Thought Of The Day

  Hazy morning. The sun is not awake, hiding under his grey blanket.  I think he is still drowsing, maybe he was partying with friends till late at night. It is a cloudy day and the rain is on the way. No one home. I am sitting on an empty nest. Everyone left for work. My youngest grandson is done with his uni exams. He is with his friends on a four day trip to Montreal and Quebec. Friends are like a treasure. They are like blessings when you find them at the same wavelength. Traveling with them is a big step. Not easy with the right company.. I think he is lucky to find colleagues of his choice. It is a tough time. I believe that people are a bit lonely. It is the time of Facebook and social media. No one has time to share thoughts with anyone. Especially for youngsters it is a difficult era. They have to face too much pressure at school time. Pressure from the family to compete. The family structure is also not the same as before. The marriages are now not forever. Things ch...

  Today is my Birthday. Another year, another day, another morning to start my day.  We have to feel blessed. Take our mornings as a gift from God Almighty. He trusted us to give us one more chance to make our day. Mornings are like the face of our days. We have to value and welcome our mornings. It decides in which direction our days will go. How we take our mornings will be the turning point in managing our days. It doesn't matter how our nights go. We have to welcome mornings with a smiley face. Sometimes our days are not good. We are going through with our day to day problems. Our mind gets cluttered with issues. The issues related to our workplace. The issues to tackle our family and household. We start losing our good sleep. Our nights are not the same. Our body is not ready to listen to our day plans. Especially at the later stages of life. Things start coming up. Our nights come with a different scenario. It's like Christmas. We don't know beforehand what we will be...

    Beautiful morning bright and sunny. Birds are all around. I think they all are back from the South of the Border.  Their chats are like musicals to add up the beauty of the atmosphere. It is like a symphony to cherish your moments. Sometimes it is more than enough to have a seat. Just to have a walk to enjoy the moments in solitude. We don't need any company. Not to distract ourselves. I just got the news that my friend is suffering from dementia. We shared so many moments of our lives together. I don't drive and neither was she. We used to chalk out our plans once a while. To enjoy our time in the Scarborough Town Center. We were not living in the same area. She used to live in the Military Trail. I live in Pickering. We used to take buses from our places to be there at our meeting point. I still have the beautiful memories of spending time with her together.  Having lunch  / tea / coffee and going back after, taking the buses to our places. I used to take ...

  After a couple of days break it started raining late at night. It will be raining all day.  Not a heavy rain, just a drizzle. With my glasses on I have to take an umbrella. It is better to avoid my glasses being foggy. I believe that rain or shine we have to go for making our day. No matter what. Sometimes the weather is not in our favor. Other times our health is not in good shape. Sometimes we are not in a mood to get out. I believe that mood is the key to managing our lifestyle. Our mood controls our attitude. It changes the perspective to look at life. We have to try to elevate our mood in whatever conditions are around. Sometimes we don't have the right type of people. I mean the people around are not at the same wavelength. We don't enjoy being with their company. We don't have the conditions of our choice all the time. We have to manage with whatever is available. Have patience to get along with the surroundings. We will always be able to carry on with the things a...

   We were just out of snow and now it's raining. We know that it is Canada. We need a break.  It is Saturday. Things are a bit quiet. People are dozing off or starting their day late enjoying taking their time at home. It is 9.30 in the morning, everyone is sleeping. Maybe they were awake till late night to enjoy the weekend. My son is awake and busy watching his program. TV is on, his laptop is also on. He is busy with that too. I think he is done with his breakfast now enjoying his day time. I am also done with my breakfast with my oatmeal porridge. I don't drink my morning tea / coffee. On the days I am working I use to have tea / coffee with my friends at the library with my senior club friends. The days I am off from work I mean not going to play Darts at the library, I walk to the coffee house to have coffee there to enjoy my time on my own. We have to chalk out our day plans on our own. No one will be coming to help us out to make our day. It happens only in stori...

  It's a beautiful morning.The weather is great. It is 12 C, not below zero anymore.  It is time to walk around and enjoy the scenic atmosphere. The trees are no longer skeletons. I can see a tinge of green running through their bodies. It is spring. The time of revival of life. Time to hit the roads, trails and waters. The season of winter is over. Enough of staying indoors. It is time to get out. My back garden is back to life. The grass is lush green. My friend the Black Squirrel is back to do his exercises on the wooden fence of my garden. I see a couple of birds walking under the Magnolia tree in my front garden. The red wooden bench is shining under the sun. The sun is in full bloom showering his light all around to make our days brighter. It is 11.15, I checked my table calendar. I have to wash my hair. I don't wash my hair every day. We keep on losing our hair at the later stages of life. We have to be careful. My walking closet is all in a mess. When you pack for a tr...