First of all, what is comfort zone? Its the place where we do things we already know. Its the place where there is no challenge for us. We all are vividly in love with our comfort zones. Right? It's so easy. Actually its the easiest thing to do. What is difficult is stepping out of it. Now you must be thinking why step out of it when its so easy to stay within it? I mean why bother ourselves so much when we can actually live cozily in our comfort zones? Being in your comfort zone does not harm anybody. Does it? Well if you ask me, in the short run may or may not but, in the long run staying in your comfort zone is a choice that you 'll always regret.
Let me explain why. We are privileged to be born as human beings. You know why? Because we have the the ability to learn and grow faster than any other animal. So if we are not learning and growing, technically we are wasting our lives. In order to grow we must learn, in order to learn we must change and in order to change we must step out of our comfort zone.
And it is pretty simple. Always remember that comfort zones are the creation of your mind and don't you think that the same mind which can create them is empowered enough to conquer them if you can just believe and not be resilient towards change. Your job is to just shut your mind and take the leap, rest everything will follow.
And once you achieve this nobody can stop you from growing and henceforth achieving your highest potential.
Rythum Verma
"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."
- Mahatma Gandhi
One of the most popular adage we hear since our childhood is that, "health is wealth". But still, one of the things we take for granted the most is- our health. Why? Cynthia Ozick rightly answers this tricky question when he said, "We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude". We must learn to value and respect the gift of health we have been blessed with. We must not wait for sickness to come to value health.
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as, "a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Over a period of time, I have learned that taking care of your health is much easier before sickness has struck you than afterwards. Here comes another adage to prove this fact- " Prevention is better than cure." Simply saying, learn to respect your health and it will respect you back. Now some people would argue that health can be treasonable. Off course taking good care of your health does not guarantee that you will never fall sick but that does not mean you can afford to be ignorant towards it. Just like driving your car cautiously does not guarantee safety but that does not mean you should drink and drive.
To start off, one needs a committed heart, simple lifestyle changes and a little bit of discipline to reap the benefits of a long and healthy life. So what are you waiting for? Make a commitment to yourself and your body that you will give up any taste for The yummiest taste in this world- Health. Always remember that you are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. Our body is the very temple of the holy spirit of God.
Rythum Verma
Nature has its own impeccable way of teaching us some beautiful lessons for life. Butterflies are so tiny and fragile, yet one of the most beautiful creations of God. Butterfly is a combination of two words - butter and fly. Hence, their name itself specifies their ultimate purpose in life and i.e to fly. But are they born with the wings they need to be able to fly?
A butterfly has four stages in its life cycle. A butterfly first starts out as an egg. Butterfly eggs are protected by a hard- ridged outer layer of shell. About five days after the eggs are laid, a tiny worm like creature called the caterpillar hatches from the egg. A caterpillar grows really fast because they eat a lot. After the caterpillar is done growing it develops a pupa around it, inside which the caterpillar changes into a butterfly.
But the butterfly has to struggle a lot to come out of the cocoon. This struggle period is what catapults it into a magnificent butterfly it was destined to become. Its a law of nature that the struggle to come out of the cocoon actually helps develop and strengthen the butterfly's wings. If we skip this struggle period, the butterfly will die and hence will never be able to fly.
These little living beings teach us one of the biggest lessons, that trials in life can be tragedies or triumphs, depending on how we handle them. Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success.
The trials of life do not come to destroy us but to give us wings to fly.
Rythum Verma
Hello everyone. Let me ask you a very simple question. What is the difference between success and failure? The only difference between success and failure is that a successful person "never gives up". He fails 1000 times before succeeding The 1001th times. Let me ask you another simple question. Does giving up helps you achieve your dream or does it accelerate the process ? We all know the answer. It is a big no. Then why give up? Why even raise the question of giving up? My dear friends, the question we need to ask ourselves is " How much importance does your dream hold in your life?"
I'll tell you a story:
Socrates was Plato's mentor. One day they were walking down a beach. Then Socrates asked Plato to walk with him into the ocean. They started walking into the sea together. The water started out around their ankles, then rose up to their knees. As the water level rose, Plato wondered, “What is the lesson my master is trying to teach me?” When the water was about shoulder height, Socrates abruptly grabbed Plato’s head and pushed him down under the water. After sometime, when Plato ran out of air, he began to struggle to get his head above water. Eventually, Plato blacked out due to lack of oxygen. Socrates pulled him ashore. When Plato regained consciousness, at first he was extremely angry at Socrates for doing this to him. But Socrates explained, “If that had been my intention, I would not have pulled you ashore. I wanted to teach you that, when you desire my knowledge like you desired that breath of air, then you shall have it.”
We want to achieve so many things in life but many a times we don't. The reason is very simple, and i.e we don't desire it the way Plato desired that breath of air.
'The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.'
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
If you have that burning desire, if you have that fire in your belly, then only sky is the limit and nothing can stop you. There are no doubts, there are no fears and thus there is no question of Giving up.
Rythum Verma
Hello everyone. Life is a such a wondrous gift given to us by God. The greatest purpose of our existence is to be Happy and spread Happiness. God would never want any of his/her creations to suffer or undergo any kind of anguish.
There is a very simple rule for happiness in life -
"Keep the controllable things under control and ACCEPT the ones you cannot control."
One must never forget 'What you resist persists.' So if you dislike something and you want to change it then the first step towards the change would be to accept it, make peace with it. 'Happiness is not a destination. Its a journey.' One can never achieve anything in life if that person is unhappy and carries a negative approach towards his/her life. Always remember 'Happiness leads to success.' Its never the other way around.So inner happiness actually is the fuel of success. Be happy now. Feel good now. Its impossible to feel good and at the same time be having negative thoughts and remember, you become what you think. If you are feeling good, it is because you are thinking good thoughts.
Always remember that YOU, yes you deserve all the happiness in this world and the only way to bring more and more happiness into your life is be happy now. Now this does not mean that we cannot have negative feelings at all. We are humans and we all tend to have negative feelings some times in life. Again, don't resist those negative feelings otherwise they 'll persist. Try and focus on things you love, people you love. Think about all the good things life has blessed you with and within no time you will realize that you feel better and the negative feelings are all gone. Its very very easy to change your feelings and hence change your life. Sometimes just by listening to your favourite song you can change your mood. We all know exactly what are favourite things are.
Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you are in trouble, because that reason can be taken away from you.The key to your inner happiness is with you and only you. Be someone who makes you happy. The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything.
Always remember "Happiness is a choice, choose it today."
Rythum Verma
