Thought Of The Day

  Tuesday -- Beautiful morning sunny and cold 13 C. It is 9.15. I am done with my breakfast, enjoying my morning tea, walking around on the deck, in my back garden. It is slightly cold but not much, I am not wearing jacket.  I am planning to do things for the day. Have to do laundry of my clothes and towels. Not a big load, it is just a medium one. I will start now. My daughter, the middle one, called me from Grimsby. She was going back from Lincoln Uni. It is one hour drive from her place. She has to pick first her son up from school before going home. She calls me to have chit chat, nothing important. She was planning to have a get together of her friends. They used to do that on monthly basis. Because of Covid situation, she has to work around that. She planned to have two tables, each with six people.  Everyone was looking forward to have something to get out.  We have to do things keeping in mind the directives. The distancing and other measures which are requir...

  Sunday -- Beautiful sunny morning with 22 C. Amazing, it rarely happens at the end of September. It is breezy too, like cherry on top. It is 9.15, I am enjoying the scenic view, having my morning tea, walking around on the Deck, in my back garden. My friend the White Butterfly is also here, to give me company.  On the Deck, there are three black steel chairs with wicker seats. I am now sitting on one of these. I can see couple of Bronze leaves on the green of my garden. High rise trees are around. some are I think 10 Ft, two looks 18 to 20 Ft. I try to do calculations, taking my height into account. I am 5 plus.  It is a beautiful atmosphere to enjoy, to make my day. My son planning to go to Algonquin park. It is a Provincial park at three hours drive. Kids don't want to go. We don't have to push them. They have their own activities. We have to just leave them alone. Let them enjoy their own things. It is 10.30, my son and my daughter in law just left.  I am stayin...

  Friday -- Beautiful mixed sunny cloudy morning with 16 C. Weather is great. It is 9.15, I am done with my breakfast, enjoying my tea, walking around on the deck in my back garden. Grass looking beautiful, lush green, with white pearls scattered around. Sun is hiding for now.  My youngest grandson is leaving for school. He has to go on alternate days for half day, for rest of his studies, he is doing online. Yesterday my grandson, the middle one had to go for his highway driving test. He cleared that.  We celebrated at night, ordering dinner from Tangerine, Chinese restaurant. Because of Covid situation, we avoid going to eating places. We have to take precautions. But have to do things whatever we can.  We have to celebrate and give credit to our kids for their day to day achievements. It means a lot to them. Boosts up their initiatives, helps in building their personalities. They will fly away leaving the Nest empty. It is just matter of couple of more years, to b...

  Wednesday -- Beautiful sunny morning. I have to go to work. I mean, will be playing Darts today. Have to get ready to leave at 8.30. Yesterday was not a good day for me. My stomach was giving me problem, which rarely happens. Anyway I skipped dinner so it was managed somehow. I  will skip  my  oatmeal porridge  this morning, will have one toasted slice with stir fried egg. It is 7.30, I am done with my breakfast, now enjoying my morning tea, walking around on the deck in my backyard. It is a beautiful scenic  view, perfect to make my day.  Dew droplets, giving a look of pearls, scattered on the green of my back garden. Black Squirrel is up early today. He is busy with his exercises on the wooden fence. It is 10 C, not cold. Perfect for me to walk around.  It is 8.15, I am all set getting ready to go. I have my Darts and mask, all intact in my small blue bag. We have only Wednesdays, just once a week permission for our club, keeping our limit to ...

  Sunday -- Beautiful bright sunny cold morning of September. It is 6 C. I am awake, busy with my 5 minutes stretch exercises on my bedroom carpet. After this will go downstairs to make my breakfast, my oatmeal porridge and stir fried egg, will enjoy my morning tea, in my back garden.  Yesterday I was talking to one of my friend. She was of the opinion that to stay positive is not easy. I totally agree with her. Life is not like a flower bed. It is an unpaved path with bushes around. We have to find our way, passing through all this.  Life is a journey of adventures. It is full of surprises, full of unknowns, full of unexpected events. We don't know beforehand, what will be the next episode. Years back I read somewhere that "to live life is an Art". I think it is. We have to go on tricking ourselves throughout our journey of life. Passing through difficult moments, coming across to various turning points, we have to bribe ourselves. Give treats of positive thoughts. Have ...

  Dear Readers I am not getting any of your comments for about a month.  So much is done and I am not aware of anything. I don't know if any of my advice will work out. I am writing anyway.  My Smile Corner Friend in Ireland. It was not a good idea to file a legal challenge. Anyway what is done is done. You can not turn the page. Now listen to me. Write a letter of apology and Request the court authorities to give you another chance.  Give them assurance that you will strictly follow the directives. Try to have signatures of the Readers coming for my Blog Readings.  Please follow this advice right away. Take the letter in person. I wish my friends the Councilor, the Retired Councilor and the Priest can go with you. That will be great. We all are Humans, try to listen to the seeking souls. There is light somewhere, inside everybody's heart. That light is spark of God's eternal spirit, which enlightens our soul, force us to be kind, to forget and forgive. Just lik...

  Friday -- Beautiful sunny one of cold September mornings. It is 6 C, not below zero. We Canadians still can enjoy. It is 9.15, I am done with my breakfast, walking around on the newly built Deck in my back garden. Enjoying my morning tea and the beautiful atmosphere around.  Grass still green. Trees around are calm and quiet, focus on gathering their energy to tackle the days ahead. They know Fall season is close by and some of their friends already started losing their energy.  Every season is unique, like stages of the cycle of our life, has it's own beauty. Fall is the season of colors and of gathering treasures. Precious gold and bronze leaves and the articles of art, craft and beautiful sculptures, scattered all around on pathways, give us an open invitation to behold the beauty and also to give a thought that how things undergo transformation, same is with our lives.  We have to drain whatever we can from our moments in hand. Drain happiness and make use...

  Wednesday -- Beautiful sunny morning. Today I have to go to work. Have to go to play Darts. I call it like my work day. This way, doesn't look that I am retired. I think, there is no harm to trick your own self  sometimes. We have to find ways to keep our mood elevated. It helps to focus on positive thoughts. This was a long day for me. I was out of bed after seven in morning. Didn't skip my five minutes stretch exercises.  Switched my computer on, to browse my messages, Headline News, Today's Weather and other such items. Had my oatmeal porridge and stir fried egg. Having morning tea in my room and sorting, what to wear. It is 8.30, I am all set, ready to go. My Darts are in my small blue bag. The one, my son gave me last year. My mask, my water bottle, everything is with me. I am wearing perfume of Jasmine fragrance. This is gift, I got last year while, I was in Grimsby, visiting my daughter the middle one. Her friend gave it to me.  I am wearing black and w...

  Monday -- Beautiful sunny morning, it is getting colder day by day,  13 C today. I started my day with 5 minutes stretch exercises on my bed room carpet. It is 9.15, I am done with my breakfast, with my oatmeal  porridge  and stir fried egg.  Enjoying my morning tea, walking around in my backyard, which now can be designated a back garden. Looking wonderful with green all around. I see couple of Bronze and Gold leaves here, giving color to the green of my garden.  It is an amazing view to behold, to start my day. I miss my friends, the Black Squirrel and White Butterfly. Mornings are key. It is face of our days. We have to give color to our mornings, in whatever way we can. Do anything to get happiness, to feel good.  Go to your garden, have a seat in your balcony. Push your chair to the window.  Sometimes, we feel lethargic, specially in mornings.  Try to break the ice, the stillness. Change the scenery. Change is always good to move on, t...

  Friday -- Bright beautiful September morning. It is slightly cold, 11 C but fine to walk around. I am done with my breakfast, enjoying my morning tea, walking around in my backyard, which has now fully transformed into a back garden with green around.  Black Squirrel is back in his gym, busy with his exercises on the wooden fence. I miss my pear tree on the left. But there is always time, "to go" for everyone. We have to learn to "Ring out the old and to ring in the new". We have to learn to adjust in the circumstances, available. To move on, is the key to go forward. What is done, is done. We can not turn the page. Ring in the new, is the only option. Go with the flow. Try to live in the moment, be happy and spread happiness around.  My youngest daughter called me from Reading. Her daughter was having problems with her fiancee. She was taking her for a drive. She was on speaker, to let me know that her daughter is fine, handling things well. They both were planni...

  Wednesday -- Mixed sunny and cloudy September morning. It is 17 C, down from the last week's 30 plus. In Calgary, it already started snowing. Calgary is in the province of Alberta. My eldest daughter is in Edmonton, just two hours drive from Calgary. It must be cold over there too. Weather getting cold but not too much. I am still enjoying my walks in my backyard, adding up my step counts, enjoying my grass, which is still green. It is 10.30, my daughter the middle one called me from Lincoln. She was going back to her place to Grimsby.  Lincoln is one hour drive from Grimsby. She is done with her education, got her BSc Hons in Math, now will find her placement for teaching. She is busy shunting to Lincoln Uni. She will start from tomorrow. My youngest daughter called me from Reading. Carers used to come for her in laws. Both are not mobile, need help. Due to cuts, now will be no carers for them. My daughter is working so will be tough to handle all that.  I got calls an...

  Monday -- It is long weekend here in Canada. Beautiful bright sunny morning of September. 20 C, perfect weather to walk around. Windy with gusts 49 km. I am enjoying my back garden, looking at the grass, which flourished from seeds, in just weeks. Amazing.  I see couple of Gold and Bronze leaves on the green of my grass. It looks to me like  an eye opener, to take time, to think about stages of life. Change is a process, which goes on, every moment. We never think about all that. Changes in our body, our behavior, our thoughts, our style, all are interlinked. Our actions are the outcome of all these changes. Most of the time, we never think about that. Not aware of the changes, which goes on step by step.  We start reacting differently, which looks not a normal behavior to our loved ones and to the people around.  Our behavior coordinates with the state of our mind. Our mind coordinates with the process of changes in our bodies. Our bodies are products of life...

  Friday -- It is a beautiful bright sunny morning of September. Weather is changing, getting slightly colder day by day. I see couple of leaves from the trees around, on the green of my back garden. I think this signalling that Fall season is just around the corner. We have to get ready to gather lots of Gold, copper and Bronze, to be delivered at our door steps, in our gardens. Every season has it's own beauty just like every individual.  Fall is the time to see colors and to gather pieces of Beauty. The pieces of art and sculptures, scattered all around on our driveways and side walks. Fall is time to look around, to think about Nature, that we so often ignore and neglect.  We have to give a thought, while walking around, crushing under our feet the bunch of Copper and Gold leaves. Kicking the cones and all sorts of beautiful pieces of sculptures, which we rarely bother to think about, while enjoying our walks.  I think, Fall is the season of exhibitions. The seas...

  Wednesday -- September already started, weather is changing day by day. We know this is a tricky month for we Canadians. Just couple of days after, we will be digging our coat closet, to sort out, what to wear. Summer is leaving our ground, but this wont be stopping our outdoor activities. We will enjoy our time in whatever way, we can. We will be bundled up, ready to hit the roads. When there is will, there is always a way. It was rain last night.  Rain  drops scattered on my front garden, looking great. Like pearls sparkling under sun. I am scared to walk over, pearls might be crushed under my feet. I am walking at my driveway, waiting for my son. He is planning to go to lake. I am all set, to go with him. We always have to avail and make use of, whatever available. N ever let our chances, to get out, to change our  scenery, go to waste.  Things change, same is with our mind and body. We don't enjoy things all the time. Sometime we need time alone. Sometime,...