To view this newsletter in the browser, click here                 Issue #117       A newsletter from Creativegarh to help you live a life of passion, purpose and meaning.         A headless chicken at a snail's pace.                     That's how healing happens.           Healing doesn't happen linearly. Healing happens in the most uncertain, uncontrolled, unimaginable way. And you never know what heals you. Sometimes it's an old lover, sometimes a new one. And many times, who broke you in the first place heals you years after when realisation hits.           Creation heals you, purpose heals you. Creating a life true to your path and honouring your gifts and calling heals you. Doing things that make you come alive heal you. Doing what makes you come back home to yourself heals you too.           Taking one real, actionable, inspired baby step everyday heals you. Making one wise decision everyday heals you. Doing one thing everyday that is all heart heals you.           What you know heals you, what you don't know heals you too.           Surrender heals you. Surrender of the 'bring it on,' courageous kind, not the passive one which wallows in self-pity and says, 'what's the point of all this.'           Creating the dots heals you, and so do the dots when they connect but you will never know when they just do - in perfect alignment with each other as if the dots themselves were soulmates meant to meet in this lifetime but only after having had their share of flings with other dots.           Belief heals you. The most potent drug of them all. A belief that you deserve better, want better and will get better. And add to that, indomitable faith, that it's all happening for you, not to you, heals you.           Healing has ups and downs. But nothing is a setback. It's all a part of the divine plan. Healing happens when you drop people’s expectations of you and the false beliefs that were ingrained into your being.           Healing takes an entire life, an entire lifetime at times and you can't put timelines to healing. One day it'll be a chicken in flight and another day, a snail on sedatives.           Art heals. Writing heals. Creating heals. Stories heal. Anything and everything can heal as long as you choose to walk out of any connection or pattern that doesn't serve you anymore. And you choose to love yourself and feel that every part of you is worthy of love. What you believe are your unloved, unspiritual and sinful parts are just the ore from which the alchemy of healing will extract your pure gold.                 Make every day in your life a 'bring your child to work' day.                     Make a promise to yourself to bring your childlike nature to your work every day.           Childlike, not childish.           Pent-up trauma is a personality trait. Our childish response to life comes from our unresolved parts. Our childlike involvement, being an active participant in our own life comes when we really want to heal ourselves.           To start with, show up. Bring yourself to your work not caring about what others will think. As a child does, pour yourself into what you create, get dirty, fail, try again, keep falling and keep getting up again. Like a child, be totally present in this moment, not caring about the lashing of the parent or the next million dollars.           Be curious, and also, once in a while, be a nosey parker. Want to know everything about how the world works but also be open to dig into your past and bring to light the demons hibernating in the caves dug by your self-hatred.           Be playful but not restless. Explore the world with childlike enthusiasm. Go on a curiosity trail into lands of wonder. Throw in colour, throw in humour, throw yourself into the work that you do, smudge yourself with your beingness that one can't separate the art from the artist, the film from the maker, the invention from the inventor. Be carefree but not irresponsible.           Bring to work the power of imagination. Create puppies in clouds, and dunce hats from tulips. Make connections between corals and morals, between orbs and carbs, and be the mouse in a bakery that takes your bread away.           Bring wonder and awe to work. Spot joy in the hum of the air conditioner as well as the crackling of the coffee machine. Create whatever you do so from a space of wonder, not reward, from a space of not just ticking off a box in the checklist but of awe. Look at the world from a sense of purity. Choose to see that if you remove the masks, everyone is inherently good. Bring kindness, empathy and compassion to your world as you let go of judgments and preconceived notions. Be forgiving to others and yourself and like a child, don't be resentful.           Like a child, be authentic. Bring to the fore your quirks, your talents, your special gifts, your emotions. Express yourself freely and fearlessly.       Our upcoming retreats                         CG Light, Ahmedabad Registrations Open 8th to 9th November     Creativegarh Light is a especially designed 2-day intensive program for those who desire a fulfilling life but feel held back by time constraints.   More details     Reignite conversation     Mandi Last 2 Seats Left 1st to 7th December     Mandi’s tranquil environment serves as the perfect backdrop for personal metamorphosis, ensuring you return home with a revitalized spirit and fresh perspective of life!   More details     Reignite conversation     CG Teens, Mumbai Registrations Open 21st to 22nd December     This non-residential 2-day retreat is designed to help teenagers reconnect with their authenticity and inner guidance system to create a joyful life.   More details     Reignite conversation           This week, let's revisit     Jodhpur January 2023                         Experience a life full of purpose                     The purpose of my life is to use the gift of my music to heal lives.   Abhilasha Ojha Kasauli, April 2022         The purpose of my life is to create joyful, holistic and meaningful learning experiences. My vision is for all people to lead self-actualized, happy lives, filled with empathy.   Samathmika Balaji Kasauli September, 2022               For a daily dose of Creativegarh and our retreats, follow us here:                                 Watch All Episodes Here                   creativegarh.com             You are receiving this newsletter because either you have subscribed to it through our website, interacted with us by filling an invite form or because you have asked us to put you on the database. If you would not like to receive any more newsletters from us, please click here to unsubscribe.