To view this newsletter in the browser, click here                 Issue #62       A newsletter from Creativegarh to help you live a life of passion, purpose and meaning.         Up, close, but not personal.                     What if, just for today, you don't make it about you? What if, for the next few hours, while you get up and close with life, you choose not to make it personal? What if you allow a glimmer of hope that what people do or the actions they take is about them and never about you? What if you open the door in your heart to the realisation that people's actions and behaviours are a reflection of their own beliefs, experiences, and perceptions and never about you.           It's not about you personally.           For when someone raises a storm about your work and criticizes you, it's because of the tempest raging in their insides, a tornado of personal insecurities, rather than a direct judgment of your abilities. When someone belittles your achievements, it may stem from their own feelings of inadequacy or envy, the littleness of the love in their lives. If someone makes a vindictive comment with malice, you can choose to detach from it. Because the chances are that people's words are a reflection of their acrimonious relationship with themselves.           What if, just for today, you choose to face life as it happens, not to make any assumptions, and take everything on face value? What if when a plan is cancelled by a friend, you don't jump to a conclusion that your friendship is not valued. Maybe, they 'are' busy, and it really is never about you. Let go of the misunderstandings and the unnecessary suffering that comes tagging along. Allow things to unfold as they do, without an overthought.           Trust it, when people say, 'it's not about you it's about me'. While this may be the cliched cop-out in romantic relationships and the fodder for many a meme, it is the truth. Don't make it about you, don't overthink it and stop spotlighting yourself. You are important, but always as the secondary character in people's lives. They are the heroes and heroines of their lives. And that does not mean you are the villain.                 Life doesn’t need much.                     Art doesn't need much. It needs a canvas that needs paint that needs a brush, and that humble brush needs the most important element. You. To hold it so it can hold you in the art.           Art doesn't need much. It just needs you. To show up.           A story doesn't need much. It needs a plot, a setting, some characters, a point of view and some conflict. It needs words, it needs language, but most importantly it needs you. With a plot to show up for your dreams, in a setting, the present moment that is finest to write. It needs you as a character, you without your own layers and conditioning, and you without conflict of your worth, your past, your future.           Poetry doesn't need much. It needs you.           A relationship doesn't need much. It needs responsibility and open communication, they say. But most importantly it needs you to have open communication with yourself, to know yourself, to love yourself first. Your relationship with yourself defines your relationship with others.           A new business idea that you have been living with for years on paper doesn't need much. It needs you. Not you from the mind but you from the heart. Not you with only a business plan but a plan BE - to be yourself and show up in your most authentic self.           A tough conversation that you have been trying to avoid doesn't need much. It needs you. It needs you to speak with yourself and listen to the cries of your inner child.           A new home that you have been planning to design doesn't need much. Pinterest has all the answers. But it needs you and it asks you to feel at home in your you-ness.           A new recipe doesn't need much. It needs you and your willingness to experiment with life even if it leaves you with a bad taste in the mouth once in a while.           The universe doesn't need much. It needs you. To co-create small and big universes of happiness with it.           You don't need much to live a big life. Just you - wanting to live that big life.                     Watch All Episodes here                 This week, let's revisit     Kasauli March 2023                                 For a daily dose of Creativegarh and our retreats, follow us here:                         Experience a life full of purpose                     My life’s purpose is to make the world a far richer place by making kindness the primary currency.   Vipul Thakkar Kasauli, July 2023         The purpose of my life is to create beautiful and magical spaces, full of joy, happiness and energy.   Shivangi Shahane Kasauli, July 2023         Our upcoming retreats                         Andretta Sold out 3rd to 9th December     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         Munnar Last 5 seats left 21st to 27th January     Sitting amidst lush landscapes and misty mountains, Munnar offers the perfect backdrop for a retreat focused on self-discovery, growth, and renewal of life purposes.   More details     Reignite conversation     Jodhpur Registrations Open 18th to 24th February     In the heart of Rajasthan’s royal city, let us take you on a transformative journey of self-discovery, mindfulness and rejuvenation. Rewrite your life’s story with us.   More details     Reignite conversation             creativegarh.com         You are receiving this newsletter because either you have interacted with us by filling an invite form or because you have asked us to put you on the database. If you would not like to receive any more newsletters from us, please click here to unsubscribe.