Stop Beating Yourself Up for Your Negativity || Can You Love that Too?

Sat Naam,

This video is the result of a "downturn" my mood took a few days ago. I realized something profound as a result of it that I felt was very much worth sharing. 

I call it "STOP BEATING YOURSELF UP FOR YOUR NEGATIVITY || CAN YOU LOVE THAT TOO?"

My prayer is that we can all be a little easier on ourselves. Let our emotions be there and not add insult to injury by judging them so much.

Joyfully (truly),
Sirgun Kaur

Prickly Beauty through the Lens of Love

Some things are easy to love. Some things are harder to love. But I believe all things have the potential to inspire love, when we look through the lens of love. And I think the prickly beauty of cacti is a nice place to start.

When I first moved to Phoenix, I loved all the desert flora. After a while though, I started to miss tall greens, cooler climes... seasons!

Some things are easy to love. Like dessert. Not the desert. DESSERT. The stuff with sprinkles, with frosting, with obvious sweetness.

And then there is guilt. Guilt of imbibing too much sweetness. Guilt from participating in something so easy to love. It makes it harder to love something so easy to love, doesn't it?

For a long period of time after college while I was trying to "get healthy, " I actually convinced myself I didn't even like dessert. Like, not even the raw vegan desserts I would occasionally allow myself.

It was kale and more kale for a few years there... and if it wasn't kale, it was green juice, or zucchini noodles, or cashew cheese.

My point is that you can convince yourself of pretty much anything; find beauty, find flavor, find LOVE in pretty much anything, if you are determined to find it.

My children are often easy to love. And often hard to love. I know they are not the cause of my fluctuating assessment of them. It is only my choice to see clearly (or not) in the moment.

So, enjoy your cacti, your tall trees, and your cupcakes... or whatever it is you love.

But remember that anything can be re-framed and seen through the lens of love.

As Louise Hay said "it is only a thought, and a thought can be changed."

Have a beautiful Sunday!

Joyfully,
Sirgun Kaur

Kindness Looks Amazing On You

Greetings!

I was at the Phoenix Children's Museum today with my boys. The one room they really wanted to hang out in the most was the under 3 year old room, where my 5 year old has to stay in what I call "big boy jail" so as not to disrupt the babies and toddlers. So my 2 year old joined him in there and they hung out in a tiny play pen for over 40 minutes together... in a building that is three stories high!

(I get a kick out of my kids.)

Sitting on a bench was a mother of two girls wearing a shirt that lit me up from inside. It said "kindness looks amazing on you."

I don't usually feel enlightened from a tee-shirt, but there it was. Instant zen.

I could feel my shoulders relax and a brightness emanating from my heart, like it was a reminder that I bothered to notice. I got the memo.

So here's your message if you choose to receive it:

Kindness looks amazing on YOU too. :-)

Joyfully,
Sirgun Kaur


P.S. If you want a little uplift in your, check out one of my personal favorite playlists. It's not mantra music, of even my music. Just really happy songs with beautiful messages. It's called "Happy Me."