Draft
The sweetest part of you
Sadhguru, on creating a sweet atmosphere:
When you meet someone, let the sweetest part of you touch them. Your joy, your love, your blissfulness should touch the world around you, because this ensures that your atmospheres — the situations in which you exist — become sweet. Do not think this is a service to someone. Creating a situation which is sweet and wonderful around you is very necessary for your own growth, for your own blossoming to happen. Even the tree out here in the forest has that intelligence that during winter time it sheds all its leaves beneath itself, because it knows that with that the soil around it will be well nourished for its springtime. This is the way life is.
What you'll need
- A handful of ordinary encounters today: a colleague, a stranger, someone at home
- A moment's pause before each
- No expectation of anything back
Method
In your next few encounters, lead with the warmest part of you. A real smile, an open word, a small kindness.
Offer it freely, without waiting to see if it's returned or deserved.
Carry the same warmth into the next encounter, and the next.
Give it a week. Notice how the atmosphere around you shifts, and how you feel, not just the people you meet.