Thought Of The Day

  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 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 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 ...

  Just two days left for my trip to England. The weather over there is a bit cold. Frost and chilly.  My daughters called me to get a winter coat, gloves and woolen stole everything for there. Travel nowadays is a bit tricky. Especially for the people of our age. England is seven plus hours from Toronto. On the way back it will be eight hours. Half an hour extra. Going on trips everything will not be the same. The weather, the room we are used to and our bed. We people already have to face so many sleepless nights in our own room, in our own bed. I don't know what will be there with everything changed. I think nothing comes with a total plus. We have to accept some negatives to make our time. I am going to attend my granddaughter's wedding. All of my daughters, my son and my daughter, the eldest one will also be there from Edmonton. Everyone will be there with their families. I will see my entire family and my one year old great granddaughter too.  Amazing moments of my ...

   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...

  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...

  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...

  It's a snowy day, cold,19 below zero and windy, gusts 68 km. Still it is not a gloomy morning.  The sun is up in full bloom to make our day brighter. We have to look at the brighter side. Nothing is totally positive or all negative. It is always like a combo with plus and minus. We just have to focus on the positive side.  It helps to change the entire perspective. We will start looking at things differently. It changes our attitude. Attitude is the key to live life happily. It is a sunny bright day. Walks are tough nowadays. Ice is changed into sleet at most of the places. Walkways are cleared, still risky to go for walks. We have to get busy with some activities indoors. Just keep plan  “ B “, ready to make your day. I have to do some laundry. I have to wash my old comforters. I got the new one of my choice last evening from the Scarborough Town Center. Lots of deals at shopping malls nowadays. We can go to get things that we need. Sometimes we have to give treat...

    Dear Readers, I miss comments from you people. Covid changed so much in our life. It's not the same. Anyway we have to accept whatever is there. Hope things are fine with my Readers Family in Ireland. My friend the Cafe Manager is following the city directives. Not opening the Cafe on close holidays. The Reader doing two jobs must be listening to my friends, I mean to his supervisors. I hope everything is fine with my Retiree friends. Everyone please respect the sentiments of others. Religion and politics are very sensitive. Please don't talk about it. It's too personal for everyone. I am worried about Hannah and Niklas. I hope Kris is taking good care of them. Father has to leave them alone to enjoy their life. My dear Students, I love to see you people shine in your practical life onward. Have patience and focus on your studies and career. Say Hi to my friends Chancellor, Dean, George, Lucy and all your teachers. Thanks. My friends at the office, Jimmy, Tiara, Cleo, ...

Today is December the 26th. Christmas is done. It is Boxing Day. People must be lined up in shopping malls. They wait for the special deals all year. It is a bright sunny day, snowing since early morning. The weather channel is predicting it will be all day. Let's see. We have to take whatever is there. My grandson, the eldest one, is going to get his morning coffee. He offered to drop me off at the Coffee House. So nice of him. I am getting ready to go. It is 10.45, I am at Tim Hortons. It's very quiet here. Tables are vacant. The drive through is also not busy. I got my favorite spot, enjoying my coffee and my time alone. I can see through the windows snow blowing and it is still snowing. I took my chances to come here, going back will be tough. We have to think twice before making any decisions. We don't have to get carried away. Anyway, it is done. I will keep that in mind for the next time. I think that we get carried away as we know that not much time left for us. We...

    Merry Christmas Happy Holidays         to my Dear Readers Family Beautiful morning bright sunny day. The weather is also good. Perfect day for walks.  Tomorrow is December the 25th Christmas day. Everyone is in a festive mood. People are busy getting and exchanging presents. Gifts are always a symbol of love. Matters a lot for everyone. It helps to maintain relationships. Gifts don't have to be precious or too expensive. The thoughts have to be genuine while giving presents to others. The person is important to others. Gifts are secondary. Sometimes people keep even small gifts for years like souvenirs. The person is the key. Sentiments are important, not valuable presents. To give presents is important to maintain the existing relationships. It also helps to initiate new relationships. Malls are busy, packed with customers. Everyone is busy with last minute shopping. I was busy last week, not much just getting a couple of cards and ...

    Snowy day cloudy morning. The sun is not yet out of his grey blanket.  I think he may be up till late at night,  and must be partying with friends.  The weather is not too bad. Not too cold. It's 10.30, I am already done with my breakfast. Not much to do at home. I checked my table calendar. I did my hair wash yesterday. My laundry was already done last week. I changed my bed sheets and did the washing. I am now done with that for about a week. I am getting ready for my trip to Tim Hortons. To take some time out from my computer. It will be good to be away from the screen for a while. The roads and walkways are cleared off from snow still it is a bit slushy to walk. I have to walk carefully taking small steps. These couple of months used to be scary for me. We at our age have to be extra cautious. We know that any mishaps will be disastrous for us. We will be done for the rest of our life God forbid.  It doesn't mean that we have to become couch potatoe...

  Days pass quickly, time flies so is life. We rarely try to think about that. Seasons go on changing. Days done to give space to nights. Mornings shift from noon to dusk. We keep traveling on the path our life tracks. Passing through the stages of life.  Keep on changing ourselves from childhood to adults and finally to the last leg of our life. I think we rarely admire ourselves for that, I mean at the last leg of our life. We mostly become sad and gloomy.  Most of us keep thinking about the days done. Take the memories of the past as their golden period. The time that won't be coming back.  I don't believe in wasting time and life for the days already done. Waiting for our calls from Almighty to leave. I think we have to celebrate for the time we traveled through. Passing every stage of life with patience, energy and grace. We have to admire and give credit to ourselves for being here at this stage of life. We have to feel happy and strong. We have to believe in o...

    Great weather, beautiful morning.Time to enjoy my day. I missed my office today. I rarely do that.  After our retirement we have to plan and do things on working to boost our mental and physical well-being. That's a must to maintain our mind and body to keep healthy and in good shape. I joined the senior club to get busy with things over there. I take it as my work. Going there is like going to the office for me. To make yourself happy and feel good, it is fine to twist things once a while. Nothing wrong with that. My eldest daughter is here with her husband from Edmonton for a couple of days. Family is a priority. I missed my office to spend time with their company. We have to divide our time in various sectors. Family, friends, work and time for our personal, mental and physical well-being. Hobbies and time to enjoy comes under managing personal mind and body health. Family is a priority still it depends. When we are feeling low, not in a good shape. Priority switch...

    It's the 24th of August 2025. Today is the first morning for me in Canada after six weeks. Home sweet home. We always miss that.  Sometimes we don't, much. Travel nowadays is so common. It is a small world now. Things have now changed from that in our time. Travel is very common, still families are far apart. Not able to make plans to see their loved ones. Kids like to travel to their favorite places with company of their choice. Their parents are busy with work and family. No time to plan to see their parents. We, parents, are at the later stages of our life. For us it's tough to go to visit them. We still try our best to connect with our kids and grand kids. Don't know for how long we are able to make that.  Every trip looks like that, this is the last one. May God keep us mobile to give us strength to make it for some more times. My trip to England is like a dream. With our loved ones every place looks wonderful. Every day with moments to cherish. My...

    It's the 15th of August. Tomorrow I am leaving Grimsby and will be on the road to Camberley to my youngest daughter's place.  Camberley is around four hours drive from Grimsby. My daughter is coming to Leicester to pick me up. It will be halfway for her. My daughter, the middle one, will be driving me from Grimsby to Leicester. Halfway for both of them. Communication always works to sort things out. To communicate, understanding and good relationships matters a lot. Things might get complicated otherwise. To convey your message in a true sense, we have to be on the same wavelength. It also has to be very clear for the person we have to communicate our message that it's a fair deal. We are not taking any advantage.  Message has to be proposed not imposed. We also have to be open minded to listen to the other person’s proposed idea. We Humans are social animals. We need relationships. Nothing works one sided. There is always give and take. Same works t...

 It's a beautiful morning in Camberley, England. Not so hot, bright sunny breezy day. It is 11.30, I am sitting in my youngest daughter’s back garden. So much green is around. She loves to track her garden.  Blood red Lilies, rose pink, white pinkish Purple and bell shaped white flowers, all are happy, smiling. Grass is lush green. There was rain for a while yesterday afternoon. I came here just about a week ago from Toronto. Looks like I live here, I am all set. I was a bit nervous while starting my journey. I think it's not my fault. At our age, so many things start coming up. Traveling adds up pressure. Anyway I am all settled. There is no nearby coffee house or Plaza, like Tim Hortons and Metro, in Pickering. My daughter is working, goes at 7.30 in the morning, comes back at 5.30. She is in Private school, with longer hours. I have to manage my day on my own. My grand kids are also working. One the youngest one is here on his uni vacations. He keeps track of...

    I was happy a couple of days ago, the weather was great. People were busy making plans for summer days ahead.  Not anymore. We are back in sweaters and our long coats. I think we have to wait for a bit to hang coats and jackets back in our coat closet. It's 10.30, 6 C, a cold windy morning with gusts around 50 km. I am done with my breakfast, sitting with my computer to browse Facebook messages. I think we are lucky to have these gadgets. I mean computers and cell phones. We don't have any problem passing our time. We are not dependent on people to be with us all the time. We don't need company. To be with people is good. We are social animals after all. All depends on who the people are. They don't have to be too inquisitive or too talkative. Not too quiet. It depends on the state of our mind. Sometimes we just need a good listener. Sometimes we need to be with someone to share our coffee / tea and also a little bit of chit chat. It depends on our mood...

    White Butterfly, my friend is here after a long time. I am walking by the Whites Road. She is beside me.  She is fast, I am trying to cope with her steps. She is young and full of beauty. I am old at the later stages of my life cycle. Lost my beauty, lost my touch. It happens to everyone, not only in my case. This is life, comes time for all the creatures big and small.  I am now passing by the small ravine. I see here some dead trees lying down like pieces of wood in the midst of so many greens. This is life my dear. Time comes for everyone to all creatures. We have to accept it with grace. Have to enjoy our time with full zeal and fervor.  We have to celebrate every bit of our time. The time we are allotted to be here with the permission of God Almighty. White Butterfly is taking breaks to be aligned with my steps. She is so courteous. It is nice of her. In between she keeps on enjoying her time. Talking to flowers on the way.  Flowers loo...