Heylo, guys! It is that time of the year (No, not the Christmas Tree! That is soon to follow 😉) The time I resume blogging after a 11-month hibernation period.

How are you? Did 2025 treat you well? I hope with all my heart that you are nodding a “Yes!”. 2025 has been the most challenging yet the most rewarding year for me in my sheer existence of about 3 decades. I hope to hear your experience in the comments section.

Well, this morning was a thrilling new day. You know one of those days when you wake up with a baggage you never wore yourself. Your heart is a sinking ship in the eye of the storm, while the day carries on with an air of unseen calmness. You begin to wonder what is wrong with you; everybody/ thing around you seems fine. Have you been there? Today was that day for me!

Being a self proclaimed “researcher”, I began to search my Heart. I (probably my Brain) tried different prompts –

(Starting with the usual blame game) “Did someone hurt you?”

My Heart put its face down and blurted a faint “No”.

Then my Brain (Peering deeper than the Eye of Mordor) turned on me – “Did you do something wrong?”

To which, my Heart took its sweet time and emailed Ms.Guilty with the exact words “Are you guilty?” Ms.Guilty replied with an unexpected answer – “Not guilty!”. That was a pleasant surprise for Brain because it was only used to long emails that if printed would reach the moon and back – 3 times.

Brain had one last prompt to check before it (almost) gave up – “Did you walk away from God? Maybe you haven’t been talking to God (praying) or listening from Him (reading the Bible) lately?”

Heart couldn’t hold-up anymore. It gave the Brain a wild “No” and returned to its search for a blanket to disappear under.

If there was ever a Christmas wish list for the Brain, I’m sure “Heart has to communicate with words and not feelings” would be top on the list.

Brain had to think real hard. Nothing seems to work on the heart. After much deliberation, it did what it knows to do best – ignored the Heart and started distracting me with the work for the day, work for tomorrow, work for Monday, work for the entire year, even the next. It kept me so busy that I almost forgot about the strange situation (Cheeky Brain).

That’s when I heard the gentle Nudge that gave me (my Brain) the much-needed awakening (a tight slap I mean) – “HOW LONG ARE YOU PLANNING TO CARRY THE BAGGAGE?”. My Brain realised it could not hide its cheap defence mechanism any more. The gentle whisper by now morphed into a roof-top war cry – “WHAT ARE YOU RUNNING AWAY FROM? FACE YOUR FEARS!”.

Right then it dawned on the Brain what to do exactly. It was as if the required algorithm got uploaded into it along with the binaries and it just had to execute it (very “Matrixy” I must add).

It stopped building logical prompts. Instead, it ran a crawl search on its own fears it was running away from. In no time it found the fearful Fear of the day. It was quite tempted to go back to the FLIGHT response it was most comfortable with. As it turned back towards its old ways, it noticed the gentle Nudge standing right there (not so gently) blocking the way back. Now it had no choice. It had nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. It had to move forward.

It faced the FEAR.

This Fear seemed to be a one-eyed monster that could gulp 3 humans in one go. But Brain held on to the words of the Nudge “Don’t run away! Face it!”. It shut down its logical eyes for a moment and let the chilling presence of the fear-monster trickle down to the Heart. Heart felt the excruciating pain. Every cell in the body shuddered. That is when I realised what the Brain had done all along – it was trying to protect the Heart from pain. The effects amplified as the Brain got closer and closer to Fear. When it entered ground zero, it knew only vaporisation was impending.

BUT that is when the miracle happened. The Nudge was not just a guiding voice but an enabling power. As the Brain faced its fears, Nudge was parallelly fighting the Fear with TRUTH. Nudge shed light on every dark corner and truly illuminated the Brain with the TRUTH it needed to stand against the one-eyed monster. Right then Heart was out of the blankets and grew stronger and stronger. It was as-if it had gulped in Popeye’s powerful spinach called FAITH. Brain suddenly felt the strong arms of a soldier next to it. It couldn’t believe its eyes when it got a split-second glimpse of the soldier’s face in the fast-paced action sequence. Now it was two (Brain and the Heart) against one. No let me correct that – it was three against one (Brain, Heart and the Nudge).

The one-eyed monster stood no chance against this trio. The vaporiser got vaporised in seconds.

I have never seen the Brain this emotional. It wrote me a letter which inspired me to write you this blog. Let me share my Brain’s own words –

That is when I realised how privileged I am to know Mr.Nudge, my dearest Jesus, who cares not just for the big problems or crisis situations but even a small hurt or pain I go through. Maybe that is why David who knew Him personally said, “What is man that you are mindful of Him!”.

Are you tired and exhausted? You are not alone! Listen to Mr.Nudge. He will show you the TRUTH – The only Truth that will set you free – truly free.

Love,
Shiny

P.S. Quickest access is to Him is through the link He has already shared with you – THE BIBLE! Maybe it is time to un-dust and give Him a ring?

P.P.S Oh He has an online version too – https://www.bible.com

P.P.P.S I must mention that this is a 100% Organic blog. With AI creeping in everywhere, I thought I must let you know explicitly. Please don’t get me wrong – I am for AI. I use it extensively at work and even personal projects. But I can’t stand AI when it gets greedy and becomes the creative brain. I would prefer that the inspiration and idea is birthed in a human brain and AI is used to enhance/ support the idea. Not the other way around. Sorry, if I am being too much “ranty” on this subject. I am just another millennial whose YouTube music account is annoying her with AI generated songs that sound better but heartless. Rant is now officially over. Thanks for listening! Please carry on with your beautiful lives ignoring my P.P.P.S. Thank you! xD