Prayer to Mother Earth

I respectfully bow down before Mother Earth,

I am a daughter of woods; I gracefully listen to the chirping of birds, the silence of the wilderness, the flow of streams, and the magical whisper of old trees.

I graciously watch the humbleness of living creatures that created  shelter place in the wild

I passionately embrace the coolness of breeze and freshness of the air

Kindness is goodness, and your goodness is magic.

Being spiritual means whispering to trees, laughing with flowers, falling in love with the sun set

I shall adore those five essential elements sun, earth, fire, space, and water as a sign of gratitude

My soul is tuned to the stillness, peace, and quietness of nature

Woodland is the place to get lost the cluster of mind and find inner peace

Mountains are my bones, stands strong and elevated

Rivers are my veins, flows with twists and turns

Forests are my thoughts, wild and dark

Oceans are my heart, vast and with waves of emotions

Let us learn character from trees, magnanimity from its shades, values from the root, and changes from its leaves.

Life lesson –

The lessons that we learned from schools will not help to resolve the issues in our lives, many times we don’t even apply them in our workplace, academic qualifications are essential to building a career, but that cannot teach us to run life smoothly.  I have learned a great lot from my Mom, I am proud to say that I am applying them in my daily life; it gives me immense pleasure and sense of confidence, therefore we all have great teachers in our homes itself.  We need not Google for each and every query; all we need to do it ask our elderly people at home, I am quite sure; they will have loads of answers for a query.   I had great opportunities to learn from my paternal as well as maternal grandparents, God was too kind to me in that way, but I still feel that my son had missed a great lot away from the motherland, his childhood was entirely different than mine, all he had fun during a month vacationing in India, and otherwise, life was custom-built.  I had a great childhood with lots of relatives, friends, and family, it gave us great opportunities to learn and shape our lives in a better manner.  I still feel that our lives are predestined, so finding what is missing and what not, is not a great idea.  Hence, I strongly believe that all our lives are programmed in such a way not to get squeeze the life out.

Good – living

Good living is a tool for mental and physical well-being.  It is essential to get the required hours of sleep, though it may differ from person to person.  Sleep deprivation is one of the brain-damaging habits, causes many illnesses like sleep disorder, anxiety, panic attacks, gradual memory loss, and depression.  A good night sleep can keep you energetic; keep your day productive without any mental exhaustion.  Never skip breakfast, missing out breakfast can damage the growth of brain cells; eat your breakfast like a King after twelve hours of complete rest, lunch and supper you can amend as you wish.   Pick up any one of the regular exercises and follow it sincerely, I think walking will be appropriate for all age groups, get more sunlight that will help you to boost your vitamin D, means heighten the level of your happy hormone, hang out more in the open and visit the places like sea or creek side, or garden to elevate your mood.  Practice mindful – living, avoid multi- tasking, do your duties best of your ability.  Money is precious, spend wisely, and always make sure that it is giving a helping hand during the rainy season.  Personal hygiene is very important, it can keep you away from most of the illnesses, keep meditation and Yoga as an essential activity in your daily routine.  Take every chance to update you with the current events, fun, creative, hobbies, and books, general and informative as well.  Spend good quality time with your family, be supportive, caring and kind, understand their concern, never put them off, and if possible inspire them.  Take good care of mental as well as physical health, avoid intake of white sugar, carbohydrate, and caffeine or reduce the quantity, drink plenty of water that can keep you fresh with glowing skin and it is the best toxin remover.  Spend your leisure hours more in a pleasing manner, do all those activities which make you alive.  

Lessons of life –

Every lesson in life makes you or breaks you; hence take every opportunity to make you.  Difficulties are an unavoidable part of life, so approach them with a clear mindset, use them as a ladder for your growth, definitely, it is not for destroying you, it gives a chance to grow mentally stronger.  Life is meaningful, be it in solitude or in the company of friends and family.  Seek every opportunity to grow mentally, you can create your life happily, all that you need is a clear mindset.  Ignorance is the greatest enemy, never leave a single opportunity to read and learn; even a child’s message carries the greatest meaning.  Keep reading, whether you understood or not, develop the habit of reading, it is your best companion in your solitude, read everything your hands get on, read all those texts of different beliefs, you will understand the ultimate truth, we are unnecessarily stressing over every little material thing which has zero value, leaving behind the most invaluable truth of self-realization.  Be yourself, be kind, compassionate, caring, loving, and selfless.  Our trails are often muddy, full of twist and turns, does not matter, finally you made it  cleaner and brighter than before.  Physical appearance carries little, but inner- appearances is beautiful heart and mind all that matters.  You need not become perfect to be happy, your true self is happy because you have decided to look beyond the imperfections; you have two choices before you, either be happy and grateful for the things and people in life, or be miserable for what’s missing in your life.

Inner dialogue/silent self –talk

Productive, encouraging, and promising silent self-talks always help to boost our self-confidence, self-esteem, and self- respect,  which means overall mental well-being.  I do practice the same, believe me, it is super good.  You need not take everyone’s attention in doing so, silent self- talk is paying attention to your inner-voice as if you are listening to your beloved companion and inspire with positive talks.  This habit will help us not to seek external support for mental growth.  It will help you to find out your mental as well as physical discomforts at ease, accordingly, we can approach for medical help.  Silent self-talk can do wonders in your life, especially people living solitude, ‘Your sincere companion is your inner voice, it will not misguide you’.   This technique will work at all times, while you are stressed out, overjoyed, depressed, anxious, etc..  Daily practice of meditation and breathing techniques promote to build immense faith.  All our mindset and sentiments are transient nature, you cannot be happy always or sad, healthy or unhealthy, full of life or out of fuel.  Be a fighter; always look back on your success, remember that you have survived through several difficult times in your life; hence you will survive this too.  You need not require someone to pat on your shoulder to encourage you; you can do it by yourself.   

Time – stealer

We all have experienced that sense of regret and guilt; honestly, it is a horrible feeling, both can do nothing but spoil our present, somebody said it is like driving on a high way looking at a rear-view mirror, how horrifying is that? Complaining and keeping grudge makes life more bitter, anger is like drinking poison expecting another person to die, how gruesome is that? It destroys the mental peace as well as physical health, it cannot resolve any issues but it makes the problems grow deeper, honestly meditation tackles this vicious feeling in no time.  Forgiveness takes away half of the mental load, otherwise it is like punishing yourself for other person’s sin, clinging on to the unpleasant experiences will not help, instead, it will take the happiness of the present, therefore, practice forgive and forget.  Comparing one’s lifestyle, career, and achievements with another person is a complete disaster, this attitude makes us ungrateful towards goodness in our lives, how pathetic is that? If another person is happier than you mean, he had made many sacrifices to achieve that happiness, if somebody is miserable means they have not taken any initiative to transform them, is it not that simple? So comparing your life with someone’s is an absolute waste of time.  We all have experienced that worrying about the things which are not under our control which is baseless; do we have any control over the natural world? All that we could do is preserving our nature and natural resources; do we have any control over our life, happiness, sorrow, grief, miseries, accidents, deaths, Illnesses, epidemic and Natural calamities? We can take good care to prevent it, rest is fate, and therefore worrying about things that are not our control is a major time-stealer.

Meditation –

Meditation has a tremendous effect on emotional, mental as well as physical health.  This is one of the resourceful self-realization techniques.  Though I am a beginner to it, I strongly agree with the fact that it helps to achieve terrific mental and physical well-being.  First of all, it helps to de-clutter your mind, we need to not pile up our mind with unwanted thoughts which creates a roadblock to our daily activities, and it helps to have mental clarity, it enhances the creative part of the mind, it brings freshness, alertness and above all a wonderful feeling of liveliness.  We will get a clear idea of what to store what not to be stored in our mind; it helps us to easily let go of things or people who create mental fatigue.  It helps to a great extent to control over anger and sudden rush of feelings, sadness, jealous, etc.. the wonderful part is that it provides uncanny ability to bounce back into your real form, it changes your overall perception, you will definitely transform into a better person, more mature, kind, loving, and cheerful.  It contributes to good physical health, keeps you away from addiction forming habits.  Definitely, it will bring good performance results and improve concentration.  Keep meditating!