Thought Of The Day

  It has been raining since last night. Flowers look happy. Trees around are looking great after having their morning shower.  My deck is all clean, washed. The two white planters by the right side of the deck are full with flowers. White, blood red, deep purple and golden flowers all are giving color to my garden. Like cherry on top. Beautiful moments to cherish. It is 10 in the morning. I am done with my breakfast. I am now enjoying my time in my back garden to have a feel of the scented breeze. The air is so fresh, loaded with all sorts of aroma from around. The brown small rabbit is busy having his breakfast at my left side. Two birds are walking around having  chit chat too. Two black Squirrels are playing hide and seek on the Maple tree. I feel lucky to be a part of all this to behold and to cherish these beautiful moments. Mornings are the face of our days. We have to celebrate with anything to make our day. Life is short. Time flies. Moments keep on slipping from ...

  The weather is great, breezy. Beautiful morning with 23 C. It is Thursday. I am not at work, at Coffee House now enjoying my time. My walk from my place to here was great. We have a couple of weeks to enjoy our outdoors. There will be a different scenario from September. We Canadians know that our coming days will be tough, a bit harder to get out. We try to manage a couple of our weeks with even 25 C below zero. We learned to handle our Canadian winter. We have a line up of coats in our coat closet to coordinate with the weather outside.. We check the weather channel before starting our day to pick what to wear to bundle up. We manage with gloves and scarfs and the coat we pick accordingly with the cold outside. We humans are amazing creatures. We have the power to adopt whatever is there to make our days. We try to adjust with the people and the ups and downs of the weather all around. Anyway I enjoyed my walk and now enjoying my coffee sitting at my favorite spot in the Coffee...

  It's 10.30 in the morning. I am walking by the Whites Road. The aroma of the freshly cut grass is scattered all around.  Beautiful golden yellow, violet, deep blue and white wild flowers are smiling. I think they are inviting us to join their company. I start thinking about the call of one of my community friends. We call sometimes to connect. To share our talks. She was feeling depressed. Her daughter was with her from Calgary for about a week. She left, back to her family. My friend was missing her company. She was feeling down and lonely. I started thinking how come anyone can be depressed. Feeling down and lonely. There is enough all around to make your day. We can be alone for a while. Never can be depressed with all this. To be alone for some time is a blessing in my dictionary. We need some time alone to get inner peace and harmony. I call it our quality time to value and cherish. Sometimes we are at a big party and still not enjoying our time. It depends on the compa...

  It is 10.15 in the morning, I am at the canopy area of the lakeside. The weather is great. Don't need any jacket neither heavy nor even a light one. I am enjoying my walk by the water. The water is sparkling white. The waves are playing a musical symphony. Soft and melodious. It is like meditation, therapy, so peaceful. The sky above is not peaceful. So many shades of grey are scattered on the canvas above. I think we are about to get rain anytime soon. The lakeside is not so crowded. Just a couple of people are walking with their dogs. A small group is busy running on the walkway now turning towards the trail. I was walking by the water front now standing on a beautiful spot under the greens.Very peaceful atmosphere with just the music of waves. Moments to behold also to cherish. My daughter from Grimsby, England left in the morning for her trip to  Minneapolis, America to her sister in-law. She is already on her way in the plane. I am enjoying my time. I will go from the l...

  Great morning. Beautiful day. Clear sky. Blue and clean. The weather is great to enjoy your outdoors.  I am at Second Cup coffee house enjoying my coffee and my time. It is Wednesday, a working day for me too. I didn't go to the library to play Darts. I skipped. Day off.  I enjoyed my morning with my daughter. She is here for a couple of days from Grimsby, England. I didn't want to miss these moments to cherish. Family is family I believe. No matter what. Family always has to be taken as a priority. She now is enjoying the company of one of her Uni friends.   Her friend insisted that I join their company. I have known her well for a long time. I skipped. We have to avoid any situation to be an extra piece at any time, anywhere. They are friends. I won't fit there. We have to keep in mind not to take advantage of anyone's politeness. Sometimes people are too courteous, insisting us to come along to join to be a part of their group. We have to realize and decide on o...

  It's 11.30 in the morning. I am sitting in the coffee house enjoying my coffee and my time.  The weather is breezy and not too hot. I enjoyed walking here. The coffee house from my place is about a 20 minute walk. It is not a long walk. My right foot is still not in good shape. I am not out of Blisters. My doctor advised me to take it easy for a while to avoid walks. I think staying home is not a good idea. To spend all day in front of the computer and busy with my phone. I don't like to go with that. This leads us to feeling low. Lethargic, dull. Ultimately we will ruin our day. There nothing is a total plus. We get some negatives attached with our positives. It is like a combo. We have to pick what we want. I go with Blisters. I think it is a better deal. Anyway we have to take whatever comes on the road in the road trip of our life. Life is not a bed of roses. We have to be realistic. Face reality, manage and move on. Everyone has his own personality. Choose what goes wit...

  Beautiful morning. Great scenic atmosphere. Pink Canadian roses are smiling. The grass is lush green.  A couple of birds are having a party in my backyard. Two squirrels are playing hide and seek under the Maple tree. The small brown rabbit is sitting quietly on the left side. I think he is enjoying his own company and is here to behold the scenery too. It is early morning 8.30, I am sitting on one of the red knitted steel garden chairs. I am having my breakfast on the deck, like to be a part of all these beautiful moments to cherish. The sky is like a clean slate. An untouched canvas with a couple of grayish abstract sketches. The entire atmosphere is so peaceful, we can sit quietly here to meditate. The atmosphere is loaded with the fragrance of flowers. My flower bed at the back is looking beautiful with golden yellow, blood red, white and purple seasonal flowers. The red garden chair my son got from the Canadian Tire store years ago is at the corner to lie down to relax....

  Every morning is different and unique, so is every day. The weather is a bit different, not the same.  The atmosphere around with a different scenario. We are not the same. We take mornings and days with different attitudes.  It all depends how we feel inside on that day. Sometimes things are not so good. The weather is too hot or sometimes too cold and we still feel good. We take everything with a positive attitude. Ready to go ahead to enjoy our time. Some days the weather looks perfect. The flowers are smiling, the birds are chatting. Nothing wrong with our sleep. Our body parts are also in good shape ready to cooperate with our plans. We are not ready. Something is missing. We are not in a position to enjoy our time.Something is missing from our inside. The peace inside I think. I believe there are so many factors that matter in our life. Not only the world outside decides how we take our mornings, our days. Sometimes we miss our loved ones not with us. They are gon...

  The weather is great. Not too hot. Not too humid. Beautiful morning. Cool breeze with 24 C.  It's 10.30 in the morning. I am just out of the dentist office. Dentist appointments at my age are a bit scary. Not only Dentist, any Dr appointment is not at my welcome note. We won't be getting A grade in our report card from any of the doctors. We know that our body is old and needs repairs and replacement of some of our body parts. We know any doctor won't be able to give us a clean slate. Not even the passing marks. Anyway this is life. We have to accept whatever there is with patience. We have to realize that we enjoyed our life with this body of ours, much stronger than today. Nothing is forever. Life keeps on changing and so does our body. We undergo a systematic change throughout our life. Change from our childhood to kids to teens to adults and finally to the later stages of life. We managed and accepted every stage of life with open hearts so what's wrong now. I bel...

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...

  Beautiful morning. Great day. It is a long weekend. Monday is closed too. I don't have to go to work.  No playing Darts on Monday. I have other plans to switch. Kids are home sleeping. They take their time not in a hurry. Start their day not too early. My son is awake. He is an early riser. Everyone else is not awake. It is a bit quiet at my place. The same is the situation in my neighborhood. I like to start my day early. I am  getting ready for my walk to the coffee house to enjoy my time. We have to find things to give color to our life. It boosts our will power. Elevates our mood. Helps to change our attitude. Our perspective to look at life. It matters at every age. It is the key to managing the later stages of our life. Attitude matters how we take our life. We have to find how to give color to our days. Every moment matters. Try to enjoy what you have. Some days are hot and burning. Some days are cold and freezing. Some days our body parts are not in shape to fol...

   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 is a beautiful bright morning. Hot and sunny. The weather is like a roller coaster nowadays.  Yesterday it was on a cooler side. Today it is a different scenario. Hot feeling like 28 C. It is a matter of a couple of weeks. It will change by the middle of August. I have a busy day today.  My friends invited me for a get together. I have to go for that around 1.30. I decided to go for my walk before that. It is 10.15, I  am sitting in the Coffee House, enjoying my coffee and my time alone. I try to avail my time alone whenever I can. For me, a time alone slot is the key to get inner peace. To manage our patience, our blood pressure and mood swings. We have to include what we like to do while making our day schedules. Everyone is different with his own personality. It is a must to have a time slot for the hobbies we like to get busy with. That will be our own time to enjoy ourselves. The time we spend here in this world must not have to be taken like homework. We h...

  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 ...