My stories, My way
The blog title stumped me today as I wasn’t sure what to write coz the must have item is different based on what I am doing. So I thought I will chronicle my must have items when I am leaving home. The five things I don’t leave home without My phone – my phone is…
Just like life, what you pursue in life keeps changing too. How you grow, the events in life change as time passes and that means your life motto shifts too. But if you have strong values, they remain the guiding force for your life. Your priorities change but the foundation remains strong to support them….
Music is food for soul, at least for me. I listen to music when I can’t sleep, am not feeling well or just feeling low. It makes me feel better instantly and helps uplift my mood. I have learnt classical music, so apart from listening, I love to sing too. My music choices for the…
It is beginning to feel a lot like winter – sunless days, cold nights! As I am growing older, my bones want warmth and my husband and I talk about moving to warmer places. But then we look around the comfort in our home and the life that we have created and that brings its…
I cannot believe that the second month of this brand new year is already over. I do concede it is the shortest month but the weeks seems to be zipping. The month for me was a bit of a hit and miss. I continued my walks and listening to podcasts but there were days I…
Wow- I can’t believe January is already gone in this brand new year and we are already a few days in February. As I am writing this I am reminded of something I read – The trouble is, we think we have time. Such a powerful statement and a constant reminder of our mortality. This…
Z is for zest – that unbridled passion and energy for something. I have zest for positivity in my life. As I say, I don’t need any drugs or alcohol, I am high on life and there ain’t a better high! As you must have seen a pattern in my posts, it doesn’t come easy….
Y is for You! Everything starts and ends here. There is a Shloka in Bhagvad Geeta – Akele aaye hain and akele hi jaana hai – we come to the world alone and leave it alone. It doesn’t translate that we should be alone but the fact that it is very important to think about…
X is for XO which stands for hugs and kisses in popular culture. I started researching as to how it came about. The internet has many theories – it seems X resembles lip lock and O looks like two people embracing. I cannot see it but symbolism has always been interesting. I am a big…
W is for Wisdom – wisdom of stories passed through generations, wisdom of parents’ experience and wisdom of what I have learnt as I have grown older. In Hinduism, wisdom is defined as a state of mind and soul where a person achieves liberation. Nirvana, as it is called, is reaching a place of ultimate…