Sometimes, the bravest thing you can do is show up before you're ready.This is my story— and perhaps yours too. "It’s not that brave to say you don’t care about possessions when you have access to everything in the world.It’s not that brave to say you aren’t motivated by money when you already have enough… Continue reading Brave
The letter “O” in the word “choice” is a circle, not a straight line. Ever noticed that? You might be thinking, "Wow, what a great observation!👏(slow claps) How can the letter 'O' be a straight line? What’s so special about that?" Too many questions, I know — but stay with me for a moment. If… Continue reading Choice
Many of you might wonder what's wrong with being happy? Shouldn't we be happy about graduating or passing that exam or working in a dream company or buying that house we worked so hard for. Shouldn't we be happy— at least? Honestly, I don't know how to answer this in just one line right now.… Continue reading Thought #22- What is the problem with being Happy?
"It has been deeply embedded in our minds that our emotions and behaviour depend on situation and other people. No matter how deeply we believe that we are dependent on external factors, the truth is that we have complete freedom to choose our response. This is called Emotional Independence. You are not emotionally dependent and… Continue reading Book #1.1 Emotional Independence
I am currently reading The Power of One Thought by BK Shivani. There is a section on responsibility, which I will cover in another post. But then, why am I writing here? There was a line in the book that made me ponder, and it was this line was: If we create a list of… Continue reading Thought #21- Health
Yesterday, I was waiting for a mail approval which I still haven't received despite requesting in person. Reflecting on this, I just realised that if I knew (only if I knew), I wont be receiving that mail- I wouldn't have been waiting for it how I waited yesterday- by checking my mail again and again,… Continue reading Thought #20- Life is uncertain; you truly don’t know what’s coming next your way
Have you ever felt that you had given your all to something or someone and in the end after all what you had to give you realise that it didn't matter to them as much you thought it did? Complicated right! You sacrificed your time on other things that really needed the utmost attention. You… Continue reading Thought #18
In India, every year we celebrate Teachers' Day on 5th of September. The day is the birthday of our former President Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishna who was a teacher, professor, scholar, philosopher and Bharat Ratna awardee. He was also the first Vice President and second President of India. As we say, words can either make you… Continue reading Happy Teachers’ Day
Hi Everyone! Hope you all are doing great. It's been a long time since I posted anything on the blog. I have been really busy for past few months and I am trying to find my way back to J2H again. So recently, I happened to participate in an Elocution Contest conducted by the Institute… Continue reading Fulfilling our Dream- Be Independent
Let the bird fly! Let your inner bird FLY and find that missing piece that you have been looking for and longing for this long. Just imagine life to be a jigsaw puzzle wherein life gives you the pieces every now and then. Some piece fits that puzzle but after a year or so you… Continue reading Thought #13- Life is about finding your missing piece!
Read it carefully. Your work time might be 9 to 5 or 10 to 6 or be it anything. One thing that I can bet on right now is that we all work more than the work time. By working more I don't mean that you are working on continuous deadlines or sitting in front… Continue reading Thought #8 – Where is the balance?
What an amazing quote by Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson! You might not understand what's so amazing about this quote at one reading. Honestly, I too didn't understand it. I feel this quote describes all the important aspects of life, be it :- Living in the present- Finding time for self- Listening to the true inner… Continue reading What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
There is one thing in life that we human beings lack and i.e. being happy with what we already have. There is a famous quote by Napolean Hill which says, Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time. In the same way, a person cannot be grateful if he's complaining. Both… Continue reading GRATEFUL
As kids we never thought before doing something. We just did it. We had innocence and our brain was at a primitive stage of developing. But as we grew up things changed. We started making the simplest of simplest things complicated by just overthinking about it. Thanks to a developed brain. If there is something… Continue reading Thought #6 – Kids have the purest of hearts and intentions
So...Why did I choose journey2home as my blog name and not anything else? Was it just a random preference out of the blue? Or was there any thought behind it... And why even I am writing about it. These are some questions that I am going to try answer in this post.
