Hello and good morning everyone today is April 4th 2024 and what they said it's Thursday, so I recorded my previous episode I think on March 2nd of March. Okay. I don't remember the date. Hey quite a lot of time has elapsed after I recorded my previous podcast episode What has happened during those times?
Well, I was traveling. I visited two different states Rather three I went to Philadelphia. I went to Maine and I also went to Connecticut different weather different experiences One of the things that I Thank for in advance is I say to myself. I thank you God for Allowing me to be the person right now to be the person who I am right now and Become better and better and better number one number two.
Thank you God for allowing me for doing what I'm doing right now And what am I doing right now? I'm recording a podcast episode and doing better and better and better and better and the third one is Thank you God for allowing me to experience the events right now and Helping me allow better and better events And experience in a better and better way and the fourth one is thank you God for allowing me to have the materials That I'm having right now and have better and better materials in future. What a wonderful affirmation right? I mean I created this by myself now.
This is not a brag about me, but just to Just to just to wonder actually I myself wondering because I started off seeing affirmations written by Luis She definitely has written based upon her experiences her life experiences the Lessons that she learned and she wanted to educate other people and you know say that you know what if it has worked for me Why don't you try it might work for you, but you can always try that's what it did long story short Why am I saying all this is because I Had great wonderful experiences new experiences like you know holy party and you know watching a movie I think and whatever for and then having dining in some nice restaurant to see the entrepreneurs How they handle all the transcendulations and also celebrate their wins right and how the technology has helped these entrepreneurs How they embrace technology and how we can embrace technology in a better way even though there are going to be pros and cons with that said Let me go to today's Titleist When I choose to be happy Reasons and choose to be happy reasons and tools to be happy shows up The subtitle is in response to dancing elephants prompt 25 or 52. What does happiness mean to you? So what is this dancing elephants prompt dancing elephants is a subobligation in medium calm and they have 52 weeks prompt means one prompt per week And they also they're very very flexible. They allow you to write those prompts at any time no deadline Nothing isn't that beautiful?
So that's what I did I participated in one of the problems and the the question is what does happiness mean to you? Yesterday I set an intention to participate in writing prompts in a couple of publications and do one new thing What is the one new what is a new thing that I thought off? I wanted to create a podcast episode write an article and make a YouTube shot simultaneously I just wrote my intention in my SMD you know my by this time You know what SMD means my start my day journal along with other intended tasks and walked away As you can imagine there is a desire However, for some reason there was no instant drive to open my laptop and start writing I would think of condensing ideas to create a one-minute video for YouTube shot then I would wonder if I should self-publish or Integrated with a writing prompt from publications that I had saved in my list slash library and would not take action Today I got the following notification From Vidya Suri collecting smiles. This is the notification I'm reading the notification as it appeared in my medium back office Vidya Suri collecting smiles mentioned you in a story My eyes caught my favorite topic.
What does happiness mean to you? It's my favorite topic, but I'm not sure if I can express it well in words First, I believe that happiness is a choice The we can make that we can make from moment to moment Instead of thinking too much I'm going to run with the thought starters thought starters. I created this Thank you Vidya Suri for collecting smiles and for making it easy Is it a self-care ritual? Share it with us.
That is also because when they give a prompt They also give you sub prompts, you know what so that for the writer It's easy to think in different ways. You know, you can mind map and create your own piece of writing Okay, so is it a self-care ritual shared with us? Absolutely It is as simple as smiling in the mirror when I wake up and brush my teeth As suggested in a press-up on by luis l. Hey my favorite author I took I look in the mirror and say I love you Lalita.
I have graduated from feeling weird On day one today to up to this day Honoring the gift of life given by my peers Now next question in the prompt. Is it the work you do right about it? Okay before I start any work I pray or you may call it seek divine guidance or guidance from the higher self or god For inspiring me and giving me focused attention and focused energy I also ask for giving the ability to be calm and centered Just by allowing exploration focused attention and energy and calm and centeredness I enjoy every work I do regardless of whether it is cooking cleaning serving writing Chanting or any craft work Note that I do not ask for or I do not pray that I should accomplish the task And it makes a huge difference because I don't expect it or keep an attachment to the outcome Next the question in the prompt Is the time with your family your friends tell us about it? Absolutely, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends My happiest moments are when I can be my authentic self And allow others the right to be their authentic self too While I am very appreciative of any material gifts the time spent with family members and friends Serving each other by way of physical help and Or having deeper meaningful conversations has made me very happy An object your own the next question an object you own Describe it with a photo an object I own.
Hmm. It's my journal It is a vitamin tablet that has all the experiences hearts and feelings comma planning Gratitude action steps you name it and guess what I've given the picture of my journal This journal in fact the picture is so gorgeous. I normally use a what under one dollar? Book notebook plain book.
I even use a notebook, which is the blank pages of the notebook Left over after my kids have written their notes, you know, now they are now they're all grown up They have their own kids, but I use those notebooks also as my journal But the one that I've given the picture is it was um, what to say it was Gifted to me by one of my buddies my friends lovely friend. Thank you been there for giving me the journal and that's where I have written That's my current journal Next a memorable experience really live it in your post. Okay. I don't think too much about the past I am not sure whether it is good or bad to think about the past and not to think about the past If I force myself to remember I get the feeling of fulfillment Gratitude achievement in peace whenever I watch the expansive ocean comma sunrise whether from my kitchen bay window Or high-rise building facing the bay Or in my ambi beach or my recent sunrise watch in anchor what kaboria and from high-rise building in bank oc Thailand So I have given a picture of the sunrise in anchor what in my article Now next one original you enjoy what is it?
Okay, that's my answer. Here's my answer I enjoy several rituals such as praying Meditating chanting hymns and doing my friday poojas Next a kindness someone showed you tell us about it I've experienced kindness in several ways to quote some a stranger allowing me to enter the elevator when it is ready to be full A driver opposite to me yielding Priests in the temple acknowledging my presence Riders and readers expressing gratitude and medium the publication and many more instances I think if you consciously look for kindness, it will show up Next a mindfulness habit. We want to know that's what the prompt says Here is a mindfulness habit that I developed after reading about walking meditation When I work in my neighborhood, I say to myself in my mind the name of each house owner and say Let me give you an example. Let's say the house owner's name.
Let's give it as m. Okay, miss m I love you. I thank you and I forgive you and your family I feel loved I feel thankful and I feel forgiven by you and your family Seeing this consistently has helped me feel safe and build a meaningful relationship Respecting boundaries even if we do not talk for several months With with my neighbors if I don't talk with if they don't talk even if we do not talk with each other for several months How beautiful is it isn't it? So practicing gratitude again still the prompt is going on because they give you lots of ideas and here's another one practicing gratitude question But list three things you are grateful for I love this.
I'm grateful for the gift of life the gift of family and friends and the ability to think Feel and express all are intangible all are intangible You cannot feel these you cannot hold them in your hand and say oh gift of life You can't hold gift of family and friends. You can't hold you know And the ability to think feel and express What do you do to make yourself happy as I said happiness is a choice Do your best to change your self-talk when you feel unhappy Feel the feelings of sadness or jealousy or anger boldly Say it is okay normal to feel that way as I'm a living human being Find out how and where the sensations are showing up and when you're sad angry or jealous For me, it shows up in the center of my chest Then speak to the feeling and breath and breathe into it deeply a couple of times I'm going right now. Check in to see whether the sensation is still there Repeat this step until the sensation is gone and just smile This way you have neither bothered creating an irrational story to worry you nor bothered someone else blaming someone else for your sadness Your anger and your chassis Finally, I am yet to complete the new thing I thought of but I'm still very happy Shout out to Warren's storyteller brown and sangeeta pal for their falling amazing articles titled the meaning of happiness for this Writer if your world change colors finally my below please subscribe to my stories by email for the best chance to catch my words Your memory membership fee directly seppus leitabrama and other writers You will also get full access to every story on medium become a member visit leitabramas profile You can connect with my voice just like how you're doing now in delita's morning using podcast yet another way I help is please visit leitabrama.ladiesofjustice.com check the details of what the legal shield and I did with that Shield membership goes sign up and you can see it's a month-month program see how you can use it Um and benefit to that said you have a fantastic day. Bye.
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