Everybody's a taker - forget everything I've ever written

I'm breaking my blogspot silence after a long time. I've mentioned in the past that I've struggled to work on these giving ideas. And today I'm officially done with it all.

For the past five years all my accounts (several email accounts, facebook, several twitter accounts, WiFi, laptops, MACs, instagram, linkedin ) have been hacked and abused. I've taken umpteen steps in attempts to stop the mess. I've received little to no help. I am a Hindu Legal US Citizen and a post divorce single mom. I have committed no crimes nor have I committed any acts that should offend anyone. Yet for FIVE YEARS I've been - what can only be described as - bullied. There have been attempts to sully my reputation. I've lost many friends - I simply cannot trust many people. I've lost zillion hours of sleep attempting to stop the mess.

The damage caused to  my joy and happiness has been beyond redemption. I feel like a slave or a prisoner bound by the cyber fences, unable, nay not permitted to be myself, express my true personality , share words (I love to write) or open up and be myself (happy , cheerful, zen). There has been no official help forthcoming either. Most PDs cannot handle such cases and/or have a heavy backlog when able.

I have been preaching unconditional giving. But I've soured on it. Nobody cares. Being an unconditional giver opens you up to be treated like a victim and an eternal prey. And so it is.

I give up. I am recanting. F giving. Every man and woman for themselves. I aim to enjoy whatever life I have left. I mean real life, I never understood why I was inducted (if I was) in the "Game of Life" whatever shit that may be.

*NOTE* Made some edits on 11/14/2016  to update the text to match current state of the truth. I did this to avoid opportunistic identity thieves and poseurs to claim my old content as their current one. The above mentioned issues have occurred since 2009.

Written by:  Miss Gitanjali Gulve Sehgal A.K.A Ms. Gitanjali GulveSehgal AKA Miss Gigi Sehgal

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Give everyone a break

Hindus believe that each person has divinity inside of them. When one is quiet and the mind is at rest, we can access the inner divinity , the inner infinity where the everyday world does not exist. A place to recharge and redirect the self to a better way of being. It's a daily human struggle to be the best human while partaking in the daily machinery of life. That's probably why people recommend meditation as a daily practice.

I guess real life here in California,  has been keeping me too busy to be able to access this inner zen often. I access it mostly through music and nature. I recently attended the music festival Coachella in Palm Desert (2nd weekend), and as it turns out, I went alone. The music immersion was the best therapy anyone could have ordered. However the return back and the pace of daily life has very quickly caught hold of my rhythm. Since I blog for the pure pleasure I derive from it, I can (and do) afford to walk away and come back as the fancy takes me.

Today's giving idea is really about kindness. I sincerely believe that kindness and joy have the best chance at a long term relationship. Why? Because I find them together, everywhere :-)

Sappy? Perhaps. But I wasn't really referring to any actual human beings above. Just the concepts.
Today's giving idea is about exercising kindness in dealing with everyone. Give the gift of the benefit of doubt, give the gift of understanding, empathy or sympathy to someone struggling through something terrible.
This gift is especially needed when things break down severely or the object is especially undeserving in your estimation. This gift will be most appreciated when the going is at it's worst ,when the sense of doom and injury is at the greatest.

As a side note, I often blog these "giving" ideas as though I'm some kind of expert at it. The fact of the matter is the opposite. I'm a woman well in my 40s and I'd love to finally access some of the wisdom that is allegedly supposed to arrive with this decade of life :) This blog is mostly to motivate and inspire my own self. And when I struggle with one of these concepts, I blog about it to make myself accountable and follow through. In doing so, if someone somewhere out there, finds anything useful here, I'd consider that icing on the proverbial cake.

The truth is, we all derive energy from each other. Whether we realize it or not. Some stranger's goofy sense of humor appearing online makes my day brighter and makes my load a little lighter. Someone's kindness can give someone else an extra boost to go the extra mile in their own private struggle or a reason to hang on and eventually access the safe happy place they wish to be.

We will never truly know how we impact someone else. This is especially true online given that our words reach random corners in unforeseen ways.

A little bit of patience, a little dash of understanding, a little extra reaching to exercise empathy could go a long way. It's the giant world bank of good will and good energy. I intend to make my deposits, because I've been withdrawing too.

Hope you virtually join me in this.
ॐ ||

P.S. I'm a Hindu by birth but I consider myself unaffiliated to any particular religion and seek spirituality by practice
Written by:  Ms Gitanjali Gulve Sehgal AKA Ms. Gitanjali GulveSehgal AKA Ms. Gigi Sehgal

Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Gigi Sehgal a.k.a G G Sehgal a.k.a Gitanjali Gulve Sehgal  All rights reserved.