I’ve Felt Ikigai So Many Times
Part 2: 2022 in review | Thanks for the vibes!
Ikigai is a concept of content, meaningful living. You feel Ikigai, whenever you realize your life’s worth living — which often happens through moments that reveal the joy of being to you.
It’s completely based on your own subjective view on life, it’s perspective-dependent.
To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour- William Blake (Visionary, Poet, Painter, Engraver), in his poem Auguries of Innocence
In this essay, I capture some of the moments which made me think deeply about my raison d’etre.
At the start of this year, I spent a good amount of time exploring Goa, a place popular for its Arabian Sea coast.
Rolling fields of native vegetation speckled with coconut groves, immense wetlands with mangrove crowns and shoals of fishes & crabs, rocky hilltops flush with wild flowering grasses, an azure ocean merging with the sandy stretches and craggy cliffs to create spectacular sunsets — I breathed it all in.
This started as a 10–12" miserable clump of shoots. The magical transformation took few months. The tenacity of this vine has never ceased to amaze me.
Once it reached suitable position, the grandiflora hanged long strings dotted with brilliant blue flowers — something I could’ve only dreamt about.
Simple. Wholesome.
There’s this thing about roses. You may or may not like them. But you just cannot ignore them.
Their style is eternal. They bloom with vivid grace.
Can I ever be thankful enough for these things of beauty? I’ve never met a flower that I didn’t consider a spectacular work of art.
This stray cat adopted us when we moved in. She’s a sassy lady.
I counted her presence as undeserved grace.
Joy forever.
There’s so much grace all around us to be amazed by.
I’ll choose to do it more.
Like Thoreau said, my thanksgiving is eternal.
Thank you for reading. I wish you a fantastic year ahead :)
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Photos © Shreyasi
