Motivational Monday: The Ripple effect of kindness

I stumbled across this video earlier today and I immediately knew 
I was going to write about it. 

I initially had something else planned for today's motivational monday,
 but I think this is more fitting. 

In case you didn't know, I am a muslim and right now muslims around the world are observing the holy month of Ramadan. 

"The act of fasting is said to redirect the heart away from worldly activities, its purpose being to cleanse the soul by freeing it from harmful impurities. Ramadan also teaches Muslims how to better practice self-discipline, self-control,sacrifice, and empathy for those who are less fortunate; thus encouraging actions of generosity and compulsory charity."

The message behind this video resonates a lot with what this month is all about.

 But the thing is, we shouldn't just practice this attributes only in the month of ramadan, we should make it part of our daily lives.

This video right here shows us a perfect example of what an act of kindness means to the receiver and how it can reap benefits for the giver, even after so many years.

I hope this will help you reflect on your attitude in regards to kindness. 

I leave you with the sayings of Ellen DeGeneres.....

BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER!!! 

HOPE YOU HAVE A LOVELY WEEK GUYS!!

with love,

 meera

Motivational Monday: Things are never as bad as it seems.

Hello there Internet friends!!!

How have you been?

I hope you've had a lovely weekend... Mine was perfect!! well except for Korea loosing their match :(

Today's Motivational Monday is to reassure you and remind myself that in this life things happen that sometimes makes us feel like it is the end of the world and we can never move past it. 

But here's the thing that is never the case. So don't you go fretting and worrying yourself about things that are either 

1. Not in your control
2. Not as bad as you think
3. Has a solution

So the next time you maybe 

• have a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, remember there are kind people travelling on the same road that can stop and give you a hand or
• have a deadline looming over your head and you feel you can't make it, stop, take a deep breath and calm yourself down, then have a mindset that you can do it!! You will be surprised when you eventually meet the deadline. This things are all in our head... or
• You want something but you feel it is never going to happen, well you haven't tried, so how do you know that the answer will be 'NO'? Last I checked you aren't a psychic!!! So that Job you've been eyeing, that person you like or even that work trip or project that you really want to be a part of is just an ask away. So I dare you this week to go after all your heart's desire!!!

I know life can seem pretty scary sometimes and things don't always go our way but 

what we fail to realise is that every event in our life is connected. 

We might lose a Job to get a better one, 

miss a flight that will sadly crash because it isn't our fate to die at the time. 

Life isn't all rainbows and roses but, if we accept that, we can begin to see the hidden beauty underneath.

If you look hard enough at the right places you will see the real beauty of life, 

a kaleidoscope of laughter,pain,love,hope and so much more....

So the next time you feel that your world is falling apart and you can never pull yourself out of it just remember

Then you know there's nothing that life will throw your way that you can't handle!!!!

HAVE A LOVELY WEEK GUYS!!!

with love,

meera

Motivational Monday: Of Maya Angelou and Mukhtar Mai.

Today's Motivational Monday is inspired by the words of one phenomenal woman and the actions of another phenomenal woman. 

Who knew that when Maya was writing these words she would be describing the courageous Pakistani woman Mukhtar Mai, whom albeit being powerless and an illiterate, brought hope to the fight against women violence in Pakistan. 

Within these sentences, 

"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it"

 lies the story of Mai's journey to regain her honour in the face of great injustice, barbarous traditions and what is dubbed as 'A man's world'!!

She didn't come out of her ordeal the victim her rapists expected but a courageous and fearless warrior against the social injustice of her land...