Meráki
Meráki: Ne demek istiyoruz?
- I learned the meaning of a beautiful new word recently – Meraki. It is an extraordinary word used to describe an approach to doing things with passion, with your whole heart and soul. And it is indeed a word, or concept, to live by.
- Meraki (pronounced may-rah-key) is derived from Greek language, and literally means the “essence of yourself.” But it has a translation that transcends many languages and cultures, and represents a concept that is deep and powerful. It is doing something with creativity, passion and love. This word can be used to describe things like the heart someone puts into someone decorating their sacred space, their home, or a wholesome meal cooked with love. It is that personal, creative touch that makes everything sparkle and shine.
- The “Ki” at the end of this word also translates from Sanskrit to Hebrew and Asian languages as a form of vital energy. It is the life force, the prana, that flows in every living thing, and the essence, or seed, from which life flows forward. And just like that ever flowing energy, we should continue to learn and grow, to discover, seek adventure and try new things. This is the key to true joy!
- Taking a Meraki approach to all that you do could greatly change your life. Just think – if all our interactions with others came came from the heart they would be good and pure. If we took a focused Meraki approach to our work, it would be stellar – it would have more meaning and purpose. If we brought Meraki into our spirituality, it would carry us through the most challenging times, and if we learned with Meraki, we would truly embody new concepts, new skills and new subjects.
- Meraki is not about being perfect, as we so often try to be, it is about bringing your best foot forward every single day. It is showing up as your highest self. When you focus on the very best, the best just gets better.
- I’ll leave you with a quote from one of my favorite writers: “When you do things from your soul, you feel a river of joy moving in you.” ~ Rumi ~
- Meraki, a Greek word meaning to do something with soul, creativity, or love; to put something of yourself in your work. To love what you do, is to do it well. I love this word, (on the one hand because I love Greece), and because it speaks to me in a special way. Every time I see it again, I am reminded why I run Lore and Lotus and how wonderful a gift it is to be able to do something I love every day. What’s your meraki thing? What do you love to do with passion and soul?
- Verb (Fiil): To do something with soul, creativity, or love; to put something of yourself in your work
urbandictionary.com (Meraki = Maraq = Curiosity)
- the desire to learn or know about anything
- Curiosity is a form of being confused. Or in the mood of questioning, or wondering of how the feeling would be.
- A desire to learn more about a person, or a thing, or a way of life.
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- a strong desire to know or learn something.
- “filled with curiosity, she peered through the window”
- Curiosity is the urge you feel to know more about something. If you find a diary in a coffee shop, curiosity will make you want to look inside — but respect for the writer’s privacy may convince you not to. Curiosity is the state of being curious: inquisitive, wondering, ready to poke around and figure something out.