My stories, My way
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…
And just like that, a quarter of the year is over. It doesn’t matter whether we are living our life or just existing, time continues to slip. I went backwards this month. I am not even sure how or why but I stopped my walks, my mental health was not the best and I struggled…
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…
Growing up in a South Asian household, I was taught to “think of the greater good” even before I was born. It was expected that you should put family and community before your own needs. You were taught to behave and live your life in a certain way, the blue print of which was determined…
T is also for truth, trust and many other words but I chose T for transform. As I have mentioned in my past few posts, personal learning and growth are very important. They help us hit our goals and transform into whoever we want to be. My aim is to be a better version of…
Success is an interesting word. Over the years, it has been defined by society as a box that you need to somehow fit yourself in and if you don’t, then it is like a milestone you haven’t met in life. For years, I believed that myth. But as I continued to learn more and went…
R is for R.E.S.P.E.CT – the song embodies what it is all about. R-E-S-P-E-C-T – Find out what it means to me That is how I define respect. It does means admiration based in a persons’ abilities but on a day to day it is about having due regard for boundaries. Every relationship has some…
Q is for quest. My husband believes that when I was first born, my cry must be saying “Why”. I have an insatiable quest for learning. It is my motivator and something that keeps me going. My quest for knowledge makes me a voracious reader. Books are a way to travel the world without leaving…
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,…