Layer up! Short over Long!!

I linked up at the challenge at Casual Chik Kiki and the first challenge is to have something short over long and this is one style that I do quite often! so this is what i wore yesterday!

 long sleeve tshirt - Loft, 3/4 sleeve cotton sweater - H&M, Jeans - Macys, Shoes - Aldo

p.s: Sorry couldnt get a good photo.

Day 05 → Something you hope to do in your life.

We always have dreams and goals that we hope to achieve, that's what keeps us truly alive I guess :)

I have always wanted to travel all over the world and one thing that i hope to do is have someone i love and lots of money and travel non-stop for six months all over. I hope A and myself can save up all that money and take 6 months off from our routine lives and just travel. Yes i wanderlust!!

Day 04 → Something you have to forgive someone for.

I generally move on if something unpleasant happens and try and forget if anyone does anything that i feel is wrong or unfair to me. But i haven't been able to forgive some people associated with my earlier employment as after having worked diligently and loyally for almost 5 years, when i needed a transfer so as to work for the same place in a different country, they did not give it to me and i have been unemployed since then and its been the hardest phase of my life and I am still living it and therefore i guess unable to forgive them.

Love,
Minal

Day 3 - Something you have to forgive yourself for.

Many people are afraid to forgive because they feel they must remember the wrong or they will not learn from it. The opposite is true. Through forgiveness, the wrong is released from its emotional stranglehold on us so that we can learn from it. Through the power and intelligence of the heart, the release of forgiveness brings expanded intelligence to work with the situation more effectively. -- David McArthur & Bruce McArthur

and forgiving oneself is the hardest.  

I want to forgive myself for all the times that i have been hard on myself and cried myself to sleep, for making things more miserable than they actually were. For at time willowing under the sorrow and not looking at the rainbow at the horizon. I want to learn that all things have a happy ending and that time, whether good or bad is always temporary.

Love to myself!!

Hope you all enjoy reading my thoughts :)

Love,
Minal

Day 2 - Something you love about yourself.

Sometimes I guess its harder to say what you love about yourself than saying what you hate about yourself.. Anyways, I am going to try :) so here goes..

I love that I have a lot of love to give to anyone and everyone and feel compassionate towards all and sundry. It makes me a fragile person at times but as much real as real can be..

I love love my fingers and how beautiful they are.. I always get compliments that my hands are so beautiful and they bring me so much joy..

I love that i am a dancer and no matter what, have never been too away from pursuing dance, yes at times, i have always needed a push from someone or the other, but the dedication and passion towards the art form has always been there..

Love that i am smart, that if i want to know or learn something, its never beyond my reach and that i can always achieve what i set out to achieve

Love that i am a person of habit and good habits never leave and i generally stay away from habits that are bad.

Love that i can read people and imagine their lives, what they are thinking, what they are felling by generally observing them for a while and later if ever i have come to know them, i have been amused that i was not off mark and that most things i imagined were true.

Love that i have had a great childhood, loving parents and a great sister as a sibling and friend and i appreciate that more and more each day that i have been so blessed.

Oh how i love myself! Isnt that very apparent from this post :)

Thanks for reading this post and the others in this series. Hope you like them.

Love,
Minal

Day 1 - Something you hate about yourself..

Its been ages since i posted last and so many many things have happened (most of which were very unpleasant) that i just dint feel like writing anything. Things have not yet gotten better but hopefully soon will.

Hate is a word that i rarely use as i don't really think you can hate anything or anyone for that matter. So what can i hate about myself?? So here i go...

I hate the fact that i am not a go-getter, never have been. My mom used to always tell me when i was in school, that if only i studied, i would be the best student in class, and i would always say big deal, that doesn't matter. Its continued throughout, be it in my job, my passion of dancing. I always feel, that if something has to come to you, it will, you do not have to try so hard.

I hate the fact that i have a big heart and people always seem to be taking advantage of it. Even when i keep myself in the background and do something for someone, they never see it unless i tell them that.

That i am lazy. I have so many creative ideas, so much in my head and i never go about doing much about it, like this blog too which i have left alone for so many months now.

I hate the fact that i do not know how to talk and talk and talk some more, because i have realized that people who can talk, can get their way in anything and somehow just because i am not able to say much, i get left behind.

When i am angry and say things that i dont mean at all. As a child and even now, sometimes i just cant control my anger and end up hurting people whether intentionally or not.

The fact that even though i know, i am capable of something, i am unable to show my confidence which sometimes makes other people assume that i am unworthy of the same, which may not be true, if only i appeared confident!!

The fact that i am dancer, and a good one at that :) but cannot sing. Just cannot sing. period!! how i wish i could sing??

I hate that i do not keep in touch with my friends, extended family as we all need someone to turn to at times, but i just cannot pick up the phone and talk or just keep in touch sometimes. Wish i could really make that effort.

I can go on, but i guess these are the major things i hate (cringing at the word, just don't like using it) about myself.

Thank you for reading. Come back to read somemore tomorrow.

Love,
Minal