This past weekend I was explaining to my little one why I don’t want him on a multiplayer online game; especially because every single one of those participants was either a bot or a stranger. We went through a whole big scenario where he was rescuing someone not as well versed as he was in that particular game - So he knew the tricks and as such had the “upper hand”.
Eventually, we got to the point where he realized, that I, very covertly, got almost all his personal info including his age and how all this time it could have been an older adult on the other side with sinister intentions.
All is well on that end.
But now I wonder, Is it that difficult for us adults to re-imagine our lives? What if we assumed we were in a game where we felt (realistically, not over-confidently) we knew the arena well enough to help others navigate it?
Imagine I would share parenting tips, programming tips, you would share finance tips or marketing tips, someone else would share cooking/baking tips, sales tips... all that with the sole intention of helping someone else. No other motive. At all. Whatever knowledge we may have, we may not be experts at all - and still, be open to help.
Would it be so bad? Fruitless? Worthless?
No! It would be so so so gratifying! To have been useful, to have been able to help in any way, shape or form.. you were there!
What more does it take to make the village that helps each of us be our best?
A smile maybe?
Think about it, each one of us has the ability to help atleast one person per day.
Have a nice week!
Sweta Shah Sakhpara is a pranic energy therapist and a pranic psychotherapist. She also teaches mindfulness and meditation to kids, adults and families. When she is not doing any of the above, she actively practices being a mindful parent to two kids.
Having learned and practiced pranic healing for ~fifteen years, Sweta has been blessed with the trust of many clients for ailments as simple as a headache to complex ones like Tourette’s syndrome, from depression and anxiety to finding ways to embrace the idea of a new normal with a child being diagnosed on the spectrum. You could read more about her HERE.
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