2012 as I felt it ;)

Getting a little rest is a good thing… my body demands that I pay attention to my feeling… all plans have come unstuck and here I am sitting at my computer, writing again… cleansing my heart, opening up the channel of Divine Cleansing.

There is nothing more phenomenal that sharing a relationship in thought word and deed with the creator source, knowing that life is guided and trusting that GOD IS. A year that has brought many tears and the feelings of being stabbed… has just revealed itself as a splendid year of the SHIFT… when sight was delusional and the feelings showed the way.

A year, in which many an illusion was broken and in making a new choice, life has allowed me to witness the MIRACLE of FAITH IN ACTION. This year, I learnt that GOD was testing my “TRUST” factor, and it gladdens my heart, that I followed the prompt and held on to the LESSONS

1) Trust yourself to TAKE THE FIRST STEP… know GOD shall PROVIDE… and GOD shall uphold… in accordance to your CHOICES. He doesn’t interfere with your DECISIONS, he just wishes YOU KNOW BETTER, that YOU can… ALLOW HIM TO LEAD YOU. It is easy to STAY STRONG… when you TRULY TRUST

2) It is OKAY to have a TANTRUM… get all UPSET… but before you ALLOW yourself to FEEL SORRY… TURN to HEAVEN and ASK GOD TO HELP YOU… See a situation HIS WAY (There’s always a LESSON… a LEAP IN FAITH)

3) Know your enemies, they’re the ONES who teach you LESSONS, you’d otherwise, MISS OUT! They come in packages of “promises” they cannot fulfill!! They will put you at ease and then drop a bomb… these BOMBS are the TRUTH, that YOU must move to a new place of TRUSTING GOD! For in your DEEPEST moments of NEED… GOD walks in… in the shape of a friend and fills the gap.

4) KNOW that your INTENT is a powerful tool… use the word JUDICIOUSLY in your SPEECH… it has the power to become a brand new reality! Look back at history… INTENT becomes REALITY!

5) When you are going through a TOUGH PHASE… listen to your INTUITION!! Get enough silent time, to listen to the DIVINE INTELLIGENCE within you… and MAGIC happens!! You will be brought to a place of pure MIRACLES born from ALLOWING GOD to LEAD YOUR ACTIONS!

6) Be the HEARD… not the HERD! It is easy to go with the FLOW of CIRCUMSTANCES and REACT from PHYSICAL evidence and proof… there is always a greater message, waiting to be picked up… and LIVED! KNOW IT and TRUST… That GOD will DELIVER, if you ASK!

7) Remember, you become that which you ALLOW!! Look at your VICTORY in FAITH as a BENCHMARK of SHARING!! Faith PROVIDES what the EYES cannot see… FAITH is UMLIMITED!

For ALL THOSE WHO LET ME DOWN!!

You’re a crazy bunch of people… filled with the NEED FOR VALIDATION! God brought you into my life to remind me, that I need to make a new choice of friends! God invited me… to be stronger through you. I failed to recognise you… for the LESSON you are… got emotional… got hurt… cried… turned to GOD!! You strengthened my faith… and you moved me to a deeper relationship with TRUST! In letting go of YOU I realised, I got too used to carry baggage… letting GO… a gift I give myself! Thank you for the lessons you represent… glad to announce… I AM A GOOD STUDENT!!!

For ALL THOSE HURT ME!!

Damn, I realise now, that the TEARS we looking for a reason to flow… and you were the realisation that I had HELD THEM BACK! Felt the stabs, still do… and it still hurts, because I TRUSTED YOU! Then again, here’s the better thing that HAPPENED… I released emotional bondages, my GRATITUDE to YOU complete!! It was time to let you out of my reality  to make a new space for new people and allow myself the pleasure of new experiences! I hadn’t realised that I had invested so much more in our friendship… than I knew! What is wonderful really, is understanding that I had to make a new choice and it is sad that it took breaking down first to rebuild!! Amazed at the NEW ME… I met… when I let the TRUTH FREE!!

For EVERY CHALLENGE!!

I learnt that you KNOW ME WELL!! You walked it… shook me up… and I was born again… more determined to ALLOW GOD TO LEAD!! So grateful for you… so touched by the KNOWING… that when GOD presented YOU to me… GOD Challenged me to TRUST him in GETTING PASSED you to the VICTORY STAND! Nothing is impossible, when GOD is on your side!!

For the absolutely awesome people I met… I feel so blessed and excited that you made your presence felt and changed my life at so many levels!

For the miracles of a Dedicated.Enthusiastic.Empowered.Positive growth, both, professionally and personally. To the opportunities that made me, open up new vistas of professional prowess… I recorded my first ever track… I anchored 2 events… tonight would’ve been my third… I guess GOD had different plans… and I accept them as the BEST ever. For ALL THE TIMES, someone, called, spoke or messaged me… to remind me that I am in GOD’s LOVE and I shouldn’t ever give up on my dreams!

For all the moments, when a new Idea has walked into my life and led me on how to make it come true. For all the FRIENDS who walked in and stayed as I realised my dreams. For one very special person… “I am proud of YOU” inspires me, each time I hear it from you.

For Ashok, Evelyn, Fr. Stanley, Anthony, Rose, Danny, Rahul, Pranay, Smriti, Rishi, Rahul, Ajay, Sally, Sanjay (Supandi), Sahil, Aditi, Apoorva, Avneet, Pallavi, Vaishali, Shefali, Varun, Uncle & Aunty Bawa, Uncle Sachdeva, Suraj… the many faces of Santa Workshop!! I am specially grateful for the presence of GOD right through every decision, every hug, every welcome & Every GOODBYE I experienced as I took one step at a time… towards Gratitude in Action!

For my family, who have supported my madness and absolute impulsive decisions… love you immensely Mom, Roopa, Prema & Dad!! For being the wind beneath my wings! :)

For the millions of memories and smiles right through the year, that filled my life with so much courage… for all the moments that redefined my choices… I am truly GRATEFUL!!

Today, as I say GOODBYE to the year… 2012… you are in my intent… may 2013 be a year of many miracles… many a S.M.I.L.E.!! May every person you meet inspire you to live a Dedicated.Enthusiastic.Empowered.Positive life!

Happy 2013… as I sign off on 2012!

Shrink your WORLD to EXPAND the VISION of A SAFE India!!

Why does it take DEATH to wake us up? Why don't we live AWAKE to the CHOICES we make... everyday?

As a citizen of India, we ought to understand that every action has a ripple effect!! We are here because of our CHOICES...

1) Female Infanticide
2) Disrespect of Women in homes
3) calling a girl child a burden
4) the act of EXCHANGE and EXPENSES during weddings
5) when a husband sexually assaults his wife in their tiny homes in front of his children
6) when drunken men return home to lust in public and beat up their wives to get them to submit.

We need to shrink our world and begin to spend more time... TEACHING our CHILDREN... RESPECT, GRATITUDE and PRAYER!! We need to TURN to EACH OTHER and COMMUNICATE. We need to INTROSPECT and ask ourselves

“WHAT IS THE ONE STEP I CAN TAKE AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO CHANGE MY IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT?”

A time to deal with the TRUTH… that we have CAUSED this moral decay by FEARING shame… by FEARING blackmail… by FEARING that we will be DISRESPECTED and OSTRACISED in society if we tell our truth! We often forget that the TRUTH sets US FREE!! No matter what the reaction… the truth… breaks barriers of FEAR and opens up the gateway of support that only ASSISTS us in making a new CHOICE… a CHOICE to LIVE FREE!!

It is not WHAT we COMMUNICATE... but HOW WE COMMUNICATE that will DEFINE the VISION!!

ANGER based communication will only invite more ANGER based ACTIONS & REACTIONS

BLAME based communications will only invite more FINGER POINTING and that will only create a DIVERSION from the TRUTH… diverting energies… will only take us away from the ISSUE AT HAND!!

HATE based communication will only INVITE hate based ACTIONS & REACTIONS, which will further decay the VALUES, we have understood don’t exist, as we witness the ACTS OF RAPE taking place ACROSS our COUNTRY!

We should make it a PERSONAL CHOICE… to UPHOLD and RESPECT, every HUMAN BEING that comes  our way… we should treat people as people… not commodities… and this can only happen, when we, make OUR HOMES a PLACE OF HUMAN WORSHIP… that is when the the RIPPLE EFFECT will permeate into SOCIETY and the COUNTRY as a WHOLE!!

Make time today, to invite your FAMILY to COME TOGETHER and MAKE A NEW RESOLUTION… to EXTEND RESPECT and HONOUR to EACH OTHER… THIS IS POSSIBLE… and the MOVEMENT begins in YOUR HOME!!!

When a CITIZEN wakes up and makes a change… the GOVERNMENT & the GOVERNANCE will follow suit… this has to be a time of the MASSES to take the lead… protests won’t help… if we don’t begin with helping ourselves.

Don’t be the HERD… be the HEARD!!