Gargi's Soulful Musings

Imagine yourself engaging in a new passionate activity, to raise above your challenges. You gain momentum. Your soul feels energised.  Your life gets more meaningful with each step into your passion. Unexpected applauses pour in.  All of a sudden, your deep fear comes alive through a personally hurtful criticism in public. What do you do?  That’s exactly what happened to my blog writing passion.  My subconscious fear, that held me back for many years, to be active in public forums, turned true with my previous blog post. Fear of facing hurtful, judgemental and hostile perspective/comments over  me  and  my   thoughts .  I believed I had overcome that fear, until it resurfaced out of the blue. An “anonymous” reader *ranked* me as “ zero ” in writing. I was accused of making a “mistake” in creating the blogspot. Above all, my writing was  brutally  compared with my Appa’s writings and labelled as “nothing” in front of his works. ...

During one of the travels, I bumped into a minor yet compelling episode.  The room I was allotted with, could not be opened, how much ever effort I put in. The neighbours tried but in vain and as it happens most of the time, none of the receptionists were reachable as well. I was super tired and exhausted, It was already late in the night.  To add onto the thrill, I was informed that another guest as well faced a similar difficulty the other day and ended up staying in another room.  Now the little hope that I had besides drifted away.  “What do I do, what do I do?” “Whom else do I call for help? “ “Where else do I go in that dark night?”  “What if I am left stranded in the middle of the night?” “Should I ask the neighbors for a small 6 feet place for sleeping? “ There began my eagerly awaiting mind’s endless chattering. Though I knew these panicking thoughts are of no use. So, I took the weapon again - that troublesome (or so I thought) key.  Rather than h...

 #SpotifyEmotions🌠 Do you spot an ink stain on the pant?  It was from a mistakenly misplaced, wide-open marker pen on my seat.  Causing an irreversible stain, as I sat on it, without realizing its presence.  Likewise, If Emotions are unrecognised and swept under the carpet unaddressed, it causes a deep stain and manifests in different forms within ourselves and around!  Masking them would only cause more damage to us and our loved ones.🍂 Identifying the trigger for our reaction/response,  non-judgementally and consciously spotting the emotions,  acknowledging and addressing them head-on by being genuine to oneself,  are ways to sanitize ourselves time-to-time! 🧘🏻‍♀️🪴 Although It is a well known concept,  reminder such as this, was much needed! Thanks to the stain🫧  Yours Soulfully, Gargi SMARam 🌟💫 #emotions #mentalhealth #soulful #soulfulgargi

During a casual walk, happened to come across this blissful, beautiful view without realising that it’s sunset time. Speciality with sunset and sunrise is that we never get bored of it how many ever times we gaze over it!  Isn’t it a mesmerising and simple yet deeply thoughtful sight, every single time? To relish this precious moment, sat across silently to absorb the wonderful sight, as its a privilege to watch over this priceless beauty for the umpteenth time. While absorbing the sunset beauty in my eye lenses, eagerly captured the attached picture in mobile lens to send it across to my dear ones. Though It was just for a minute, but, Poof! The stunning, reddish sight of sunset was long gone. Yet again, making me cognizant of this illustrious thought - how important is “Being fully present in that present moment before it vanishes away!” For the “past” and “future” moments are flavourfully created ONLY by “consciously being” in the “present”.  Savouring & skilfully bundl...

  Welcome to another episode of Visual Treat and Thought series!   You may wonder what is my Intention behind continuing this interactive series from #1 #2 #3 ?!  To broaden each of our mind by hearing/reading out uniquely beautiful thoughts from the comments section , along with interestingly illuminating our brain cells through visual thinking, through my varied set of personal pictures. Tada! Presenting #4 picture from my favourite spot! Kick out that endless scrolling; Observe the picture with a free yet keen mind, think on your shoes for a couple of minutes and pour in your comments in the comments section. My thoughts: Those yellow flowers that are joyfully dancing on the branches and those that lay peacefully on the ground - both look beautiful. Reason being their vibrant color and flower texture that makes them beautiful even when they are fallen.  When a human lives with a vibrance of spreading goodness and rendering helping hands to the world around, in wh...

The smallest of small incidents give us bigger insights. Have you consciously noticed this aspect of our life? I became more aware of it from one such pettiest and widely known experience in the most visited spot of our lives - the parking lot 😊 Either we tend to adjust and park our vehicle in the smallest available gap or  other vehicles get parked closely intertwined with ours.  Either way, when we get back, we are in for a tug of war in getting them out from the mess, don’t we? One such evening with all preoccupied thoughts from the day, I was impatiently and vigorously trying  to rescue my poor vehicle that was stuck neck to neck (or rather stand to stand!) with another heavy bike.  I was pulling my vehicle left, right and center; Trying In all different  postures - sitting,  bending, squatting, slanting; all different ways in trying to get out of the mess. There was no way out. Or atleast I thought so and gave up in frustration. Helplessly I look...

Dear all,  Welcome to the VisualTreatAndThoughts#3 episode of the series!  Personally, I witness a significant shift in the way my brain perceives on all the happenings around with practice of these visual exercises - be it any picture, any movie or a live scene from the vast stage of  life drama! It’s not just me, apart from the web sources, I have heard wonderful outcomes and stories from my friends who had knowingly or unknowingly practiced visual exercises. What are your observations from the series  #1   #2 ?  Here’s the #3 Visual Treat Picture All you have to do is simple :  Take a look at the below picture for a couple of minutes, let your imagination wander around this image.  Grab your keypad and capture those unique thought patterns of yours ! You will be amazed at your mind’s unique abilities. Remember, this exercise is scientifically proven to improve your creativity and writing skills thereby removing brain fatigue. My Thoughts 💭 Fo...

That makes you smile widely; That nourishes you with instant feel-good goosebumps; That pushes you to sail through the rough tides; That directs you rightly through the strong winds; That nudges you to live the present moment to the fullest; for they become the future's cherishable past; That inspires you to imprint impactful footprints in the world; That blesses you with hopeful paths in the clueless, unexpected destinations of life; That makes the life worth cherishing forever💝 That is THE everlasting, cherishable "Memories"! Whenever I fall into any kind of pit,  it is my dearest Appa's soothing powerful words from the memory archive, that helps me to raise up and stand tall. "Always remember, There is more to life than just few ritualistic events, Gargi! Life is not just about some milestones, infact life is hidden in those smallest cherishable moments! " "Come what may, facing life boldly with our fullest capable energy is what makes ...

Thank you for an overwhelming response from the first post  of the Visual Treat and Thoughts series.  Here is the #2 picture of the series, an intriguing snap clicked from our balcony. I had to use lots of tactics and strategies to capture these naughty little ones in my camera! Observe the picture for a couple of minutes and pour down your thoughts in the comments section. I am sure your mind jumps over with so many interesting thoughts and stories looking at this cute little creature! This Visual Exercise is scientifically proven to activate both the left and right hemispheres of brain, enhancing imagination, observation and creativity . Once you are done penning down your thoughts, scroll down at my sharing on the origin and background little story on this snap! My Thoughts: The Naughty Little Visitor Every morning, I wake up to a regular visitor who always prefers to enter only through the gaps of window grills and the wide balcony. The Naughty little squirrels...

A young boy delivers cow milk to our house, every single day; He is always a busy man, holding the milk-can as his baton, running door to door with lightening speed; Wearing a big, humble and genuine smile while he pours milk.  It is such a welcoming and innocent smile that we got quickly acquatinted and bonded with him in a matter of a month. On a leisurely Friday evening, while my Amma was busy searching for a milk container, I casually started engaging him with small talks. That young boy who looked like a school kid, I asked him, "Are you studying pa, is this a part time job?" He replied as a matter of fact, "No Akka (sister), I stopped studying after 10th and have been delivering milk from my school days" He enlisted a big list of apartments he delivers. He naughtily says, "Even if I go late, they won't scold me as am delivering them for a very long time from my 8th std." I ask him curiously, "Very long time and from 8th std?" That is wh...