Thought Of The Day

    It's a cold rainy day. It started in the morning and will be all day. What the weather channel is predicting.  I started my day a bit late. Nothing was wrong. My sleep was sound. I went to bed early at 11.15. Not my usual time to go to bed. I go around 12 midnight. We humans are not robots. We don't follow our fixed time table. Our body takes its own route to go ahead. Our sleep hours are not the same every night. I am off today. Not have to go to play Darts. I took my time to start my day. Last night I enjoyed watching the Baseball Blue Jay's game with my middle grandson. There's a lot of buzz around. The team is in the finals after thirty two years. They are one game away from the Championship. Let's see. The day is bright. Rain drops look great on the grass in my garden. It's 11.30, rain is not going to stop till late evening. I am checking the intensity and speed of rain drops to go for my walk. The glass top of my steel garden table works l...

  It's 10.30, I am done with my breakfast and with some calls to make. I am now getting ready.  I have to go for my dental appointment. Things start coming up at our age. We have to take whatever is there. It is 11.15, I  am walking by the Whites Road. Leaves of Gold, Copper and Bronze all scattered on the pathway.  Trees around are looking beautiful with scarlet and blood red leaves in between the greens. It is  a scenic atmosphere to behold. The sun is shining in full bloom. It's a bright and cold day with 6 C right now. Wind gusts around 40 km. Even on cold days the sun is up and above most of the time to make our days brighter. That's the beauty of Canada. My Dental clinic is ten minutes further to the Coffee House. I can make it. My grandson, the middle one, is working from home. He offered me a ride. So nice of him. I believe that we have to manage things on our own as long as we can. It boosts our will power. Helps to control our mood swings...

  It's 9.30 in the morning. I am starting my day a bit late. Sometimes our sleep is not good and we get stuck.  We are humans not robots. Things happen. So many factors are there to disrupt our normal routine life. Most of the time we are unable to figure that out. Everything looks fine. We still lack our mental peace. Our routine gets disturbed. We humans are full of emotions. The people around. The surroundings. Change of weather. Place. Everything matters in our life. Any change is enough to distract us from our routine. Sometimes things that are at the back of our mind are enough to ruin our day. Enough to lose our sleep. No use of  getting panicky. Be patient. Nothing stays forever. Things take time to settle down in due course. “ This Too Shall Pass “ . Get busy with anything to divert your attention. Go for a walk to change your scenery. At night time, find something to get you relaxed. Don't push yourself to sleep. Don't waste your energy. It will top...

    October is about to end. Our real cold days are just close by. Nowadays it's a bit cold. Still not much for us Canadians.  It is 6 C not below zero. Fine with us. We have to dress up in layers not have to be bundled up. Squirrels are walking around in the greens to get their food. I also see a couple of birds up in the sky. They may be leaving for South of the Border. I hope they have all the complete documents. Things now are not the same. So much has changed. Things are quiet in my back garden. I can't see any of the beautiful pink Canadian roses. Not the blood red David Austin. Some of the white, purple and red seasonal flowers are still there. Holding their breath, staying strong, keeping the atmosphere alive with their sheepish smile. The trees around are standing quietly waiting for the days ahead. There is a wait and still feeling all around. The sun up above is not in full bloom still awake trying his eyes wide open. Time flies and things change....

  It's 8.30 in the morning. I am sitting in the eat- in kitchen having my breakfast. I take one teaspoon of honey in warm water to start my day. Honey drink and oatmeal porridge is my breakfast. I skip my morning tea / coffee. It is Thursday, not my working day so I will enjoy my coffee in Tim Hortons. On the other days I enjoy my tea / coffee with my senior club friends. It is good to give color to your life whenever we can. I am retired. It doesn't mean we are done with our good days. We are not done with our life. We have so much time to travel down the road. Try to keep on collecting happy moments on the way. Life is how we take it. I know that it is not a bed of roses. I think it is sort of like a mixed plate with sweet and bitter moments in everyone's life. We have to face with patience and dignity whatever comes on the way in the journey of our life. We have so much to celebrate so much to be grateful. Count your blessings. That will give you power to m...

  I was on a four day trip to Washington. I started my journey on Friday at 8.30 in the morning. It is a ten hour drive from Toronto.  We stopped on the way taking breaks to make our journey enjoyable. I was back in Toronto on around 10.30 last night. As we get older things do not stay the same. Especially at the later stages of our life. We have to be extra careful with our health. Our body starts getting weak and other health issues start coming up. Our sleep does not sound like it did in the earlier days of our life. We will not be sleeping in our own bed. Going on trips becomes an adventurous task. We have to take so many extra things to be on the safe side. Thinking that we might need all that just in case. With all these issues I still feel that to get stuck for the rest of our life is not a good option. We have to take steps to make our days. Try to top up memorable moments to get happiness whenever we can. Change is the key to happiness. Change of place. ...

  It's a long weekend. Monday is closed for Thanksgiving. My neighborhood is a bit quiet. Cars are staying on driveways for orders to move.  I can't see any birds in my garden. Black Squirrel used to come early in the morning. He comes for his exercises on the fence of my back garden. He didn't come today. I think everyone is busy at home with the preparations for their family gatherings.Turkey has to be done before. It is the main dish to put on the dinner table for families. I believe that life is the same for everyone with some ups and downs. Some take it hard. Some try to go with the flow. They don't take things too seriously. I think how to live your life is an art. Some are good at that. We don’t have to take it too hard. That makes it worse. Not easy to control after. Mornings are the face of our day. It plays a key part in making our days. Handle your day with a good start. Try to enjoy your mornings. Life will all be good.

  It's a cold cloudy morning. The sun is not awake yet. Drowsing under his grey blanket. He must be awake till late at night.  It was raining all night. It just stopped and will start again after a couple of hours at 10. That the weather channel is predicting. It is 7.30, I got up early today. The first thing I do is to check the weather of the day. Time is running out. I have to get ready for my walk. I will miss that otherwise. It will start at 10 and will be raining all day. I have to dress up in layers. It is 8 C. I have to pick my maroon umbrella just in case. That umbrella I got years ago from Dollarama store for three dollars. We have to be prepared while getting out of the house. Not good to get stuck on the way to spoil the trip. I have gloves, my woolen cap and my red woolen stole. This red stole one of my senior club friends gifted to me. Gifts are like souvenirs. Doesn't matter how much it costs. Price doesn't matter. I am all set ready to leave. M...

      So much has changed in just a couple of hours. The temperature dropped to single digits. It is 6 C at 10 in the morning. The day before it was 24 C. I had to figure out what to wear to go for my walk. Today we have to follow a different dress code. Long winter coat not the heavy one with sweater underneath. I have to take gloves and my woolen stole too.  We have a variety of jackets and coats in our coat closet. We pick and choose according to the weather advisory. We learned to cope with 40 C plus and also with 35 C below zero. We can handle all that. Just bring it on. Our summer days are done for now. We enjoyed it enough. No complaints. We have to accept and manage with whatever is available. Time flies. Nothing stays forever. Winter has its own beauty. It's time to slow down. To take breaks. Today it is 6 C. Not too bad. We take it like a summer. It's not below zero. We know things are going to be tougher in a couple of weeks. We have to be bun...

   The weather is great. It's a beautiful morning at 19 C. It is already October 7th and we Canadians are still enjoying our summer days.  No jackets, amazing. I started my day a bit late today. My sleep was not good. Things start happening at our age.   Mornings are also a bit tricky sometimes. We don't know which part of our body is not in good shape. Start giving us a hard time.  We have to manage with how things are. Every stage of life is different. Not the same. We are not robots.There are so many factors that come across to affect our peace of mind, our harmony. The people around at work, school and household. Everything matters to make our days. It might also ruin our day. We have emotions. Emotions are key in managing our mood swings.Things which bother us are sometimes enough to make a dent. Enough to take our peace away.  We start feeling low, lose our interest. We take time off. Take a back seat for a while. Not ambitious to go ahea...

  The weather is great. It's still summer. We are enjoying the outdoors, not  wearing our jackets.  Flowers are smiling in pots and planters.The Flower bed at the back of my garden is looking beautiful with pink Canadian roses. Other seasonal flowers golden yellow, violet and brick red are also in full bloom. Making the atmosphere colorful.  The Black Squirrel is busy with his work outs on the wooden fence of my back garden. I can hear a couple of birds are busy chit chatting on the top of the Maple tree at the right side of my garden. The air is loaded with fragrance. Full of aroma from the flowers and greens around. I am sitting on one of the red knitted steel garden chairs. Trying to have a feel of all that. My son got four of these chairs years ago from Home Depot. Time is running out. It is already 10.15, I have to get ready for my walk and also to get my morning tea / coffee from Tim Hortons. To be outdoors imparts something unique to brighten up ...

  Time flies so quickly. The New Year 2025 is no more New. It's nearly done.  Just a couple of months to go to make it history. We never give a thought that the time we have is not for ever. Moments keep on slipping from our hands for never to come back. Try to make use of your time in hand.  Present is everything. Don't have to waste that moment thinking about the days already done. Life is like a combo. Mixed with sweet and bitter moments. It is not a bed of roses. We have flowers of happiness with thorns all around. Thorns are the difficult moments we have to face in life. That is so normal, Life is like a mixed plate. We have to pick flowers of happiness from wherever we can. To give color to our moments in hand. Try to distract yourselves. Do not spoil the moments to come. We are here for a given time. Everyone is in a state of wait and see. No one knows about his time to leave. We all are waiting for the call from Almighty. Done is done. The future is ...