RISHIKESH UNVEILED:)

  YOU ARE NOT WHAT OTHERS THINK OF YOU Like it’s a saying that “life isn’t about finding yourself. It’s about creating yourself.” So, have you ever wondered why we often find ourselves surrounded by opinions, from friends, family, colleagues and even strangers? So how do we go about this?! So, you’re absolutely not alone. You are a person with your own thoughts, feelings and dreams. These common phrases are: - What will people think of me? What if people don’t like me or say mean things? What if people don’t accept me? Here’s why you should not let others’ opinions pull us down: You Are the Author of Your Story: Think of your life as your book. You are the one holding the pen, not others. Don’t let someone else tell your narrative. Opinions Are Not Facts: Just because someone thinks something about you, it doesn’t it true.  People see the world through their eyes, colored by their experiences and their insecurities. Embrace Your Uniqueness: Imagine if we were all the same, wi...

  Like Rachel Wolchin said, “if we were meant to stay at one place we would have roots instead of feet.” When I first landed my feet in ‘the land of gods, Uttarakhand’ , I experienced a sense of calm, oneness and serenity, almost as if someone had picked me up from the crowded and polluted Delhi and transferred me to a heaven like place which breathed tranquility. The air never felt as fresh and sweet, the skies never seemed to be as clear, strangers never felt like acquaintances, but the time I spent in Rishikesh, it made me experience all this and so much more. After the hectic college exam season, it was just the break I needed to reconnect with my divine self and reflect on my actions and self actualize while sitting at the banks of Ganga Mata.  MY EXPERIENCE It is well known that wherever we go, it somehow becomes a part of you, and till now i just thought of this statement as a quote. But being at that serene place for a few days made me connect to that quote deeply. Ris...