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Watch this gripping video by Author Glennon Doyle Melton to learn the art of accepting ourselves to lead an authentic and meaningful life.
It takes a lot of courage to leave the crowd and find your way home to a place called authenticity. Living life fully and completely is a blessing that very few get to experience during their lifetime. Life is a huge grinding mill that spares none. In a strife torn world of ours, it is very common to find people getting disillusioned with the whole concept of life.
Hassled by the trials and tribulations they face, people remain stuck in the shell they create for themselves. Swamped by feelings of depression and helplessness, they fear chartering the unknown. They refuse to budge from their existing circumstances.
Glennon Doyle Melton, in her video, talks about how she battled the emotional paralysis that had taken her in its grip for so long. She is a recovering bulimic, alcohol and a drug user. Her story encourages everyone to take charge of their lives by letting go of the fears and drenching in the spirit of life.
According to her, this can be done when people accept each other the way they are. Human beings are vulnerable species. It is absolutely acceptable to have our own phobias and expressing them is the best way to mitigate it.
Watch the following video that urges us all to awaken from living a mundane life to a masterful one.
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Neena was the sole caregiver of Amma and though one would think that Amma was dependent on her, Neena felt otherwise.
Neena inhaled the aroma that emanated from the pan and took a deep breath. The aroma of cumin interspersed with butter transported her back to the modest kitchen in her native village. She could picture her father standing in the kitchen wearing his white crisp kurta as he made delectable concoctions for his only daughter.
Neena grew up in a home where both her parents worked together in tandem to keep the house up and running. She had a blissful childhood in her modest two-room house. The house was small but every nook and cranny gave her memories of a lifetime. Neena’s young heart imagined that her life would follow the same cheerful course. But how wrong she was!
When she was sixteen, the catastrophic clutches of destiny snatched away her parents. They passed away in a road accident and Neena was devastated. Relatives thronged her now gloomy house and soon it was decided that she should be married off.
Women today don’t want to be in a partnership that complicates their lives further. They need an equal partner with whom they can figure out life as a team, playing by each other’s strengths.
We all are familiar with that one annoying aunty who is more interested in our marital status than in the dessert counter at a wedding. But these aunties have somehow become obsolete now. Now they are replaced by men we have in our lives. Friends, family, and even work colleagues. It’s the men who are worried about why we are not saying yes to one among their clans. What is wrong with us? Aren’t we scared of dying alone? Like them?
A recent interaction with a guy friend of mine turned sour when he lectured me about how I would regret not getting married at the right time. He lectured that every event in our lives needs to be completed within a certain timeframe set by society else we are doomed. I wasn’t angry. I was just disappointed to realize that annoying aunties are rapidly doubling in our society. And they don’t just appear at weddings or family functions anymore. They are everywhere. They are the real pandemic.
Let’s examine this a little closer.
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