Thought Of The Day

  January 30th 2024 It is 7.30, cold morning. White stuff showering from up and above. So much snow is already around. January is nearly done. Couple of weeks more for we Canadians to deal with snow.  I just woke up, still in bed, trying to revive my body, to deal with my day's program. We have to give some time, to our body to be ready to listen to us. Don't have to push. Have patience. Just wait. It is Tuesday, I am not working, don't have to go, to play Darts today. I have to make other plans to fill up columns of my day. Try to live in day tight compartment, to keep yourself away from thinking negative. Simple recipe to stay on the right track. We woke up each morning with a bundle of twenty four hours, a beautiful gift from Almighty. Try to make a good use of that. It's so nice of Him that He never asks about, what we did with our last twenty four hours. He keeps on showering His Blessings every day, every morning. We usually have our set programs, our schedule, at...

  January 27th 2024 Beautiful morning. Great weather. I will make couple of quick calls back home, after that I will get ready for my walk. I have to call one of my cousin and my younger sister. We have to make use of whatever is available. Moments keep on slipping from our hands for never to come back. Keep that in mind, what is gone, is gone for ever, never to come back.  We can not turn pages of the story book of our life.  I just got the News that one of my old office friend passed away. I told you what is gone, is gone, for never to come back. Old friends are like sort of treasures. Moments we spent together, are cherished deep down somewhere inside our memory box. Beautiful moments related to our dear friends and the members of our family, we lost, we are not able to see them anymore. We have to open up our memory box to get a feel of them.  Our memories are cherished inside there, locked up safe and sound, not to be lost.  We keep on sorting things out fr...

  January 23rd 2024 Beautiful day. Bright and sunny. It is 2 C below zero. Snow all around, is glittering under the sun, looking like Silver and Platinum. Such a scenic view to behold, to cherish.  I am off today, not working. I don't go to work on Tuesdays. It is garbage pick up day in our neighborhood. Blue, green and grey, all sorts of bins are lined up by the side of driveways. Ready to be picked up.  Grey one is the garbage bin, picked up every other week, not every week. The other two bins, blue and green are for paper, bottles and kitchen things, for perishable items, picked up on weekly basis.  It is a big exercise for households, to put the right things in the right bin. Confusing too, to remember. Things go wrong, not be picked up, will be left behind. I don't know, if this is helping our climate issue anyway.  Looks nothing working out to deal with our climate change. I think, we are late to start these things. Anyway, it is never too late. Let's hope...

  January 20th 2024 It is nearly the end of January. We are getting lots of snow. Cold weather 18 C below zero, feels like 25 C below. It is so much snow all around. My walks are on hold for a while. We have to be cautious. Have to take health and safety as our priority.  Glass top of my steel garden table, is loaded with a thick slab of ice. Red garden chair, my son got from Home Depot, couple of years ago, is half embedded into a big pile of snow.  Deck is closed, will not be in use for couple of months. Mid March may be fine to get out, to look around our back garden. To check out, what is to be done in April and May, to get plants, to fill up flower bed. To give a new life to our garden. We know that spring will be for a short time still, we Canadians never give up, going to Garden Centre, to pick pots, plants and flowers, to beautify our home gardens.  Just try to enjoy whatever is there. Make use of, whatever is available. It will top up your positivity,  ...

  It is 9.30 in the morning. Cold 8 C below zero, feels like 20 C below. Snow is all around. White stuff, still showering from up and above. It will go on, all day. Trees are giving a look, like decorated in Christmas time, loaded with white cottony flowers.  Beautiful atmosphere, quiet and still, just to behold.  Time to stay indoor, to search your inside. To listen your own self, to find inner peace. This is also time to go for winter sports, skiing and sledding, using cleats, to walk on frozen lakes and other frozen bodies of water. Ice hockey is our favorite sport. We Canadian are too much into it.  At our age, it is time to meditate. We are done with winter sport things in our time. We will be happy with any book / magazine of our choice, to stay by the balcony / window, with a cup of coffee / tea. We will be all set, to enjoy our Canadian winter. 20 C below zero or 30 below, doesn't matter to us.  We learned to enjoy. Every season is unique, gives us ...

  January 12th 2024 It is around mid of January. Time for us to, start getting snow storms. This will be off an on, for the next couple of weeks. It is 10.15, mixed sunny cloudy morning, windy too. Gusts are 38 to 48 km.  Friday used to be my work day, not today. Kids day camp is going on in the library, at my work place. I am off for the whole week. I have to find my own things to do, to get busy. From Monday, things will be back on track. I will be having my regular work hours. It is 11.45, I am getting ready to walk to Tim Hortons. I take it as my second home. I know that it is cold and windy. I am all set with gloves, stole and three layers underneath my winter coat. I will be fine. Whites Road and walkway is, all clear of snow. I see some white patches of snow, by the side of road, under trees and bushes. This is the beauty of Toronto, snow cleared right away. It looks like a usual wintry day. No snow. Everything working, normal routine. Nothing stops, so is my walk. I am...

  It is 9.30, very quiet morning. Trees around are standing still, signaling, storm is just around the corner. Weather channel is reporting, snow storm and freezing rain will be here any time soon. Let's see, what comes for us to handle.  We will be fine.  We Canadians learned our lessons, will not be a big deal.  It is 1.30, my youngest grandson, the Slurpee Boy is just back from his Uni. No car today so he had to take bus. He is all wet, his coat, boots, socks, everything soaked in water. His Uni bus drops him ten minutes away from our place. He had to walk a bit.  It was only ten minutes walk from bus stop, still water dripping from his clothes. He is going for a hot shower. I am making nice lunch for him. Rice with fried chicken breast, his favorite. He will be happy, enough to make his day. It is 12.30, I am in my room. Blinds of my windows, are up. I am enjoying the view of outside world. Snow is all around. Looks cloudy and windy. Skeleton trees look, all...

  January 5th 2024 New year is about a week old. It is 10.15, in the morning cloudy windy day. Gusts around 40 km. I have two options, either stay home, or just get ready to go out, to hit the road. I opted for the second one. I will have couple of layers underneath my coat. That will be fine to tackle this wintry weather. We always have choices on table. It is all up to us, to pick what we want. To blame, is never be good option. Don't have to go for that. It adds up negativity. Leads up, to start thinking low, to become pessimistic. We have to find opportunities to change our scenery. Staying at the same spot, will be like feeling stagnant. We start feeling trapped. Held up. Take action before that feeling develops to start surrounding your personality. Try to get out, go for walk keeping track of your health and safety. Sometimes, things go wrong, not in our favor. we are not so mobile to do what we want, to go where we like to go. Nothing wrong with that. We have to accept the ...

    January 2nd 2024 New year is still very young, just one day older. We missed White Christmas. Snow, we got on New Year Eve. New year's day was great. Everything covered under white sheet, looking like a virgin land. Trees looked beautiful with sort of Christmas like decorations.  Every season is unique with it's own beauty. Summer is to get out, to hit roads. To go on trails and to waters. Winter is to taste snow. To enjoy winter sports. It is time to enjoy indoors. To reflect on your inside. Time to listen your own self. To seek inner peace and to meditate.  It is the second day. New year is still very young. People are busy, calling their loved ones, to greet, to wish New Year blessings. I am also getting calls from my family and from couple of my friends. At our age, not many friends left. Most of them gone.  My grade five childhood friend messages me every day from Perth, Australia. She used to live in Dubai for around half a century, moved to Australia,...