So after the video that Vogue released starring Deepika, and all good and bad comments about which choices should we really exercise et all, I thought of penning down something about choices.
While what Deepika (or anyone else for that matter) wants to choose in their personal life is a matter of their own lives, whether we feel it is right ot wrong about those choices, the fact remains that everyone has a choice in their lives.
Life is all about choices, choice to choose what we want to do every next moment. Some choices we make turn out to be wonderful, some turn out to be wrong. But we all learn from our experiences, and get ready to make our next choice. When it comes to individual's empowerment, among other things I feel its surely related to being able to make choices of their lives. I have been very lucky to be raised in an empowered environment where I was able to make choice about my education, my career and a lot of other things. Most of those have been right and helped me so far.
Some time back when I did my Seven habit's course from Stefen Covey's institute, I guess it was emphasized that Life is really like a multiple choice question at any point of time. We almost always have a choice. When one feels that there is no choice, that's definitely a feeling of being helpless, less empowered.
Here is a quote from my '7 habits' course by Steven covey, that has stuck with me for years
"The key to being proactive is remembering that between stimulus and response there is a space. That space represents our choice— how we will choose to respond to any given situation, person, thought or event. Imagine a pause button between stimulus and response—a button you can engage to pause and think about what is the principle-based response to your given situation. Listen to what your conscience tells you. Listen for what is wise and the principle-based thing to do, and then act."
Many a times we all go in for an easy choice, route of least efforts, blaming someone else for not leaving us with no choice. That feeling of being a victim is the easiest of the choices, however those are the most harmful for our lives. Even when those are not particularly harmful, those do us no good as well. Remember the 80-20 story or how 80% of our everyday life is affected by the choices made 20% of the time. We always have a choice to respond in a constructive manner vs react to unpleasant circumstances.
All successful and great people we see in the world, have made the hard choices. Choice to make a difference. Malala could have chosen to be silent and suffer like other suppressed girls around her, but she chose to stand for what she believed.
Life is all about choices, wrong choices, right choices, but those are always there. The more empowerment you have, more choices it brings. And more choices make you feel more empowered.
The women's empowerment program at waze (http://www.wow-tcs-maitree.org/) I am associated with offers a choice to the rural ladies to work and earn with dignity, supporting their families. This surely empowers them as you can tell from their smiles.
Before I close on the blog about choices, here is an awesome story that reminds you how one has a choice to soar like an eagle and make a difference vs quacking like a duck.
https://deepsm25.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/ducks-quack-eagles-soar/
While what Deepika (or anyone else for that matter) wants to choose in their personal life is a matter of their own lives, whether we feel it is right ot wrong about those choices, the fact remains that everyone has a choice in their lives.
Life is all about choices, choice to choose what we want to do every next moment. Some choices we make turn out to be wonderful, some turn out to be wrong. But we all learn from our experiences, and get ready to make our next choice. When it comes to individual's empowerment, among other things I feel its surely related to being able to make choices of their lives. I have been very lucky to be raised in an empowered environment where I was able to make choice about my education, my career and a lot of other things. Most of those have been right and helped me so far.
Some time back when I did my Seven habit's course from Stefen Covey's institute, I guess it was emphasized that Life is really like a multiple choice question at any point of time. We almost always have a choice. When one feels that there is no choice, that's definitely a feeling of being helpless, less empowered.
Here is a quote from my '7 habits' course by Steven covey, that has stuck with me for years
"The key to being proactive is remembering that between stimulus and response there is a space. That space represents our choice— how we will choose to respond to any given situation, person, thought or event. Imagine a pause button between stimulus and response—a button you can engage to pause and think about what is the principle-based response to your given situation. Listen to what your conscience tells you. Listen for what is wise and the principle-based thing to do, and then act."
Many a times we all go in for an easy choice, route of least efforts, blaming someone else for not leaving us with no choice. That feeling of being a victim is the easiest of the choices, however those are the most harmful for our lives. Even when those are not particularly harmful, those do us no good as well. Remember the 80-20 story or how 80% of our everyday life is affected by the choices made 20% of the time. We always have a choice to respond in a constructive manner vs react to unpleasant circumstances.
All successful and great people we see in the world, have made the hard choices. Choice to make a difference. Malala could have chosen to be silent and suffer like other suppressed girls around her, but she chose to stand for what she believed.
Life is all about choices, wrong choices, right choices, but those are always there. The more empowerment you have, more choices it brings. And more choices make you feel more empowered.
The women's empowerment program at waze (http://www.wow-tcs-maitree.org/) I am associated with offers a choice to the rural ladies to work and earn with dignity, supporting their families. This surely empowers them as you can tell from their smiles.
Before I close on the blog about choices, here is an awesome story that reminds you how one has a choice to soar like an eagle and make a difference vs quacking like a duck.
https://deepsm25.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/ducks-quack-eagles-soar/
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