A few weeks back, as I sat drinking my morning coffee, I jumped into my laptop. I felt the rush, from my heart to start something. A personal journey , very close to my heart right away. I initially thought it was just this false enthusiasm, you know there are some days you feel so motivated that you almost feel you could do anything and everything in the world,  that’s exactly what I was feeling. But surprisingly, this thought persisted, day by day, it grew, I began thinking about every morning, on my way to work, before going to bed, when someone spoke something on art. Every single time. And then, I knew this was just another thought. 

I have always believed in a few things, few things that I have been afraid to change, few things that I never wanted to change. A couple of things are: 

• Keeping things private, because good things can be ruined easily ( thought twice before sharing them out, someone who thinks 123456789 times before clicking post, before telling something on a social media, or even a posting something as simple as a story. I would sit there, thinking.  Recently, even sharing my wedding albums within my circle, would leave me thinking multiple times of all the what if’s. 

• Something about writing, that makes me feel better. At times, when I’m overwhelmed with emotions, I try collect myself and pen my thoughts down. And trust me, that really helped. 

On that note, I’m breaking my fear “1”. Something that I have been having inner conflicts for years. I choose to let that go and take this step today.  Another, taking my belief “2” to the world, to all of you, hoping and believing you feel the same way I felt writing about it and I feel every time I go back to read that piece.

These are the pieces very close to my heart, these are not thought out blogs or thought leadership blogs, these are not AI blogs, structured or layered. These are raw, each carrying an emotion and a piece of me.  These are pages from my  journey,  a few that share my anger, my grief, my helplessness, happiness, love, gratitude and many more. 

You might find yourself in some, in some you may not. In some you may find me(if you know me), some might give you a feeling of “knowing about me” (maybe). And some might leave you with a void (I really hope not). 

As I begin this journey I ask you one thing – be kind. If these pieces are not be what you are looking for,  please “be kind”. If they do not strike a chord with  you “be kind”.  Like I said, these are pages from my journey, and they are what they are. I have not tuned them for a specific audience, or tuned them such that they go viral.  If you are here reading this, and if you come back here again to read yet another page from my journey, thank you!

I hope it moves you, makes you smile to yourself, makes you reflect, makes you feel “Hey, I was there too” or maybe makes you pen down your journey, even in the smallest of ways.  

Love,
Yagna