Thought Of The Day

It is 10 in the morning. Beautiful sunny day bright morning. The weather is also great.  It is 2 C below zero, feels like 8 below. I can see from my window that the walkway looks clear. I have to make some calls after that I will try my luck to go for my walk. I have to call my sister-in -law back home.  Phone calls to your loved ones help to make your day. My husband passed away decades ago. I am still connected with his family members. My daughters call me every time around noon. They go back from work at that time.   They are five hours ahead of my time in Toronto. I have to go to England early next month. One of my granddaughters is to be married. I am excited for my trip to see three of my daughters, my grand kids, my sister and so many other loved ones. My eldest daughter will also be coming from Edmonton to attend the wedding ceremony. I feel lucky to see all of my family. I am happy, still under pressure. I am having mixed emotions, I think. Travel at the later s...

  It's the end of February and we are still not out of the snow. There is so much around and it keeps on coming every other day.  I miss my outdoor walks. The weather is getting better so let's see what is to come in the days ahead. Snow was a bit early this year in my city of Toronto. We used to be ready but not for this much. The situation now reminds me of the days I was in Ottawa decades ago. We have to take whatever is there anyway. I switched my walks from outdoors to indoors. I go to the Pickering Town Center to top up my steps. Whenever I get a chance I  avail right away. I don't drive so I have to keep track to coordinate with the plans of others in my household. I don’t have any problems doing that. I think when there is a will there is always a way. We have to be firm in our motto. We have to be sure of what we plan. On top we have determination to make it happen. You will never be disappointed to fulfill your chalked out plans. I believe that.

  It's a sunny bright beautiful morning. The weather is getting better.  It looks like summer is just around the corner. The snow is still all around. I see snow banks by roadsides. My walks are still on hold. It is 10.30 in the morning. My daughter, the younger one, called me from Kent. She is back from school. England is five hours ahead of Toronto time. My daughter, the middle one, will be having a long day. She has her teachers meetings on Thursdays. My sleep was not good last night. We start having all sorts of issues at the later stages of our life. We have to accept it. It is 10.45, I am in my room. The blinds of my windows are drawn up. My computer is switched on. I can see the road and the path from one of my windows. The path looks clear from here. Let's take my chances to go for a walk. I am getting ready with red woolen stole, gloves and my grey woolen pants. The weather is still cold 16 C below zero. I picked up my black heavy winter coat from my coat closet. My e...

  Nowadays it has been snowing every other day. It is not giving us any break. Today I took a day off. It will be snowing again tomorrow. We now need a break.  Enough is enough. My outdoor walks are on hold for a while. I now switched to my walks from outdoors to indoors. We always have a plan “ B “ready to switch whenever we have to. It will save your day. We don't have to wait for the right circumstances to execute the plans we already chalked out. Do whatever is available to make your day. Time doesn't wait. It keeps on flying. Moments keep on slipping. We have to be patient. Don't have to get panicky. Be patient and think about the options. There are always other options available. Try to focus on other plans keeping track of your capabilities. Don’t be too ambitious, too pushy with yourself. We are not running any marathon. Not taking part in any competitions. We have to look at our own selves. Not to worry about what others say. We worry most of the time about, “ what...

   It's Sunday 9.15 in the morning. I am done with my breakfast. It started snowing. This year snow started early and is still going on. We have already had enough of it. Trees are loaded with white stuff. We have to clear off snow every morning from our cars and driveways. Snow is along the roadside sort of snow banks.  Snow removal trucks are busy most of the time on roads. I salute all the front line workers for their work and patience. I checked my table calendar. I have to change my bed sheets. I will do laundry now. It is just a small load. I will change the sheets and make my bed later. I will take out the lilac color of sheets from my linen closet.  Change of anything always adds up colors. It helps to elevate our mood. Controls our mood swings. We have to look for any change. Wherever we can, we have to take it. It is 1.30, I am done with my laundry and taking some calls. I don't make calls on weekends. People must be busy enjoying their family time. We have...

  It's a cloudy, hazy morning. The sun is taking a break, maybe not feeling well.  So many people are having colds and coughs. The weather is like a roller coaster nowadays. One day we have plus temperature and the other day below zero. Some days the sun is shining in full bloom. The other day it snowed all day. Today it has been drizzling since morning. We don't know what to choose from our coat closet to go outside. My back garden has been under a thick blanket of snow for a long time. Same is with the flower bed at the back. The blood red David Austin roses and the pink Canadian roses all gone for a long break. The beautiful red, violet golden yellow and white seasonal flowers are no more here. The red Garden chair my son got years ago from the Home Depot store is loaded with a thick white cushion. The glass top of my steel garden table is under a thick slab of ice. The same scenario is in my front garden. My red wooden bench is half under snow. The trees look shaky. Some a...

Beautiful day bright sunny morning. Snow now is not causing any problems. All the snow is piled up by the roadsides.  The walkway is cleared of snow. I can’t see any icy patches here. The weather is also great, it's no more below zero. I am getting ready for my walk after a long time.  I think I might have forgotten how to walk outdoors. Let's see. I am all set to take my chances. The snow is not here now so much water is on the path, making it a bit messy to walk on. I have my joggers on. I think it will be fine. I am enjoying my walk. We have to look at the brighter side. Always take as, “ The glass is half full not as half empty. “. Everything comes in life with some positives and some negatives. It is always like a combo. Nothing is total plus. We have to look at the brighter side. That helps in changing our perspective of things in life. Try to make your days with whatever is available. Things change, so does the weather and so is our health. Nothing is there to persist ...

  Days are passing and so is our life. Every day every moment is precious. Try to make use of that.  Time flies and never comes back. What is gone is gone for good. We have to keep that in mind. We don't have to waste our beautiful days with grudges and jealousies. We come across so many people. The people of various cast creeds and cultures. They might be with a different mind set, with different beliefs. Sometimes we have a chance to be with the same backgrounds and still we are not able to get along. So many things matter. So much is there to affect our personalities.The family, the household we live in. The relationships, the health. Not only our own health, the medical conditions of the people around. Everything plays a part in shaping our personality. Everything around us controls our mood swings, our patience level and our nature. We become harsh, easily flared up according to what we are going through. What we are dealing with in our day to day life. It's important to ...

  Another beautiful day. Another beautiful morning. Bright and sunny. It was snowing last night, not much, still enough.  Lots of snow is piled up around the side of shopping malls. Heaps of snow are by the road sides. The walkways are a bit slippery for me to walk on. I have to be patient and take a break. We have to think twice before making plans. Not have to be too ambitious. Health and safety have to be taken as top priority all the time. No compromises on safety. Spring is just a couple of weeks away anyway. It is not a big deal. Not the end of the world. We have so many other options to get busy to enjoy our time. We can do some physical activities at home too. Water plants, busy in the kitchen, walking around in our house  / apartment. Any chances to go to shopping malls will be a bonus like cherry on top. I feel lucky whenever my son or any one of my three grandsons will take some time off to give me a ride to get out. We have to keep track of the time table of t...

  It is Tuesday February the 10th. The weather is getting better. It snows once a while. Not any snow storms.  Just flurries and light snow. That adds up to the top of the snow already piled up on the sides of roads. Paths are a bit slippery, not safe to walk for the people of my age. We have to be extra cautious while getting out in this weather. City workers do their job as much as they can. Roads are clear. They clear the walkways too.  It is still slushy and with icy patches here and there. I don’t feel safe to walk. Not their fault. It is the weather. It's nearly the middle of February. The winter season is about to be over. A couple of weeks to go. Spring is just around the corner. We are in much better shape here in Toronto. My daughter, the eldest one, called from Edmonton. They have heaps of snow all around. The winter always used to be too long and drastic over there. The weather is getting better in Edmonton. They have 2 C now. Not good for them. It resulted in...

  This February looks tough, not like the years ago. Our winter days in Canada start by the end of September.  It starts becoming harder as the time goes by. December sometimes we get snow by the end of the month and have white Christmas.  Sometimes we get snow in January. In January there is snow most of the time. February is tough in the entire winter season. This year winter is really hard. We started having snow storms for the last couple of weeks. January was not the same as the past years. We are still not out of that. Today is 7th of February and we are having 20 C below zero feels like 35 C below. My walks outside are on hold. I now have to switch my walks. Now I have to go to Pickering Town Center. To top up my steps. Tim Hortons used to be a second home for me. I used to spend my time enjoying myself on the days I was off from my work. On those days I didn't have to go to play Darts in the library. The library I use is like my work place. Nothing wrong with maki...

    It's a beautiful bright sunny morning. The sun is shining up and above in full bloom to make our days brighter.  So nice of him. It is 12 C below zero today. Much better than the last couple of weeks. Snow is on the way tomorrow. Let's see how the weather will be after that. For now I am enjoying my time. My walks are still on hold. I think it will take a while to start with.  The walkways are not totally safe for me. I am not going to take any chances. Health and safety has always been taken into account for making any plans. We don't have to be too ambitious. Too excited to cross limits. Don't have to go beyond what we are not able to handle safely. I just have to relax. We have to get busy with the things easily tackled. Nowadays Pickering Town Center is sort of my second home. Tim Hortons is under renovation. We have to switch to make our day with whatever available. We have to go with the flow. Nothing has to be taken as the end of the world. Time keeps on f...

   Things are getting better day by day. Snow storms have taken a break. My walks are on hold for now.  Snow is all around. Walkways are not safe for me to walk on. Icy patches are on the path. We have to be extra careful while getting out. Not have to be too ambitious while making plans.  We have to take safety as our top priority. Health and safety is a priority at any age. It becomes more important at the later stages of life. Any mishaps will be disastrous. We will be done for the rest of our life. Not easy to be back on track. I still take my chances to get out. I coordinate with the time of my son and grandsons. I go with them when they go to the gym. Kids nowadays take their workouts religiously. Going to the gym is their daily routine. They don't want to miss that. That works for me. It is 1.35, I am sitting in the food court of Pickering Town Centre. I usually used to go for my walks around 11.30 after. Not any more. My time fluctuates. It all depends on the...

    Change is beauty. Change of scenery. Day ends giving its way to noon, dusk and finally to night. The night gives way to mornings. It is the beautiful cycle of change. Change is the beauty of life for sure. Our childhood changes into teens. We grow up to find change in our friends and our companions. We start our family. Our new life needs to change our place to shift into a new one. We are out of the house, where we spent time with our loved ones. Our parents and our siblings. We have to move out. We need space for our family. We have to change the house. We are done with our school days and have to start our career to step into practical life. The school building has been changed into a workplace. We see our school buddies once a while. No time now. We are busy with work. Colleagues at work are now our buddies. We hang along with them. So much has been changed in our habits in our thinking in what we talk and how we talk. We don't enjoy our time with most of our old buddi...

    Things are getting better in my city Toronto. It's not snowing anymore. Bright and beautiful, cold morning with 26 C below zero.  Everything is back on track. People are at work, some are working online at home. Roads and walkways are all cleared off. Traffic is as usual. I am off today, no Darts on Thursdays. I am busy sorting my closet things. My clothes are all messed up. I have to organize that. It was on hold for so long. Not anymore. Enough is enough. I will do that today. It is 11.30, all my clothes are on my bed, out of my closet. My suitcase is also out of the cupboard. I have to sort and pack what I am not using for a while. Everything is done in about half an hour. I took a couple of my dresses to drop off at Value Village. We have to give what we are not using to others. It might help them out. It's 12.30, I am in my kitchen. I will make a veggie omelet for my son and for myself too. We don't have to forget to treat our body well. Mind and body are two in ...

  The snow storm is done for a while. Things are back to normal. Roads are busy.  Traffic is as usual that I can see from my window. Yesterday things were really bad. I went to attend the funeral of someone's father in the community. The front right side of our car was stuck in a ditch. I was sitting in front on that side. I had to get out from the driver's side of the door. I made it. By the Grace of God. Someone from the community dropped us home. We had to call Canadian Tire for tow truck service. It was too busy due to the weather so many calls to attend for them. It took all day to get the car back on our driveway. Thank God no damage was done. We were in one piece and so was our car. Done is done anyway. It is 10.30 in the morning. Everyone left for work. I am sitting on an empty nest. Just my eldest grandson is working from home. He is busy with his meetings and computer. It's Tuesday so I don't have to go to work. No Darts today. All sorts of grey green and blue...

  Nowadays it's a totally different scenario in my city of Toronto. Snow everywhere, looks like wintry days of Ottawa.  It wasn't used to be in Toronto before. Winter has not been so intense here for decades. It is Monday, the first day of the week. It used to be busy, not today. Schools are closed. People are home working online. Many city facilities are closed. My work place is also closed. No Darts today. I am staying home. I have to look for things to do. Someone's father died last night. His funeral is today at noon. I have to go to be there to share her grief. It is important to be with people in their difficult moments. Sharing matters a lot. To let them know that they are not alone. They have people you can share your moments with, your thoughts. We are here to listen to all that. We have time for you. I washed and changed my bed sheets yesterday. I will make some calls. My Uni friend was in the States for some wedding. She must be back by now. I will call her. We t...

  The winter looks tough this year in Toronto. It doesn't have to be like this before what I remember.  February used to be hard. January used to be not like this year in 2026. It was snowing all day long yesterday. The driving conditions were not good. It took my son to pick me up from my library in about half an hour. My George Ash library is just a five minutes drive from my home in Pickering. Roads were slippery. City workers were waiting for the snow to stop to clear the mess. Today it is a totally different scenario. Roads and walkways all cleared off. Snow banks at the sides are not bothering at all. Traffic is as usual. People are back to their normal routine. It's Thursday, I am not working today. No Darts today. It is 11.45, my son is going to the Gym in 10 minutes. I am getting ready to go with him. It is a cold and windy day with gusts around 50 km and feeling like 19 C below zero. I don't have to walk outside. I am going in the car. I am taking my long medium w...

  It's a windy cold day with 19 C below zero feels 25 C below. Not usual for Toronto.  Gusts are around 60 km. It is not good to go for a walk. The snow is still around. The walkways are usually cleared off. I think there will still be some icy patches on the way because of the weather condition. I will skip my walk today. Whatever is there is there. Have to accept We always have our plan “ B” ready to switch. I just checked my table calendar. I have to do my hair wash. I also have to wash my clothes. Just a small load of laundry. I have to make some calls too. I think I have enough to get busy indoors. I will spend some time in my kitchen making something for my family to put at the dinner time. I am happy. Nothing to worry about. I have enough to make my day. My grandson, the youngest one, just came to my room to let me know that he will go to gym in about half an hour. He told me to drop anywhere on the way. So nice of him. I quickly switched my plans from plan “ B “ to pla...

    One more day, one more morning. I feel lucky to get more chances to do what I want.  To plan about the things I was not able to go forward with. I have time now to go ahead. We have to take one day at a time. Take mornings as the face of our day. Try to welcome it with a smiley face. No matter how hard our nights are. Just forget it. Keep it behind like your past. The past is done. We have to believe. Try to move forward with high spirit. We can't change anything with our past. To think about the days are done is just a waste of time Try to filter your moments. We have to rewind only the moments of happiness. We have to filter out the memories of our struggles. We all have ups and downs all through the journey of life. Life is  a combo with mixed moments. Sometimes we have to pass through the troubled roads on the way. We have to admire how we handled all that. Admire to deal with sweet and the moments hard and bitter. Never feel pity for yourself. Never take you...

  It is a beautiful morning today. The winter storm is done. Lots of snow is still around.  Roads and pathways are cleared.Thanks to the city workers. It is too slushy.Not a good situation to walk for people of my age. I don't have to get carried away. Not going to take any chances. The weather is great. It is 2 C not below zero. It just started drizzling. Not a heavy rain. It is 10.30. My son is planning to go to the gym. I will go with him to the Pickering Town Center.  Town Center is just opposite to the gym. He will drop me there on the way. I will enjoy my time and my coffee at the mall. It is 11.15, I am walking in Town Center to top up my steps.  We don't have much chance to add up our steps in winter time. Winter is tough in Canada. We are not able to go for our walks most of the time. The months of January and February are really tough to manage. We have to take cars to go to malls. To stay indoors and to have some walk over there. We take our chances in bet...

  It's a cloudy morning, hazy sky. The sun has taken a break today I think. It has been snowing since night.  The weather channel predicted that it would snow all day long. I can see a thick slab of ice on the glass top of my steel garden table. The red garden chair my son got from the Canadian Tire store years ago is loaded with ice. Lush green grass in my back garden is covered under a thick white blanket. The situation is the same with my front garden. The red wooden bench is half embedded under snow and loaded with a thick white cushion. The trees around look like skeletons decorated with white powder. The white Cottony like flowers making the trees beautiful. It is an amazing atmosphere to behold. Every season is unique with its own beauty. So is the winter. It is so calm and peaceful all around. The cars on the driveways in my neighborhood are standing waiting for orders to move. I can't see anyone outside. I think people are enjoying their time indoors with their famili...

  Another brand new day, another bundle of twenty four hours.  We humans are so lucky to have so much every morning. Opportunities to do what we want. What we wish to do. We get another chance. Chance to carry on our left out plans. Another chance to work on our dreams to make it happen. Mornings are great. We have to value it with open hearts. Try to welcome every morning with a smiley face. Sometimes our nights are not good. We can’t sleep well. Our body parts are not listening to us to calm down to let us have a good night sleep. At the later stages of our life we start getting so many other things to sort out in our days as well as in our nights. We don't have to overshadow our morning’s beauty with the baggage of our problems. Try to take your day like a clean slate. Start with a positive attitude. Get ready to print something positive. Take mornings like a gift from God Almighty. Don't have to ruin that with our negative thoughts. God won't be happy with that. Take a ...

  It's nearly mid January wintry days and still not much snow around.  I see only silver linings on the walkways and a low white fence of snow by the roadside. It is the beauty of Toronto that snow here doesn't stay long. I remember the winter in Ottawa. I used to live there around thirty years ago. Winter was tough over there. Ice used to float on the surface of water even in the month of May. Snow piled up all around the city and looked like a hillock. We had to deal with the frozen doors of cars and to start also used to be a challenge. Here in Toronto we don't have to deal with such problems. Today the weather is nice. It is still cold and windy. There are no icy patches, that is enough to go for a walk. We have to make use of the available circumstances. Things change, so is life. Our health will not be the same as today. Anything might happen at any age God forbid. We can't predict what will be in the coming days. We have to make our present, our today. Take one d...

  Beautiful day. The weather is great for a couple of days. No icy patches on walkways.  I am no longer scared to go for my walk. It is 9.30, I started my day a bit late today. We humans are not robots. We can not go on strict timetables. So many factors influence our mood. It takes turns in whatever direction it wants to. Our mood reflects on our entire personality. How we start our day. How our nights go all depends on our moods. Everything around us influences our mood. Our mood is the key to how our attitude goes. Our happy moods take us to a positive attitude. Everything looks good. Nothing bothers. When we are not in a good mood things start bothering us. We start getting irritated out of nothing. Our attitude dips all the way from positive to negative. Our perspective changes entirely. The people around, friends and family all. We start looking at them as selfish people. We start losing interest in life. Thinking of ourselves as losers, unlucky. We are used by the peopl...

  Today the weather is great. No snow, no rain. It's a bright beautiful sunny morning.  I am planning to go for my walk after a long time. I was not taking any chances because of icy conditions.  Most of the time the walkways are cleared off still some icy patches are there to deal with while walking through. We have to be careful not to get carried away. We still have so many other things to get busy. To enjoy our time indoors. We have to make adjustments accordingly. Anyway I am all set ready to walk. Ready to enjoy my time outdoors. It is 10.30, I am at Tim Hortons. This is sort of my second home. The library I take as my work place. I take playing Darts as my working part time. I think there's nothing wrong with making things up to boost yourself. To elevate your mood. At the later stage of life after our retirement we need to work on to maintain the health of our mind and body. To feel good, to elevate our mood and attitude has to be a priority all the time. It is mo...