Thought Of The Day

    It's a new world. So different. So much has changed after COVID. So much has changed in decades.  Letters and postcards are the stories of the past. So are the telegrams. It is an era of Whats App. We don't need telegrams and long distance phone calls to break any news. Whats App is at your service running twenty four hours a day. We have to switch our phones off to get a break and to have some sleep. I put my phone on sleep mode at night. I check my phone first thing in the morning. We all are addicted to our phones. Why to blame our kids and teens. I got the news that my aunt passed away back home. I haven't seen her in decades.  She had severe dementia. She was close to me and my family. I have beautiful memories of the moments we spent together. Our brain acts like a power plant. It keeps itself connected to our mind and body. It starts rolling the clips from our cycle of life at the time we need any. He is always so sure that you like to share all that at th...

  It's a rainy day, hazy morning. The sun is taking a break, I think, everyone needs a break.  Nothing wrong with that. Not his fault. The sky is all overcast, covered under a grayish sheet. It was raining early in the morning. The rain droplets look like pearls in my garden on the grass. The colors of all the seasonal flowers look a bit brighter. The trees around look happy. I believe that rain makes a big difference in everyone's life. Water plays a key role in our life. It cools us down. It helps to change our mood, tilting towards a positive side. It helps us to be patient. We like to take a break to relax before reacting. I think we have to take a glass of water to cool us down at the time we feel pressure. That manages our blood pressure also helps not to react right away. We come across various cross sections of people on the way of our life. The people with nature are not coordinating with us. Sometimes it is not easy to get along. We feel pressure to deal with the sit...

  It's early morning. The sun is in full bloom, bright, shining from up and above to make our day brighter.  My friend the White Butterfly is whispering to the pink Canadian roses. The Butterfly is sharing something secretly. I think they are close friends.  The roses are smiling, shaking their bodies. They are enjoying her company. Friends are friends. It was raining yesterday. I didn't have to water my garden. The grass is green.The trees look happy. The flowers are giving smiles. My deck is all clean. All of my four red knitted steel garden chairs are shining under the sunlight. The glass top of my steel garden table is clean too. I am done with my breakfast. It is 9.15, I am getting ready for my walk. Today I woke up quite early at 5.30 in the morning. Every day your body behaves differently. It gives you surprises to deal with. I gave my body time to revive. That worked. I was out of my bed at 8.15. Enough time for my body to get ready to cooperate with my plans. We ...

    It's a rainy day, humid morning. Some days you plan something and you have to switch for something different.  So many factors come up to manage things you planned. We have to switch. Change our plans to do something else to make our day. We have to change ourselves at different stages of life. Sometimes we change consciously. We have to change to coordinate with the situation and the people around in the household, at school and workplace. Most of the time the change comes automatically. We grow up from a child to a kid after that to teens and systematically reach to the later stages of life. The weather keeps on changing. The winter to summer to spring to fall. The cycle is so systematic just like our cycle of life. The same is with our days. The mornings change to noon to evenings and finally to nights. I salute the Creator. Everything is on auto. The system keeps on running according to what He planned. He brings some changes sometimes. I think it is to give us a ...

  Mornings are the face of our day. We have to welcome our mornings. We have to feel lucky to get another day and one more morning. Welcome that with smiley face. God is kind enough to allocate us another bundle of twenty four hours. We can do with what we like to. How to spend that. This is our bank account. It has to be used by the end of the day. This is sort of our daily time allowance. Next day our time sheet has to be all clean. God will open our new account for another day. We are free to chalk out our plans for the day. Find your hobbies. Go for a walk. Do gardening. Watch your favorite shows. Day dreaming, bird watching. Enjoy reading books / magazines. Have tea  / coffee sitting at your favorite spot in  the house  / apartment / coffee house. Your choice. This is your own account. You are not answerable to anyone. You have liberty how to spend and where to spend. I usually try to mix things up. Divide my time into slots every day. Something to get physical....

It's a very hot day with heat warnings on the weather channel. It looks a bit quiet in my neighborhood.  Very few birds, just a couple, sitting under the Maple tree. The Black Squirrel is also missing. I can't see him. He may be early for his exercises. He takes the wooden fence in my backyard like his gym. The trees around are quiet too, trying to cope with the weather. It is Tuesday, I don't go to work on Tuesdays. I have to chalk out my time table to do other things for the days I am not working. I  have to do my laundry. Change my bed sheets and towels. I have to make some calls. I can do that later. It is 10.15, early morning. I have to get ready for my walk. I can manage now, later on it will be hot. We have to take our health, our caliber to manage and safety while starting anything. It has to be a top priority especially at the later stages of our life. The weather is important to check before heading out. Too hot and too cold won't be easy to manage. We know h...

  It was raining yesterday. Flowers are in full bloom, giving a smile.  The trees also look happy, shaking their heads. The grass in my garden is lush green. My deck is washed. Looks neat and clean. It is the weekend, I am at Frenchman Bay by the lakeside. The water is sparkling under sunshine. Swans on the lake giving a beautiful view. A couple of dragon boats are on the surface too. People are busy with fishing. Some are walking with their dogs. Some are with kids. I am on the Deck side now. It gives you an amazing experience. I feel that I am on a ship and the ship is sailing. I come here sometime to have a feel of that. It reminds me of my trip to Hamburg in Germany. It was decades ago. I was visiting my daughters in England. One of my daughters was going to Hamburg for two nights. Short trip with her husband's parents and brother's families. She arranged for me too. I was part of the group. We enjoyed that. Trips you enjoy with the right company. Company matters a lot to ...

Bright day, sunny morning. So beautiful. I am walking by the Whites Road.  Nice breezy weather. It is 24 C, not too hot. It's 9.30, early morning. I started my day a bit early today. We are humans not robots. We take every day differently with a different attitude.  So many things matter. That all affects our mood to make or to ruin our days. That affects how we sleep at night. Sleep at night depends on how we have taken our day before. The day we spent with the people. The company we were with. Everything related, interconnected in making our day. The days we spend mainly are the deciding factor on how we take our nights. There are also so many other things which act like spoilers. To ruin our days and our nights. I think attitude is the key. That matters the most. Attitude changes the perspective to see through. Take things at life differently. Life is the same for everyone. It is the same, just like a combo. A mixed plate with sweet and bitter moments coming all the way wh...

  Some mornings come with surprises. We never know which of our body parts will not be in good shape.  Not going to cooperate with our day plans. There is always a give and take to maintain all relationships. The same is with our body. We have to listen to our body. Give time to take a break to revive itself. I take some time to get out of my bed. I try to give some time to my body to get ready.  It works for me. It gives my body time to listen to me. It helps her to be on the same wavelength to cooperate with my schedules to make my day. We have to push our body to be active not to become a couch potato. Don't try to push hard. Don't try to implement your plans and ideas to anyone with force. Don't have to dictate. No one likes dictation. We have to talk to resolve matters. We have to keep in mind that our talks do not have to be one- sided. We have to take time to listen to the other person. We don't just have to hear. Listening is not hearing. Listening needs patienc...

Another hot morning, another hot day. The summer is here in full bloom.  We know it will be short just for a couple of more weeks to go. We take it. We know that the summer is going to be tough. Every season here in Canada is intense and in full bloom. The same is winter. We face 30 C below zero in our couple of freezing days. It is 11.30, not so bad 24C feels like 30. My Uni friend just called. She lives in Markham 20 minutes away from my place in Pickering. I don't drive and neither does she. We used to make calls to keep our connections alive. Friends of about your age are like novelty, like gems. We can relate what we share. We can talk about the shows we like to watch. It looks like we are at the same wave length. We can talk about the time of our era. The era we used to live decades ago. It looks good that the person can relate to all that. What we are talking about, the person at the other end understands. It gives a unique satisfaction, inner peace. It is a sort of meditat...

  The weather is slightly better, still hot and humid. It's 8.30 in the morning and 24 C feels like 30 C.  I will quickly make my breakfast and after that get ready to go for my walk. It is 9.30, I am walking by the Whites Road. It is not busy. Not much traffic here. I think it is Sunday people will be enjoying their time at home. People like to start their day not so early on weekends. Some of them, especially teenagers, might still be in bed. They enjoy their weekends staying late at night. They take their lives differently making full use of their time in hand. I take them like my role models. Smiley faces, bright eyes. It looks like life is all good for them. They don't take the ups and downs of the days ahead seriously. I think they trust their confidence to handle whatever will be coming on the way. I salute their confidence and attitude towards life. I am enjoying my walk. It is hot and humid, but I am ok with that. I already selected my tops out of my wardrobe for the ...

  It has been raining since late last night. My deck is all clean and washed. Rain drops are glistening on grass.  Trees look happy after having a morning shower. The pink Canadian roses are smiling. We are happy having a break after a hot weather with 41 C for a couple of days. It is early morning 8.30, and the rain is intense. I check the speed of the rain fall on the glass top of my steel garden table. It helps me to chalk out my outdoor plans on rainy days. I am having my breakfast. One teaspoon of honey with a pinch of salt in warm water. Oatmeal porridge in hot milk after that. I skip my morning tea / coffee at home. I have it with my senior club friends at the library on my work days. On the other days I walk to the Coffee House to enjoy my coffee over there. We have to plan our days to enjoy in whatever way we can. It is god to give color to our life. Our attitude is key. It changes the perspective of life and how we take it. Life is the same with bitter, sour and swee...

Summery days, hot mornings. Flowers blooming, grass lush green.  Birds around. Squirrels are busy playing hide and seek in gardens. People planning for parties outdoors. It is time to hit roads, waters and trails. We People have just a couple of weeks to enjoy our summer in Canada. We try every chance to make use of it. We were waiting for a long time to enjoy these days. We know that we have to bundle up after a while in our intense winter days. We are enjoying our time for now. We will handle whatever will be there in the coming days. We humans are able to make adjustments accordingly. It is 8.30 in the morning. I am out of my bed. I used to switch on my computer the first thing in the morning. I check the weather to coordinate with my day plans. It is 37C for now. It will be 43 C later on. I think it is better to go out for my walk now. I will have a quick breakfast and will be ready. It is 9.15, I am leaving for the Coffee House. It is hot and humid. There's nothing a total pl...

  It is a hot morning with 41 C, it will be 43 degrees later on. Every season is intense here in Canada.  All four seasons come in full bloom with full intensity. We can have a feel of every season and enjoy the flavors of each. It was just a couple of weeks ago I had to use a jacket and gloves for my walk. It is totally a different scenario now. Tough to select what to wear in this temperature. One of my grade five school friends just called. She used to live in London downtown, Regent street. I have great memories of staying at her place for a couple of nights. We used to go for our day out plans.   Museums, gardens, restaurants, Que Gardens, together we visited in our good old days. Things change. She moved to her daughter in the Netherlands, visiting her brother here in Canada. She is leaving tomorrow, so she called me. I don't know if it is a good bye or if we meet again somewhere, some other time. We never know. It is a small world, a global village. Let's see. Her ...

  Beautiful morning, great weather. It is 11.30, 20 C, perfect to go for a walk. Not too cold, not too hot.  Flowers of all colors are in full bloom. The grass is lush green. There is so much green all around. It's time to cherish your moments.Time to enjoy the outdoors. Summer season is not long here in Canada. We value each and every moment we can avail in these couple of months, June is nearly done, we have only July, and from mid August things will start changing. It reminds me of England. My daughters from there are talking about the weather over there. It is too hot. It's not easy to be without fans. We feel lucky to enjoy this cozy weather in the month of June. My garden is back to life. The pink Canadian roses plant is loaded with flowers all around. The seasonal flowers of all colors, golden yellow, purple, white and blood red are adding colors to my garden. Looks like the flowers are smiling, enjoying too. Squirrels are playing around the trees. The two tall trees in...

   It is a beautiful morning after a couple of hot days. It is cloudy, still not gloomy. Hazy with overcast not dark at all.  We don't have to turn on the lights. We are enjoying the drizzle, the view. Scenic to behold. The red, gold, purple, white flowers all look happy taking their morning shower. The pink Canadian roses are enjoying the most. They are dancing, shaking their bodies with a big smile. It is Sunday, 11.30 am. I already planned my day. I will walk to the coffee house with my tablet to write my blogs. I will take calls too over there. I usually stay there for a couple of hours. It is good to be with your own company for a while. It works like a meditation. We need some time alone for our own selves. No interruption. No outsider has to be there. Sometimes we need to talk alone with ourselves. Listen to our inner thoughts. It helps to get peace inside deep down. We don't have time for that so often. There has to be a time slot planned in our day schedule. Not ...

  Spring is the time of revival.Time for things coming back to life. The trees around are no more like skeletons anymore.  They are loaded with greens. The gardens are also lush green. No more brown patches in between. Squirrels are playing hide and seek in gardens. Running up and down on trees to enjoy their time. Birds are! on tree tops calling each other I think to join the party out. The small brown rabbit just came enjoying his feast in my back garden. He loves grass. Sometimes he enjoys some of my flowers too. It is a hot day, 11.15 in the morning 29C. I am getting ready for my walk. The summer time is different. Easy to dress up. No more getting ready with layers, heavy coats, gloves and woolen stole. I have a couple of light tops to wear on summer days. It is just a few more weeks. Things will start changing from mid August. In September we will need jackets to go outside. We are enjoying our time for now. Not thinking about the days ahead. We learned to adjust our Can...

   It's a hot humid morning, predicting 37 C later on. It is 11.30, started drizzling. I am in my backyard.  The flowers, red, purple, gold and white are giving my back garden a beautiful look. Scenic and eye-catching view. My son used to be busy with his wife in the evenings working in the garden. People know that they have just a couple of weeks to enjoy the outdoors. We don't have much time to do things in our garden in Canada. We have all four seasons in Canada, but our winter is a bit longer here. We try to enjoy making adjustments. Spring time will be gone and there will be Fall after. We wait for that too to enjoy the colors. The trees look great with all shades of green, yellow. bright red, orange and copper. It used to be an amazing atmosphere. We are enjoying our spring time for now. I am going for my walk to the Coffee House. The front gardens on the way looked beautiful. The plants around are loaded with all green. Yesterday was a big day for me. My childhood ...

  It's a beautiful morning. Some mornings come with surprises. Like  Christmas. You never know which part of your body is going to give you a hard time. Not going to listen to you to cooperate. To get along with your plans for the day ahead. The same is with some of the nights. Our body is not like a robot. We go through hard times with our nights too sometimes. The nights we are not sleeping well. We will not be able to get up with the same energy to focus on to enjoy our mornings. Mornings are the face of our day. Spoiling our morning means that we are done with our day. Nights are the key to control our days. We have to take measures to manage our sleep time. At the later stages of our life they start giving us problems. So many issues start coming up as our body starts getting weaker. It becomes hard to handle things. We have to manage anyway to streamline our life. To keep our pressure down helps a lot to manage things in life. To manage our mental pressure, we have to di...

It's a beautiful day, breezy morning. Perfect weather to go for a walk. The trees are loaded with green.  The gardens are back to life with beautiful flowers of all colors. The grass is lush green with no brown patches in between. The blood red David Austin is still on break. I can't see any flowers. The same is with the pink Canadian roses. Everyone is different. The same is with plants. They behave and react to the atmosphere taking their own time. The small brown rabbit is sitting quietly at the right by the flower bed. A couple of brown birds with yellow patches on their belly are enjoying their morning walk under the Maple tree. The white Butterfly is whispering to the purple flowers. My son planted a white planter on the weekend with his wife. This is all so peaceful and scenic to behold. To cherish and enjoy a sort of meditation. I am outside in my back garden, sitting on one of the red knitted steel garden chairs. My son got four of these from the Canadian Tire store y...

  I am sitting inside the Second Cup Cafe. It's a bit of a festive atmosphere. Not happens here all the time.  It is not like Tim Hortons where you see people coming and going all the time. The Second Cup is a bit quiet with a different sort of clientele. I used to come here anytime after 11.30.  I keep my mornings for my chores. Some kitchen work, making some calls and to plan out my day plans. The weather has now changed. It is 20 C, breezy. The flower bed in my back garden is back to life. Pink, gold, white and blood red flowers adding up the beauty of the scenic atmosphere. It is the time of the year when you feel cold under shades. Feel hot under the sun. We have to pick and choose what to wear while getting out. Our coats and jackets are back in the closet for sometime. We know that things will start getting changed after mid August. We are feeling relaxed enjoying our time for now. We will handle it when the time comes. We don't have to spoil our days by thinking a...

    It's a beautiful morning. Bright and sunny. My neighborhood looks a bit quiet. The same is at my place.  I think people like to start their mornings late on weekends. No work, no school to be there on time. Weekends people take to get relaxed. To calm down and enjoy for a while their time at home. People like to be with their family for some time. Things start getting changed as the family grows. Kids grow up finding their own activities to get busy with friends. They are still there at home for some time. Parents don't want to miss that opportunity. To have a feel of family time, parents make a point to stay home until kids leave for their plans. I think at every stage of life things start changing. We have to adjust ourselves accordingly. Kids grow up and leave to start families of their own. Our house is no longer the same. It looks like an empty nest. No more hissing buzzing. It is so quiet. We have to make plans to enjoy our days. We are no longer busy with work ...

  It's a perfect day today. Just have to wear a light jacket. Not too hot. Not too cold. It is 13 C, 10 in the morning.  I did not sleep well last night. Woke up at 3.30 am. I was trying to go back to sleep. Nothing was working out. I think we start feeling too much pressure at the time everyone is sleeping and we wide awake at nearly middle of the night. The first thing we have to calm down.Things will not be under our control until we are not relaxed. It works all the time. No use of tossing down in your bed. I used to switch my computer on to distract myself at that time. Get busy with Scrabble, cards and word search. It takes some time. Works out after a while. I am off today, so I don't have to go to my library for my part time job. I was not in a hurry to be out of my bed in the morning. I count playing Darts as my part time job. Nothing wrong with tricking yourself to feel good. We have a structured lifestyle throughout our life. Our days are filled with the time tables...

  It is a hot morning, 24 C feeling like 28. I don't have to go to my library to play Darts today.  I am off on Tuesdays. I have to do my laundry with just a small load. I have to make some quick calls and I will be set to leave for my walk. Summer is already here.  We waited so long for these days. No jackets, no winter coats, gloves, stoles, nothing. We are free to move around with our light clothes. Summer in Canada is not for long. We know that by mid August things will start changing. May is nearly done. We get excited to enjoy it fully. We are not house bound in our winter days too. We try to get out. Go for walks. Walks in summer are not the same. We are not loaded with so many layers of clothing. Our winter is scenic with snow around. It is so peaceful, calm and quiet. A totally different scenario in winter time. To enjoy all that we have to push ourselves in 20 to 25 C below zero. To get dressed in layers. Loaded with heavy winter coats and other accessories to t...

  It's a cloudy, hazy morning. It was raining all day yesterday. It also started drizzling now.  I am at the lakeside with my hooded long coat. My sleeveless fawn color sweater is underneath my coat. I have my red umbrella with me just in case. We have to be ready to handle things. Not to ruin the feel of the enjoyment around. Keep things you might be needing to be on the safeside. It is better to be extra careful rather than get stuck. Anyway I didn't have to open up my umbrella. Thanks to my hooded coat. That worked out to handle the drizzling. I was a bit careful with my glasses. Foggy glasses make my walk a bit tricky. Anyway we have to tackle things with whatever is around to make our day. It is 12.15, I am at Second Cup coffee house enjoying my coffee. Time alone is a sort of blessing. We need time to talk with ourselves. No distraction. We don't need any company at that time. This is the time for our own selves. We have to talk and listen to ourselves. Not to anyone ...

  Some days are beyond our control. We can not go with our chalked out plans.  We have no options, just take our plan “ B “ out to make our day. Never let your days be ruined under any circumstances. Things keep on changing.The weather is not in our control. The same is with our health. Sometimes things come up and we are not able to manage our plans. We can switch. What to do has to be enjoyable, not like homework. What we don't enjoy won't help in making our day. The first thing is to be relaxed.That is the key before taking any start. We don't have to take life as any project. Not has to be taken like an assignment.Take it easy one day at a time. Try to fill up pages of the story book of your life. Not with misery. We have to compile our story book with beautiful moments. Life is the same. Just be relaxed. Patience is a virtue. It helps to change the entire perspective of life. Life is like a roller coaster. Things go on changing throughout our journey of life. We have t...

  The day before it was hot 28 C feeling like 34. Today it is totally a different scenario.  It is a bit cooler with 10 C. The weather is like a roller coaster. It is so confusing one day up the other day down. We keep our fingers crossed to decide what to take out to wear from our coat closet. We have to step out of the door to make sure how it will feel to go for a walk. We have all sorts of coats and jackets lined inside the closet. We are all set to tackle our Canadian winter throughout the year long. I usually go for my walk around after 11.30. It takes about 25 minutes to be there at the Second Cup coffee house. I was with my light jacket. I was back just after a couple of minutes of my walk to change my jacket with a heavier one. We have to be very particular with what to wear before heading out for any journey. It is a long journey, a short trip or just a walk. Doesn't matter, it has to be enjoyable. Our dress up has to be comfortable. It is a must. Not only for our ou...

  It's a hot humid morning. The weather channel predicted 28 C feeling like 35.  Rain or shine I go for my walk on the days I don't have to go to my library. I think we have to accept whatever is there and never have to stop ourselves from doing things to make our days. The days are not the same. The weather keeps on changing. We can not control the things around us. We just don't have to lose control of ourselves. Our mind and body is sort of our own jurisdiction. We have to keep total control on that. Keep in mind that our body also keeps on changing. What we are today. Things won't be the same with our body in later days. Our mind goes with our body. It won't be the same either. With time we start getting older day by day. With age our body starts losing its strength. Our nerves are also not so strong as in the earlier days of our life. It all affects our mental well-being too. We start hesitating to go for any bold steps with demanding physical activities. Our d...

  Some days surprise you. It is the same for me today. First thing in the morning I used to switch on my computer to check the weather.  I believe that the weather plays an integral part in planning our day. The days I don't go to play Darts to show up for my part time job in the library, I go for my walk to make my day. It was not a good sleep for me last night, but I managed to wake up early. We have to keep pushing ourselves to do things. We have to get busy with some physical activity as long as we can manage keeping track of our health and safety.   Sitting idle, staying home to feel cozy and relaxed is good. Not all the time to hook up with screens. We will be a couch potato, lethargic. We don't use the things, it gets rustic. Same is with our body parts. We have to make use of all of our body parts to keep it workable. What we don't use we lose. We have to value our mind and body. Feel fortunate and keep track of its well being throughout your life. Anyway, I check...

  It's a cloudy, hazy morning. The sun is not fully awake to brighten our day. I am also a bit late to start my day.  I missed my friend the Black Squirrel. He comes early in the morning for his exercises. A couple of light brown birds with yellow beaks are walking in my back garden. The grass is green.  The red, violet, and gold flowers my son and his wife planted a couple of days ago are giving color to my garden. I can't see the brown rabbit، maybe he is still in bed, starting his day late like me. Some days are not so good or maybe we are not in a good shape to handle things. I believe life is the same for everyone. It is the same at all the stages of our life. It is like a combo with mixed moments. Some sweet, some sour and some are bitter. We have energy to handle, to deal with the things at the earlier stages of our life. Our body is not so strong, our nerves also not the same at the later stages of life. We don't feel strong enough to deal with the same as we get ...

  Things have changed. Days are longer, brighter with sunshine. Winter time is gone till next year. No more rains.  April showers May flowers. This is the month of flowers. Flowers of all colors. I see life in my flower bed at the back of my garden. It is no more deserted. The birds, my friend the Black Squirrel and the small brown rabbit all came back to enjoy their time in my garden. I have company in my backyard. My son and his wife are busy organizing things in the garden. They got beautiful blood red, lilac, white and bright yellow seasonal flowers from the nursery. They are planting the flowers in the two white and one brown brick color planters. We will put these planters by the side of the deck in our backyard. We know that spring will be short. We have just a couple of months to enjoy our backyard and gardens. Things will start changing in mid of August. September will be done to enjoy the outdoors. I think it is the beauty of Canada that we have all four seasons. We ...

  Some days just look great. No rain, no snow. The sun is in full bloom. What else do we need to make our day? Everything looks perfect. Beautiful flowers on the Magnolia tree are about to bloom. It is already loaded with buds around. It's just a matter of time things will change too soon. I think it is time. The trees already started their journey back to life. I also see life in the flower bed at the back of my garden. A couple of birds are enjoying their morning walk on the lush green grass in my backyard. My friend the Black Squirrel is busy with his exercises on the wooden fence of my garden. A small brown rabbit is sitting quietly at the left corner by the side of the flower bed. Such a peaceful atmosphere, calm, quiet, still full of life. We can have a feel that everything is at its right place. At this time of life things in the world and all around looked so messed up. Things don't look good in the world. Peace is rare nowadays. These are the kind of moments to cherish...