My Mum’s wisdoms have echoed in my head every day throughout my life. She gave me many things, but what shaped me most were three powerful mantras she always repeated every time she saw me falling into my own trap. Hearing these words as a child didn’t make much sense to me. But over time, I saw them as blueprints for living a more fulfilling life.
Your mind is everything.
It took years of practice for me to transition from turning quick assumptions and perceptions into a story that eventually became my truth, which didn’t always necessarily correspond with reality to taking a step and realising that my own truth is not always the accurate representation of reality. When you master your mindset with calmness, presence, and awareness, you stop reacting and start architecting. I have since learnt to always challenge my assumptions and perceptions or park them aside (in case I could be right!) and wait until I have gathered more information to make a more informed and comfortable conclusion. I am not perfect yet and am still learning.
Health is wealth.
It doesn’t matter how much money you have in the world. If you work so much that it results in unhappiness, stress or even worse, burn out, then all the money you would earn would go towards psychologists, doctor visits or hospital fees. Therefore, in the end, prioritising mental, emotional and physical health is so much more important because when you are healthy, you can do so much more. Some people take health for granted until it becomes an issue. Mental wealth is key.
You are very lucky.
This always reminded me to be full of gratitude. I used to hear this repetitively and never thought I was lucky when I compared myself to others. But I eventually came to a realisation and thought, why am I even comparing myself to others? I have a roof over my head, a wonderful family and food on the table. I have the foundations of life so what is there to complain about? Nothing. I very quickly learnt that the endless comparison of myself to other people would just end up being detrimental to my health because there will always be people out there who I perceive that are better or worse off than me and vice versa. So why go down a spiral of negativity?
Conclusion
These words of wisdom have been my compass – grounding me in inner strength and intrinsic fulfilment. For that, I feel grateful every single day.
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