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  Finding Hope In A New Day Rasna Malathari Starting fresh, Feeling Whimsy Heart Full Of Hope, Mind Full Of Motivation Ready To Turn This Day To Something Positive Oh, Sweet Lord, how could I forget? External Forces, Dimming Your Sparks Not yet, Keep Trying Get Forge To Dust, Not Yet. Start Afresh, The Day Is Not Yet Done
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Choosing the Day Again: How Optimism Becomes a Daily Practice

There is a moment each morning when the day is still undecided. Before the chaos arrives, before expectations and interruptions claim their space, there is a brief window of choice. In that space, many people decide, sometimes consciously, sometimes by habit, that today will be better. That today will be handled differently. That they will show up with intention. And yet, it often takes very little to test that resolve. A minor disruption, a misplaced word, a sudden discomfort, something small can feel disproportionately powerful, capable of collapsing the optimism that was carefully set at the start. This is completely normal. The nervous system responds faster than logic, and emotions rise before meaning is made of them. What matters is not the interruption itself, but what follows. The Fragility and Strength of a Good Start Optimism is often misunderstood as denial, as though choosing a positive outlook requires ignoring what feels unpleasant or inconvenient. In reality, optimism is...

I'm learning to shift my attention to the good things in life.

We, as people, have always been this way, quick to judge by appearances and even quicker to criticize when something doesn’t sit right with us. But are we wrong for that? Not really. It’s a defense mechanism. It’s easier to feel anger than to sit with hurt. So we move through life noticing what’s wrong first, constantly looking for ways to protect ourselves from pain. Last year, I was at a friend’s house. We were a big group of people brought together simply because our boyfriends and girlfriends were close. It was Christmas, and everyone exchanged gifts. I was genuinely excited to take part. When the day came, guess what I received? A horrific gift. I was genuinely on the verge of tears. Not liking someone is one thing, but intentionally ruining someone’s moment is another. A girl I barely speak to, but see almost daily, gifted me a male perfume . Okay, you might say I’m exaggerating. But what truly disgusted me was that the perfume was half-used . On that same day, I also received th...

Learning To Recognize Genuine Bonds After Chasing Approval In The Wrong Places

This blog is also available as an ebook with guided questions for deeper self-discovery :  https://cosmicchoasjourney.gumroad.com/l/rdtpf There are moments in life when clarity arrives as reckoning. A  realization that you did not know you needed that something precious was always present, steady, loyal, and unchanging while your attention wandered elsewhere, chasing around instead of being present. This is not a story of loss born from malice or neglect, but from misunderstanding the self before understanding others. So often, the search for connection is misdirected. Validation becomes the compass. Acceptance becomes the currency. Attention becomes mistaken for something real. In that pursuit, the ones who offer consistency, patience, and emotional safety can fade into the background, not because they lack value, but because they do not demand performance. The gem was always there. From the beginning, there was a quiet presence that listened without interruption, stayed with...

Be Your Own Person: The Freedom in Authenticity

                                               This blog is also available as an ebook with guided questions for deeper self-discovery. https://cosmicchoasjourney.gumroad.com/l/mygfu In a world that constantly tells us who to be, how to act, and what to like, the most radical act of self-love is to be unapologetically yourself. Being your own person is not about rebellion for the sake of defiance, nor about isolation from the collective. It is about reclaiming the sacred space of individuality. The space where your truth, your preferences, and your evolving self belong solely to you. To be your own person is to honor the fluidity of who you are. It is understood that change does not mean inconsistency; it means growth. One day, you may love the wild rhythm of rap, and the next, find peace in the softness of pop melodies. You may wake up wanting to wear something elegan...

Give 100% In Everything You Do: The Art of Showing Up For Yourself

There is a phrase that echoes quietly yet persistently through the mind: “Give 100% in everything you do.” At first glance, it may sound like another decorative quote, one of those lines dressed in dramatic fonts and posted under aesthetically filtered sunsets. But beneath its simplicity lies a deeper truth that reshapes the way we approach discipline, passion, and purpose. Giving 100% is not a rigid expectation. It does not demand perfection. It does not imply that your output will look the same every day. What it really means is this: give the fullest expression of yourself within the capacity you have today. Some days that capacity expands; other days it contracts. But the act of showing up fully, sincerely, with intention remains the constant. This is the foundation of true productivity. Not the mechanical kind that squeezes the life out of you, but the grounded, self‑aware kind that allows growth to unfold naturally. The Illusion of Limited Time Many live with a constant complai...

Limerence: Breaking the Illusion of Obsessive Attachment

  Limerence is not love, though it wears its mask. It is not intimacy, though it promises closeness. It is not devotion, though it demands loyalty. Instead, limerence is the storm of the mind a pattern of obsessive fixation, intoxicating highs, and destabilizing lows that captivate the heart yet erode its strength. At its core, limerence is a mirror reflecting not the other, but the self’s unhealed wounds. It is the hunger for recognition projected onto another face, the yearning for validation disguised as romance. To understand limerence is to pierce the veil of illusion and confront the uncomfortable truth: the person who seems to hold our fate is merely a vessel carrying our unclaimed power. The Architecture of Limerence To dismantle limerence, one must first see its design. It is a structure built from three fragile pillars: idealization, inconsistency, and longing . Idealization paints the other with impossible colors. Their flaws fade beneath the brushstrokes of fan...