Thought Of The Day

To My Happy Reader when we live l ike a family things happen it is but natural don't take it serious just relax  This Too Shall Pass Focus on positive things in your Life and try to get happiness out of that For my Dear Reader Who is doing two jobs I started feeling that you think doing two jobs sticks like a  negative mark on your personality I don't agree with that  in God eyes  He gives the job description to the people He thinks are capable to handle He has chosen you among His Creatures who will be able to handle more responsibilities I think you should feel proud for that Doing two jobs is your strength don't ever feel low because of that God has His trust in you gave you extra credibility that you can do it You can mention your doing two jobs but don't forget  to be proud  of that One of my daughter's friend  is doctor her husband is doctor too they are young beautiful...

To My Readers Family In my Blog  "Driving Seat"  I mentioned about my raking of leaves  it gave lots of stir in my Readers Family Please keep in mind no one is pushing me to do anything I am happy that no one is stopping me from doing anything which I like to do and I want to do to have fun and to give color to my Day to day Life It was 8 at n ight my eldest grandson had a hockey game at Don Bear Arena  I was done with my dinner enjoying my hot cup of tea and getting ready to get out It was 6 degrees below zero I can't resist going out if I had any chance I don't care where I avail any chance which in my opinion is a signal from God to get out and to defy my age As I mentioned in my earlier Blog that age is a number don't go with that I am sitting now in Hockey Arena moving around and having a feel of the buzzing atmosphere the young happy faces the music around  To be with my family in such...

To my Dear Readers Linda and Dave who asked me   to write about the stress  and anxiety we have to deal due to our advancement in the field of Technology I am sitting in my cozy bedroom beside my computer on and going through the comments from my  Readers Family  On my face book reading Messages from my childhood  school friend who now lives in Sydney Australia  Messages from my daughters who live in Europe 8 hours  air travel  from Toronto  I am enjoying everything getting all the happiness from around  the world just sitting on my comfortable chair with my hot Cup of tea  Time to time I also have a look from my window to enjoy the beauty of Nature  I have so many windows all open to enjoy my time and get entertained When I compare my Life with that of my Mom more than half a century  back with no internet no TV it looked she was totally cut off  fro...

To My Young Readers whom I trust they love their Parents When we grow older our children are in driving seat we can do our things still sometimes need a push My dear children it will be great if you just let us know that you are there for us it will make a   big difference You don't have to hold our hands in our walk to our old age retirement days Life trail Just show us the Direction  when we get puzzled and start losing track I am 70 plus with long time Osteoporosis and Arthritis I am doing it because my son gives me a push I don't have any grocery list of mine as I live with my son I share whatever there more than enough for me I love to go to do grocery for my family it gives me opportunity to have a feel that I am not retired I am still in enough to defy my age Same thing while doing laundry changing bed sheets and helping in kitchen cooking for my family Last week I was raking leaves  with my son it ...

It is 9.30 morning  4 degrees below Zero in Toronto  I am sitting in the library for a while as my Darts start at 10 am  I am sitting by the fire place it is so cozy I am enjoying the warmth and glow of burning logs my sofa is like my home Mostly I take this seat whenever I have chance I am going to this place for years so most of the staff know me We exchange Hello hugs and smile whatever is the situation what a beautiful start of my Day 10 am I will go to the next room to do the numbers to make teams for Darts game After Darts at 12 Noon I will be back in the library to do my things till 1 pm then carpet bowling will start I will be busy till 3 pm After 3 pm when I be home my grand kids will be back from school I will be busy with them My evenings are   busy with my Family Dinner preparation with my daughter in law At Dinner time I feel happy I am eating not alone I am enjoying with my fami...

I write the things I do as I love to share that with my Readers Family You people are family to me  No competition please we are family I think that some  of you started feeling low because of my Blogs and feel that you are not up to the Mark We all have our own strengths and weaknesses we all have our inner beauty  Do whatever you like if you don't enjoy going outdoors don't do it  If you are enjoying your quite time just do it this is perfect meditation All are equal in God eyes He loves all his creatures equally One request to my Readers  just write to me please the things you enjoyed today If you enjoyed having a cup of Hot Tea or Coffee don't consider it as nothing to be mentioned That moment is precious don't underestimate yourself also please start writing your Daily Journal  It will be your private time we deserve time alone just to be with ourselves Please don't forget to ...

It is Tuesday morning so beautiful from my bedroom window all white dust first snow in Toronto like an untouched beauty Kids getting ready for school I have to chalk out my day plan as my Senior Club is off today I will do my hair color change my bed sheets and do laundry Washer and Dryer are in the basement so it will be 3 stairs to go after that go for grocery with my daughter in law This will give me opportunity to get out in the evening I have to go to some community gathering  too at someone place I love to live in day tight compartment our age is just a number don't go with that we have to push ourselves to keep our body going Every moment is precious as it will be lost for ever we have to drain happiness and make use of it We are lucky that we can move around don't take your health as granted we never know God forbid if we start losing it Thank God Almighty for everything we have

To My Retiree Friends and Seniors like me When I think back about My  Parents I feel they were very strong I believe every Parent is like that  When we grow older our body becomes weak but all the great experience of coping with Life is on our Resume  We tackled all the difficult Moments in our Life with patience and grace I don't believe Retirement is like a contagious disease and old age is like a Waiting Area where we have to wait for our last train  Train to go to leave to depart cut all our strings from our family and friends I believe every Parent is living and enjoying a much better  life than parents of Era before I still remember half a century back my Mom cooking on one gasoline stove for family of seven then it was my turn  I was cooking with two gas burners had my black and white TV and my education my family and work life Nearly half a century after my children are ...

Today is one degree in Toronto light flurries are on their way it is end of November so how long can be Summer and how late winter can be  We are more than ready to welcome and embrace our cold and snow just bring it on  Now no more outdoor walking to my favorite spot Tim Hortons My apologies to all my Retiree  friends for my Blog Intruder It is a bitter tablet to swallow but unfortunately it is a hard fact not a fiction it is reality we have to accept with open Heart and clear Mind Our children graciously never let us know but think about it Now I continue my Blog  I am sitting in Don Bear Hockey Arena my eldest grandson is coaching PV team my youngest grandson is playing in that team game will be in Rink # 1 For me a Grandma such a unique opportunity to watch and enjoy I avail every opportunity to get out They had to leave the house at 11 am  for their game to be started at 11.45 I had shower ...

My Apologies to all my senior friends specially the Retirees like myself for My Blog Intruder Now My Today's Blog Every 3rd Thursday at My Senior Club is Pot Luck and once a year it is at some nice Restaurant  it was 3rd Thursday and Restaurant one It is 12 Noon I am sitting in Manderine Chinese Restaurant enjoying the Buffet with variety of food lots of salad main dishes and dessert choices Every Thursday is indoor Golf at our club people were not interested after such a good food I take every opportunity to get out so went to Library for golfing If we keep our body busy it will be easy to tackle our Mind easy to direct in positive Mode  Just deal your body keep it busy in whatever activity you can as I mentioned in my earlier Blogs Just do Bird Watching in your backyard though our body is not moving still we are busy in doing something Don't forget to give Treats to yourself whenever you are able to keep yourse...

To all my Retiree friends of Readers Family who live with their family like me Whenever I visit my daughters which I do every year as 3 of my 4 daughters live in London England they make sure to do everything to keep me happy  But I always consider myself as an intruder in their house I think it is not fair to them to share everything like their space they lived in their time which my daughter used to give them before my entry It is not fair that just because I am your Mom I am here to enjoy and to  get entertained Think about that we raised them some 40 years back and we want our pay back they didn't ask for that it was othe r way round We opted to be their parents we were privileged to have them and got all the happiness out of their childhood They were blamed for all the problems we faced to brought them up like being tired to work hard to earn money It was not their choice this was all of our ambitio...

To My Multilingual Readers please don't mention about your English is not good We have the Universal language of Smile  which God gave to everyone other languages we created which become hard to convey the exact Message God gave us two means of communication to keep our connection alive and   positive Smile and our body language sometimes we are not able to behold these beauties which we all have it is because of our distances like we can not see the smile  Whatever language we choose as our Medium the inner  beauty of our heart the inner Love and kindness we have inside always give it's reflection in our Message It is like the Scent of Your Soul which is transmitted wherever you go whatever you write  It is gift from God no one can take it away Your Message is beautiful due to the reflection of your soul which is Unique and beautiful Thank You God for the Gifts and for everything we have ...

To New Member of Readers  Family and to  Retiree Group  Life is a mixed plate there are black spots in everyone's Life When we start writing something it's like a photocopy will go to our Mind like an imprint Our Mind acts like a fax machine gives the Message to our Brain it will transform these Messages to real sadness or Happiness Be careful in writing anything beauty is everywhere around look at Nature -- Dew on grass flowers with twinkle in their eyes Birds singing the melody Colorful butterflies playing Orchestra God set the whole stage to provide all the Happiness now it is our duty to extract from around No one likes  complains it is like a Bad Weather Report even God wont be happy as after providing all this if we go on complaining how come will He be happy Problems lies within you Solutions lie within you we can not change anyone we can change only Ourselves When we behold beau...

    To My New Member of  Readers Family  it is good you are not using Miserable anymore  One more request please don't use daughter in law it is not that it is not good to use but it was bracket with  the word Miserable I wish you  change your individual S elf your identity Like A Happy Reader Ring out the old and Ring in the New Thank You Please Read Blog Tomorrow you might get some Tips It is 13 and Sunny I was home on computer as it was  Tuesday and I have day off from my Club  free to make my own plans We are human not Robot so I am feeling sleepy though Sun is giving signal to switch off computer and get out of home In my Blog " Kid Inside " which I posted moths back I tried to give a picture of our inside kid who never listens to us so we have to tackle  that kid promising Treats and sometimes have to bribe too Same case was with me the kid inside feeling sleepy and w...

To My Dear New Happy Reader I wont use the word  Miserable I can not God is Great He can never leave anyone without help We have to keep our utmost trust in Him and that He is watching over us This is not a  lecture First thing believe in Yourself and Trust in God the Almighty Happiness is cultivated from around from Self which is  part of God Reflection Never give up this Trust this trust is everything  your strength to face the  world  I lived my whole Life  with this Trust which  gives me power to live My Dear Readers I am not 60 I am 70 Plus please don't count your age go with your Heart  Try to keep it young and keep oiling your Body by doing simple exercise like walking You can do it at home you don't have to go out Cultivate your hobbies  do whatever you enjoy In connection with my earlier Blog " A Movie Theater " We all are actors playing our part in the ...

Please don't forget that we Readers are Family too so just relax and move on No apologies please To Err is Human so keep your finger down please Today it is 6 degrees and windy dry leaves scattered trees are losing leaves it is time for winter change of scenery Enough of green and flowers sun getting tired and everything needs a break time to dozing off It is morning I am waiting at my driveway for my friend to go to my seniors club It is a different look on streets too people are bundled up In Canada everything just as a routine weather can not stop the normal life even in heavy snow it rarely happens that schools are closed We go on adding layers and carry on our normal routine life one time I was in London England  and there was some snow and the whole city was closed for couple of days We learned to live our life in winter one time I was in Dubai it was 53 in Ottawa I lived in 30 minus  We Humans can adopt so quic...

Request to My Readers Family Please don't criticize  my Son my  family I feel sad as it is a public place and we have to share positive thoughts for everyone It will be great I have said before glass is not half empty it is Half full the way you look at that makes all the difference Thanks Everyone One more thing I mentioned for change of name only for one of my new Reader and I think she already read and will do  so please remove Miserable from  your Name Thanks Life is beautiful every time change of scenery it is not stagnant so that we can not be get bored and always be active to use new strategies to deal with that It is like a Movie revealing something new something unexpected to get excited to get puzzled about the story of our Life God believes in change I think so we have to change our attitude accordingly to our part of life Shakespeare described the world as a theater where we are actors ...

To My friends who have to stay home not going to work includes All my Senior Readers like Me also for  People going to Work To My New Friend  -- Change your name please choose any bright name like a Happy Reader it will reflect in  your Life I will pray for your Happiness Now  My Today's Blog I start my Day watching Sky Canvas every morning it is very different scenery painted to enjoy so beautiful Wake up just one hour before going to work don't open your lights and have a look  I switch on my computer do my short light stretching exercise and lie down on the carpet to have a feel for  Earth after that I watch how the clear sky starts g iving colors Sun starts emerging giving all the pink and orange  colors and shades mixing with blue of sky you will enjoy before starting your Day it is amazing If your bedroom is upstairs as it is mostly in Europe and North America it will be like an Obser...

For My Retiree Group and all Seniors like me and my New Reader who asked for advice It was 1993 when all of my four daughters married and gone my only son was working and on top of it doing his Masters too so he used to come very late I was living in Ottawa lots of snow and temperature goes even to minus 30 and feel like you can imagine I moved there from London Ontario which is 2 hours Drive from Toronto Toronto is a big Multicultural city so living there was not hard though London is in snow belt zone I used to take Grey Hound coach to visit one of my daughter living in Toronto  at that time  Ottawa is 4 hours Drive from Toronto you can cover the whole city   in 25 minutes when I moved there I figured out I have to pass my time from 8 am to 10 pm as my son doing long hours First thing I got my monthly bus pass to get out as much I want or as I need in the mornings after breakfast I used to walk to Bayshore ...

I am contributing to my Family pitching in this all gives me inner peace and Happiness Keep in mind there is nothing one way remember 3rd Law of  Motion what goes comes back I am not sure this theory is still valid but I believe in that I don't want to be an invalid member of my family an extra like a piece of useless item I want to earn respect and love for myself and when you earn something you have to give something back You have to make contributions in some way to live with family it is a barter pact no one will say this to you but we have to think and believe this way On top of that they don't need us it is the other way round we need them their love we need them to stay away from our loneliness To be with them makes possible to do things keeps us mobile there are always two sides of  everything  It is the way y ou look at it that makes all the difference so glass is not half empty it is half full my D...

It was the year 1993 when all of my four daughters were married and gone one to Ireland two to England and one to Canada I being retired single Mom left with my only son sitting in nearly my empty Nest at that time I made a promise to myself To keep myself busy and never will try to be one who is always waiting for phone calls from kids and to complain about I will try not to make them sick of me and wont make them tired from myself I am so happy for keeping this promise to me I started to volunteer in Oxfam -- Red Cross in Immigration Center in Universities and even in Toronto Zoo  It was lik e still working not retired believe me it could not be possible without the help of God the Almighty Trust in God that he is there for you this trust will give you power to cope  give you strength to face the world always keep in mind we are never alone He is watching over us

Today temperature is 14 it is Monday so only playing Darts at my Seniors Club no Carpet Bowling I was off from work at noon Yes from Work I consider it working like still going to office to work not retired I was back home and it was only 12.30  it was sunny so beautiful from my bedroom window I switched  my computer on to go through Readers Comments  on my Blog which always make my day It doesn't matter rain or shine I had my lunch I couldn't resist the beautiful weather the sunshine giving me call to get out I quickly changed and was walking on Whites Road within no time to where ? of course to my favorite spot Tim Hortons While I was walking I had to watch my steps for all the brown Maple which were all over the place So many shades of brown I never realized before from Colombian black coffee color to the color of Double Double I mean with 2 cream Fawn to Beige you name any shade of brown and it was th...

When I hear calling my son  Mom I am going to drop Kids to Hockey Arena are you  coming ? Or when he says I am going to Lake are you coming ? believe me at that time I never forget to say Thank You God Can you imagine in this era of digital technology where even books are now on Discs if he is not sick of his 70 plus Mom I have to say Thank you God With the generation gap and all the family engagements  if our children give any time to us make phone calls to us it is really amazing When my Daughter in law decides Dinner Menu with me goes for grocery with me I say thank you God she is not my blood  With all my Plus and Minuses I am handling everything not because of me it is the power God giving to me to take things easy and to enjoy my Life So many things in our Life  we take for granted like our kids calling asking are you OK do you need anything ? Even for their brief calls we have to ad...

On my Blog about the Conference on participation of women in science and Technology in 1980 there was comment from Sheema for my piece of poetry Here is my piece of poetry When  a girl is a pearl as a mother is a  lull as  a sister  is a grace as a  wife is a praise All this pearl  all this lull all this grace  all this praise All this treasure all this pleasure all this glow will be Darn without the company of a man Here is the comment from Sheema "I agree but this is the other way round also that  without the company of a woman life is dull for man". Now My Today's Blog I totally agree with Sheema's comment   but I have  to give the full  picture of that week long  Conference   All the papers and scripts discussions were to me like all against men I mean they were saying that Men force women to make  things to do I don't agree with...

For  My Retiree Group and for all My  Senior Readers  When we retire we have our eight hours time slot vacant to be filled with anything we choose or with as many things as we love to fill in that 8 hours empty basket We don't have to consider our day of retirement as our Dooms Day it can be considered other way round The day of joy to do our own things to accomplish our dreams to nurture our hidden talents our inner beauty to flourish for which we never had a chance to even think as we had no time We can do all that now we are on our own with all of our 24 hours we can plan our days we have all our options open no distraction Sit with a cup of Tea or Coffee with your favorite book in the favorite corner of your back garden spread pieces of bread and enjoy Bird watching I like to walk and to be on my computer and to go my Seniors Club playing Darts and Carpet Bowling  My afternoons are with my family...

It was 1980 October there was a conference on Participation of women in science and technology The  conference was for all the first women in their fields like first pilot first engineer and so on I was also invited being the first leather microbiologist  it was inaugurated by the minister of science and technology who was a woman it was all women thing 1980 was women Lib in full swing so everyone in the conference was reflecting that in their papers in the week long seminar and workshops It was nothing with science just exchange of views on various aspects I was of a different point of view I circulated there my own piece of poetry I share some  part of that with my Readers Family When a girl is a pearl as a mother is a lull as a sister is a grace as a wife is a praise All this pearl all this lull all this grace all this praise all this treasure all this pleasure all this glow will be Darn without the c...

Dear Readers yesterday's Blog was too much I should not write that  but you know It is Readers  Family and Family is Family so I wanted to share Thanks for Everything I mean   Comments and Sentiments Just take it easy and now please read My Today's Blog It is looking so beautiful small grey cloudy patches with pinkish hue all over the sky in between pinkish and light orange big shady patches like pencil work very scenic I see light pink and orange lining and a dark pink borderline too where sun trying to emerge is orange area now grey shady patches are clearing up It all changing into bluish cloudy patches and into clear sky leaving some dark grey cloud with dark orange borderline I am happy that I had a chance to watch all this Every day we see so much a very different painting on the sky canvas how beautiful to start our day what a beautiful morning it is really we can say good morning Weather is 14 f...

It was 1960 I was dreaming through all my life to be a doctor and in my days seats in medical school not so many specially for girls Just one medical school with 8 seats for girls in total I had no luck so I tried in another one away like from Toronto to Calgary Result was same no luck there too I was coming back via  train on the way was a river my train was crossing the bridge and for the first time in my life I was feeling very devastated I wanted to jump into the river for me it was the end of my dream so end of my life too at least I was thinking like that Then with heavy heart I got my admission in the university to do my Honors in Microbiology After that period so many ups and downs were in my life like in everyone  else's it happens Specially when my healthy husband died of heart attack just like that leaving 5 small children behind at that time I was 34 and l iving in a big rented house in a city ...

Dear Anonymous Reader  who is doing 2 jobs and live in apartment  yesterday I tried  to write for you  but I am not sure you got  my message  anyway Kris  welcome to Reader's Family  please see  my previous Blogs  where I made some points for  Members of Retiree Group I think it will  be of some use  Now My Today's Blog It is so beautiful when you see green plants with various shades of yellow and orange and reddish orange leaves on top of the same tree It is a bit windy  shaking trees and also giving a stir to the atmosphere everything full of life as if not ready to take a defeat out of this cold weather which is trying hard to intimidate everyone All this giving strength and courage to everyone giving a push for not to surrender not to give up be strong and face  the day  Happiness and sadness all are contagious we have to be very careful so are all...

My dear friend I am living at the same beautiful Place where you are living the whole world is beautiful God scattered beauty all around to make us happy and to enjoy we have to take some time to look around Start your Mornings to behold the beauty of Nature which is changing every moment in every season if you miss the moment you wont see it again it is like a slide show Please keep your eyes open you will see the world is beautiful not that picture of the world which we try to paint in the News Not the people we try to present in the News there is Love and Beauty all around us God makes sure to start our day with beauty and happiness we have to be vigilant to keep ourselves away from sadness Now My Today's Blog I was on my driveway waiting for my friend to pick me up leaves of gold were everywhere all around me but I see pebbles  of different shapes also stones dry leaves and soil too It means God is providing us...