What works for you?

Every once in a while we tend to be overwhelmed by the effort of trying to draw a straight line for ourselves out of the chaos of so many obscure, wavering, incomplete scribblings of fate on our daily routine. So much so that that we completely forget ourselves as we are created by the Almighty!

Wao! that got kinda heavy. Wasn't my intention. In short, we ignore ourselves in the chaotic life that it has turned into these days meeting all the demands of family, career and society.

All of us have a 'chill-factor', a 'stress-busting-mantra' that we act upon to connect with our real inner self. Or for those who are not much inclined towards spiritualism; the term is 'chill-out'.Whatever makes us forget that sense of emergency, schedule and targets that always hovers on our mind and soul, is what provides the ultimate relaxation to our minds and rejuvenates our controller:the mind, I would define as the 'stress-busting-mantra', 'chill-factor' or whatever nomenclature we may choose.

So, the point remains, what to choose to 'let-the-steam-go'?

What is your 'stress-buster-mantra'? What is your 'chill-factor'? What is that doing what you forget the universe and are totally engrossed in the task/activity at hand, Freeing your mind of all the worries?

I never made an inventory of these factors but these days it is the health regime that I have subject myself to.

At gym, you do not think about pending bills, career goals and latest technology update that you need to obtain. You only think what you are going to do in the next few minutes. How much to breath. How much to stress yourself. What weight to use. What is the next exercise. And on top of that you know that it is working for you. Eroding the lipids in your blood stream is the first thing we need in this pizza infected world :-)

It will be foolish to generalize this very subjective matter. But an the core, whatever makes you forget the stress causing factors is something worth pursuing each day even if it is for half an hour.

Some forget the world while painting, some while shopping, some enjoy cooking while some forget the world in meditation of the creator at a temple. While there are also some who prefer to loose sense of world and responsibility for an hour at a tavern!

Whatever the method, we should be wise in choosing the time and nature of indulgence for the betterment of  self and the society. Of course someone is going to be really off the budget who shops an hour daily to relax!

-Akashdeep
aka Aki