 2015
The Non-Facebook Post #10
It's a brave new WARM world! And, I've stepped out, boldly once again, without at least 4 layers of my 7-layered winter clothing!
It's Spring!
It's Spring!
But here's trying to grasp at some more elusive thought threads as they flit through my mind and threaten to vanish like wisps of smoke dissolving into nothingness.
Experiencing seasons from inside of a car. Experiencing temporality through the lens of owning and driving a vehicle.
Last Spring brought me the liberating feeling of being able to walk out to the laundry room in my apartment complex without first armouring myself in winter gear. This Spring, it's liberating to not have my fingers freeze to numbness while I'm holding the gas nozzle and refuellling my car. Winter afternoons made for perfect driving visibility - no bright glare reflecting off of windscreens and asphalt, not so dark that headlights would not be able to handle. Spring days come with bright sun shining off of every surface it can, blinding you a bit as you try to drive in the warm glow.
Saturday, 7 March 2015
The Non-Facebook Post #9
The 'I' post.
I have emotional fortitude.
I have confidence in me and emotional fortitude.
I have things to do, places to go, dreams to achieve.
I have to be at the top of my game.
I have to be the smartest version of my pea-brain self.
I have miles to go before I sleep.
I will have my dreams.
The Non-Facebook Post #8
Yes, yes, yes!
I did it! I drove a co-passenger, for the first time - a milestone for how far I've come from being a scaredy-cat driver to now being confident enough to safely drive another human being!
And,
I also was able to accomplish the complex task of talking WHILE driving! And got complimented for it too! But now, I completely understand all the people who politely tried to excuse themselves from talking because they found it hard to both together and wanted to concentrate on driving. I find that it's a bit tougher to focus on what the other person is saying when there's a higher volume of traffic on the roads you're driving on. I also discovered that it's a lot easier to drive if you're the one doing the talking - makes focussing on both tasks easier (it makes you a feel a bit powerful too, for some reason, or the one in control, in the 'driver's seat').
Here's to learning, some more! Here's to growing, some more! Here's to becoming the best version of you!
I did it! I drove a co-passenger, for the first time - a milestone for how far I've come from being a scaredy-cat driver to now being confident enough to safely drive another human being!
And,
I also was able to accomplish the complex task of talking WHILE driving! And got complimented for it too! But now, I completely understand all the people who politely tried to excuse themselves from talking because they found it hard to both together and wanted to concentrate on driving. I find that it's a bit tougher to focus on what the other person is saying when there's a higher volume of traffic on the roads you're driving on. I also discovered that it's a lot easier to drive if you're the one doing the talking - makes focussing on both tasks easier (it makes you a feel a bit powerful too, for some reason, or the one in control, in the 'driver's seat').
Here's to learning, some more! Here's to growing, some more! Here's to becoming the best version of you!
The Non-Facebook Post #7
"So many times I've heard perfectly capable people say: "I don't really know what to do with my life. I'm not really good at anything."
Nobody's ever accomplished anything by doing what they're good at. Accomplishments come from doing what you're bad at-- over, and over, and over again.
Brandon Stanton, Humans of New York, June 29 2012.
The Non-Facebook Post #6
This calm, peaceful Saturday morning brings me a sombre mood and answers and revelations. What can heal a broken heart? Hurt. "If you don't let it hurt, how will it heal?" This line is also from Natasha Badhwar, one of my biggest thought influencers.
Also, you know you've finally made the transition from being a tropical girl to a temperate-zoned person when you feel like Spring in thirty-one degree Fahrenheit temperatures and saunter outside boldly without your gloves and usual winter paraphernalia (and even manage to drive your car without turning on the heat, even if it was for just a quarter mile). The once bland foods of the land you now call home begin to taste delicious. You finally understand the agony of a person who chokes on flaming-spice food, the 'pachadi' from your homeland is way too hot for your now continental palette.
Badhwar also said the key to writing is to "imagine all the people who think your writing sucks" and then write with the realization that they are "not reading you."
And this here post is another example of my rambling thoughts. But it floats my boat, so hey.
Also, you know you've finally made the transition from being a tropical girl to a temperate-zoned person when you feel like Spring in thirty-one degree Fahrenheit temperatures and saunter outside boldly without your gloves and usual winter paraphernalia (and even manage to drive your car without turning on the heat, even if it was for just a quarter mile). The once bland foods of the land you now call home begin to taste delicious. You finally understand the agony of a person who chokes on flaming-spice food, the 'pachadi' from your homeland is way too hot for your now continental palette.
Badhwar also said the key to writing is to "imagine all the people who think your writing sucks" and then write with the realization that they are "not reading you."
And this here post is another example of my rambling thoughts. But it floats my boat, so hey.
Friday, 6 March 2015
The Non-Facebook Post #5
'Dehleez pe mere dil ki, jo rakhe hai tune kadam...
...aasmaan mila zameen ko meri...'