Thought Of The Day

Retirees My Friends Feel Free To Ask Anything Don't Have To Be Embarrassed Please Don't Dissolve  Any Committee I Don't Know How Can I Walk  For 25 To 30 Minutes This is along with All My Regular Activities This is All Blessings Of My Lord Like Yesterday after My Full Day Work I went For Groceries With Master Golden  It was after 7 pm I was Back at 8.30 pm Kris My Friend I am Happy For Father Literature Fellow  My Friend I will Pray For Your Exams You People Don't Have To Worry I am Happy For Smile Army Volunteers I Love You All You people are My Pride It is Thursday 7 Degrees Beautiful Sunny Day -- I am Not Working Today So have To Plan My Day To Get Busy In The Morning Workers have To Come at My Place For Windows It was Not Much Work Done in Few Minutes  Now I am Free To Do Whatever I want I Have To Make Few Calls -- One To My Younger Sister For Her Birthday She is a Happy Go Lucky Type  -...

My Dear Niklas Your Father is proud of you so am I  Waiting for your good Grades  I hope you are working around that I trust you Dear Retiree Group Friends here is my Blog which I promised My Dear Retired Nutritionist may be you can have some Tips to help Friends We don't have to shut out our kitchen cabinet to keep ourselves away from enjoying our life Never take Life too seriously this is my Moto this is what I believe Don't be hard on yourself our food is the gracious gift from God Almighty Enjoy your Life tasting a bit of everything change your plate not your diet Go on changing your plate systematically step by step not drastically Give time to yourself be patient try to move around taking safety  into account  Moving around will be like doing exercise sometimes we don't have a chance to get out  Weather and our medical conditon both are important factors to keep our mobility in a flow Sti...

Weather is like Roller Coaster it is 12 degrees plus raining all day so most of the snow gone Grey roof of houses now very clear still we see lot of snow on green of grass like white border It feels + 7 with windchill Thursdays used to be my indoor Golfing due to Christmas season it was off for couple of weeks everyone was busy This Thursday it was a get together party so much to enjoy having good time also playing golf I was surprised to see myself that my balls most of the times were going into holes Keep in mind it was an indoor golf and for we seniors still I was happy always look something to brighten your day Today I changed my venue in the library I was sitting at the back side looking at the conservation area It used to be lush green now giving a very different view with all the plants skeleton making me to think how things change  It is very quiet now all the playful squirrels are gone into hibernatio...

My Retiree Members can  take some Tips from this Blog you don't have to run a Marathon just relax and be to yourself For My Senior Friends get involved in your Grand kids life keep in mind  They don't need us We need them and their Love  Now My Today's Blog Every day take a few minutes to experience the Earth  stand sit or  lie on  Earth, the grass the ground or on floor Even if you are lying on a carpet you are being held by the Earth spend at least 5 minutes  and feel the Earth this is a sacred time  It will bring relaxation and calm in our life a good start for our Day We see the rhythm of  Earth spring -- summer  --autumn and winter same like as in our life Write down the things we are grateful for once in a while try to find the value in doing  Nothing  This will work as a  Creating Space   where we neither think nor do anything helps us to  recha...

Ottawa 1996 That was the time when I had my bad days I had my hip surgery it was tough time for me as I was not mobile for a while no walk time , which is always so precious to me I was alone and stuck in my apartment at 8th floor with no backyard I was alone and by myself I got attracted to " Mind Body " books at that time I had very little knowledge of computers I started making notes form those books summarizing the notes into points  on my computer I was enjoying that difficult and tough time of mine I got addicted to those books after 20 years  it resulted into my Blog writings which I enjoy so much to pass my time always be positive and you can never go wrong we have our good days but we have our bad days too keep in mind " This Too Shall Pass " you will never loose track Trust God he is always there for everyone and so for us in our good and bad times be with yourself nobody has time and inte...

Walking is one of the main exercises try to wake up in the morning with clear head with no worries lingering from the day before start every day with a clean slate and peace of mind with a light exercise whatever suits your body but no pressure please don't use " Have to " in your dictionary do as a ritual to enjoy lie down on the carpet in your room to feel the Earth enjoy your breakfast patiently no rush you won't enjoy anything in rush be in the moment get ready go for a walk check the weather before adjust your walk timings to enjoy fully If evening is too hot or will be rain avoid that and go in the morning be flexible with yourself and also with everyone else during the day don't be hard on yourself enjoy whatever you do go in your backyard put some water in a bowl spread pieces of bread sit with your favorite book to wait for birds coming to the feast enjoy the bird watching you will make...

Try to be gentle with yourself we are stressed out when we try to change  a person, event or  circumstances resisting the circumstances of your life is like saying to a River " You should not be flowing here you should be flowing over there "  Resisting the present moment  causes stress to change your Life you must accept your life communicate with your inner self feel your emotions try to be in the moment we can not be in the moment until we are aware of our emotions Don't be workaholic it is fear from emotions like anger,  they go together be optimistic it works like a shield  for emotional pains Each student in Earth school walks a unique path remember the source of Happiness is within you

Next month I am leaving for  London England Three of my daughters live there one of my friend was saying to me  have a good time enjoy your daughter's company over there I started thinking will I be able to have their company  They are married and working with work, husband and kids  I wonder if anytime will be left for me to share Moms are always in waiting area  just like my Mom I had no time to spend with her I was busy with my work with my family My Mom was there with no complaints no demands I never realized that in my whole life until she was gone  now I can think of her only in my memories Mothers are mothers they can wait always in waiting area waiting for us and we never have time to share and to give company

To me walking is not only an exercise it is a ritual while walking when I look around the whole beauty to me is more than a mine of Gold or Diamond it is a M ine of Beauty which you don't have to dig in  it reflects the whole thing inside your soul your innerself gets beautified  and your body can get the feel God Almighty makes sure that all of his Creatures on Earth can have access to it anytime any moment no one can stop anyone from this transaction of beauty Everyone can have access to all of the Unlimited Resources and can share to make their moments of joy out of this Beauty of Mine while walking I don't forget to praise God who is always watching and taking care of me and all of his Creatures Big and Small Walk is my physical as well as Spiritual Path

Every morning push yourself to get out We have to give a direction to ourselves If we wont it will end up in some sort of negativity and enough to impart devastating effect on our mind and body our whole day will be spoiled no one will be interested to come and make it up for us no one will even notice it until you will spoil their day because of your bad mood Then not only your day your week will be gone they wont leave you alone until they will make sure they got their price of the day back with interest We have to take care of ourselves don't leave yourself alone for a moment get connected with your inner self take care of your Mood your Emotions Jump in before any damage is done and your day is spoiled We are responsible to keep us going in good shape and good spirit If we are feeling low we need more push go for something to cheer you up  buy a coffee to yourself take some time alone make sure you are always there for ...

We don't have to make Big plans to buy our Happiness to get away from the pressure of  the existing circumstances in our life You don't have to travel Around the World don't have to spend lots of money to cash your moments of happiness That Happiness which costs lots of money is not  lasting and not good enough take small steps to pile up your Happy Moments I take a walk watching the Beauty of Nature and enjoy the Eternal moments think about God the Almighty who is the Creator of all this beauty around us enough to draw curtains on all of  our worries and so called of our day today problems  immersed in the present moment I don't give a damn care to  my worries and about anything else I am ready to face the Day

3rd June 2016 is the Day of my Mother's Death Anniversary In our Life we come across every Moment with Lots of Pain and Stress We have to keep our Emotional Exchange system open all the time to Exchange the currency of all of our pains into Moments of Happiness No matter how low this Exchange rate is for that day We have to make the transaction right away i n our very first available opportunity and not to let the stress and pain spoil our Day Availability and opportunity will never be there We have to push ourselves for that Don't wait for the moment to come No one will be calling your name to come forward and say this is your turn at the Exchange window As I mentioned earlier the Exchange rate will be very low and the Moments of Happiness not enough to celebrate our Day But always enough to save our Day We only need that much to save our Day Try this and get rid of all the Nickels and Dimes of stress and pain to loosen your...

It was summer June 2015 I was visiting London England planning to see my school time friend She lives at Regent Street in Central London I took Bus # 159 from Brixton station On that day some Cycling Festival was going on in Central London so all the Buses had to terminate outside that zone Bus Driver made announcement for passengers to get down at that point A Lady was not happy as she was worried about her 11.30 appointment  I was feeling intimated and for a while feeling low as she was of about my age still working not like me retired Tube and subway system was working so we were walking together to the station Then I came to know that she was long time retired and had Doctor's appointment I shared what I was feeling because of her appointment We had a good laugh and started talking like friends We don't have to underestimate  or criticize ourselves Everyone is pointing finger at you so keep your finger down don't point...

We never know which is the last leg  of our life This is in God hand  for each and everyone of us Still there is time when we think now time for our next generations  to take the stage And we should be on back seat It is a hard fact but is  reality W e have to accept it face it with grace We are now no more the same  integral  part of our family our power of decision making is  slipping away Kids growing up fast  have their own activities and no time to talk and communicate Looks like, we no more relate  to them and they have to make efforts to keep the connection  alive We are on different  wave length most of the time Radar problem It is not only the  generation gap But we are not ready to exit In some of those moments  I reluctantly tried to find my refuge  and fortunately ended up in Library Being Human we always need to talk and communicate we are social anima...

Start your day with some happiness Anything like listening some beautiful song watching flowers from your window  or bird watch . It will make your day First thing in the morning I check Hits on my Daily Blog after that lie down for a while on my bedroom carpet  to feel the Earth power These things bring calm and happiness to my heart A good start to face my day Take a good start and then let the things happen to take their course . Some of the things we face in our day to day life, are in our control ,we can tackle with our emotional check and balance experience within our own power but most of the times things go wrong not as we like to see In those situations we loose grip on our emotions It can go worse ending up ruining no t only our day but sometimes the whole week We have to be very careful with those tricky situations Deal them calmly and don't react at first place Think twice before you speak Try not to make any...

I was in my House  looking at all the cluttered Mail at the corner of my kitchen counter The overflowing refrigerator  papers on my writing desk and on top my loaded wardrobe Shoe rack flooded and I don't want to talk about my coat closet  I know they all need sorting and lot of things need to be recycled or has to go to garbage So many times when I enter  my house it looks as if I don't live here I think we have to keep promise to ourselves when we buy anything, we have to give a way one of that thing from our old stock to keep the balance  But we always forget that Golden Recipe We just get carried away when we go to shopping We forget that our clothes, shoes everything is a lready piling up in our house and we don't need anything no space for that We don't want to give away anything we attach stickers of memories to save everything I keep reminding myself this Summer will be it so let's see ...

It was September 1993 I was taking refuge from the Chilly winter of Ottawa Coming back from Oxfam where I was volunteering at that time It was windy and temperature 40 below zero In the downtown Ottawa  I was waiting for bus # 95 in the bus shelter I met Sultan, he was from Africa and of the age of my son For some reason I always try to get in touch with immigrants of any age from any country In the heart of heart I feel we all are in need of some sort of dialogue any dialogue looking and waiting to communicate In my opinion every human is a  seeking soul  wandering for love and affection sometimes we don't know the language still feel connected Smile the universal language always comes to our rescue It is always there To help everyone and To console 

In Canada summer means a lot really a lot We wait and dream so long for that and now cant wait to get out and roll We had a small backyard years back now we have a big backyard but no one has time to use it Everyone is out of the house Kids playing Basketball thanks to  Toronto Raptors Everyone can afford this game you just need a ball Parents relaxed they don't have to worry about the expensive Kits like in other sports G et one Pole outside and that's it It is only one time expenditure About my big Backyard I overhear all the times I did water yesterday I am not going to cut the grass the weeds, the Hedges and so on Nobody happy to do that so my son volunteers Not looking happy at all then I start thinking, was the Big Backyard a good idea, not any more But I am out of it, it is none of  my business I enjoy my walk,  the Nature, breathing the air  scented with flowers and freshly cut grass Birds busy making ...

It was an amazing long  weekend  in Toronto with 22 C My son was planning to go to Niagara Falls But when kids get older interests not the same All of his three sons were not interested so he had no choice and went for Bike Ride He is an outdoor guy I always get fascinated by Falls view The crystal clear water looking milky and blue, changing colors Sun rays make it golden  the rhythm of water All the water gushing down to fill the Bowl  still not enough I was looking forward for all this now on my computer trying to keep myself feel happy and  counting Hits on my Daily Blogs After a while I had shower and all dressed up to get out of my four walls To roll on streets lining with trees all green with beautiful white ,   pink  and  purple flowers even weeds were looking  scenic  all yellow on the green grass by the stony concrete  walkways It was 1.30 pm  I was feeling good in the breeze ...

Being human is a  guest house every morning  a new arrival A joy, a depression a meanness some momentary awareness knocks our door, they have to come in we can not stop any of these arrivals Some of them are wanted but most of them unwanted we have no choice so welcome and entertain them all treat each like a guest Meet them at the door  laughing and invite them in with Grace  be grateful for whoever comes because each one has been sent from Beyond Try to recognize the power of emotions don't be afraid struggle is where our courage is tested courage is contagious be brave and try to rise after a fall If you want to be brave you have to choose courage  ignore the signal " What people think " Stop caring about that Creativity is when we are learning from our heads to our hearts through our hands