Heard of this class, “Life class”, and landed amongst 20 anonymous people along with 2 facilitators, with no hint what it was all about. I was required to share my experience in front of all and I also did. You know why? All thanks to the facilitators’ who built an environment where everyone felt secure to share…YAY!!!! For me, these were the classes I waited for, and the reason was juggling between household chores and schoolwork, we scarcely find time to lean on our back and speak our heart. The fascinating thing was, people, listen to you here!!! It was a very cheering experience as I saw people were very courageous to show both the sides of their life.

“Do not wait for the things to happen- make them happen” – Sadhguru
Suddenly, we all were demanded to think, if we just had 24 hrs left, what were the things we would do. That “Deathbed” activity actually moved me, there I recognised that, My God!!! I have been deferring hell lot of things which meant a lot to me. That one question from Varsha ma’am, “What are you waiting for?”, provoked this feeling in me. And I was like, hell yeah!!! What am I actually waiting for?, Deathbed? Things actually took a different path from that day.

AHA moment from this life class was, “Condolence meet” activity where I had to go back and think of people, who would talk about my character and contribution in their lives. All of sudden I felt so mattering in people’s lives (yes it made me cry too, khusi ke aansu you know).

The things I learnt from these sessions are,
– to have a mission statement of our own, which is a combination of character, contribution and achievement.
– to prepare the urgent-important matrix. This is an amazing tool I have been using since the day it was introduced to me. (sometimes not urgent and not important quadrant is a tad difficult to follow but yes doing my best)
– to be an empathetic listener indeed!!!
– to realise that different people have different perspectives and appreciating them for what they are.
– to be working as a team is the best way to work with.
– to not preoccupy our mind with conclusions.
– last but not least, try exercising win-win in any situation, this is a very pleasing feeling with fulfilment.

Thank you Swati ma’am and Varsha ma’am for being incredibly and wonderfully engaging facilitators, who were really mindful of the just the best mix of theory and practical presentations.