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Dear Reader,
Feels amazing to welcome the New Year, doesn’t it?
Keen to accomplish key milestones in 2025?
The earlier you start, the better!
For instance, if you are keen to start reading, start now. Don’t put it off for later.
Or if you have planned to start with a clean eating schedule, start now.
My Guru used to teach us, “Start early, drive slowly, reach safely.”
Start early. This is important to accomplish what you have set out to do.
Drive slowly. Align yourself with something new this year - maybe sign up for an online course you wanted to do but had not been able to.
Reach safely. It’s not enough to start - it’s reaching safely that matters. Find a mentor whose vision and values inspire you.
Trust me, ‘start early, drive slowly, reach safely’ works perfectly.
It’s an amazing way to align with your truest goals - I did it in 2024 and wrapped up the year with a feeling of utter joy when I scored an 87% at the end of the course.
Now, don’t get me wrong - nothing is perfect because we are humans and not AI; there were plenty of mistakes I made. But I learned important lessons from it.
So it turns out I missed several classes and found it difficult to catch up later.
I could not complete an important assignment because I miscalculated the number of hours I’d have to dedicate for this and my unpreparedness cost me!
But here’s the thing - I completed what I was determined to do. Mistakes taught me what to improve on whenever I take up any tasks.
What Happens If I Fail?
You won’t fail.
And if you are still unsure, tell yourself: There is nothing to fear about failure.
Welcome every failure as the ultimate stepping stone to long-term success.
“We make errors every day but should not be disheartened.
It is life’s pattern.
Some successes are serendipitous like Alexander Fleming failing to clean a petri dish which resulted in the discovery of penicillin.
If we never made a blunder, we are either super-human, or insufferably arrogant, we are blind to our own faults.
Miscalculations are unavoidable, they are part of our fabric and if accepted, not as obstacles but as opportunities, they lead to wisdom.”
— [Editorial, Mountain Path, July-Sept 2017]
So, here’s a special wish for you I am sending the Universe: May the year 2025 bring you closest to your aspirations for your highest good and unlock your greatest potential.
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last quote
“Correcting one self is correcting the whole world.”
– Sri Ramana Maharshi
last thoughts
Don’t let others’ words and actions trigger your peace
Tune into the silence within you; listen to your voice within
Help Ever, Hurt Never