Thought Of The Day

  Tuesday -- Beautiful sunny morning of late December. It is cold, 10 C below zero. Snow piles started melting down. I see the green lawn of my front garden is out of the white blanket.  Some of the white stuff is still there, around my neighborhood.  My friend, the Black Squirrel is enjoying his morning walk, now busy with his exercises on the wooden fence of my back garden. I am getting ready to get out, to enjoy my time too. I know it is cold and windy, I have to dress up in layers. My maroon sweater is underneath my winter coat. Woolen cap. stole and gloves, all, I think, will be enough to tackle the weather.  I will be fine.  We have to take measures after that n othing to worry about. Same is with the Corona Virus. Follow the Directives and things will be fine. My son is not ready, will let me know when to leave. I have to make some calls, will make use of my time for that.  Get busy with things to do, will help you out to deal with waiting time.  Waiting for your friend, for tra

  Dear Readers Please follow the Directives.  Keep distancing and use Masks. Follow the Rules at any cost.  Have a Great time and enjoy your Holidays. Friday --  Beautiful Christmas morning with 11 C below zero. It is a White Christmas. Snow is everywhere. I can see thick layer of the white stuff on my garden chairs and on the glass top of the table, on my Deck. Trees are giving a beautiful decorated view all around. Sun is peeping out to have a look of all that. Amazing.  It is 10.30, I am in my room with my computer. My window curtains are drawn up. I am enjoying the scenic view of the world outside. Cars are covered under the white stuff, standing still, on the driveways of my neighborhood.  My neighbor across is busy with his shovel, trying to clear the snow from his car. I think he has to go somewhere. Yes, he has gone.  We Canadians learned our lessons to manage, to live with all this.  Snow can not ruin our plans.  We learned how to enjoy with whatever is there. We learned to wa

  Tuesday  --  Beautiful cold morning of late December. It is 7 C below zero. Sunny and cloudy mixed morning. Last night my sleep was not good. This is also sort of old age syndrome.  Things start happening at our age.  Started  my day a bit late.  It is 10.45, now done with my breakfast, sitting in my room with my computer. My daughter calling me from Kent. England is under lockdown. Everyone staying home. My daughter, the middle one, called from Grimsby. She was planning to go to London, to see her daughter, who is in "Home". But not anymore. All plans are cancelled for now. My youngest daughter called from Reading. Her daughter was planning to be with her for her wedding anniversary. She lives at 40 minutes drive from Reading. They had big plans to celebrate. Not now.  Things happen. Safety comes first. Everyone has to follow the Directives. Keep distancing and stay away. Things will be better soon. There is always light at the end of tunnel. This too shall pass. It is 11.

  Friday -- Beautiful sunny cold morning of mid December, with 11 C below zero. Two weeks after the year of 2020 will be gone, will be history like the  ones, before. Days are passing fast, quick, so is our life. We are hardly aware of that. Every moment slipping from our hands, is for never to be coming back. Our days which are gone, are gone for ever. We can not turn the page.  Let's make use of our todays. What we have, is everything. Why to waste time in complaining or whining over the spilled milk. I mean why to complain and regret for the things, we don't have. Why to waste time, to compare our life with others, making plans to make lives of others, miserable. Why to feel good to see others in distress.  Let's make plans to stay away from other people's personal matters. Plan not to interfere their privacy. Plan to respect everyone's emotions and opinions. Have patience and to focus on our own self, to spread as much happiness around as we can. Not to take smi

  Tuesday -- Beautiful sunny cold morning with 13 C below zero. It is beauty of Canada that most of the times, it remains bright and sunny even if it is 25 or 30 C below zero. It is 10.45 morning, I am in my room with my computer. My window curtains are drawn up, my computer is switched on. I am enjoying the beautiful atmosphere and also connected with my family and friends too. Browsing the Facebook messages. It must be snowing early morning. I can see the white powder everywhere. The green of my front garden is all under snow, glittering under the sun.  Sun is in full bloom so I can see some green patches started emerging out of the  white. Road displaying a mix of white and grey scenic view, because of the snow. Amazing. My daughter, the youngest one calling me from Reading, England. She was back from work,  called me on the way going home. She knows, she will be busy after, no time for calls. It was a brief talk, just to connect. We have to appreciate for whatever our kids can do f

  Sunday -- Beautiful sunny morning with 5 C below zero. Below zero is normal at this time of year for here in Canada. No rain, no snow. That is good enough to enjoy, to get out. We have to take whatever is there. Don't have to wait for tomorrow.  We never know what will be the next. Things change so quickly. Same is our health. It doesn't matter, what age we are passing through during the cycle of our life. Things can happen at any age, at any time. May be, God forbid, we not able to enjoy our normal routines. We have to avail and make use of any opportunity available, at the moment. Done is done. We can not turn the page. Future, we don't know. The moment in hand, is everything, we have. Anyway I checked my table calendar. Today have to wash my hair. I don't do that every day. Not much hair left. We have to be careful with whatever is left, at our age. I did my laundry yesterday. It was due too. This calendar directs me to carry on my " Things to do " time t

  Friday -- Beautiful sunny morning with 3 C. No rain, no snow, no sub zero temperatures, great. Looks like a summer for we Canadians. Time to get out, time to enjoy. My friend, the Black Squirrel is busy with his exercises on the wooden fence of my back garden. He looks very particular, always trying, keeping his body in shape.  It is 10. 30, I am done with my breakfast and with my morning chores at downstairs. I already emptied the dish washer to put everything in place. I spent some time n the TV room to be with my son. He is busy with his work on computer. I made sure not to disturb him. Sometimes just staying with your loved ones, matters a lot. We don't have to talk. That is not required. Our body, our presence is good enough. It communicates in it's own way. Every person has his own individuality. Body emits special rays, which spread peace and tranquility, for the loved ones.  This is a two way process. We have to be sure that the other person feels the same way for us.

  Tuesday -- Beautiful sunny cold morning with 15 C below zero. For the month of December, here in Canada, we are ready to accept sub zero temperatures. It will be the same scenario for couple of more months.  We know it is winter, loud and clear. No doubt about that.  It is amazing to have a feel of all four seasons.  Night before I was not able to sleep all night, succeeded to have couple of hours of sleep after six in the morning. Last night was good. I think old age is like a mixed plate, like a "Platter". We can not pick and choose, have to take it whatever is there. Old age looks like full of surprises. We can not predict, what we will get the next. This stage of our life is full of shocks, full of thrills. No routine schedules, no set time table. Not like that, in other stages of our cycle of life.  We can write whatever we want, something new. We can change the script of story of our life, to give it more color, to make it more interesting. Amazing. We have power of t

  Sunday -- Beautiful sunny cold morning of early December. It is 7 C below zero, not bad for we Canadians. No snow, no rain. Grass is lush green. Skeleton trees, not shivering, must be enjoying the sun. It is sort of a peaceful atmosphere.  My friend, the Black Squirrel is back for his exercises on the wooden fence of my back garden. He tries to avail any opportunity available, to get out, to have good time. I admire his dedication to look after his body. I think, he believes, healthy mind can not be flourished without a healthy body. I agree with him. My back is not 100%. I know it will take a while. I am getting ready to go to lake, with my son. My Mom used to say, "Never let your sickness to overcome your body ". "You will never be out of it". I remember that, to carry on my day plan schedules.  We don't want to listen to our Moms. We listen when she is no more there. May be she is watching me from upstairs. She must be happy to see that I am following her i

  Friday -- Beautiful morning, snowing since last night, still showering white stuff from above. Mixed cloudy sunny day with 7 C below zero. I cant see much green on my garden, it is all covered under the white sheet. Trees look great with beautiful white decorations.  My friend, the Black Squirrel is walking on the wooden fence, which is dusted with white powder. I think he is not in a mood for his exercises. He is going home because of the weather advisory. We have to follow the directives. Weather channel predicting snow all day, will change into wet snow, afterwards. That will be tricky for driving and for walking too. People already working from home because of Covid, will be cautious now, will stay home, I think. I am in my room enjoying the scenic view of snowfall. Every season is unique, has it's own beauty. Winter is time to hibernate. Time for we Humans to pay a visit to our inside, to our inner self. We never have time to do that. This is time to evaluate our hidden capa

  Tuesday -- Beautiful cold morning with 7 C below zero. December already started, what you expect, it is Canada my Dear. White stuff showering from  above the sky. It looks a virgin land all around. Trees all decorated. Looking beautiful with white cottony flowers. Bodies of skeleton trees, dusted with white powder. Amazing. Red wooden bench on the left side of my front garden, looking great on the white land. The land, which used to be my lawn. Weather channel predicting 10 cm of snow. Glass top of my garden table, showing that 4 cm is already there and day just started. Let us see.  My back started giving me problems. This is our old age saga. Things start coming up at this period of our cycle of life. Body indicates to slow down. We just have to do accordingly. I mean listen to our body but don't have to be a couch potato. Have to do things in slower motion. Don't have to stop our routine activities. Remember what we don't use, we start losing.  I was up early, also out