Moazzam Shaikh's Blog, page 48
March 31, 2018
Give Yourself Breaks During the Day
Even if it is to buy a face cream or get a coffee, give yourself these treats. Give your mind a break from worries or dealing with the challenges of work.
Take a second for yourself.
Walk if you can.
Have a conversation with someone that is not related to work.
Buy a gift for a child.
Forward something that will make someone laugh.
That keeps a flow of love and excitement running through you. Usually those breaks will have something to do with beauty so they will infuse your cells with a t...
March 25, 2018
STAY CLOSE TO YOUR FRIENDS, THE ONES YOU LOVE
Your friends are your gold. They will be a source of solace, joy, and open your mind to new abundances, ways of living and new ways of looking at things.
So nurture those relationships.
Be there for them and let them be there for you.
Keep the river of love owing between you.
Engage in activities together.
Make the time for lunch or a visit.
Accept them. Keep things joyful.
Share with them your victories and losses.
That connection is a connection to life so engage in it and it will kee...
March 20, 2018
STOP WORRYING ABOUT GETTING OLD
There’s nothing to be done about it and aging comes with its tendernesses and its own gifts. For example, one has more appreciation for beauty and each other and time feels more precious.
One feels more appreciative of every moment and all those who grace it with you. One has more compassion and understanding of what others go through.
Yes aging comes with health and other diffculties. But it is precious and most of us can still do meaningful work – be it our own or philanthropic.
One can...
March 19, 2018
BE PATIENT
So much of life requires this. Patient about meeting your mate and then patient with your mate when you meet him or her. Patient about monies coming in. Patient about bringing your dreams and aspirations to fruition.
Most of us are less versant with patience because of technology. We think everything should move at the pace of our texts and emails but relationships, deals, projects and decisions don’t move at the same speed as devices.
If you are feeling drained and unsettled as you “wait,...
March 13, 2018
YOU NEED DAILY ENERGY IN YOUR WORK
Are you doing what you love? You may believe part of work is not being happy in your work. That’s why they call it work, you say. But it is not true at all.
You are supposed to feel vitality and excitement in your work. Because it has meaning and what you do brings good into the world. You are using your special talents to make something that people need. Those are the feelings that you can have.
So if you are not having those feelings, think about your special gifts. What inspires you. Th...
March 12, 2018
TRY TO ACCEPT LOVE
Sometimes you may not feel love in your heart but someone else does feel love for you. Don’t run away, engage in that love. Perhaps it will grow. Don’t be negative. Open your heart and soul if you can. Let others love you when you are having trouble loving yourself.
You may be needing some quiet time, time for yourself, where you can come to yourself, and see things once again from there. That is where the love is, where you are yourself and fully present, feeling that you are living the l...
March 11, 2018
BE IN CONNECTION WITH PEOPLE
There will be times that your energy is down, and you don’t have a lot to give others. Let others feed you then. They may be flying high on energy and can infuse you with their enthusiasm and love of life.
Be around creative and successful people. They will raise you up and make you feel full of love. Let others give to you when you are down. And you be there for others when their energy is down and yours is up.
Stay in the connection of bucking each other up and exchanging what it is to m...
March 10, 2018
EAT AND DRINK WHAT YOU LOVE
It will make you feel free. Enjoy your meals. We worry about our weight so skip the bread, or the fattening foods that you will pay for, but allow yourself rare foods you love. Oysters. Duck. Quinoa, Artichokes, yogurt with fruit and nuts, something that is a treat for yourself.
It will bring out the child in you, the child who is not interested in denying oneself but is interested in celebration. Be good to yourself and give yourself (mostly) healthy treats. It means you are loving yourse...
March 9, 2018
TAKE WALKS IN THE SUN
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Sometimes just walking and going places you don’t normally go to, participating in the theatre and joys and strivings of other scenes and lives will inspire you.
Just sitting down in the sun, in the middle of your work day, and having a coffee or eating popcorn will fill your soul with what is energetic.
You will see there is beauty (cost free) everywhere and that humanity is striving everywhere.
There are poorer and richer than you. There are younger and older.
If you live in the country...
March 5, 2018
IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE, BE WITH HIM OR HER
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Even if it is not perfect, even if not all is as you want it, still being in the presence of someone you love will be healing and softening for you. It will feel alive, full of life. Even if this person does not give you everything you dream about but tries, be with him or her and enjoy the feeling of love and admiration you feel with this person.
Enjoy the hope of connection, enjoy giving to the other. It will keep you in emotional shape. It will keep you flexible, and keep your compass...
