Be The Rock And The Rainbow!

Be the impregnable, the indomitable and the irrepressible!

Like all of us, during all phases of my life, I have always witnessed and personally encountered negative energies around me and sometimes directed and even coming charging at me. They have always been there, sometimes at work and sometimes in personal life by people who may or may not fully know me or understand me and by situations which one cannot always foresee. These scenarios try to break you and your spirit and perhaps this happens in everyone's lives. People would often judge you for vested reasons, due to lack of understanding and ignorance and very often due to their own lack of self awareness, internal security and sense of abundance. They may be cocooned within their own universe and are often misled too usually by themselves, protecting their own reality. Yes it may certainly reflect on you and make you feel a bit confused and perplexed sometimes as to why! How do we deal with this?

Well, me and you cannot control everything in life. We cannot! Its in the nature of things. Even nature as an open source of learning, teaches us the same. I was looking at this picture (above) of a rainbow that I had saved on my phone. What can a rainbow do if it is constantly bombarded by lightening. Does it react? No! Instead it focuses on what it does best! On shining brightly in the grimmest of weather, whether its raining, thundering or lightening! On displaying and gifting its true nature to others, on inspiring through its flurry of colors, its endless possibilities of its spectrum and its true purpose, which is of attaining its highest potential of reaching the sky against all odds! Let's be that rainbow and reach for the sky. Ignore the bitterness of people, situations and others things etc around you. Believe in yourself and just do it anyway. Just be a witness to the drama unfold around you and manifest even in its ugliness, while you stay afloat, like a lotus in a dirty swamp. Allow that space to others and to yourself. Do not let the negativity get to you. Be the best version of who you are at all times. Focus on the gratitude of your life and your contribution to this world.

When I was much younger and went to a rocky beach once, some of my friends used to take small pebbles and used to aim at a particular rock for countless hours, just for fun. That's the nature of some people, situations, including as a doctor - illnesses etc around you. They will sometimes throw stones or provoke you and will catch you unawares all the time. And a lot of the times for no reason at all, just so they may feel better about themselves! Its OK not to be able to understand every time why! Even in those younger times, I noticed that each pebble thrown that used to hit the rock, always bounced off and fell to the ground. Did the rock ever break? No! The rock always remained 'rock-steady'. That's the nature of the rock. That is why, you call someone and so and so in your life as a rock! Because they stay steady. They don't crack under pressure. They may not retaliate, but remain steady, equanimous and true to their internal value systems and literally unmoved and grounded! Your behavior must be a congruent outgrowth of who you are inside of you and not be swayed by the drama around you. Such 'rocks' inspire! Lets be that rock. Be that rock.

You have it in you to be a Rock and a Rainbow. Be rock steady and like a rainbow, aim for the sky!

Dr. Manpreet Gulati

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