Thought Of The Day

  Days pass quickly, time flies so is life. We rarely try to think about that. Seasons go on changing. Days done to give space to nights. Mornings shift from noon to dusk. We keep traveling on the path our life tracks. Passing through the stages of life.  Keep on changing ourselves from childhood to adults and finally to the last leg of our life. I think we rarely admire ourselves for that, I mean at the last leg of our life. We mostly become sad and gloomy.  Most of us keep thinking about the days done. Take the memories of the past as their golden period. The time that won't be coming back.  I don't believe in wasting time and life for the days already done. Waiting for our calls from Almighty to leave. I think we have to celebrate for the time we traveled through. Passing every stage of life with patience, energy and grace. We have to admire and give credit to ourselves for being here at this stage of life. We have to feel happy and strong. We have to believe in o...

  It's Thursday December the 18th. Beautiful bright sunny morning. The weather is not bad. It is 2 C not below zero.  New Year is just around the corner. Not many, just a couple of days left. The Year 2025 will be a history. People are excited to make big plans to welcome the new year. To celebrate in whatever way they can.  The end of the year comes with a bunch of holidays. Some stay to party at home. Some plan holiday trips. Some are excited to manage their health. Make plans to visit gyms regularly. They chalk out their diets charts. To follow strictly. Most of the plans fizzle out after a couple of weeks.  By the month of February, things start getting cool off. Excitement and focus start losing its intensity. I think everyone gets carried away while making plans. Plans have to be practical not to fill up the books. We have to take our stamina, our strength and our personality into account while making any commitments. We don't have to overdo it. Not taking part...

It's nearly the end of December. It has been snowing for the last couple of days. Today is much calm. It is not snowing anymore. There are lots around. Walking is still challenging. Thanks to the city workers. No snow on the walkways, still slushy patches and sleets are there.  Tough and a bit scary for people of my age. We have to be extra careful to get out in this condition. Everyone left for work at my house. No car available. I had two choices either staying home or taking my chances to get out. I have things to do at home. Staying home all day is still not a good idea.  I opted to take my chances, getting ready for my walk. I have to do my hair color, have to make some calls too. I will do that later after coming back from the Coffee House. I am all set with my long winter coat. My hooded black sweater underneath. I got it from Target at Buffalo on the way back from my trip to Washington. It is warm and comfy. I like it. I will have my red woolen stole too. One of my se...

It's a totally different scenario. The winter season is in full bloom. Snow is around.  Trees are loaded with snow. It is 15 C below zero. Icy patches on walkways.  Walks are now becoming not easy. Especially for people of my age. Twin towers, I mean the two tall trees on my next door neighbor's front garden, are calm. No activity inside. All of the apartments are vacant. Birds are gone to South of the Border. I can't see any squirrels too around nowadays. There is not much activity in my neighborhood. Some are gone to enjoy their holidays. Some stayed to party at home. My garden is quiet. The atmosphere is peaceful, calm and quiet. Winter is to enjoy your own company. Your own time. Time for your own self. Time to talk and to listen to your own thoughts. To get inner peace. It's time to acquire meditation. Every season is unique with its own beauty. We humans taste the vintage of all the seasons. View a variety of scenery throughout the year.  Nature is amazing. Thank...

    Some days we have no options. We just have to switch our plans. The same happened today with me.  Snow is all around. So much there because of yesterday's snow storm. City workers cleared the roads and walkways, still icy patches are in between. Not safe to walk for people of my age. Safety is a priority for everyone. For us, we have to be extra careful. Anyway, things happen. Nothing is the end of the world. We have to adjust with the circumstances. Have to accept whatever Is there. I am enjoying the scenic view for now. Trees look great loaded with cottony flowers. It is nineteen below zero right now. 10.30 in the morning. I am making tea for myself at home. The view from my patio doors is amazing. The sun is shining in full bloom making our day brighter. Red knitted steel garden chairs on my deck are loaded with thick white  cushions. The glass top of the steel garden table is loaded with a thick slab of ice. Everyone in the house left, for in person work. Loo...

  The month of December is passing by. Wintry days are getting tougher.  Snow is all around. Walking is now starting to become more challenging. Every day looks like an adventure especially for the people in the later stages of life.  Still it gives a sort of accomplishment after we complete our work to challenge ourselves. It boosts our will power. We feel strong enough to handle things on the journey of  our life. Will power is the key. It changes our attitude. Our perspective of life. We start taking things positively. We have to design our day schedules after retirement. Try to mix and match to balance. Mix with physical, mental and the activities of enjoyment. Walks we take as our physical. We are aware of our energy level. We know that we can not handle tough gym exercises. Walks, we can adjust according to our day to day body condition. Brisk walking days are done for us. We make adjustments of our steps accordingly. Things start coming up at the later stages ...

  Days are passing and so is life. Every day is different with different scenarios. So are nights.  We humans are not robots. We have emotions. Everything around us, the company, the weather affects our mood and our personality. We have an amazing quality of adjustment with whatever is around. We are usually able to handle going through. To make time. Sometimes it becomes tough. Not easy.  We start feeling low. Our mind is not in a position to give direction to our body to take the right track.The track of positivity. We get out of the right track and start thinking of negatives. Start losing our patience level. Feeling tired and out of focus. The focus of making our day. Our energy level to deal with the things around us is also not the same as at normal time. We have a totally different personality. Keep in mind feeling low and with a gloomy face. Nobody will like our company. We become lonely. We don't even like our own company. Negativity will overcome our relationshi...

    It's Friday, one week nearly done for the month of December. The year 2025 will be done anytime soon.  Just a couple of weeks to go. It will be history like so many others. I read years ago in my high school period of time. Nearly three quarters of a century has passed. I still have at the back of mind that piece of literature. It was narrated about the river. “ Men may come and men may go but I go for ever “ . Yes it is a reality. Men come and go to be a part of history. So is time. Time flies. Nothing stays forever, I think that is the beauty of life. Change gives us surprises. We keep on looking at the change throughout our lives. Change of scenery. Change of place. We keep adding up new relationships in life in our schools and our work place. Our kids come after we start our family life.  We change houses from our parents to get one of our own. To start a family. We humans keep on looking for new ventures. New opportunities to bring change in our life. Change...

    It is December. Snow is all around. What we expect in Canada my dear.  Last night it was snowing on top of the previous one. It will keep on piling. January and February will be tough. We have to go through all that keeping up with our day to day routine matters.  Life doesn't stop. We humans know how to tackle things. We are able to make adjustments. Ready to mingle in all circumstances. My sleep was not good. Every day is unique. Different from the other one. So are nights. We are surprised that we don't know what we are getting. Especially at the later stages of our life. Things start changing. With our limited energies sometimes it is not easy to handle our life matters. Patience is the key. Try to focus on the existing moment. You will be able to handle things. It will be an entirely different perspective of life. Not so hard to tackle. Not so gloomy to be sad. I started my day late. I didn't push my body to get out of the bed until it was ready to move. Tha...

    December has already started. New Year is about to start soon. Time is flying, days are passing. Days are getting shorter day by day. Night looks starting at four in the evening. Snow started last night after taking a two day break. Not much, still more than enough to take an initiative to go for a walk.  I have joggers for my walks. I trust my shoes still need to convince myself to feel comfortable to get out in this weather. I think at our age we have to think twice to gather our energy. To have confidence for things to handle. To go for a walk in this weather needs lots of courage. To take a stand. It needs lots of commitment too.  The body needs help from the mind most of the time. The mind has to push our body to give a go ahead. Takes stand and leads our body to start its journey. I decided to listen to my mind. I got ready for my walk. There were some icy patches to walk through on the walkway. Still I made it. I think when there is a will there is always ...