GIVE IN TO THE URGE TO DELETE

Not your unfinished work yaar, but the negative things from life. Here’s what I mean

how to reach out. A simple act of ‘deletion’ had brought sudden changes – good or bad in my life. So I thought why not focus on this act this week. Here are some very basic, very simple things I feel we could ‘delete’ from our lives to ‘add’ joy in turn. or just ranting about someone else. Whether you realise it or not, their negativity rubs off on your psyche. Kabhi try karna, after listening to a whining session by a negative person, if you take a deep breath or swallow a sip of water, it’ll seem heavy on your chest. Apni khud ki itni problems hain, you don’t need the added negativity. Delete toxic people from your day, and you’ll see the difference it adds to the joy quotient in your life. DELETE efforts to always please everyone: come across a certain way in front of people, and the desperation that shows, makes it worse. DELETE the tendency of self pity or self criticism: through a secluded road in a remote hill station when the tyre of his car got punctured. He realised that he had a spare tyre, but there was no jack in the boot, which is needed to change the tyre. He saw a bungalow in the distance and decided to walk up to it to borrow the jack. While walking, his mind started filling up with imaginary worries. What if the owner of the bungalow is a rude man? When I’ll say Sir, I need to borrow the jack, what if he abuses me and asks me to get lost? What if he thinks I’m a criminal trying to cause him harm? What if they don’t even open the door and call the cops on me. The closer he reached the bungalow, the more his mind kept getting full of negative thoughts, imaginary fear and anger. The moment he reached the driveway, he saw the owner, and before the owner could say anything, this guy said, “To hell with your jack! I don’t want to borrow it.” He turned, leaving a befuddled owner who was actually holding a glass of water for the unexpected guest. So you see, we borrow worries when none exist. Stop ‘borrowing the jack’, and deal with demons when they actually confront you. They normally don’t even exist.