Thought Of The Day

     October 29th 2024 It's a different scenario today. Cloudy morning hazy sky. Sun is hiding under his gray blanket. It is Tuesday so I don't have to go to work. No Darts today at the library. It is a day off for me. I have to make other plans to make my day. Day offs are like clean slates. We have to write our schedule to fill out the columns of the day. When we have to go to work or school, our timings are all set.  We don't have to worry about how to pass our time. We have just a couple of hours left to sort out after coming back from our workplace or school. Weekends and day offs are tricky. We need some homework to fill out our day slots. Try to make it like a combo, a mixed plate to have a taste of everything. Day offs are like blank sheets. We can write, paint, whatever we want to do, to fill out. Every day is like a container with twenty four hours of consignment. It's delivered every morning.  We have to open it and use to finish it up. It all has to ...

        October 26th 2024 Another day another morning another brand new pack of twenty four hours to spend how we want, wherever we want to spend. No question asked. Lucky we are. Let's plan for the day. Not enough time. All will be gone, to zero whether we spend or not. Time is like a rare commodity. It goes on evaporating like ice, like spirit. We won't find it after a while. It won't be there anymore. Value it right away as soon as you get up to start your day. You will find it all intact at your door steps. The whole bundle of twenty four hours. Take it and also treat it like a gift from God Almighty. Of course it is a gift from Him for sure. It looks like a commitment from His side to keep on showering this gift for our entire life. Till the last day we are here in this world. We ask for it or not. He remembers to deliver it every morning. October is about to be done. For now colors are all around. It looks like spring. Enjoy all this. It won't stay long. Nothin...

      October 22nd 2024 Great morning 18C. It is like summer for Canadians. Couple of more days to enjoy the outdoors.  Beautiful leaves of all colors are everywhere giving a scenic look to the atmosphere to behold and to cherish these moments. Nature is amazing. There is always something for we Humans to make our day. Take some time off from your day today to look around. You will find beauty everywhere. It doesn't matter in which part of the world you live. Don't have to plan for long trips. It is all at your doorsteps. Keep your eyes open and take a break to smell the nature around. You will get the flavor and also inner peace deep down. It will be a rare happiness all on its own. You don't have to make any payments, any investments for that. Just a time alone slot and all the transactions will be done. It works like meditation. It's 11.45, I am at Tim Hortons enjoying my small tea, not coffee today. We have to change our menu too. It works something like a change...

    October 19th 2024 Beautiful morning colors all around. My back garden is loaded with orange and brick red leaves scattered all over.  Everyone is sleeping in the house. My son and I are early risers. It is good to enjoy a couple of early hours before starting your day. It is like a breather, providing you relaxation. It works like meditation. It's 10.30, I am at Waterfront trails. My son has gone for his long walk. I am taking my time to behold everything around. It is a great scenic view. We have to take time to observe and absorb the beauty. We don't have to just tick marks. We have to stop to watch and to have a feel of that too. There is a long walking bridge. I am taking time to watch the view from there. Water running under, deep down. All sorts of natural flora, we can watch from this spot. It looks like we are in the midst of nature, away from city life for a while. What a view, what a natural beauty. Amazing. I can see leaves from light orange to deep red, al...

   October 15th 2024 It is mid October cold with single digit temperature. We are happy, still it is not below zero. Winter games have already started. Hockey season is on.  Hockey is in our Canadian blood. We wait all year long for this. We know that we won't win the cup. Some American team will be the winner. Our beloved Toronto Maple Leaf will be done long before the finals, still we love to watch with full focus and enthusiasm. It is 11.45, I am at Tim Hortons. Walks in winner time have it's own experience. We have to bundle up in layers. Keep our gloves ready. Coats, jackets and scarfs take time to choose to coordinate with the temperature.  We check the weather before starting our journey. It's like a journey as we need lots of preparation before getting out. Daylight starts getting shorter. On summer days, we were waiting for fireworks to start at 10 pm. Now I have to switch on the lights at 6 o'clock in the evening. Couple of weeks later, we will see our nigh...

    October 12th 2024 It is Saturday, and Monday will be Thanksgiving holiday. It will be a long weekend. Some people are planning to have big parties. Some are old, can't handle all that. They like to see kids and grandchildren at that special occasion, so plan a one dish party.  For some, even one dish party is too much to handle. Cleaning up the mess after the party is tough to manage at our age. In that situation we parents like to be invited to our kids' places. That all depends on how things are at our kids home. Maybe their family life is undergoing some challenges. They don't like to share with us to flare up the existing situation. Don't have to push kids to invite us. Don't have to get sentimental. Our kids are our blood. They do care about us. We don't know what he is dealing with at home. Sometimes their children are not OK to see their old grandparents at parties. They might be thinking that the presence of older people will take the flavor out of t...

   8th October 2024 Another beautiful day. It's 10.30 in the morning. 13 C. Colder days are getting closer. As soon as we are done with our sleep before getting out of bed to start our new day. Try to give yourself some time out to relax to figure out what to do, from where to start. We are humans not robots. So many things affect our mood. Some of our days are tough. Some nights are difficult, we are not able to sleep well. Every day is different, bringing Its own matters to deal with. We have to figure out how to move with that baggage. To forget the past and focus on your present moment is great. My dear, this is all theory, not practically possible to follow. Our past is  always there with us, haunting throughout our life. We push it down to bury deep down. It never leaves our subconscious. We find ourselves struggling with that all our life. We try to distract ourselves, go out to spend time with friends. Try to get busy with making plans with trips and parties to es...

   October 5th 2024 It's a beautiful cold sunny morning. 8.45, 16C I am out of my bed, going to my kitchen to make breakfast. My usual oatmeal porridge and honey drink. I stopped having fried eggs in the morning. Maybe I will make an omelet afterwards to have in lunch for my son and for myself. I will see. We don't have to make a strict Plan like a time table for what to eat. Just take something healthy, whatever you like to have. Don't have to follow your routine, your diet plan if you are not enjoying it. Don't have to take life too seriously. Try to be flexible to enjoy the moments in hand. Moments are rare, when gone, will be gone for good, won't be coming back. Try to value, celebrate in full with whatever is available. Take life as a gift from God Almighty. Enjoy that without bothering anyone else. Try to avoid interfering in others' privacy. Focus on your own self. It is 10.45, I am ready for my walk, I have to pick another jacket, not the light one. It...

         October 1st 2024 October has already started, September is gone, history. It's a matter of a couple of months and the year 2024 will be history too. Time flies, days go on passing fast, like our own lives. We never realize that until we have to close the chapter of that year, we were in.  We don’t realize all that even at the start of another new year. Happy, busy writing down notes, making big plans, taking the new year as a clean slate. We start to celebrate right at midnight with full zeal, fervor and full of energy. Ready with our plans, most of these used to be ambitious and impractical. We are ready with our long list of. “ Things to do “, to start our new year, taking it as a new beginning. It is a normal practice to start on the 1st of January, every year. It is tough, not easy for us to cope up with our plans. We start losing our interest, energy and focus. Our list of plans goes somewhere under the pillow. Even the month of J...