Let the state of your mind determine situations, not situations determine your state of mind. We strongly believe that constantly thinking about people and situations, exploring all our options in the infinitely possible scenarios, prepares us to deal with anything, Prevents any surprises, and strengthens our position. So our minds are constantly heavy, churning up worlds and stories to collectively crowd, color and confuse. What if we change this belief and choose instead not to dig so many thought roads, and keep a 'clear' head, leaving enough space to listen, understand and decide, energized with freshness and light. Treat the mind like your child, give it the attention and priority and guidance necessary. Nurturing its growth with constant attention and love.
Friday, January 1, 2021
Dear God
Dear God..Thank you for this beautiful life.. there were so many questions that needed answers but time seems to find its own answers and within its turning pages i have both grown and diminished.. maturity might bring understanding, but it also carries the essence of our perceptions and experiences.. determining our climb or fall over this mountain of lifetimes..
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Celebratory dance
Shivers of sunshine
Seeing the hues of Dawn seeping deep into the heart of a blushing sea, i can only imagine the depths people are coloring us with, for aren't we too becoming mere mirrors, reflecting all that we see, identifying with all that we see, manifesting all that we see..
It never fails to fascinate those shivers of sparkling sunshine, as the sea dons dresses of spun gold and shimmering diamonds showcased royally by her..
I find Language fascinatingly wondrous and magical, as it translates in hearts with a fresh and unique meaning
Lockdown has given us the eyes, the time, to see things differently. Everyone says there are more birds around, but i feel they were always there, we were too rushed to see. Now we have parrots as friends, guests that energize and uplift as we happily feed them. Beauty and attitude factors majorly in our lives, even our attention towards birds proves that to us.
Breeze spreads its wings
Becoming the light
Just when i think i have the got the right shade of color, it moves into another shade. Such is the brush of this divine painter, as it fills hues of sunshine into every Dawn.
I love the present - a gift from God
Watching this lone star in the pitch dark sky uplifted my spirits with shades of inspiration and hope. In the hues of darkness there are some who go completely blind, unable to even imagine coming out of it. Some freeze in the dark but wait for things to change.. some expectantly look towards an imagined light, knowing its there.. and some focus within, becoming the light, shining brightly for themselves, a beacon for the rest of the world.
Seeing the racing shades playing catch across the field of the sky, my heart feels ready to burst with emotions hard to contain, a confluence of love and joy that compels me to rise so early, but despite this feeling, this treasured moment, this divine gift given freely, unconditionally, we walk away into dawns of sleep, taking for granted it will always be there, indulging comfort and inertia in spoilt petulancy, ignoring what we have, unappreciative, we curse life, we yearn for luxuries that cost dear, we earmark our worth and value financially, we wallow in loneliness and rue not having anyone or ever being loved. And Nature continues to woo, and love and enrich despite all our ignorance.
As the eagles fly high proudly declaring their domain, swooping down on anyone who dares defy them, and the parrots race each other screaming in glee, and the crows clean and feed themselves, and the sparrows hopping playfully, playing fly-catch, calling out with their happy trill.. declaring their needs in no firm litany, i wonder at their freedom, their unquestionable rightfulness in Nature, and our acceptance and enjoyment of it all.
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Celestial waking
Corners of cosmos
Man has explored every corner of the cosmos, unaware of its existence within.. Like lord ganpati finding his world around his parents, while kartikeya goes all around it..
perceptions are strange things, giving words, meanings unheard, unfelt, unthought, the moment of experience creating fresh languages into our hearts, using those words to translate life.
And we write so many thought-stories incessantly.. spinning up emotional whirlpools, tornados of feelings that swamp.. that blur every path.. as we lose direction.. fumbling.. flailing.. looking to God for help.. instead of simply writing a different story.. for it is a fresh page.. and we are darkening it with reactive stories..
We love the colors of dawn and dusk.. we ignore them.. we love sunshine.. we curse a strong sun.. hide from it.. we love the day but draw blinds to shut it out.. and all along the sun remains the same.. contented in its identity.. its essence.. can we lead life like that.. taking reactions as momentary discomfort to the person, and nothing to do with us.. but are we not evolving too.. !?!
Welcome home
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
New Baby
So Proud
happy birthday
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Mysteries and magic
got up at 4.45 only.. i have so many resolutions in my mind.. still searching for that strength to rise above the mundane.. to respond instead of reacting.. to listen more than talk.. to have compassion for everything and everyone.. to comprehend none of this is real.. to know we are all one.. to accept our legacy.. to start walking home.. to have happiness in my heart.. how have i let myself be so weak as to be buffeted with the winds of every moment.. not even trying to hold on or help myself.. cursing, blaming everything around for not helping.. i have all the solutions.. and all the right answers.. just need to pick up a pen and start writing.. it is sheer laziness preventing me from checking myself.. for that frown.. for that rare laugh.. for the love and peace of my family.. myself.. and i continue to walk in this way.. contemptuous of myself yet.. not trying hard enough to find the peaceful joyous loving sanctity in my heart.. its 6.45am and i cant help but write again..



