A mistake repeated a hundred times eventually doesn’t look to be a mistake, except it surely is. Who decides what a mistake is? The definitions vary with perspectives, but ultimately it’s our consciousness that knows the best, that silently points out if we were wrong. And the biggest wrong we do is being unjust to ourselves. Most often people categorize this as ‘selfish’ and ‘self-centered’ but that’s from a perspective that itself is ingrained against the values it preaches and with many prejudices. Being kind and considerate of self and more importantly knowing what we stand for, what we look up to, acknowledging what we expect from ourselves, and accepting what we can and cannot agree to, brings a lot of clarity and makes for an easier way forward. But at times situations, rather emotions are more complex than simply put on paper. There’s no single way to navigate through the matter, as many psychological, intellectual, and physical dimensions are associated with it. So let’s try and keep it simple, as far as possible.
We know what action is going to invite problems; now I am not asking to play safe. Never. All I am saying is before we agree upon any decision, our minds throw out a momentary vision of how the future will look; just trust and respect that vision for that’s our inner self, our consciousness, and probably the universal intellect trying to communicate with us. Confidence and clarity are two different aspects. Whereas confidence can easily be challenged, clarity speaks for itself. Paying heed to those visions, intuitions, or signals, whatever we call them, and using them as a guiding compass brings clarity of thought and action, and build confidence with time.
There’s no denial of the fact that things are not always the way we want them to be but there definitely is no harm in expecting things to be our way. And we certainly are capable of making things work our way by trusting our instincts, and that universal connection. Life teaches us some valuable lessons and it keeps teaching us until we learn for a good teacher never leaves her student directionless. Perhaps everything we do in between is a mistake.
In Light & Gratitude,
Nazneen Kachwala
(This blog is originally published by nazneenkachwala.wordpress.com)
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