About Me
Videshni Naidoo Singh
Changing world
In early 2020, around the time when the whole world turned upside down, I found myself at a crossroads. I was enjoying this wonderful opportunity that I had been given to serve people and to create programs for transforming communities – the kind of work that I really loved and had always dreamed of doing – but somehow after all these years, here I was, staring at my own resignation letter in disbelief…
Something missing
The community work that we were doing not only changed my life, and my family’s, but also the lives of the many individuals and families that we served, every sponsor and every donor, every woman and child we empowered, and every community-based organization that we worked with. But putting all this effort and energy and focus outside of myself and outside of my family was taking it’s toll, and eventually I realized that something very important was missing.
Family first
Oh, how I struggled internally, but in the end I had no choice but to put my family and myself before my work and service. I had to finally heed all the warnings of self-care that were starting to surface. While the world was reeling from the shock of a global pandemic exposing the inequity in our world, I was slowly going through a process of assimilation, of allowing the deep transformative journey that I had been on, for around seven years, to reveal its secrets within me.
Finding myself
All at once I knew that my journey was now one of becoming Whole Again. All along that beautiful phrase: “finding yourself in the service of others” rang so true for me but, as with all things, we need to strike the balance. It is possible also to lose yourself in the service of others, and lose touch with the ones closest to you without even realizing it. If my own cup is not full enough can I go out and offer that elixir to others? If the pieces of my own puzzle are missing, can I help others put themselves back together again?
A living tapestry
It was only by standing in this vulnerability, as the earth shook beneath me, that the outer journey of service became an inner journey into self and all the different parts of me began to integrate. I was able to see how everyone I’ve met, and all that I am, and every triumph and tragedy that I have lived are all interconnected… a living tapestry… I knew that this life I live is not mine alone, that it must be shared and so I offer my experiences to help others navigate this territory, especially those who have been ignoring the signs and living without balance.
