Through my lens: Unspoken thoughts

  This is my content place. I sit at my window to eat, to read and observe the world around me.  For hours I stare outside through my window, soaking my senses with the greenery, the rain drops, fall colors, snowflakes, and leafless branches, witnessing all seasons. This window has lot to offer me, my companion in all the times, days and nights, in all the seasons. My companion who gives me warmth through its glass pane on a sunny afternoon, calms my nerves with breeze of air blowing smell of grass and mud, fills my ears with music of tiny raindrops crashing on it, shows camaraderie with army of ants leaving a trail mark on its sill, provides me vibrant life filled with plants, insects, wasps, spiders and of course passersby. At times I just peep momentarily into lives of passersby. They become part of my life unknowingly. It’s quite engaging to observe beautiful emotions though this small rectangular glass. It was onset of spring, time to come out and soak some vitamin ...

Billion faces are gnawing at you, mocking at your failures Million voices are banging your head, reminding you are not enough Thousands of desires are pulling you down, entangling you in marshes Hundreds of doubts are fogging your brain, giving you mental freeze One faith,  its just that single faith in HIM, telling you to believe in yourself Mocking voices do not define you. Gnawing faces do not define you. Fogging doubts kill your originality. Experience life.  Implore yourself. Live it, Share it. Write your own beautiful story. You are complete self. No one else will define you.

Me: Ah, not today darling. Let me sleep some more. Healthy Me: You may want to grab me little and see how much can I stretch? Me: I used to be very flexible, you know. Its just that winters like some love handles and enough cushion to keep me warm Healthy Me: You are turning into football. Just a warning, with every kick you would rebound and come back to me Me: Don’t worry, let spring come and I would blossom like a sunflower under glistening sun rays flaunting my golden ratio Healthy Me:   Spring is around the corner, last time I peeped into results, it was juggling to find space on your couch. Me:   Divine proportions and your expectations! I would set my own goals. Healthy Me: Yes, that’s my point. Start rolling. You are soul full of sunshine, remember that. Me: You are adorable, never give up. Sending some sunflowers! Roses are cliché   😉

  Exactly a year ago, Covid 19 was a buzz word, every day learning more about it, feeling compassion for those who had to go through it.  I had converted little corner of my home into workspace, ordered right furniture and adjusted to new normalcy in work from home mode. I had always loved the office environment hence working from home forever had been hard at times, but it has given new meaning to solitude. I figured out ways to channelize my energy, developed new skills, explored new hobbies, found ways to remain human, learned measures to make solitude experience a bliss. I had written about my experiences and experiments in 2020 in my previous post, totally unaware what 2021 holds for me. And now after a year, this bug hit me too. I read the most dreaded "Positive" word on my test result. I can relate to million others out there in world, how it feels to embrace yourself and fight it out in quarantine mode. Knowing about it for almost a year, and living by myself, I g...

  As we are approaching year end of 2020, I am sitting on my couch, facing the balcony looking at green grass outside and contemplating the year gone by. What matters most in this life is relationship with your own self, your mind, your body and your soul. Definitely 2020 brought challenges in everyone’s life. But how much prepared were we, mentally and physically to be resilient and sustain ourselves with least support from outside world. Economy is tumbling down, many of are losing jobs, facing difficult situations to deal with every day. In this harsh reality we realized what is essential to survive and what is just additional baggage we carry to project our image in the society. This is true time to implore and develop a strong bond with oneself. No distraction of parties, social gatherings, travel vacations. This least interaction with other humans while maintaining social and physical distancing made us to think differently, look around us differently and act upon it. S...

In reminiscent of last year same month, I am wandering my memory lanes and dreaming about re living that vacation again. If I could summarize the vacation in one liner: 1 SUV, 4 people, 6 days, 2800 miles stopping by 4 states covering 2 national parks and 2 party cities. Hey Covid 19, you might ruin some of my dreams, but my spirits are high. I am hopeful to enjoy 2020 December holidays with same zeal albeit differently ensuring safety of myself and people around me. It was most adventurous, ecstatic, fun road trip accompanying friends in late 20’s and early 30’s. Friends were known for long enough? Err, No. It was mix of friends and their friends. Super exciting trip where you get to meet new people from different background and age group, time to interact with different minds on various topics embracing differences. So, did we plan for long and to enough detail before commencing the trip? Ah, a bit yes and a bit no. Some details were chalked out like rental car and places to stay...

Standing High, Up against all odds