Thought Of The Day

  It's a sunny bright beautiful morning. The weather is getting better.  It looks like summer is just around the corner. The snow is still all around. I see snow banks by roadsides. My walks are still on hold. It is 10.30 in the morning. My daughter, the younger one, called me from Kent. She is back from school. England is five hours ahead of Toronto time. My daughter, the middle one, will be having a long day. She has her teachers meetings on Thursdays. My sleep was not good last night. We start having all sorts of issues at the later stages of our life. We have to accept it. It is 10.45, I am in my room. The blinds of my windows are drawn up. My computer is switched on. I can see the road and the path from one of my windows. The path looks clear from here. Let's take my chances to go for a walk. I am getting ready with red woolen stole, gloves and my grey woolen pants. The weather is still cold 16 C below zero. I picked up my black heavy winter coat from my coat closet. My e...

  Nowadays it has been snowing every other day. It is not giving us any break. Today I took a day off. It will be snowing again tomorrow. We now need a break.  Enough is enough. My outdoor walks are on hold for a while. I now switched to my walks from outdoors to indoors. We always have a plan “ B “ready to switch whenever we have to. It will save your day. We don't have to wait for the right circumstances to execute the plans we already chalked out. Do whatever is available to make your day. Time doesn't wait. It keeps on flying. Moments keep on slipping. We have to be patient. Don't have to get panicky. Be patient and think about the options. There are always other options available. Try to focus on other plans keeping track of your capabilities. Don’t be too ambitious, too pushy with yourself. We are not running any marathon. Not taking part in any competitions. We have to look at our own selves. Not to worry about what others say. We worry most of the time about, “ what...

   It's Sunday 9.15 in the morning. I am done with my breakfast. It started snowing. This year snow started early and is still going on. We have already had enough of it. Trees are loaded with white stuff. We have to clear off snow every morning from our cars and driveways. Snow is along the roadside sort of snow banks.  Snow removal trucks are busy most of the time on roads. I salute all the front line workers for their work and patience. I checked my table calendar. I have to change my bed sheets. I will do laundry now. It is just a small load. I will change the sheets and make my bed later. I will take out the lilac color of sheets from my linen closet.  Change of anything always adds up colors. It helps to elevate our mood. Controls our mood swings. We have to look for any change. Wherever we can, we have to take it. It is 1.30, I am done with my laundry and taking some calls. I don't make calls on weekends. People must be busy enjoying their family time. We have...

  It's a cloudy, hazy morning. The sun is taking a break, maybe not feeling well.  So many people are having colds and coughs. The weather is like a roller coaster nowadays. One day we have plus temperature and the other day below zero. Some days the sun is shining in full bloom. The other day it snowed all day. Today it has been drizzling since morning. We don't know what to choose from our coat closet to go outside. My back garden has been under a thick blanket of snow for a long time. Same is with the flower bed at the back. The blood red David Austin roses and the pink Canadian roses all gone for a long break. The beautiful red, violet golden yellow and white seasonal flowers are no more here. The red Garden chair my son got years ago from the Home Depot store is loaded with a thick white cushion. The glass top of my steel garden table is under a thick slab of ice. The same scenario is in my front garden. My red wooden bench is half under snow. The trees look shaky. Some a...

Beautiful day bright sunny morning. Snow now is not causing any problems. All the snow is piled up by the roadsides.  The walkway is cleared of snow. I can’t see any icy patches here. The weather is also great, it's no more below zero. I am getting ready for my walk after a long time.  I think I might have forgotten how to walk outdoors. Let's see. I am all set to take my chances. The snow is not here now so much water is on the path, making it a bit messy to walk on. I have my joggers on. I think it will be fine. I am enjoying my walk. We have to look at the brighter side. Always take as, “ The glass is half full not as half empty. “. Everything comes in life with some positives and some negatives. It is always like a combo. Nothing is total plus. We have to look at the brighter side. That helps in changing our perspective of things in life. Try to make your days with whatever is available. Things change, so does the weather and so is our health. Nothing is there to persist ...

  Days are passing and so is our life. Every day every moment is precious. Try to make use of that.  Time flies and never comes back. What is gone is gone for good. We have to keep that in mind. We don't have to waste our beautiful days with grudges and jealousies. We come across so many people. The people of various cast creeds and cultures. They might be with a different mind set, with different beliefs. Sometimes we have a chance to be with the same backgrounds and still we are not able to get along. So many things matter. So much is there to affect our personalities.The family, the household we live in. The relationships, the health. Not only our own health, the medical conditions of the people around. Everything plays a part in shaping our personality. Everything around us controls our mood swings, our patience level and our nature. We become harsh, easily flared up according to what we are going through. What we are dealing with in our day to day life. It's important to ...