Thought Of The Day

It's a hot humid day. August has already started and it's still hot. I think there is one week to go.  We will have a different scenario after that. Mid August will not be the same. Anyway we have to adjust accordingly. We can not change anything.  Not the weather, atmosphere and even the people around. The only thing that comes in our jurisdiction is our own self. We can change our dressing accordingly to manage our day schedule. We can change our mood to coordinate with the people to manage relationships. We are the masters of our domain. We don't have to undermine our power. We have total command to change ourselves in the direction we want to. Try to be a positive person. Polite and humble. No one likes arrogant people. It is difficult to be friends with a person with a negative attitude. Things go on changing throughout lives. Moments are not the same all the time. We come across many bitter moments to handle. Accept whatever comes on the way with patience. Patience i...

   It's a cloudy morning. It has been raining all night. I have my dentist appointment today.  Dentist appointments at our age are not welcomed. We don't know how many teeth will be left after we leave the clinic. This is life my dear. Whatever is there we have to accept with patience and grace. We don't have to forget that we enjoyed our life for all those years. It is time now to slow down. To take a break from enjoying some of the things. Not a big deal to manage with whatever is left. We still have enough to enjoy. Life is not the same. It goes on changing. We have to accept the change and manage accordingly. We were running throughout all the stages of our life. We need a break now. It is time to take a pause. To smell the roses. To absorb the beauty around. To smell and have a feel of the fragrance of nature scattered around. We never had time for all that. We were always in a hurry. Very busy with our work and our family matters. We have time now. Time to enjoy eve...

  It is a great morning.Beautiful day sunny and bright. Not gloomy. You feel good on these days.  The sun is there up and above shining in full bloom to make our days brighter. To elevate our mood. We feel energetic, ready to make plans to fill up our day schedules. I put my indoor chores aside. Try to get out to enjoy the outdoors. To be with nature to behold and absorb the beauty of the outside. It is 9.40, I am all set to leave. It is 25 C, feeling like 30. I am out of the house and what surprised me. The small brown rabbit was sitting in my front garden. Sitting so peacefully. So content. I think everyone likes to enjoy this sort of weather. My friend, the brown rabbit, came out of his house to be outdoors, to enjoy. He is also enjoying his morning feast in my front garden. My right foot has not been in good shape for a couple of weeks. I am skipping my walk today. My eldest grandson is going to the gym. He is dropping me at the Coffee House. So nice of him. We have to tak...

  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 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 ...

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...

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...

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...

  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...

  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...