Our mind is capable of all those things that can make us great or simply evil.
Preeti Yadav, Founder of “Craft your Wishes” and an army wife is not out of the ordinary. Being an army wife, she knows the struggle of moving from one place to another every few years. In 2015 she started her own company where she started making decoupage and mixed media artwork. She faced some struggle in procuring the material but her army fraternity supported her throughout.
But all this began with a simple though.
2014
It was the year when she lost her home to the floods in Jammu and Kashmir. She did not lose her cool rather started to re-calibrate and start again. During this year a baby boy was born. He is a differently abled boy with no sight. It is the biggest shock to parents to see their baby born with such challenges. It is the innate quality of parents to provide a secure life to their kid but when such adverse conditions present, one tends to either give up all hope or learn to live.
Present Day
Today the boy is 6yrs old and the parents can’t be happier. The mind is our biggest enemy and also the greatest gift. Once the situation is accepted, you try to find happiness in the sheer good luck of being the parents of such a brilliant boy. He may not be able to see, but he gave the gift of sight to Preeti. She is able to see her art in a different life, her priorities and most importantly how important it is to see life itself in a different light.
She gets to meet new people, face new challenges and all with a smile. She is lively and dedicated to her boy and her craft. She believes that once and for all if we accept that is the first step to being happy. Never let the mind create any boundaries or the behaviours of someone else be the guiding force of your reaction.
In her own words-
“For me disability is a matter of perception when you focus on someone’s disability you overlook their abilities, beauty and uniqueness. Once you learn to accept and love them for who they are, you subconsciously learn to love yourself unconditionally.
I disapprove of the people who rate disability in a conventional manner because as a blessed mother of a special child who taught me how society still needs to understand about their social reliabilities.
If my life gives me a chance then I really want to stand for those parents and their children to feel just how we all feel and live a normal life.”
Look beyond a person’s flaws. Decide to accept and be happy rather than crib and make the situation worse. Don’t be a prisoner of your own mind, its you who controls it.
You can follow her work at
https://craftyourwishes.com/
https://www.facebook.com/craftyourwishes.preetiyadav/
https://www.instagram.com/craft_your_wishes/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChR56FK6_g_zB4vm_R81CQA
A mother of two, Preeti Bhandari is a colloquial writer. She believes in simple living which reflects in her writings. As the Editor of Narisakti, she intends to use her vast experience to propel this platform to a cult status among entrepreneurial networks.
When not writing she is quilling, both with paper and thoughts.
What a beautiful read. Preeti definitely is an inspiration to many. Actual disability is what people make of it. Thank you for sharing this
great read. Couldn’t agree more on ANITHA’s comment!