Most of the people in this world are doing things to make others feel useless and unhappy and not because they actually love that. For instance, I had dinner last night, now I will consider it my right to flaunt in front of the world about the luxurious meal I ate. For doing so, I will upload a very fancy picture of an extravagant restaurant even if the food tastes like shit and I secretly vowed never to visit that place again. Similarly, I see people flashing their travel diaries when they don’t even own a house of their own. They do this not for their peace of mind and content, but to show the world that they are something glamorous and that their friends and family shall better die of envy. Things are mostly not as they seem to be. Such people mostly don’t have a life of their own. They are doing everything for you, me and for everyone else out there except for themselves. For me, they deserve a pity instead of admiral. Do not compare your self, your life, and your criteria of happiness and comfort with that of someone else because you never know what is happening behind the lens.

Many people seem to become regressive and uselessly defensive when dealing with any topic regarding religion. We are talking frankly and laughing casually, but the moment I will tell you that I am a Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jew or an Atheist, you would drastically lose interest in me. Why is that so? Claiming that “life is short so cherish it before it ends,” why are we lacking the golden deeds like tolerance, peace, love, and acceptance?

“We are here to spread love not hate, share cultures not differences and make peace, not war.”

I am having my fast today which is almost complete and I am waiting for 7:15 so that I can eat delicious meals that my mom has prepared. At the same time, somewhere in this world,  Christians would be praying to Jesus in Church, or a Hindu bride might be striking a temple’s bell with her hennaed hands. Also, some of you might be dwelling on the notion of God right now, searching and struggling to clear your mind and thoughts. The rising sun brings a morning full of hope for us all alike. Dusks bring an equal opportunity of peace and tranquility for all the people on this earth. Birds chirp in the morning, singing melodious songs for all of us, and not specifically for a nation, religion or tribe. 

“This world is beautifully diverse; the variety if cherished, is like seven different colors of the rainbow but if exploited, the ugly predators in the depths of the darkest oceans.”

Last night was darker than usual. Devouring my heart, it pierced all of my energy into pieces as I stood in the window of my kitchen, after washing all the dishes and drying the washbasin. I have no clue for how many minutes did I stand there wondering if something is wrong with me or is it really a depressing night. When I turned back to enter the dining room, something pulled me back and I glanced at the window once again. My heart was beating faster than normal so I turned on the light that lit up my balcony but that light highlighted the darkness in the street even more. The main reason for turning on the light was to make sure the passers-by might be able to see the path in darkness. Like people, all the lamp posts were in deep slumber thus making it very dark for the people to walk carefully in the street at night. There is also a possibility of the porcupine or pigs movement in our streets which could be quite a dangerous experience.

The night brought upon me sheer gloominess and hit me hard like anesthesia of depression. I prayed silently for all the poor people in this world. All the families and lonesome kids, naked infants, and jobless adults. Every night, when we follow our skincare routine or are even brushing our teeth with a minty toothpaste, many young girls are being raped in the darkness, many kids are being killed by their own parents just because they can’t feed them. So many men cry while looking at their adorable infants starving for a drop of milk. 

Many beautiful girls stand by the road-side to get a rich-bait so that they can eat bread in the morning.

This world is a beautiful place to live in, but a gruesome nightmare at the same time. Most of us are able to protect ourselves from the harsh side of this cruel world by surrounding ourselves with four walls, a roof, and a neverending warmth and love of our parents. Our fathers, however feeble or old, are that lock on the door that nobody can ever break open. Our mothers are that blanket of warmth that can never let us catch a cold. Our siblings are that painting on the wall that always brightens up our day even if the sky is grey. We have no clue how lucky we are and how many blessings God showers upon us. It is not that we God loves us more and less to them, but because he chose us for a mission. A mission to make this world a better place. Be the light in somebody’s darkest night because God could have made you from one of them.

What is a good day? Every day I see lavish photos on Instagram flaunting everything that money can buy with a bold caption: IT WAS A GOOD DAY! What is a good day? For me, a good day is a “memory” A good day is a memory that never fades away and recalling that day brings a genuinely fresh smile to your lips. A good day isn’t made with money, but little things. A good day is rich with passion, not money, love, not necessity, purity, not extravaganza. For instance, just a simple touch becomes a wild memory that you can never forget. A minimal Polaroid can work wonders by taking you down the nostalgic valleys, while a grand portrait cannot.
Every person has a different definition of a good day, for someone it could be cruising on a luxury yacht. However, for someone else, it could be touching the blackened fingers of a father in prison after years of search. For me, a good day is a beautiful memory. A memory that is eternal.

Hello beautiful souls,

I hope you all are as charming as always and cherishing your life to bits 🙂 I am here with a new article that I’ve been wondering to write on for the past two days. This is about how you can surround yourself with positive vibes all the time without being bored, lazy and depressed. So without any further delay, let’s dive into the blog <3

1. Keep your space clean:

Be it your room, personal study, working space, or research cubicle, make sure you keep your space neat, clean, and organized.

A study led by associate professor Nicole R. Keith, Ph.D., research scientist and professor at Indiana University, found that people with clean houses are healthier than people with messy houses. Keith and her colleagues tracked the physical health of 998 African Americans between the ages of 49 and 65, a demographic known to be at an increased risk for heart disease. Participants who kept their homes clean were healthier and more active than those who didn’t. In fact, house cleanliness was even more of a predictor for physical health than neighborhood walkability.

A 2010 study published in the scientific journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin used linguistic analysis software to measure the way 60 individuals discussed their homes. Women who described their living spaces as “cluttered” or full of “unfinished projects” were more likely to be depressed and fatigued than women who described their homes as “restful” and “restorative.” The researchers also found that women with cluttered homes expressed higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

In 2011, researchers at Princeton University found that clutter can actually make it more difficult to focus on a particular task. Specifically, they found that the visual cortex can be overwhelmed by task-irrelevant objects, making it harder to allocate attention and complete tasks efficiently.

A survey conducted by the National Sleep Foundation found that people who make their beds every morning are 19 percent more likely to report regularly getting a good night’s sleep. People who were surveyed also reported benefits from having clean sheets — specifically, 75 percent of people said they get a better night’s rest when their sheets are freshly cleaned because they feel more comfortable. (Psychology Today, 2016)

 2. Organize Yourself:

Organizing yourself is the easiest thing in this world to do right now. In this modern era of technology where people are becoming quite organized and sensible day by day, it is very easy to get planners, and organizers from different websites and online stores. Planners give you a next-level sense of responsibility and future planning.

From to-dos to the grocery list, from tasks to homework, from house chores to paying bills, from class schedules to birthday reminders, everything can be penned-down in a single notebook that you can proudly call as your planner. I decorated a beautiful planner in last winter vacations and am using it successfully since then. I also implemented several creative ideas like my yearly transformation to track down my fashion sense and photography skills enhancement. I will stick a fresh picture ate the end of every month below the respective month name. Also, I created a birthday tracker of my friends and family that helped me in reminding the birthdays of my friends which I always forget otherwise, thus earning much disappointment.

3. Time for a Change:

I don’t know about others, but a lot of Asians seems to have this particular habit of keeping the old things for years while purchasing new things simultaneously. It is totally understandable that some things are very dear to us and we cherish them forever, but we shall keep this in mind that:

A change is always beautiful!

Have an old rose-flower pot on your study for two years? Time to replace it with new crystal crockery with fresh lilies instead. Have a vintage wallpaper in your room for too long? Why not try a summer color this time? Have a cute cactus by your bedside? Let’s bring a sunflower pot in its place this season. Been sipping on this bright red mug all winters? The whole supermarket is filled with beautiful new mugs in pastel colors that you are absolutely going to love. Replacing old things with new ones always help to rejuvenate your mind and keeping your soul alive. Whereas, decluttering the old stuff is important to avoid mess and useless cluttering. It is true that old is gold, but a fresh change always motivates us to do something beautiful and unique. A change always helps us in making miracles happen. 

4. Green heals the soul:

Color psychology suggests that different colors can evoke psychological reactions. For example, color is often thought to have an impact on moods and emotions. Sometimes these reactions are related to the intensity of a color, while in other cases they are the product of experience and cultural influences.

How does the color green make you feel? For many people, it has strong associations with nature and immediately brings to mind the lush green of grass, trees, and forests. Perhaps because green is so heavily associated with nature, it is often described as a refreshing and tranquil color.

“Green, which is Nature’s colour, is restful, soothing, cheerful, and health-giving.”          – Paul Brunton

According to color psychology, green is a color of balance and harmony which is very important to keep your mind and thoughts intact while living. The green color is reported to give you a sense of fresh start and a punch of positive thoughts and ideas every morning. To inculcate green in your environment, you can go from minimal to grandeur. From keeping a cactus on your bedside to raising a palm tree in your garden, from hanging a spider plant in your window to growing a dragon tree in your living room, you can surround yourself with the greens, and ultimately attracting the positive aura.

Green is a color that can evoke powerful emotions. It is a dominant color in nature that makes you think of growth. Think of nature and see the incredible variety of shades of green expressing renewal and life. Green evokes a feeling of abundance and is associated with refreshment and peace, rest and security.  Green helps people feel rested and secure. People are invited to wait in the “green room” before going on camera to relax. Many doctors even use green in their offices to put patients at ease. Green encourages a balance in your brain that leads to decisiveness. However, green may also be perceived negatively when associated with materialism, envy, and possessiveness (Christi Wharton, 2019). 

5. Do not argue about un-knowledgeable things:

It is the most common behavior of us humans that we have to participate in almost everything even if we are unacquainted by the context and background knowledge. I have learned this thing from my personal experience actually!

A lot of the times, if some controversy breaks out, we all become the scholars and start judging or defending a certain party without knowing the whole story, and without analyzing both sides. This behavior is spreading 99% of the negativity in this world today. What actually happens is that when we start a social media fight without complete knowledge, and somebody else (who is acknowledged and learned) confronts us, we, unable to defend our claim start being intolerant by bad-mouthing, hating and criticizing the character of the other person. Such a situation creates a very destructive atmosphere where we learn nothing but extremism, intolerance and destructive criticism. Also, as a piece of advice, stay away from politics if you want your mind to work without any bounds and bias. Live as an individual and give your stance likewise without being under any impact and influence.

6. Witness Maximum Positivity:

What if you decorate your bedroom’s wall with all the bloodshed and warfare images from the time of Hitler? How would you feel whenever you’d look at those pictures throughout the day and the night? On the other hand, if you put up vibrant frames displaying positive quotations, rainbow and sunshine depiction, plants and unicorn portrayals, you would feel completely different than the earlier scenario.

Being a student, I own four notebooks, a bag, planner, laptop, phone, USB, wallet, makeup bag, pencil pouch and a collection of different pens and markers. To witness the maximum positivity, I decorate my notebooks myself in the vacations or the semester break with all of my favorite morale-boosting quotations.

Moreover, I have made a bunch of photo frames and wall-hangings displaying my own happy-drawings and positive-paintings. You can also implement this witness-maximum-positivity phenomenon in your life and trust me you will feel an emergence of positive aura inside yourself. I made multiple bookmarks to help myself in not-giving-up on a book and to carry on with a punch of colorful motivation. My planner also has this new-year-resolution front page that reminds me of what I have achieved so far and what is already left, what do I need to improve and how better can I get? Being a free-lancer, I have selected a minimal laptop wallpaper that says “Create” and trust me the wallpaper alone helps me with writing new things and creating new ideas when I am feeling bland. I also decorated one of my notebooks with my favorite J.K. Rowling’s quote that says:

“It is important to remember that we all have magic inside us!”

This quote helps me in my mood swings throughout the lectures, it boosts my morale when I score lesser than expected in any exam, and cheers me up when I achieve something great! Below is a collection of my personal contribution to make my life witness more positivity throughout the day. 🙂

I hope this article would help most of you guys. Happy Blogging! 🙂

Adios,

xoxo.

It is important to know that everything happening in our life is a new test for us. It is a test given to us where we, ourselves are the judges. Every test comes to us so that we can clearly see what are we capable of and which areas do require improvement. Take every it as an opportunity for self-assessment rather than complaining about your misery. Design your mind in a way where all you could think is only positive. Stick closely to hopeful and optimistic aspects and no power in this world can stop you from being truly happy.