Thought Of The Day

  Bright beautiful morning. It is 9.30, I am just done with my breakfast. I use to enjoy my morning tea in my renovated backyard. I don't want to miss the beautiful moments of it's transformation. The stages, the step by step changes, happening to it, to be emerged, one day into my back garden. Sitting in my backyard, on my newly built deck, watching all this, gives me power to strengthen my belief that patience is virtue. Never give up, just relax and wait for things, to emerge in the due course of time. Don't panic. Don't lose hope. Hope is everything to keep you motivated. Patience and hope, are key, the great weapons to fight against negative thoughts. These are best tools to rectify and eradicate our low feeling and self pity. Great help to manage our life, to direct our lives into the right direction.  Try to distract yourselves from something, which needs time to be resolved. Focus on the matters in hand, which need to be done right away. Keep yourselves busy. Fo

  Saturday -- Beautiful mixed sunny cloudy morning 21 C,  will be 31 later in the afternoon. It is 9.30, I am done with my breakfast, having tea in my backyard. My iron garden chair is on the newly built Deck. Grass seeds blooming beautifully. It is total different scenario than that of week before.   Things change, same is with our lives. Moments slipping, giving signal to we Humans. Posting  messages of " Don't waste your time, value your moments". Do something before it all go waste. Don't bin your moments.  Make use of your time in hand, to transform into something memorable to be remembered after. Change it into beautiful memories, to be locked into your memory box, to give colors in the later days of your lives. Fill up your memory box with the golden moments. Try to pick flowers of happiness from the unpaved path of your lives. Life is the same for everyone. Life is like a trail, all depends, how we take it. Try to pause to look around and across.  You will fin

  Friday -- Beautiful bright sunny morning 17 C, will be 29 later in the afternoon. It is 9.30, I am busy in my kitchen with my breakfast preparation. I am a bit late today, to start my day. Nothing wrong with my sleep. It is my back, giving me problems again. I had to do my stretch exercises on my bedroom carpet. I do that every morning but couple of more minutes today for my back. Anyway, I am now all set to start my day. Just bring it on. My breakfast done. I am enjoying my tea, sitting in my room with my computer, talking to my daughters. It is a group call. All my three daughters joined. My youngest one started and others joined.  We have to realize,  it is always the first call, the first step, which matters the most. Think twice before taking your steps. We have to be aware of the direction. Our steps can lead us to anywhere.  Before starting  things, have to be aware of the outcome and results. Anything not done properly or started abruptly, results into wrong outcome. It will

  Thursday -- Beautiful mixed sunny cloudy morning 21 C, will be 35 later in the evening. It is 9.30, I am sitting in TV lounge. News Channel is on. Things getting better, Covid cases going down every day. Schools to be opened in mid September. After long time, now we see light, I think this is end of tunnel.  I am looking the view of my back garden too, through the big glass panel, in front. Couple of birds enjoying their morning walks, having chit chat too. Black Squirrel is back to his Gym. He is busy with his exercises on the wooden fence of my garden.  Things getting back on track.  We never have to lose hope. Always hope for the good. It helps, to move forward, to think positive. Never lose patience. Patience is virtue, wins in all circumstances.Things take time, happen in due course. You wont get results overnight. We have to learn to wait, to stay calm and to be relaxed.  Try to distract yourself from the project, which is already in progress. Sometimes things not in our hands,

  Wednesday -- Bright beautiful morning 17 C, will be 22 later in the afternoon. Rain is predicted in the evening. August nearly done, September is just around the corner.  Weather is changing.   Hot days of 30 C plus, are over.  I don't have to water my  garden, so often, during the day.  My backyard is under transformation. It will soon be converted into a beautiful garden. I hope so. Hope is everything. We don't have to lose that, ever.  It is 9.30, I am done with my breakfast, enjoying my tea, sitting in my back garden, enjoying  my newly  built deck.  I grabbed one of the steel chair of my garden furniture, in the shade. My favorite steel table with glass top, is beside me, to put my cup of tea there. I am all set to enjoy my time. I can see green all around. It is a cozy atmosphere. I can feel the soft cool breeze on my face. This is enough to stir up the quiet atmosphere around, making trees to whisper, to smile. Anyone can make a difference.  It is 10.30, I am in my roo

  Tuesday -- Beautiful sunny morning 22 C, will be 29 later in the afternoon. It is 9.30, I am done with my breakfast, having my morning tea, sitting in TV lounge. Sports Channel is on. Nowadays Hockey and Basketball Play off season is going on.  Toronto Maple Leaf team is out, still people are hooked with the season. Next favorite is the Baseball season games. Same scenario, our Toronto Blue Jays won the championship years back in 1993, still people love to watch. It is called "Ball game".  Our Basketball team,  "Toronto Raptors", is relatively new. Established in 1995, winning most of the games. Last year won the Championship, still not as favorite as others.  Hard work always pays off. One day they will get their spot in people's heart. For the last couple of weeks, we are experiencing record hot days, here in Canada. I think this is all because of climate change scenario. Summer not used to be so long with such record temperatures. I had to water more often,

  Monday -- Bright beautiful sunny morning 23 C will be 37 later in the afternoon. It looks like a usual summer morning with sun in full bloom. Life is the same with minor changes. We have to make it exciting, have to give colors, to make our life wonderful. No Genie will come to our rescue. It happens only in Fairy tales, not in real life. Don't have to wait for miracles. We have to take it as our duty to divert our mind towards, thinking something positive. Distract ourselves from negatives thoughts. Mornings are the key, face of our days, which ultimately are compiled into the story books of our lives. We have to start our day with anything, which can put smile on our faces to brighten our day. Before starting your day, get your body ready for the day. Do some light exercise, depending, what goes with your body. Don't have to overdo. Still do something to give a wake up call to your body, to stimulate your mind, to take actions to direct your body, to do things for the day.

  Sunday -- Beautiful sunny morning 20 C, will be 37 later in the evening. Last night was rain, weather still the same, no change, still hot. It is 9.30, I am done with my breakfast,  walking around on my newly built deck and watering the grass seeds. Sun is in full bloom so I have to water it more often today.  It is 10.15, I am in my room with my computer switched on. I have six monthly Vitamin D injection appointment today. This will be my first face off with anyone in this Covid period. I am all set with my mask and injection.  For now I am enjoying my time, sitting in my room, looking through the window, the view of the world outside. Last night I watered my front garden, it paid off. My garden is lush green.  Red wooden bench, on the left adding up color and beauty, like cherry on top.  Couple of birds enjoying their morning walks, having chit chat too, may be making plans for some party or get together.  White Butterfly is also around. She is also in the loop.  Black Squirrel en

  Saturday -- Bright beautiful sunny morning 22 C, will be 35 later in the afternoon. It is 9.30, I am busy in kitchen, making my breakfast. My oatmeal porridge and stir fried egg. I already switched on kettle to fill my glass with warm water, also to make my tea. I take water before starting my breakfast. It is 10.15, I am done with my breakfast, sitting in TV lounge, enjoying my tea. News Channel is on. I am watching the Headlines, also looking the view of my renovated backyard. This will be turned into a beautiful garden soon. I am thinking positive and waiting for the bright future ahead. Let's see,  how long, it  will take to fulfill my dream. I am walking on my newly built deck for now, to have a feel of the changed atmosphere and to inhale the morning breeze. My friend, the White Butterfly is enjoying her time here too. Black Squirrel is here to do his exercises on the wooden fence.  Things are changing, going into positive direction.  We have to push ourselves to stay on po

  Friday -- Beautiful sunny morning 20 C, will be 35 later in the evening. It is 10.15, I started my morning a bit late. My sleep nowadays, is like seesaw, sort of tricky and unpredictable. We have to accept whatever is there. I know at my age, my body is dealing with more than half a century old machinery. What you expect out of that. Take it whatever is there and relax. I am done with my Breakfast, enjoying my tea in the TV lounge. Sports Channel is on. My son is busy with his Meetings. I am watching the view of my backyard through the big glass panel in front. I now started getting familiar with my renovated backyard with a trust that it will be transformed soon into a beautiful garden with full of life. It is 11.15, I am in my room, my computer is in front. I will switch it on to connect with my loved ones. Curtains of my room are drawn down, to give a cozy atmosphere, for me to get relaxed. I still let a slit left opened to be connected with the world outside. I am now all set to

  Thursday -- Beautiful sunny morning 16 C, will be 27 later in the evening. It is 10. 15, I am in the TV lounge, enjoying my morning tea. TV is on, I am watching the Headline News also looking at the view of my backyard.  Renovation work was going on for couple of days, now completed. Machine and workers are gone.  It is a total different scenario from the view of, days before. I can not believe that things can change so quickly.  My back garden doesn't look like a garden anymore. Pear tree was on the left side, in my garden, for years, is gone now. Birds used to gather under the tree, for their morning walks, to chit chat, to enjoy their time. I think there is time to leave for everyone. Birds will find another place. Nothing stops.  Life goes on.  Ring out the old, ring in the new, is normal. We have to make use of whatever is there. What is done, is done. We can not turn the page. Present is everything.  My new Deck looking great. It replaced my old Patio. Wild beautiful flower

  Wednesday -- Beautiful sunny morning 17 C, will be 23 later in the afternoon. It is 10.15, I am done with my breakfast, doing laundry, enjoying my morning tea, sitting in the TV lounge. My son busy with his meeting so  TV is on mute . I am going through the Headline News. My clothes are in Dryer.  I start my laundry before having my breakfast. It will be done soon. I wont be stuck for the whole day, will be free to do other things. I checked my table calendar. Have to do my hair color tomorrow. It is good to plan things beforehand. In mornings, we have to be aware of our plans for the day, to get ourselves busy. Living in day tight compartment resolves so many issues. Helps us away from thinking negative. Negative thoughts are killers for our mind as well as for our body.  When we are retired, it is tough, tricky to sort out our day schedule. Sitting with whole bucket of twenty four hours, don't know, where to spend. What to be done out of all this. Knowing that, we are going to

  Tuesday -- Beautiful sunny morning 17 C, will be 24 later in the afternoon. Weather is changing, getting colder day by day. It is 9.15, I am done with my breakfast, sitting in TV lounge  enjoying my morning tea. Watching the headline News, also looking at the view of my back garden.  It all changed, looks no more like a garden anymore.  Workers are busy to renovate, to uplift it's existing outlook. Small tractor is running up and down with bunch of people around. I can't see birds, Butterflies, squirrels. When machines are there, it disrupts the atmosphere, the peace, the harmony.  Things change all around.  My pear tree on the left, is no more there. It was getting old, not able to handle, to tackle his day to day activities. He was no more hale and hearty, like couple of years back. No more full of life. Everybody has his time to leave the stage, to make space for others. Nothing wrong with that.  We gave contract to the people, they promised to give our garden back. Promis

  Monday -- Beautiful morning 18 C, will be 30 later in the afternoon. August is running out, September is getting closer. Things are changing slowly for we Canadians. Now our mornings are below 20 C and afternoons not so hot like 42 C of the last week.  We are all set for our September weather. Just bring it on. We already learned our lessons to get along and how to enjoy with whatever we can. For now we are busy with enjoying our summer. We know that not many days left. We have to bundle up soon. It is 10.15, I am in my room. My computer is switched on. Not much activity there. Not many messages to go through. My daughters are busy with their family matters. They messaged me to give updates. Schools are about to open, they have to finalize couple of things before. My daughter, the middle one is back from Scotland. She called me from Grimsby.  She was busy with setting things up, doing laundry, cleaning and other such day to day matters. After coming back from trips, we need time to g

  Sunday -- Beautiful mixed sunny cloudy morning 20 C, will be 31 later in the afternoon. Rain is on the way. It is 8.45, I am in my kitchen. My daughter from Kent called. She is looking for her another car. She was sharing her updates. My youngest daughter from Reading also joined and my son too. I am busy with making my breakfast and enjoying their chit chat.  You feel good to know that your kids are getting along. We don't have to make any effort to keep them connected. They are gone now, must be busy with their own family matters. My son is having breakfast. I am done, now having tea, sitting in the TV lounge.  Beautiful view of my back garden, I am enjoying that through the big glass in front. Brown Rabbit having his morning snacks. Pear tree on the left, not looking good. I think, now getting old. Not enough energy left, to tackle his day to day matters.  Beautiful wild flowers of so many colors, Yellow, Red, Purple and White, are scattered around, making the atmosphere great

  Saturday -- Beautiful sunny morning 19 C will be 33 later in the afternoon. It is 9.15, I have the whole day to do things, whatever I want. Mornings are like clean slate. We are at liberty to write anything on, paint any picture, to beautify our day.  I am done with my breakfast, enjoying morning tea, sitting in my TV lounge. Sports Channel is on. My son watching Highlights of some Hockey game. Toronto Maple Leaf team is out but Playoff season is on. I am watching that and also enjoying the beautiful view of my back garden.  My youngest daughter just called from Reading. She loves gardening, showing me her beautiful flowers of orange, yellow, purple white and of so many other colors. She was proudly showing her kitchen garden plants. Full of blooming tomatoes, cucumbers, Mint and other Herbs. It was very hot in England, yesterday was thunder, I don't know what is the weather today. May be they got some relief. Most of the places, there is no AC, so tough to handle hot days.  I re

  Friday -- Beautiful sunny hot morning 23 C, will be 33 later in the evening. These are couple of  hot days for we Canadians. To enjoy our short summer period, to get out, to go to lakes. August is running out, September is just around the corner. We have to make use of our time in hand. We are aware of that. We are doing whatever we can. Hitting the roads and visiting the lakeside like rituals.   It is 9.15, I am done with my five minutes exercises. My computer is on for me, to browse the favorite sites. My Blog site is the first one, to check the number of hits. These hits are very important, denote each of my Reader. Comments on my Blog are like cherry on top, like direct lines, to connect with my Readers Family. Next is my Facebook site, to get aware of, that how many of my friends and family member are eager to connect.Their messages matter a lot to me. I have to answer them back first thing after having my breakfast. Breakfast is like giving treats to my body, to get it ready to

  Thursday -- Bright beautiful sunny morning 24 C, will be 34 later in the afternoon. Another hot day. It is 7.45, I am out of bed. First thing I do is, to switch on my computer. Browse to have a quick look to check what is going on there for me to deal after. I mean, how many messages are there, what is the weather, what are the News Headlines. I don't go through everything, just browse to get an outline of the things around.  Next thing is my five minutes stretch exercises on my bed room carpet. This is to unwind my body, to wake it up, to move on and to cooperate with my day onward. Your body listens but you have to take the first step. We have to move forward to show that we care.  I think if we take the first step to go ahead to show our goodwill gesture, things always go smooth. No issues. We have to put our ego aside to come forward, to lend our hand to others.  We Humans are social animals. We all look forward to build relationships with our other fellow Humans. But deep in

  Wednesday -- Beautiful bright sunny morning 20 C, will be 34 later in the afternoon. It is 9.15, I am done with my breakfast enjoying my morning tea,  sitting in my room.  My computer is beside me.  My window curtains are drawn down. I do it to make my room cozy.  We have to go to do things for making the atmosphere  beautiful  around ourselves. This helps us to stay on the positive track and away from thinking negative. Negative thoughts act like poison, killers for our mind, ultimately harm our body. Life is the same for everyone. Everyone gets the same 24 hours pocket money to spend for the day. It depends on us, how we make use of our chequing account. Positive thoughts motivate ourselves to take steps  to initiate new projects. To go for challenges to achieve, to accomplish, to brighten our day, to get happiness and to spread happiness for others around. Positive thoughts are like candles, brighten our inside, our soul. Penetrates our outer, our body, to move forward, to initiat

  Tuesday -- Bright beautiful hot morning 29 C, will be 34 later in the afternoon. It is 9.15, I am in my room, done with my breakfast, enjoying my morning tea. My computer is on, Facebook page is opened, all messages are in front, at my disposal, to pick and choose. It is tough to categorize, to place in order, to decide, which message to read first. I know nobody watching.  They wont know who is going to be the first and who will be the last. Still I feel embarrassed, guilty. Not easy to make any decision. It is like, I am secretly marking their worksheets, without their knowledge. I think what we feel inside, is the only thing, which matters. We can cover up for others, but not for our own self. In the heart of heart, we know, what we talking, what we thinking and also aware of, when we try to manipulate things for our face saving.  We can say things to the people, using our speech skills, our power of words, to convince others. We can dominate the society, the circle around, to ele

  Monday -- Beautiful bright hot morning 21 C, will be 39 later in the afternoon. Today slightly better,  it was 42  yesterday. It is fine. We Canadians know these are just couple of more hot days in August.  From September will be a total different scenario. We have to start to sort out our coat closet, to figure out which jacket, we have to wear. For now w e are enjoying our time down the lake. It is 8.30, I was up early in the morning. I am done with my breakfast, enjoying my morning tea, sitting in the TV lounge.  Sports Channel is on. Yesterday was Maple Leaf hockey game. I don't know how many players are from Canada but this is Toronto team.  This is favorite team with big fan following.Team lost the five game series with Columbus. It is all over the channels. Discussions, analysis and about the strategy. I am watching that. It is 8.45, I am in my room. My computer is switched on. My daughter from Kent calling me, my youngest daughter is in the queue, already messaged me to c

  Sunday -- Beautiful hot morning 22 C now, will be 39 later in the afternoon. Last night I was having good sound sleep. It doesn't happen so often. I got up early, at 4 in the  morning. I was in the middle, enjoying my beautiful dream. I pushed myself back, to try some sleep to continue that.  I wanted to watch that, complete to the end. But during my sleep, there was something else to watch, not  the next episode.  Anyway I was happy, satisfied, no regrets.  I tired.  I think if we want something, we have to try to accomplish, to achieve that. After that we don't feel dejected. We accept the outcome and move on. Case is closed. We go to the next chapter, to write our book, the story of our life. Our day to day activities are sort of the pages, we go on printing to compile in the form of our book, the story of our life. Everyone is busy in the printing press, I think the press is this world of ours, we live in.We are free to pick and choose, what to write in our story book, in

  Saturday -- Beautiful sunny morning 20 C, will be 30 later. It is 9.30, I am done with my breakfast enjoying my morning tea, sitting in my room. My computer is on. Curtains of my windows are drawn down, still left a slit opened to connect and be part of the world outside. My front garden looking great, it is beautiful view to behold, to cherish. I am browsing Facebook messages. Got message from my youngest daughter, it was burning hot in England. 36 C at her place, Reading. She was busy with gardening. She loves gardening, her favorite hobby. When you re into it, you enjoy, you don't care about weather or anything else. My other daughter, the middle one called. It was 30 C at Grimsby. She was all set, packed to leave  early morning,  with her family for Glasgow. She is sending pictures from there to share with me. They have taken for about an hour of stop over at Scotch Corner. She is sending me all the pictures. I can visualize their entire journey. I have a feel that I am part

  Friday -- Bright beautiful sunny morning 21 C now, will be 28 later  in  the  evening. It is 9.30, I am sitting in the TV lounge, having my  morning  tea,  watching Headline News and enjoying the scenic view of  my  back  garden,  through the glass panels in front. It is 10.15, I am in my room with my computer to browse my  Facebook  messages. These messages will connect me to my friends  and  family to  be with their  company and with them to share my moments. My room plays a very important role in my life. Specially that corner of my  room, where my table is placed. My computer, which is important piece of my life, is on the table. On the side of the table is the window, which works for me sort of lookout.  This window is like window of opportunity for me. From here I am able to view my front garden.  I can  connect with the world outside. I am able to have a feel that I am part of my neighborhood.  I feel connected. It provides lots of options to me to enjoy,  to get happiness fro

Thursday -- Beautiful sunny morning 16 C, will be 26 later in the afternoon.  It is 9.30,  I am done with my breakfast, with my oatmeal porridge and stir  fried egg.  Enjoying my cup of tea, sitting in the TV lounge, watching the  Headline  News also enjoying the scenic view of my back garden. Brown Rabbit enjoying his morning snacks. Couple of birds walking around.  Black  Squirrel busy with his exercises on the wooden fence. Grass is lush  green.  Sun shining in full bloom. Such a peaceful atmosphere, full of harmony. I am absorbing every bit of it to get my happiness, to make my day.  It is 10.15, I am in my room with my computer. I opened up my Facebook  messages.These messages are like doors to step in, to share my  moments  with   my loved ones and also  to enjoy their  company. My youngest daughter just called me from Reading. Her elder daughter  from Slough, was there at her place. They were watching some Movie,  to have their  own mother daughter time. I am happy for them. My

Wednesday -- Beautiful morning 20 C, will be 22 later in the afternoon. It was raining for couple of days. I enjoyed, it was beautiful view with  drizzle and  some scattered showers. It was a big change from the  last  week's  42 C  hot sunny days. It is 9.30, I am done with my breakfast, enjoying my morning cup of tea,  sitting in the TV lounge. News Channel is on, I am watching that and also enjoying the scenic view of my back garden. Brown rabbit enjoying his time alone slot,  sitting  under the black iron chair in the middle of my garden. Black Squirrel is  enjoying his morning snacks,  sitting beside him. It was an amazing view to behold.  It looks they are  having chit chat too. I think, Black Squirrel got his new friend.  I am happy for him. It is 11.30, I am at lake.Water looking great with many shades of Blue,  Sparkling Silver, Green and Gray. Pearls looking beautiful, scattered  on  blue surface of water. Sun is shining in full Bloom

Tuesday -- Beautiful mixed sunny cloudy morning 20 C now, will be 30 later in the afternoon. Looking great, just started d rizzling. It is 10. 15, I am done  with my breakfast.  Now in my room with my computer.  My window curtains not drawn down. I have to be part of the beautiful  world outside. Such a scenic view to behold. So much beauty around.  Yesterday we had a wedding invitation  from our close community friend.  It was  their daughter's wedding.  I opted to not to attend, called to offer my  greetings. My son was there  with  his wife.  It was first Covid time wedding.  Here in  Pickering, 100 people  allowed  for  outside ceremonies.  This 100 people limit varies from places to places. Every Jurisdiction  has  it's own rules and regulations. They made arrangements in their back  garden.  In Canada  not much population so  lot of space available to make  big houses. Heavy rain started at 6 pm but ceremony was not disturbed.  They 

Monday -- Bright beautiful sunny morning 20 C now, will be 26 in the  evening. What a change, it was 42 C just couple of days back.Yesterday,  was raining all day, it changed the entire scenario.  Everything looks back to life. Grass lush green, flowers smiling, sharing  their moments of happiness with butterflies. Birds talking to each  other,  I think getting ready for some beach party. My front garden displaying a beautiful view. Magnolia tree  on  the left,  is full of life .   Red wooden bench at one side, looking great on the green of  my  garden. Black Squirrel walking around,  enjoying his morning snacks. Red flowers across and the Pink Phoenicia on my next door neighbor's  garden, adding up the beauty of my neighborhood. It is no more looking  quiet  like day before. Last night's rain changed the scenario. Anything can make a difference, can change the outlook. It is 11.45, I am at  Petticoat Creek. My son is busy with kayak

Sunday -- Beautiful mixed sunny cloudy morning 21 C now, will be 35 later  in the afternoon. It was raining since last night, just stopped. It is 10.15,  I am in my room, done with my breakfast, done with my morning tea. I am also done with talking to my daughters.They were busy with their  own day plans with their families. It is now my own time, to spend with  my own self, to do whatever I like to do. These time alone slots, which we never pay any attention, never give value, are very precious. We never realize that. We have to take small breaks,  short  stop overs  from our day to day activities, to breathe.To refresh  ourselves.  These stop overs are our time alone slots. Where we break our journey  of the day. We take time out, to organize ourselves, to gather our energy,  our strength, to move on, to tackle our day to day matters. These slots work like our Breathers, help to filter out our negative thoughts.  Gather our inner emotions, to st

Saturday -- Bright beautiful hot sunny morning 27 C, will be 34 later in  the afternoon. Rain is on the way, will be at night. Let us see. It is 9.30,  I am done  with my breakfast, enjoying my morning tea, sitting in the  TV lounge.  Everyone sleeping, me and my son awake,TV is on some Movie is on the  screen. I was trying to focus on that but my youngest daughter called me  from  Reading, England. My son also joined the call. I didn't pay attention to the Movie, I was enjoying the call, the chit chat  with my daughter. Moments, we share with our loved ones, enough  to  make our day.  I know she is far away, in different time zone. It is already afternoon at her  place. She is in her kitchen busy with dinner preparation. I  can visualize  what she will be busy with. I have a feel, like she is here somewhere  around.  It is 10.30, I am in my room with my computer. This is time for my own self.  My daughters are now busy. My middle daughter, th