Thought for the week – 19th August 2019 (2)
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Some Characteristics of a Mentor/ Coach
What will resonate with you about nurturing relationships ( including coach /mentor) in your own life will not necessarily be the same as what resonated with me. However, below is a summary of my key learnings about nurturing relationships that continue to clarify and enrichen my transition from confusion to self- discovery.
Thought for the Week – 5th August 2019
a fresh start isn’t a new place
it’s a new mindset
If the guru is unripe, both the guru and the disciple suffer
Thought of the Week – 29th April 2019 (2)
Thought of the Week – 25th March 2019 (2)
“There is a limit beyond which it is unhealthy for mankind to conceal truth in order not to offend those whose minds are closed.”
~ Sufi Haidar Gul
Anything that divides man from man is inhuman, uncivilized, uncultured….
The madhouse on the India-Pakistan border
I have told you a story…
When India was divided into two nations, India and Pakistan, a rumor was heard that there was a madhouse just on the boundary. Neither India nor Pakistan was interested to take the madhouse. But something had to be done. It had to go somewhere.
Far more important than what you are listening to is the act of listening itself
True listening is another way of bringing stillness into the relationship. When you truly listen to someone, the dimension of stillness arises and becomes an essential part of the relationship. But true listening is a rare skill. Usually, the greater part of a person’s attention is taken up by their thinking. At best, they may be evaluating your words or preparing the next thing to say. Or they may not be listening at all, lost in their own thoughts. Continue reading
I am slowly learning..
I’m slowly learning that even if I react, it won’t change anything, it won’t make people suddenly love and respect me, it won’t magically change their minds.
Letting Go Takes Love
To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can’t do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off, it’s the realization I can’t control another.
To let go is not to enable, but allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another, it’s to make the most of myself.
To let go is not to care for, but to care about.
To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their destinies.
To let go is not to be…
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