News / Refocus
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Life - A Beautiful & Precious Gift
“How do you do it?” a friend asked me recently. “You live an outrageously demanding lifestyle & yet your cheerfulness & desire to put others before yourself remain unchanging.” Truthfully, this made me chuckle. I thought, “Sweet… Perhaps I should quit my day job & pursue an acting career; clearly, I have mastered the technique of deception.” Ha! As a matter of fact, my loving family has graciously given me the nick name - Black Cat. (A fire work that has a very short fuse….) Sadly, they get the brunt of my exhaustion… Yes, for all of those family members...
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Recharge, Refocus, Recommit
Like a wind-up toy or an overused battery, almost everything about us needs rewinding or recharging. However, for me personally, the concept of “recharging aka downtime” is emphatically divergent. On one hand, I firmly believe that scheduled downtime can yield copious benefits & is without a doubt a vital requirement of wholesome mental, emotional, & physical well-being. On the other hand, however, I have a propensity to ignore the undeniable truth behind the previous statement & more often than not, willingly amplify my already overflowing schedule. One might ask the simple yet entirely justifiable question of why I overlook such...