Thought Of The Day

    It's a new world. So different. So much has changed after COVID. So much has changed in decades.  Letters and postcards are the stories of the past. So are the telegrams. It is an era of Whats App. We don't need telegrams and long distance phone calls to break any news. Whats App is at your service running twenty four hours a day. We have to switch our phones off to get a break and to have some sleep. I put my phone on sleep mode at night. I check my phone first thing in the morning. We all are addicted to our phones. Why to blame our kids and teens. I got the news that my aunt passed away back home. I haven't seen her in decades.  She had severe dementia. She was close to me and my family. I have beautiful memories of the moments we spent together. Our brain acts like a power plant. It keeps itself connected to our mind and body. It starts rolling the clips from our cycle of life at the time we need any. He is always so sure that you like to share all that at th...

  It's a rainy day, hazy morning. The sun is taking a break, I think, everyone needs a break.  Nothing wrong with that. Not his fault. The sky is all overcast, covered under a grayish sheet. It was raining early in the morning. The rain droplets look like pearls in my garden on the grass. The colors of all the seasonal flowers look a bit brighter. The trees around look happy. I believe that rain makes a big difference in everyone's life. Water plays a key role in our life. It cools us down. It helps to change our mood, tilting towards a positive side. It helps us to be patient. We like to take a break to relax before reacting. I think we have to take a glass of water to cool us down at the time we feel pressure. That manages our blood pressure also helps not to react right away. We come across various cross sections of people on the way of our life. The people with nature are not coordinating with us. Sometimes it is not easy to get along. We feel pressure to deal with the sit...

  It's early morning. The sun is in full bloom, bright, shining from up and above to make our day brighter.  My friend the White Butterfly is whispering to the pink Canadian roses. The Butterfly is sharing something secretly. I think they are close friends.  The roses are smiling, shaking their bodies. They are enjoying her company. Friends are friends. It was raining yesterday. I didn't have to water my garden. The grass is green.The trees look happy. The flowers are giving smiles. My deck is all clean. All of my four red knitted steel garden chairs are shining under the sunlight. The glass top of my steel garden table is clean too. I am done with my breakfast. It is 9.15, I am getting ready for my walk. Today I woke up quite early at 5.30 in the morning. Every day your body behaves differently. It gives you surprises to deal with. I gave my body time to revive. That worked. I was out of my bed at 8.15. Enough time for my body to get ready to cooperate with my plans. We ...

    It's a rainy day, humid morning. Some days you plan something and you have to switch for something different.  So many factors come up to manage things you planned. We have to switch. Change our plans to do something else to make our day. We have to change ourselves at different stages of life. Sometimes we change consciously. We have to change to coordinate with the situation and the people around in the household, at school and workplace. Most of the time the change comes automatically. We grow up from a child to a kid after that to teens and systematically reach to the later stages of life. The weather keeps on changing. The winter to summer to spring to fall. The cycle is so systematic just like our cycle of life. The same is with our days. The mornings change to noon to evenings and finally to nights. I salute the Creator. Everything is on auto. The system keeps on running according to what He planned. He brings some changes sometimes. I think it is to give us a ...

  Mornings are the face of our day. We have to welcome our mornings. We have to feel lucky to get another day and one more morning. Welcome that with smiley face. God is kind enough to allocate us another bundle of twenty four hours. We can do with what we like to. How to spend that. This is our bank account. It has to be used by the end of the day. This is sort of our daily time allowance. Next day our time sheet has to be all clean. God will open our new account for another day. We are free to chalk out our plans for the day. Find your hobbies. Go for a walk. Do gardening. Watch your favorite shows. Day dreaming, bird watching. Enjoy reading books / magazines. Have tea  / coffee sitting at your favorite spot in  the house  / apartment / coffee house. Your choice. This is your own account. You are not answerable to anyone. You have liberty how to spend and where to spend. I usually try to mix things up. Divide my time into slots every day. Something to get physical....

It's a very hot day with heat warnings on the weather channel. It looks a bit quiet in my neighborhood.  Very few birds, just a couple, sitting under the Maple tree. The Black Squirrel is also missing. I can't see him. He may be early for his exercises. He takes the wooden fence in my backyard like his gym. The trees around are quiet too, trying to cope with the weather. It is Tuesday, I don't go to work on Tuesdays. I have to chalk out my time table to do other things for the days I am not working. I  have to do my laundry. Change my bed sheets and towels. I have to make some calls. I can do that later. It is 10.15, early morning. I have to get ready for my walk. I can manage now, later on it will be hot. We have to take our health, our caliber to manage and safety while starting anything. It has to be a top priority especially at the later stages of our life. The weather is important to check before heading out. Too hot and too cold won't be easy to manage. We know h...