Aha moments
October 2024
Love over everything else
Love comes first. This is the philosophy that Megha Bajaj embraces, which enables her to live with utmost dignity One of the ways I have been constantly rising in my own eyes is by upholding love. By upholding this emotion that is sacred to me, I have been able to purify myself and attract so much abundance in my life.
Some people are easy to love. They are naturally kind, happy, and wonderful, and it’s effortless to love them. There is a natural sync, and loving them feels like breathing. And then there are those whom it isn’t that easy to love. I abhor hypocrisy or pretence. Anyone who shows that they are different from what they actually are makes me cringe. However, over time, I have realised that finding love even for people whom I may not feel naturally inclined towards has helped me grow as a person. Strangely, it has also created a secure environment for others, and at least for me the two-facedness has not been so prominent.
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I have strived to uphold love over material desires. There was a situation where I had to make a decision that did not feel easy at the time. Someone very close to me was struggling with finances and needed a huge amount to bail themselves out of a challenging ordeal. I knew what they were going through was genuine, and I also that whatever I would give them would never come back. Neither did I want it back. I remember wondering if I could simply let go of such a big sum (not that I am sitting under a money tree but with God’s grace, I always feel abundant and that I have more than I can ever imagine), and I felt I could. Once I gave it, the kind of love, gratitude, and relief I felt within me was even more important than what it did for the other. It made me feel so blessed. Strangely, within the next month, I got double what I had given, from unexpected quarters, as though Life was saying, “You deserve this!”
I have strived to uphold love over ego. Truth be told, I think I have a fairly good-sized ego, and it takes what it takes to keep it under check, sometimes in very silly situations, and at other times, significant ones. A recent one was when someone I deeply love and revere gave me some feedback publicly. I wanted to lash out and say that it wasn’t true; I wanted to do lots of things I would have
regretted later. However, as I just paused and decided to not give in to a reckless momentary emotion, so much clarity dawned. I realised the truth in his words and took the feedback to better myself, especially since it came from a source I deeply trusted. This article itself was born of that experience because I realised that I upheld love when I could have fallen prey to the lower emotions.
I strive to uphold love in the everyday humdrum of life not for Valentine’s Day, birthdays, and anniversaries alone. From burping my nine-month-old daughter after a hearty feed (where I feel life is worth that little burp of fulfilment) to gifting someone with something I know they will deeply cherish. The feeling I go through when I watch the sunrise or say hello to the person in the mirror—with all her blemishes and beauty. Love is a force, a dominant emotion, and it is about bringing that something extra into the seemingly ordinary.
I have strived to uphold love. And what a difference it has made to me, my relationships, and my very life!
Megha Bajaj is a bestselling author, film script writer and poet. An ardent seeker at heart, she also runs her online writing and healing workshops called WoW.
You can read more about her on www.MeghaBajajWoW.com.
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