Looking at the mystery & Seeing the magic!

To live with intent is to live with purpose. And who wouldn't like to live with the right intent? I believe all of us have the right intentions behind all our actions. However, as one of my mentors told me once, "All the right intentions do not translate to right actions". This piece of wisdom from her, stayed with me. Are we always able to translate our intentions to the actions in the exact manner? Where do we get stuck? And when will we know that though our intention might be good, we are unable to pass that intention to other people through our actions? What do we do in such a moment of realization? To me it all begins with our ability to be observe, question, and change our own thoughts. And I do believe we have an intuitive way to sense if something that we are doing is not right. While, it may manifest in so many ways for all of us (physical pain without a medical reason, psychological stress, difficulties in relationships, feeing helpless/...

Empathy - To put ourselves in someone else's shoes and see things from their perspectives. While this is the most common explanation for empathy, i think we miss out on an important point here. We forget to remove our shoes before getting in to someone else's shoes. Hence, the struggle to see things from someone else'e point when we are so rigid with our point of views and perspectives. Human beings never fail to amaze me. And one of my curiosities has always been around, what makes people be indifferent to others pain and trauma? Whether it is a celebrity couple who are getting divorced or a woman journalist who has voiced out her perspectives, whether it is a trans woman who has been acid attacked or a gay couple who have disclosed their love in social media, whether it is a rape victim who has decided to have the courage to voice out or a man who has been in an abusing relationship talking about his trauma, whether it is a successful person talking about the menta...