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Maktub – It is written

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The last two days of integrity classes were full of long and deep sharing coming from all participants. The format from life class to love class to integrity class keeps getting more engaging and somewhat serious too in terms of critical thinking. Sharing problems and discussing possible roadmaps is helpful to a lot of people. The primary insight I received is that everybody is having some or other problems. People who seem very calm on the surface can have disturbing problems creating a storm of thoughts. 

The movie chosen by the facilitators was very much appropriate for the topic being discussed. Overall we had a good amount of sharing happening both days.

#integrity #maktub #fs

~ Nisarg S.

जीना इसी का नाम है।

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ज़िन्दगी छोटी है , हर हाल में खुश रहो।

काम में हो या आराम में, खुश रहो।

आज पनीर नहीं तो दाल में खुश रहो।

गाड़ी नहीं तो पैदल खुश रहो।

कोई नाराज़ हो तो उसीके अंदाज़ में खुश रहो।

कोई पास नहीं तो उसकी याद में खुश रहो।

बीते हुए कल की बातें भूल कर

आजकी नई शुरुआत में खुश रहो।

सुनो सब की, करो मन की,

इसी अंदाज़ को अपना के खुश रहो।

ज़िन्दगी तुम्हारी है, तरीका भी तुम्हारा।

इसी मनमानी में खुश रहो।

हर दिन नया दर्द, नई कठिनाई तो आएगी ही।

इन कठिनाइयों के चक्रवात में खुश रहो।

माना कठिनाइयों में मुस्कुराना नहीं आसान है।

हर पल में खुश रहो क्योंकि, जीना इसी का नाम है।

रीटा हासानी:-

INTEGRITY REFLECTION #6 [CD]

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Today’s session was really light yet intriguing. The way we all opened up about our pain/fears in our RAP sheet and shared it with the rest of us. I am sure it was really liberating. Because at times, we do not have anyone to share these things with, not even us. But this session really opened up opportunity for the same.

Especially for me, the RAP sheet was the highlight of the day. Understanding people’s struggles, their victories, their mantras’ for life is something that in a way keeps all of us moving.

Both; the movie as well as the short films were so intriguing and though provoking.

The biggest takeaway from this session for me, is to have my peace of mind in the long run, and not depend on temporary adjustment and happiness. I intend to work on the same 🙂

बीत गई सो बात गई !!

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हर दिन नया , रात नई होगी,
हर पल तेरे  सामने
कोई बात नई होगी।
कुछ बातें बहुत अच्छी
तो कुछ परिस्थियाँ बुरी भी होंगी।
हर उस बात से
कुछ शरुआत नयी होगी।
मिलेंगे तुझे कई सुझाव ,
दिखेंगे कई विकल्प !
सही राह चुनने में
करेंगे तुम्हे समर्थ।
बीती बातों का दोष देकर
आगे बढ़ना होगा व्यर्थ।
“बीत गई सो बात गई”
यही सोच लेकर तू चल.
जीवन आगे बढ़ जाएगा
स्नेह , स्मित से होकर सबल।
Rita Hasani
#Forgive

એમ તે કાંઈ ડરવાનું હોય?

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નવા નવા આવ્યા ફાઉન્ટન્હેડમાં, ત્યારથી જ આ લાઈફ ક્લાસ ભણવામાં જરા અનોખો રસ છે. હવે તો ત્રીજા વર્ષમાં પ્રવેશ કર્યો એટલે થોડું લેવલ વધતું હોય એમ લાગ્યું : ઇન્ટિગ્રીટી ક્લાસ. થોડું અલગ હતું આ વખતે. ઓનલાઇન અને એમાં ઘરે બેઠા. ઘણાંખરાં વિષયો પાર વાત થઇ. લોકો પોતાના વ્યક્તિત્વ પ્રમાણે આસપાસની પરિસ્થિતિમાં સારું કે ખરાબ, શું જુએ છે? એ તો હવે લાંબો વિષય છે. પણ શીખવા મળ્યું, ક્યાં આપણે ખોટા છીએ અને ક્યાં બીજા ખોટા છે? શું ખરેખર એ ખોટા પણ છે કે એમનો જોવાનો અંદાજ અલગ છે આપણાથી? જગ્યા ત્યારથી સવાર એ તો.
ઘણી વાતો ડર ઉપર પણ થઇ. કેટલાક વ્યાજબી અને આપમેળે આવી જતા ડર. તો કેટલાક બિનજરૂરી ટાઈમપાસ કરતા કરતા બનાવેલા નક્કામા ડર. અને આ બધા ડરવા પાછળ સચ્છાઇ શું છે એ પણ જાણવી ખુબ જરૂરી. લોકો ભૂતકાળમાં જીવતા હોય છે ક્યાં તો પછી ભવિષ્યમાં. કેમ કે કદાચ ડર ભૂતકાળના લીધે હશે ક્યાં તો ભવિષ્યના લીધે. વિચારજો ક્યારેક, “ચા” પીતા પીતા. જે હોય એ, “આઈ કેન હેન્ડલ ઈટ” કરીને જવા દેવાનું.
#Integrity_Eta

Life Class की सिखाई !!

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“अखंडता” यह शब्द बचपन से सुना था।
सच्चाई ईमानदारी से जीना सीखा था।
सच  से सच्चाई , ईमान से ईमानदारी,
इतना ही अर्थ समझा था बड़ों से।
 वक्त गुज़रा , दिन गुज़रे,
साथ साथ अनुभव से।
कुछ मायने हमने भी गड़े।
अति से होती है दुर्गति
यह जड़ने में वर्षों लगे।
आज अखंडता की  एक और पहचान पाई !!
न सिर्फ औरों से खुद से भी इन्साफ करो भाई !!
जो होनी है वह कोई टाल नहीं सकता,
किन्तु संभवतः प्रयास करो
सच्चाई जो कभी छिप नहीं सकती
उसका डटकर सामना करो
यही है Life Class की सिखाई।
रीटा हासानी

Integrity Reflection #1 [CD]

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Integrity is making sure that the things you say and the things you do are in alignment — Katrina Mayer

To be very honest, this LC for Integrity was the one I enjoyed the most. It was like a mirror session to me, to understand and introspect on ‘What kind of person I am?’ and ‘WHY I am that kind of person?’. It’s not everyday that you introspect and understand yourself, as to what kind of fears and insecurities you hold. The Integrity class gave us that opportunity to identify our fears and understand the reasons behind it. One thing that I understood and agree, was that there are certain things that are not going to be in our control, and worrying about it or fearing it is not going to do any good. As true and and as practical this may seem. This is also on the other hand equally Difficult for most of us to let go. I mean who is completely able to  ‘Let go’ their fears. I think we can’t. We can never let go our fears, but one thing that I understood is that by contemplating our fears and understanding them, we definitely sum up the courage to face and live with that fears.

Acceptance is another important thing. It took me some time to understand the level 3 fear, but when I did [or not, completely], at least I understood that it is the very nature to level 3 fear, because not everyone can identify them, these fears are the one that we are in denial with and we mostly overlook them. I have accepted and understood my level 1 and 2 fears, whereas I am still working on understand the level 3 fears.

In a nutshell, these 2 days really were some good food for thought, and the sessions were light with so many stories from each of the participants as well as the facilitators.

Chaahat Dhall,

Integrity [Eta]

Forgiving is an art and an act!

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Hello all,

This is my 3rd blog- feeling happy:)

In this blog I am sharing my understanding and experience about Forgiving- it is divided into 2 segments- Forgive and Forget or Forget and Forgive!

Well, as said life is a series of problems and life is difficult, each individual come across situation which is painful, mixed emotions, not acceptable, etc.- the list goes on and varies from individual to individual.

In my life, I never actually understood the true essence of “Forgiving”. It’s for an instance if someone says “Sorry” to me my anger vanishes and inner feeling comes which is actually satisfying ego and making me feel good for the moment. Actually, it is not forgiving but the beginning step of judging the person and building paradigms- the root cause. According to the Life classes (and I too believe) learning internally being sorry/ apologize requires willpower, empathy, and courage to do it.

Forgiving is interconnected with Change- appreciating the change a person has undergone (for good), being empathetic (boundaries are always there), helping the person to grow, not to impose my perspective but analyzing the situation and giving feedback/ suggestion, clarifying expectations, and the art of listening.

Forgive and Forget OR Forget and Forgive- Well, after undergoing change which is a decision the mind becomes calm as acceptance is there. So forgiving the person will heal the pain and to forget whatever act has happened is a step towards mental peace.

Now what will happen? Well, as said I had first applied the principle of Forgive and Forget and then gradually through deeper understanding moved towards Forget and Forgive which has transformed my way of approach/ understanding towards life- it is a very difficult step. So, it is a choice which is made by an individual.

Problems are big, small, painful, depressing- but the solution is I. If ‘I’ is firm then the intensity of the problem will surely diminish/resolved.

“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next”– Mignon McLaughlin

Thank you!

Sometimes it’s the smallest decision that can change your life forever! – Keri Russell

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Hello all,

So, this is my 2nd post on this blog! Happy to share something new and for me it is a joy of sharing! 🙂

Thank you Ankita Ma’am for reading my 1st post and appreciating me for my write up!

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Well, to begin with the quote,”Sometimes it’s the smallest decision that can change your life forever”- it has been connected and had played a vital role in my life.

Mostly everyone is aware that I had been a teacher (kindergarten level) – and have 8 years of experience (4 years in DPS and 4 years in Fountainhead school). When anyone asked me and gave me a feedback- I am a good teacher and children are very attached to me, change in their growth (values) it gave me motivation and happiness. Many a times I came across the word- “PASSION”- so teaching is your passion- Great! I never understood the difference though but said I love teaching and subconsciously accepted that Teaching is my Passion but truly to confess I by chance happened to enter into teaching Profession as it was never the goal in my life. 🙂

Moving ahead, during my teaching career I did my Reebok Certification- welcome to the world of Fitness 🙂 but still was teaching- began working part time by taking fitness class and all stuff- at this stage I was completely lost- still could not decide what exactly I want to do in my life!

Further going ahead in Fountainhead school gym started and at this point (i was under stress and depressing stage at that time) when I had communicated with Vardan Sir and Ankita ma’am and they asked me if I was interested at this post- (fitness trainer post). I agreed and undergone interview stage (I still remember I was a bit nervous as I didn’t knew what questions would be asked- theory and practical interview phase).

Then I realised FITNESS IS MY PASSION and now over a period of time I had transformed completely (for optimum).

I would like to share with all- At that stage (4.5 years back) I was not in a good shape (as a Fitness trainer)- I don’t hesitate to use such words because I’m okay with it and it had been the fact. Present scenario- Once I realised its my passion I am progressing and understanding further to help as many people to engage in any Physical Activity- sports, exercise, yoga, etc. and I learn when I listen to people who needs my help.

I had taken the decision to change my Profession later but I am proud of myself as I took decision.

Before taking this decision what I went through-

I asked few people suggestions over my decision-

People threatened me or made me aware of their thoughts (Primary thoughts)- (a)At this age I should think of marriage and earn income as its stagnant? (b)What after few years when I will grow old- I won’t be able to take class then what will I do? (c)The profession is not good for females as what if I get married and the opposite people (society) won’t like it? (d)If I work in gym males stare and pass cheap comments- It is not a respectful job!

What action I took- After listening to all this I understood that they are not able to understand my Passion and Willingness so I did what I felt is correct. And to my surprise these people are shocked to see me growing further (with RESPECT ELEMENT:). Also, after this included in my vision element- What will happen if I will grow old? I had planned for this and whatever I will do (Planning and Work under progress going on) it will be a CHANGE FACTOR! I had planned and work in progress going on.

I will end up saying that I had never planned anything in my life (Professional and Personal grounds) but the moment you are waiting for KNOCKS the door- Listen to it, Analyse it and move ahead. People always analyse the PASSION factor keeping in mind age, benefit, etc. I believe in even if one can go high (due to limitations which can’t be changed) but at least live a part of it by actually being in the process- IT WILL GIVE INTERNAL JOY AND HAPPINESS! 🙂 That’s my perspective and my way of approach.

So, thank you all for reading my post. New article in my upcoming next post.

Thank you!