• #MondayMusings - Authenticity

    The Thread That Leads You Back #MondayMusings

    November 7, 2016

    An ancient Greek myth tells of the monster, Minotaur, who hides in a labyrinth from which no one can find their way out. To end the constant stream human sacrifices that the monster demands, a young prince, Theseus decides to descend into the labyrinth and fight the monster. It appears that even if he successfully kills the monster, he’ll never find his way out of the labyrinth. Princess Ariadne, who was madly in love with him decided to help him. She gives him a ball of thread, which unravels as he descends. When he kills Minotaur, he is able to…

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    #MondayMusings - Self Acceptance and Self Care

    The Value of Self Reliance #MondayMusings

    October 17, 2016

    Continuing my ‘reminder to self‘ series this week, I remind myself of something that I’ve only recently begun to appreciate. The Value Of Self Reliance I’m a literature student – even if I came late to the party, doing my MA in Literature, several years after I got my Bachelors in Commerce and worked in a bank. But my love for language, drew me back to studying and reinventing myself career-wise. But I digress. I’m attempting to tell you how I discovered Ralph Waldo Emerson and his wonderfully wise works. One of these is Self-Reliance. In it he pushes the…

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    #MondayMusings - Blogging, Writing & Creativity

    Starting From Scratch #MondayMusings

    September 12, 2016

    When it comes to writing, I often feel that I’m starting from scratch. We can always look at our writing with a beginner’s mind. It all depends on the inspiration, on the desire to work on an idea and the amount of passion we put into it. We can always work at perfecting our craft, learning new techniques, trying out different tones, but finally it all comes down to a work starting from scratch. That I find wonderfully inspirational. We don’t always get a chance to start from scratch in life, as much as we’d like to be able to do that. If that…