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Happiness:The Spirit Of 2016

Happiness:The Spirit Of 2016

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Author SheisnotlostPosted on 2016-12-232016-12-23Format ImageCategories Inspirations, Travel storiesTags GOODBYE2016, HAPPINESS, HAPPY2017, RESOLUTIONS, SPIRITOF20161 Comment on Happiness:The Spirit Of 2016

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PRESENT is the most precious present in our lives. Most of us are so caught up in our daily routine to notice such fleeting moments of life. I believe TIME is not precious,(hold I didn't finish) but it's that POINT in time which is precious. Hence it is so important be totally present in that POINT and experience relaxation and freedom . . . This moment 👆 was that POINT of my trek when I bursted with ecstasy, a moment when I did not know which was ME and which was not ME. An endless white sheet of snow was hazing my eyes and I got lost in the enormousness of that moment. I had no explanation for this, all I knew was this is the reason why I travel . . . Trekking from Dalhousie to Khajiar on this scenic route surrounded by Dhauladar range on one side and pine trees on the other. #lifelessons #travel #travelgram #traveller #snowfall #snowtrekking #pinetrees #nature #mountains #travelphotography #time #sheisnotlost

Peace, presence, and clarity. It was one of those rare moments when all stress, anxiety, and busyness of thoughts faded, and I was truly present to soak up one of the most special experiences. I was trekking the snowy hill near Khajiar on the way to Dalhousie, surrounded by Pine trees and an amazing view of snow capped Dhauladar mountain range. The view along this five-mile in-and-out hike is a 360-degree view of countless mountain peaks and surrounding valleys. For a few moments, I experienced calm and wonderment on what felt like the top of the world. What I haven’t mentioned was up to that point, the hike had been anything but picturesque or ideal. And my mindset… well, it was the farthest from peaceful, present or clear. And I thought about life.........when you make your way to the base of the hill and see several paths leading up. Which one do you take? You take the path that seems steepest, believing that’s the one that will take you to the top quickest. And so you take a step along that path. And then see which direction to go to climb up steepest. Take another step. Rinse. Repeat. Until you reach a point where you can no longer find a way up. Hopefully that’s the peak . . . Life! Life! Life! And the Peak ☺️ . . . #life #trekking #himalayas #hills #mountains #lifelessons #trek #travel #photography #snowday #travelphotography #travelblogger #sheisnotlost

I caught this travel bug pretty early in my life. Being surrounded by landscape, food, architecture, and people who were completely different from my normal life opened me up in a new and exciting way and I’ve been addicted to that feeling since. I’ve been lucky to be able to feed that through many wonderful trips . . . Inside of me there is a longing to go elsewhere, to seek out the new. I yearn for Out. For flying, for landing, for new vistas, new food, to visit new friends. More than anything, I want to be able to walk the Amazon, Kayak through Antarctica, Lie down in The Fall somewhere in North America and all the other moments, personal and professional In this new stage of life. I work hard to focus on what I have and what I can do, not at what I don’t have and can’t do. I am grateful every day that I have this miraculous life, that I am allowed the privilege of the work I do, and the joy of being with the people I love. I also find adventures not too far from home and imbue them with the same sense of wonder and discovery that lies in foreign travel. And when I think of the things I have lost in the last few months of NOT traveling, I remember how much I have regained as well and believe I am flying soon 🤞✈️ . . . #travel #wanderlust #sheisnotlost #traveltheworld #rajasthan #justgotravel

When the year 2018 left me in an awe . . . I already knew that 2018 will be my best year ever because I just continued doing what made 2015, 2016, and 2017 my best year ever…Yes, the countdown for the year end has begun and I can already say that 2018 has been my best year so far – ain’t that something 💁‍♀️ I went through some tough stuff. Yes, even in your best year ever setbacks and hardships are inevitable, but you can learn how to better deal with them. I broke my foot :( I also went through tons of rejection, dejection and more failure than ever before – those are also inevitable and are part of life. Actually, I never had to face more failure and rejection than in the last four years and it hurt like hell, but I also never was more successful. So that’s totally fine 🙌 Now. The funny thing is in that all those years I never once thought of making them the best years of my life 😄 I took this year day by day. Continuously do a slightly above average job, be above average grateful, be above average focused, and above average happy. I Set my goals every day and then did my best to reach most of them🤟 I ticked off chasing Northern lights this year in Nordic on a solo trip :-) now isn’t that something😉 I took rejection like a boss and tried again, and again, and again. I Failed many times on the same task but I never gave up. I Failed my way to success💃 I Read a book a fortnight and watched a lot less TV, I made some life long friends. I laughed often and loud. I learnt Shoonya and Shakti Chalan Kriyas and continued with my Yog Sadhana for 90 minutes a day and took lots of walks in nature ☘️ . . Consciously recognizing the end of a passing year and welcoming a new one is a ritual that I put into practice somewhere along the way. For me it is a sacred act of wakefulness, of contemplation, of growth. In my own style, I bid farewell to another year in relationship to this universe. I wake up on the morning of a brand new year, and give tremendous thanks to everyone who gave me strength along the way . . . While I have another best year longing to meet me, I wish you a very Happy New Year. See you on the other side 👋

Prolonged isolation gave me the opportunity to work on the relationship I had neglected my entire life—the relationship with myself. Stripped of my habitual pattern of avoiding my own needs and feelings by focusing on caring for others, I finally understood that loving and taking care of myself is one of the greatest gifts I can ever give myself or anyone else, because when I nurture and cherish myself, my very presence encourages and supports others. When I’m not taking care of myself, I’m not able to give my best to anyone or anything. I may put on a good show, but it will be a pale imitation of the real thing . . . Where did these insights take me? Over a period of two years, I shifted from taking good care of myself to falling in love with myself. When I fell in love with myself, everything else in my life finally fell into place. The transformation was so profound, I could literally feel my soul and role reuniting in a new form. No longer a hamster trapped on a wheel but a vibrant, joyful, fully engaged woman 💕 . . . #travel #selflove #love #life #discover #dream #live #feelgood

Oftentimes we’re conditioned to believe we must change and rid ourselves of painful emotions, and that struggle of any kind is completely unnecessary, serving no real purpose in life…but what’s resisted, always intensifies and persists, coming back harder and stronger. The pain we feel or the struggle we believe we’re involved in isn’t the problem, it’s our resistance to the experience, and by being resistant, we’re prolonging the challenging circumstances. If nothing else, I’ve learned to trust life and where it’s going, and whenever I feel like I’m struggling now, I choose to trust the process . . . #life #experience #trust #travel #journey #happiness #instagood #expressions

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