Elegance

 At the end of the day I told someone (and myself) that I LOVED the day!

And I thought to myself, if everyday I consciously tell myself the same. Of course everyday cannot be the same, but I am sure every single day has at least a few bits in it that are wonderful if we actually look. And we remember these wonderful bits at the end of each day, instead of remembering the not so good bits.

I bought hibiscus plants and they have been blooming often lately. One can only imagine the joy of seeing the beautiful flower open up. But what has been fascinating me even more is the way it shrivels away. It has a beautiful way of closing the petals one above the other and does not just wrinkle up or crumble down. It elegantly falls asleep and becomes just like it was before blooming. I was so in awe when I saw this for the first time - displaying such elegance while closing and knowing that it is not needed anymore!

I feel that being elegant in dealing with life defines how we live our life. Life is full of many many flavors. And looking at every flavor with elegance makes all the difference. Embracing every moment - good, bad, ugly, beautiful, sad, painful, joyful - every moment with the same elegance is what makes our life as beautiful as a flower. 

Crying with elegance, feeling the pain with elegance, being joyful with elegance, breaking down with elegance, smiling with elegance - ok I am not being crazy here - how does one cry elegantly or feel the pain in an elegant manner - it is just the realization that crying or any negative emotion is just one part or phase and is absolutely necessary. To feel every emotion fully without a trace of bitterness is what elegance is to me. And there is no one way to show elegance. Each one of us has our own unique style. Once we acknowledge and embrace our style, we can sail through life a little more easily.

Let us make each of our days special and fall in love with our lives exactly the way it is right now. Showing our unique beauty to the fullest like a flower today and everyday 😊 

Bud to half bloom

to full bloom

and elegantly closing

Looking elegant even when cut 😜

Loving each day!

Spot the rainbow

Being a hibiscus

The best people

I was watching a series last night and came across a dialogue "The best people in my life are the ones who choose to be in it". I fell in love with this sentence. Life becomes so much simpler when we are aware about this. Cherishing the people who are already with us is all we have to do. 

There is nothing much I can say about this as it is so simple but yet so subtle. I am writing about this to remind myself to be grateful for all the friends/family who are a part of my life. There is no effort needed to be in touch with the people we love. It is that simple 😊

After an amazing day, having coffee at home with mom

Coffee and laptop

The little nudge

This is more like a continuation of one of my previous posts: 

https://my-happy-notes.blogspot.com/2023/10/a-few-steps.html

Yesterday I had decided to go for a walk (hadn't gone in sometime). It is so funny how the mind works. In spite of me loving walks, I had to motivate/force myself to step out and walk yesterday. I had to coax myself to do something that I love naturally. Well, once out, and once done the feeling was great. But why does the mind resist many things that we know are good for us? The same thing happened this morning as well and the justifications that my mind gave me were so genuine that I almost gave up. BUT that small nudge pushed me to wake up and step out. 

The mind is so smart that it justifies absolutely every action of ours. But when we know something is good for us, we still resist it or come up with excuses right? I feel that is where this small nudge makes all the difference. We have to keep having these nudges on a daily basis to do something no matter how our mind convinces us otherwise. Let us remember to give ourselves these "little nudges" with every little action today, because I am sure we will thank these nudges later on 😊

Thanking my little nudge 😀