Mekin Maheshwari, Feb 3, 2023 in Gandhi 3.0, 2023
Hello everyone!!! Many many hugs 🤗
I continue to feel the warmth, the high, the love & the kindness from our time together a few times everyday.
A Talisman - I took back & that has kept coming back to me was : What Would Love Do?
Please understand, that this is super tough for me. The logical engineering conditioned brain finds it easier to answer What Would Gandhi Do ... or What Would Jayesh Bhai do ... but to ask What Would Love do - is unclear...
The brain 's first defence is: Love is not a person... Love just can not do anything. And bang comes back responses & experiences from what I saw love do... at G3 and then to have the eyes to see what is love doing all around me!!
The closest I have gotten to asking this question that makes my mind not dissolve is: What would the person do if their heart were filled with love?
And the answers in the last few weeks have been those of fearlessness & kindness.
We just organised a large 200+ people event from 120+ orgs working in education & skilling for the underserved in India: called it Prayaas (Hindi for an Attempt)
And the design of the day was inspired by - What would love do?
(Btw I am still afraid of asking this question in these words inside the organisation: except with other ServiceSpace volunteers like Krishnan)
We had a day filled with youth voices - which were super fearless & inspiring. The day saw these amazing leaders from organisations that have done so much - "drop their stories of accomplishments" and ask together - how might we help.
And while the euphoria of that human spiral that we ended G3 with - when none of us wanted it to end - was ecstasy that will be hard to replicate. The vibe in the room at the end of the day was very similar - people thanking each other, hugging each other: sharing gratitude & opening up and wanting to work together!!
Sending warm hugs & lots of love to all of you across the world!!
May the love inside of you - keep jumping out a few times every day - and make you wonder: What Would Love Do :) 😍