Thought Of The Day

     Yesterday the weather was cold and windy with gusts 54 km. Walk was a bit challenging for me. I made it anyway. Today it is much calmer and not so windy, just38 km. Sunny with 2 C, first time not below zero after a long time. It's Tuesday everyone left for work. Today is garbage pick up day in our neighborhood. Grey, green and blue all sorts are lined up by the side of driveways. It is a working day so not many cars are here. Just a couple of cars are beside the front doors, waiting for order to proceed. I am done with my breakfast and with making some calls. My younger brother is not well, going through his difficult times. With age so many things start coming up. Our body becomes weak, same with our nerves and other powers. It becomes hard to tackle the circumstances. This is the cycle of life. We have to face it with patience. Patience is a virtue, helps to handle things every time. We have to distract ourselves. The more we will be focused we get depressed. Thing...

    March 29th 2025 It's a cloudy rainy day. Rain just started and will be for the whole day. March will be done and in a couple of days April will start. April showers May flowers. It is great news that Spring will be here shortly. Flower beds will be back to life. Birds will start nesting. The Magnolia tree in my front garden, started budding already. The Magnolia tree is always the first one to let me know that Spring is just around the corner. My friend the Black Squirrel will be here for his workouts on the wooden fence of my back garden. The Canadian rose plant will be loaded with beautiful pink flowers all around. I can't wait to see all that. Atmosphere will be loaded with aroma and all kinds of fragrances. Skeleton trees will no longer be Skeletons. They all will be back to life. There will be so much green around. It will be a totally different scenario. We will start planning to hit the roads, trails and waters. People will be busy outdoors, going fish...

  March 25th 2025 It was a busy day for me. Internet guy was coming around noon to fix it. In the morning I had to make some calls. My younger brother had surgery a couple of days ago. It is not serious, still it will take some time to get back on track for him. It's important to let the people know that we are there for you in your difficult moments. Especially for our loved ones, we have to make it a priority to contact them. Our calls will work like a lifeline at times of distress. It will boost their will power to handle their difficult days. Time flies, nothing is there forever. Kids are growing up. We are getting older. Same is for the time of distress. It won't stay for long. Those who are now dealing with the difficult period of their life won't need you later on. Everything matters at the time when needed. It devalues afterwards. Our days here, in this world, are numbered. We have to keep that in mind. Calendar goes on flipping. Mornings keep on chang...

     March 22nd 2025 Weather is tricky, too windy, 56 km gusts. I see some flurries too from my window. I am done with my breakfast, planning to go for my walk. I think it is not safe for walks.  At our age we have to be more careful with our body. We can’t afford falls. It will be done for the rest of the days of our life. Our body is not so strong to handle any such thing. Safety is important at any age. It has to be top priority at our age. My son has to go with his wife. He offered to give me a ride. Lucky me. It's 11.15, I am at Tim Hortons. This is like my second home. I am working three days a week, going to the library to play Darts.  I take library like my work place, my office. After we are retired, we have to trick ourselves. It works well to keep our mind on the right track. Helps to keep ourselves away from thinking negatives. Mind and body are interconnected, like two in one. We take care of one of them, the other one will work well t...

  March 17th 2025 Open letter to my Friends It's already mid of March and we still have to wear coats. It is Monday morning with 4C below zero feels like 11C below zero. We had lots of snow this year, especially in the month of February. We had two back to back big storms dumping more than seventy eight centimeters of snow. We were stuck for about a day otherwise life was going on. Roads were all cleared and traffic was normal. Walkways and side roads took some time to be back on track. Thanks to the city workers. Toronto was not the same. It was a different scenario with heaps of snow by road sides. To open car doors was not easy on a double driveway due to the big snow dump at the side. Our city looked like Ottawa. It reminded me of the time thirty years ago. The time when I used to live in Ottawa. Things in Toronto looked the same in February. Snow all around. Anyway, the snow is gone. Not here anymore. Thanks to the sun shining in full bloom. Summer is getting closer day by da...

   March 15th 2025 It's 10 in the morning cloudy hazy day. Sun is not awake, still hiding under his grey blanket. I won't blame him.  It is weekend. Let him enjoy. I am getting ready to leave with my son. He is going to pick his son, the youngest one from uni. He has his exams today from 8 to 10 am. Universities have their own programs, own time tables. Exams even on weekends and at nights too sometimes. So much has changed from the things from our times. Zoom lectures online classes. Not in person like we used to do in our days. My eldest grandson just used to change his shirt for customer meetings. He is managing the sales department. Things are getting easier day by day. I think there's a cost to all this. We go on losing human touch. Family values are already at stake. Younger generation doesn't want to mix up with distant family members. They don't even know them. No time and no need for such extra matters.  To them this is all irrelevant. Waste o...