Rethinking Role Models

“My dad.”

Everyone giggled.  Some smirked.

The teacher shook her head: “No. A role model must inspire others.”

I was downcast, my dad didn't meet the criteria.

Decades later, things started to click.

What you admire isn’t the person.  It’s the narrative, the glamour.   

Not genuineness.

Like politicians, like gurus who preach virtue but conceal vice. 

We see the myth, not the mess underneath.

And when they fall?  The betrayal feels personal, because you defended an image, not a person.

People fade.  Patterns don’t.

So, what if, instead of role models, you admired moments?

A stranger’s dedication.

A competitor’s grace under stress.

A child’s innocent curiosity.

Grab the lesson. Let go of the legend.

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Emotions: The Operating System We Can’t Reboot

Cry, if you must.

Scream, if you can't control anger.

Laugh without apology.

Who said hiding emotions makes you balanced?

Modern research identifies six core emotions.  But centuries earlier, Bharata Muni in his text Natya Shastra had described nine fundamental emotions - Navarasas:

Love | Laughter | Sorrow | 

Disgust | Wonder | Peace |

Anger | Valour | Fear | 

Emotions rarely travel alone.  Together, they create new experiences:

Joy + Trust = Love

Fear + Surprise = Awe

Happiness + Sadness = Nostalgia

And when emotions intensify:

Annoyance hardens into Rage.

Serenity surges into Ecstasy.

A deadpan face isn’t neutrality.  It’s regulation.  Sometimes, even suppression. 

Micro-expressions always manage to slip out in disguises like:

Hunched shoulders, Trembling voice, Darting eyes etc.

The face performs. The body reveals.

Be honest. Do you reveal emotions?

Or are you stage-managing them?

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Manifestation Isn’t Magic

Manifestation won’t cure illness.

It won’t fix a broken relationship.

But it changes something crucial - YOU.

It rewires your attention.

You begin to notice openings you once scrolled past.

You sense tension earlier.

You respond sooner.

Most people read this and forget by lunch.

The ones who try it?

Everyone would call them "lucky."

Luck isn't about getting everything.

It's realising you're not entirely powerless.

Think broke, stuck, unloved long enough —

your brain will spot evidence everywhere.

Manifestation doesn't start with vision boards.

It starts with what you already believe.

Same mechanism. Wrong direction.

Willing works the other way.

It tightens its grip.

"This must happen."

A trace of desperation?

Manifesting loosens it.

"This - or something better." 

Trust underneath.

Ask yourself:

"If I already had it, what would I do today?"

An ideal question to start with.

Doesn't direction matter more than intensity?

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