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Talk faith. Not fear.

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I’ve wanted to post a new blog for some time now but I didn’t know what to write on. The past few months have given me so many experiences that I finally knew what I wanted to share. “You attract what you fear” is a saying we dread hearing. No one likes their fears. No one wants to talk about it. No one wants their fears to come true. Let me give you an example - if you fear failing an exam, you probably will because you’re just studying with an intention to not fail which would most probably lead to you failing or borderline passing the exam. It is the same with every aspect in your life. Honestly, the only thing that should be feared is fear itself otherwise it’s going to keep you from moving forward. And it will keep you from evolving to your full potential. Talk faith instead of fear, because you attract what you focus on. Being positive is hard but you got to keep claiming things you want and hope for. Manifest your hopes and visions. More importantly, you have to remi...
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Achieving Goals: Motivation & Discipline

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  “Only the disciplined are truly free.  The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites, and passions.”   — Stephen Covey Watching people workout and maintain a healthy physique has made me set a goal or goals to get a healthier / much toned body. Those videos have willed me to take care of my body and be as healthy as possible, motivating me to make my body feel and look better with each passing day. But I have come to realize that when willpower fades, one needs to maintain self-motivation and self-discipline.   While motivation can also fade over time, it is discipline that keeps you growing and achieving. If one has a healthy physique today, it is because of discipline. There are days that I’m super unmotivated to do anything, especially any sort of workout. However, because I have a schedule that I have sworn to follow, I do it. That’s discipline. It drives you to complete the work you don’t quite enjoy at the moment but is essential for the progression to...
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Don't fall in love. Rise in love.

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I’ve heard my dad stating this quote quite a few times now. To be honest, I didn’t fully understand this quote until, of course, I personally experienced what rising in love truly means. Movies and fairy tales have made falling in love sound fancy. It has aided us in creating a fantasy of what romantic love should look like or how it should be, thus, further creating unreal expectations of perfection that eventually would lead to disappointments and heartbreaks. As Osho writes – “A nybody who rises in love never falls from it, because rising is  your  effort, and the love that is grown through your effort is within your hands. But falling in love is not your effort.” You can fall in love easily. You can fall out of love just as easily, undoubtedly. But when you rise in love, you recognize that feelings vary, which doesn’t necessarily mean your relationship is doomed or you’re out of love. It means that this love needs to be nurtured and built upon. It is not always s...
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Dear You

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I hope you woke up this morning and looked at your reflection in the mirror with that pretty little smile that God so loves. Because YOU are imperfectly perfect! You’ve been fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14)! Just take a look at yourself in the mirror – those battle scars on your body that you got from life experiences; those wrinkles, pimples and stubborn blemishes on your skin that you acquired from the stress or from hormones or from the years you’ve lived; those stretch marks on your tummy or waist or booty; that random number on your weighing scale telling you how much weight you must gain or lose; the little grey strands of hair that came out of nowhere with each passing year; the color of your skin…all of these, I hope you know, are your perfections. You might be tall or short, buff or skinny or curvy, adventurous or laid-back, extroverted or introverted or ambiverted, gay or straight, male or female or transgender, fashionable or have no sense of fashion whats...
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Do we really love the life we live and live the life we love?

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The question has been etched in my mind for quite a while now. A simple yet challenging quote by Bob Marley has most of us examine our lives. With this ongoing pandemic, are we really able to love the life we're living? Are we really living the life we love? Did the people who lost their lives recently? My family and I have mourned the loss of quite a few relatives and friends in the past few years. I know that it wasn’t easy for them…it never is. But from all the stories told on their behalf by their loved ones I know that most of them, if not all, did live by this inspiring quote. Their deaths, though heart-rending, has motivated me to live the best life I possibly can. It has got me thinking about what legacy I want to leave behind. In all honesty, I haven’t truly loved the life I’ve been living recently. I’ve been stuck at home for more than a year now. As a college-going student, I miss my college life. I miss my friends and I miss my normal schedule of classes and practical l...
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