My stories, My way
P is for peace. While I do hope for world peace, here I am talking about inner peace. It is the most important thing in my life and the yardstick that I measure my life success. When I was young, like any other ambitious and passionate person, I went after the societal defined success of…
O is for optimism – to remain hopeful in all circumstances. I am a born optimistic. As my husband says, I look for sunshine in the darkest of places. And I usually find it! While I am an optimist, I am also a realist. I don’t go bouncing off the walls on a happy pill….
N is for normal. Such a transient word! Over the years I have realised that it is a word that means different things for different people. It’s meaning also changes based in circumstances and context. If we look at the world around us, what was normal to us two years ago, has changed. Pre COVID,…
M is always magic for me. Life is magical – if we look around, it is full of wonders. Right from the birth of a child to blooming of flowers, everything is magic. As I have mentioned in my past blogs, I was lucky to grow up with my grandmother. She was a woman far…
L is for Love. There could have been no better letter on my birthday coz it is the core philosophy of my life. If I have to summarise my life, it would be live it fully, laugh heartily and love fiercely. Love is the most powerful force in the world. It has the power to…
Kindness – the second most powerful force in the world after Love! If we look closely at all the religions, scriptures and preachings objectively, they all teach to be kind. But for some reason their followers across the world choose to ignore that part of the teachings. I learnt kindness from my grandmother and my…
J will always be for joy for me! Joy is that elated feeling, the unencumbered happiness that makes all your senses go fully alive. Experiencing sheer joy is a kind of meditation. You feel alive, in touch with your being and close to your spiritual self. In one of my favourite movies, Zindagi Na Milegi…
When I started looking for words with I, there were so many that crossed my mind, starting with “I”. I toyed between Inspiration, ideation, intelligence, intimacy but settled on information especially in today’s time when understanding it is more critical than ever. The dictionary meaning of Information is “facts provided”. In this day and age,…
H is for harmony, in our life and in our universe. For me perfect harmony is when my mind, heart and actions are completely in sync. Just like everything else in this chaotic world, harmony is hard to achieve. There are too many disruptions and distractions. I genuinely don’t have a magic mantra for this…
G is for being grateful and practicing gratitude everyday. There are so many lessons you learn as you progress in life and practicing gratitude is the by far the biggest one I have learnt. It is something that is part of every religion and growing up with my grandmother, she used to tell us stories…