To view this newsletter in the browser, click here                 Issue #212       A newsletter from Creativegarh to help you live a life of passion, purpose and meaning.         What if this very moment is the purpose of your entire life?                     What if, in this very moment, this is all you have. What if, in this very moment — not a minute earlier, not a minute later — your only purpose is to be alive. What if, in this very moment, not one from your to-do list or your life vision board, the purpose of your life is to be an active participant in your own life.           What if, in this very moment, as you sit on your balcony having a cup of tea, the tea leaf's only purpose is to fulfil its purpose of refreshing you through the cup. What if a little myna came over and sat on the windowsill, and your only purpose in this moment was to feed it a corner crumb of your Parle-G biscuit before you dunk it into your cup of tea. What if, in this very moment, the myna's hatchlings thanked you for the rather delicious breakfast you made available for them.           What if, as the rest of the biscuit touches your tongue, you honour the life's purpose of the grain of wheat to satiate you. What if, in this very moment, the farmer who grew the wheat bows down to the universe for having his purpose lived through you. What if, in this very moment, a drop of rain felt its life had been worth living, for it poured itself into the stalk of wheat to help it grow. What if, in this very moment, the enzymes in your saliva jumped with joy and did a little winning dance as they get to fulfil their purpose of breaking down the starches into sugars from the biscuit, so your body could absorb them easily.           What if, in this very moment, as you read the last page of a book and sighed, with hope in your heart, you allowed the author of the book to live her purpose of shifting a perspective in your life. What if, in this very moment, as you set the book down, you let the purpose of the words and language created in the sixth century be honoured through the writer.           What if, in this moment, as you take one deep breath and make one big pledge to use your gifts and talents in the service of others so you can feel alive, you let 26 sextillion molecules of air live and fulfil their purpose of keeping you alive in this very moment.           What if, this very moment, your willingness and aliveness were the purpose of your life.           Joy!                 Today, will you please give someone in your life the permission to be imperfect?                     Today, will you be willing to allow someone to not reach the highest expectation you have set for them?           Today, will you allow someone to fail and not be on their A-game for you?           Can you allow someone to be flawed today, the way you hope to be allowed when you are not at your best? Today, can you learn to stay when others falter, just as you hope they will stay when you falter?           Can you allow someone to be loved by you without having to prove they are worthy of your love, or by giving a scintillating performance, or by showing up with perfection?           Today, can you let someone off the hook just because you want to allow them to have their own perspective on the same experience?           Today, can you allow yourself to hold space for someone who is struggling and just say to them, “Hey, it’s okay. I see you. You don’t have to be awesome for me to love you.”           Allow people to be human, and allow yourself to be humane. Allow them and yourself to err, to mess up, to falter, to fall apart, to not be able to hold everything together all the time. People can’t stop doing what they are doing in exactly the same way that you can’t stop having a strong reaction every time they do something wrong. If you want them to change, then show them it’s possible by changing your own reactions.           The change on the inside is how the world responds on the outside. When you want someone to change, change your reactions and start treating them just as you would expect them to show up. When you change the expectation and your responses, people change. When you want someone to show up with more responsibility, start treating them as if they are already showing up more responsible. Then see how the magic flows.           Empathy is including the human-ness behind the behaviour and giving people the benefit of kindness. Most relationships fail not because someone failed, but because we did not hold space for the failure and took it as a personal attack.           Spiritual maturity is not just about holding your centre when you’re calm. It is also about staying loving when others are not.           Today, can you allow yourself to tell someone that they don’t have to be their best self to be loved by you?             Our upcoming retreats                         Andretta Sold Out 15th to 21st November     To reconnect to your inner child at a beautiful hillside retreat with 14+ soulful individuals will make this a life-transforming experience. See you at Andretta!   More details         Jodhpur Last 6 Seats Left 6th to 12th December     In a place of princely palaces and forts, travel back in time as we seek to relook into your life. Rediscover yourself amidst the undiscovered side of Thar at this retreat.   More details     Reignite conversation     Andretta Registrations Open 21st to 27th February     To reconnect to your inner child at a beautiful hillside retreat with 14+ soulful individuals will make this a life-transforming experience. See you at Andretta!   More details     Reignite conversation           This week, let's revisit     Kasauli March 2023                         Experience a life full of purpose                     The purpose of my life is to bring joy and happiness to the lives of the underprivileged.   Mitul Doshi Kasauli, April 2023         The purpose of my life is to breathe new life into old clothes.   Ayushi Agarwal Kasauli, April 2023               For a daily dose of Creativegarh and our retreats, follow us here:                           Mantra Gold Coatings & The White Paper Creative         Sunita Somani         Pedal On               View Our Collabs for Joy                   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. 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