MIRA (Mai.ra)

Well folks, these days, selfie is in rage and so is the selfie smile. I love to see how people make their best efforts to get a perfect selfie. We make faces, have pouts, smile (sometimes weirdly) or pose differently to get the best shot. We are ready to do anything to add to the best effects to our selfie. Sometimes our efforts pay and sometimes they don't. Now comes the next step and this is to upload our selfie on some social networking sites. This is followed by an elongated wait for our friends' complements and likes. Our endeavors seem to succeed if our posts receive expected (or unexpected) number of likes. If our posts don't grab the attention of the viewers, our endeavors fail due to which we feel apprehensive sometimes. Have we ever thought how many extra endeavors, we make just to attract peoples' attention? How much time we spend in getting clicked? But let me ask you what extra endeavors we make to get our minds and bodies relaxed or cheer...

If someone asks you what does brighten up your spirit, just think, what your answer would be. Which thing or person instills your lives with enthusiasm and happiness? What does uplift your spirit to do something which gets you to the next level? Is it your family, your passion, your work, your ‘me-time’, the smile of your little baby or the social service you do? Just think and let your ‘self’ know about it and note it down in a journal. No matter how old you are or where you are living or what kind of life you are leading to, what matters the most is how much willingness you have to raise the level of yourself, your life, and your happiness.   I urge you all to take out time to let yourself know about such fantastic things and feel the drastic transformation in your lives.  Many times when we feel low or uninteresting, we can surround us with such people or things which make us feel better. If we really wish to move ahead in our lives...

Give Priority to Yourself to Live Successfully Well folks, how are you all? Last month while having a discussion with one of my family members, I had to face his annoyance. He got angry with my statement which was ‘WE SHOULD LOVE OURSELVES MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.’ He said this thought showed my petty perception and self-contentedness. You won’t believe that the accusation made me dejected and disappointed and I left the room at once. Later, I kept thinking where I was wrong and why I was misinterpreted. After a contemplation of 2 hours, I found no change in my viewpoint. That small tiff steered me to write my today’s blog that ‘WE SHOULD LOVE OURSELVES MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.’ Now let me share the reasons why I have such an opinion. We’ve several concerns and responsibilities in our lives. We’re so trapped in them that sometimes, it becomes utterly tough for us to prioritize them. But on the basis of my experience, I can say that nothing matters as much as our own ‘selves’...

Well Folks, have you ever thought, what do you do when don’t do anything? A bit confusing question! But still you need to find out the answer. So let me respond that we keep talking to our ‘selves’ when we are sitting idle. The persistent chattering in our minds makes us uneasy and unhappy. We feel stressed out, irritated and depressed without knowing that such negative self-conversations ruin our mental peace.  We seem relaxed and quiet outwardly but we’re trapped in a whirlpool of thoughts. This seems unbelievable yet it’s significant for us to get familiar with the role of such interactions in our lives. Let’s focus on what this self-talk is all about. When we notice, we will figure out that generally these self-talks are pessimistic and negative. negative self-talks on our well-being. We keep blaming ourselves for the previous mistakes and failures etc. We keep uttering the negative declarations such as why my life is not as good as others’? I’m not lucky.  I do...

       Man is a social animal. We all understand this universal fact. It's really tough for us to survive without any company. We love to be surrounded by people to share our pleasure and pain. Even in the professional world also, we have some formal and informal connections. Let me state what happens exactly at our workplaces. Generally, we are piled with loads of work and we look forward to our colleagues to have a mild chit-chat. This helps us to get rid of the monotony and tedium of a busy day. Apart from that, we feel blessed to have such companions who give their ear to listen to our professional or personal woes which keep bothering us continuously.  But to our surprise, after two three days, we find that our secrets are leaked to several other colleagues whom we hardly know. Then we ruin many days in depression, anger, and guild of why we trusted that fellow and why we poured our heart to him/her. The most interesting part is the culprit re...

Last week, a horrendous accident occurred due to derailment near Kanpur in India. Hundreds of people died and innumerable got injured. Let’s just think about the victims and the survivors. All most all of them would have been sleeping as the accident took place in the wee hours. So, most of the people would have no idea what was going to happen the next second. We can understand it this way that those, who had their assigned work done, were called back by the Divine and those who still have responsibilities to bear or the tasks to accomplish are alive. Let me mention, time is ticking away and so is the life! Shouldn’t we all have a reason to get up, smile, and celebrate because we’re still alive? Indeed…we do have. Let’s don’t waste our time to think about our grudges. Let’s muster our courage to get a head start after failures. Let’s smile while greeting ourselves and others. Let’s gear up for the next imperative assignment to really change the course of our life positively...

‘ Sorry’ is a common word which we use frequently. This has become a ritual to say ‘Sorry’ for each trivial or giant fault which we make in our day-to-day life. Since our childhood, we have been trained to utter this magical word ‘Sorry’ as it shows that we’re well-mannered and full of repentance for our mistake. How pleasant it seems when we come across well-behaved people around us. But ironically, ‘Sorry’ has lost its significance and effect over the period of time. Now we use this word mechanically like a parrot chants the name of God without being familiar with its magnitude. “ ‘Sorry’ has zero impact or meaning. It slides off glibly from too many tongues.’ 1. Let’s discuss how the use of ‘Sorry’ makes any difference. 1.  ‘Sorry’ shows that we have a realization of our mistake. 2. It strengthens the relationship between two people and brings them closer. 3. It shows a person’s acknowledgement of his fault and determination to not to repeat it. Why do peo...