‘I solemnly swear that I am up to no good’

This phrase caught my attention when I was reading Harry Potter. It is of course the opening key for a magical map of Hogwarts, the school for witches and wizards. You can ask me why I have chosen this phrase, as this is self-deprecating. That is the reason.

Would you like to choose such a phrase as your life mantra? If we believe that we are no good, how can we ever succeed? How can we dream, how can we aspire to reach new heights in terms of career, relationships and how can we ever be at peace.

On the other hand, if we take this phrase as shedding of our ego, imagine the possibilities open to us. We can see life with a new perspective can learn things, which we never thought we could and most importantly, keep an open mind. Because we don’t have delusions of grandeur, that we know everything, we can actually learn. We can listen instead of hearing. We can respond instead of reacting.

It is our humility that helps us more than our arrogance. Remember our grannies used to tell us,’ a sweet tongue can conquer more than the sword? So if we shed our ego and say in all our humility that I am up to no good, we can do more than succeed. We can be happy. We can be at peace.

No, I am not saying don’t have goals or do not work towards your goals but do it with this feeling in your hearty that I am up to no good. It is that infinite power that guides me. Make that light your beacon.

So be it!!!