Living in the same house, street for 5 years now, but noticed these #gorgeous #lush #green #trees today, just 3 houses down the lane ! It’s so surprising how we can easily miss to see what we love and enjoy so much, and travel far and wide to find, when it’s so near to us.
Just like we go looking for that #elusive #happiness and peace in places outside, when it can actually be found within ourselves!
๐ธ Photos shot with Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus
@Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
A #livingrootbridge , another #astounding phenomenon of #nature in #cherrapunji , #Meghalaya.
Where the #roots of #trees intertwine on their own and with a bit of #human help, grow into a proper, full fledged #bridge …
Isn’t #life like that? Isn’t it all about #intertwining and #entangling your life with the #world in a way that we grow into some kind of help to other people? Isn’t it all about building bridges? Isn’t it all about reaching out to the other side? That’s what I think at least. Do let me know your thoughts on this.
All #photos shot on #samsung #s9plus #withgalaxy and have #nofilters on them.
#meghalayatourism #incredibleindia #travelphotography #naturephotography #instatravel #exploreindia #travelwithin #amazing #worthit #familytravel #traveldiaries #instatravel #instaphotography
Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou to 2018. Its been a good year no matter what I’ve gone through, gained or lost. I’m still standing, standing comfortably, and with all my family and friends intact. And considerable stability. That’s a lot to have and I’m super thankful for that.
I’m also ready to welcome 2019 tonight, and already thankful for it too! Because it’s going to be more relaxing and more fulfilling. Yes, it will be. I believe so and whatever else it puts in the bag, I accept it all with indisputable gratitude.
What Else is Possible?
How Does It Get Any Better Than This?
What Does It Take for It To Be Even Greater Than I Can Imagine?
Garden of Caves , this is one of those places where everyone of us city people would love to come. Such natural places, like I’ve said before, seem to heal me. The serenity and simplicity of this place is soothing, yet the purity, strength and power of it belittles me . It liberates me of the ME …
Such places are not just where I rejuvenate, and If you know what I mean, I’d say, this is a place I could die in!
It’s been a good Friday today, a good holiday. A day well spent. With ample rest, and in company of family and friends.
But late this evening , in the bath, I remember feeling a bit irritated about some inconvenience. What it was, I really cant remember. But what I do remember, is that the very next thought (and my mind, like most others, races at unimaginable speed) after being irritated was that , Oh! I need to be thankful for this, and I also remember I had some solid reasoning for that. I remember, also, that AI need to put it on my blog!
Fast forward to now, late after midnight and when everyone else is peacefully deep in slumber , I try to gather what it was that I decided I had to write about? ๐ค What was it during the day that bothered me and also made me realise I need to be thankful that it happened? ๐ค๐
๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ My mind draws a blank. ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ
It’s surprising how I have no faint memory of what irked me a few hours ago!
And I think to myself, anyway, wasn’t the point to relate this incident (whatever it was) and pen it down just to remember to be Thankful? So that’s what I am, Thankful. And that’s what needs to be written! And that’s what I remember.
I need to be Thankful.
Thankful that I not only had such a good day but also that I forgot whatever was unpleasant earlier.
There’s always something to be Thankful for!
เชเซ เชธเชพเชต เชฎเชพเชฐเชพเชฅเซ, เชเชฎ เชคเซ เช เชฒเช เชคเซเช,
เชเชคเชพเชเชฏ เชเชเชฒเซ เชธเชฐเชเซ, เชเซเชฏเชพเชฐเซเช เชเซเชฎ เชฒเชพเชเซ เชเซ….
เชเชฎ เชคเซ เชเซ, เช เชงเซเชฐเซ เชคเซเช เชเชฃเซ, เชฎเชพเชจเซ เชเซ เช เชคเซเช เชชเชฃ,
เชตเชกเซ เชเซเชฏเชพเชฐเซเชฏ เชเชเชฆเชฎ, เชฎเชจเซ เชคเซเช tame เชฒเชพเชเซ เชเซ….
เชฆเซเชธเซเชคเซ เชจเซ เชฎเชพเชจเซเช เชนเซเช , เชคเชธเชตเซเชฐ เชเซ เชเซเช เชคเซ,
เชเชจเซ เชฎเชพเชเซเช เชเชกเชพเชเชฒ เชเชพเชฃเซ, เชคเซเช frame เชฒเชพเชเซ เชเซ….
เชตเซเชคเซ เชเชพเชฏ เชเซ เชธเชฎเชฏ, เชเซเชฏเชพเช เชคเชพเชฐเชพ เชธเชพเชฅ เชฎเชพเช,
เช เชเชฌเชฐ เช เชจเชฅเซ เชชเชกเชคเซ เชฎเชจเซ เชธเชพเชเซเชเซ,
เชญเชพเชฐ เชตเชฟเชจเชพ เชจเซ เชฆเซเชธเซเชคเซ เชจเซ, เชฎเชฟเช เซเช เซ เช เชชเซเชฐเซเชฎ เชฒเชพเชเซ เชเซ….
เชฌเชคเชพเชตเซ เชเซ เชซเชฟเชฒเซเชฎเซ เชฎเชพเช, เชเซเชตเชจ เชญเชฐ เชจเซ เชฆเซเชธเซเชคเซ,
เชฎเซเชถเซเชเซเชฒ เชเซ เชฎเชณเชตเซ, เชนเชเซเชเชค เชฎเชพเช, เชฎเชพเชจเซเช เชเซเช เช,
เชชเชฃ เชคเชพเชฐเซ เชธเชพเชฅเซเชจเซ เชฆเซเชธเซเชคเซ, เชฎเชจเซ same to same เชฒเชพเชเซ เชเซ….
So this morning , I open the door and I’m taken aback. In good way, actually. It’s cool, just a bit chilly, infact, WOW! God actually switched the winter back on! Just like that. And he also bundled in a few clouds , and, to top it all, he sprinkled a faint little Rainbow on the morning sky too (even if i saw it only later on social media posts)!!! So, yeah, wow! I decide its too beautiful and pleasant to go back to bed, and settle on the porch with some hot piping tea!
And then it dawned open me, if seasons can change like this overnight, who do I think I am to underestimate life after all? Stress comes and goes, because stress is now probably a synonym of modern life , but so what? I could feel it just evaporate from me into the universe…. just like that!
It struck upon me, yet again, that there is a positive for every negative, a cool relief after every scorching summer, and while it maynot snow like I fantasize it , the cool breeze is probably more soothing than the snowfall !
So Why do we get back feeling stressed every now and then? That’s probably an unseperable part of this big mad parcel of our fast, modern, do it all rollercoaster we call life, maybe even a big one, but its just a part nonetheless. The stress isn’t life itself. The completing part is probably Hope.
So, here I am, sipping my uplifting masala chai on the porch, silently making this promise to have a firm hold of positivity in daily life situations ,that I’m gonna be happy and hopeful…. and I realise, once again, “picture, ab bhi baaki hai mere dost!”
School mornings are usually , let’s put it as “NOT SO NICE” for Madhav and Mumma! For Madhav, it’s a dragged from bed- getting a sleepy bath- back in bed routine. Mumma, on the other hand , after 3 or 4 sweet good morning calls ๐, like most other moms, transforms into, shall I say, ahem ๐คญ, A DRAGON ๐ฒ? Madhav certainly (but with a fair share of pouts ๐โโ๏ธ, wails๐ญ, tears๐ขand complaints ๐ค) responds to the Dragons call! All in all, it’s an unpleasant run upto the school bus each morning ๐…
This morning though, 4 customary sweet mom calls later, out came the Dragon! Followed by the irritated pout by Madhav…
As he stood , closed eyes, lips curled in an annoyance-
Madhav – ” Mumma, I’m cold!”
Dragon Mumma – “No, you’re not cold, you’re Madhav!” ๐ค๐๐
The annoyed Madhav opened his mouth to retort a cheeky reply, but his his lips just spread out in a silly smile, acknowledging the silly PJ! Pout gone, Dragon gone!
The morning just became sweet!
Brought me back a pointer from my childhood- Laughter is probably STILL the best medicine!
เชถเซเช เชเชนเซเชตเซเช เชฎเชพเชฐเซ เชคเชจเซ, เชถเซเช เชเชฌเชฐ?
เชเชเช เชเซเชเชคเซเช เชนเซเชฏ เชคเชจเซ, เชถเซเช เชเชฌเชฐ?
เชฐเชนเซ เชเซ เชนเชเชฎเซเชถเชพ เชคเซเชชเซเชค เชคเซเช , เชฎเชพเชเชคเซ เชจเชฅเซ เชเซเชฏเชพเชฐเซเชฏ เชเชถเซเช…
เชเชเชฒเซ เชธเชเชคเซเชท เชเซเชเชจเซ เชนเซเชฏ เชชเชฃ เชถเชเซ, เชเช เชฐเซเชคเซ, เชถเซเช เชเชฌเชฐ?
เชเซเชตเชจ เชจเซ เชถเซเช เชธเชพเชฐ เชเซ, เชเซ เชชเชเซ เชเซ เช เชฌเซเชฎเชคเชฒเชฌ,
เชฐเซเช เชฎเชจเชฎเชพเช เชเช เชจเชพเชฐเชพ เชเชตเชพ เชธเชตเชพเชฒเซ เชจเชพ เชเชตเชพเชฌ, เชฎเชณเชถเซ? เชถเซเช เชเชฌเชฐ?
เชนเชฐ เชฐเซเช เชจเซ เชเซเชฎ, เชเชเซ เชชเชฃ เชตเชงเซเช เชเซ เช เชเชเชฎเชฐ…
เชตเชงเชคเซ เชเชเชฎเชฐ เชธเชพเชฅเซ เชเชเซ เชฐเชนเซเชฏเซเช เชเซ เช เชเซเชตเชจ, เชตเซเชนเชพเชฒเชพ…
เชเซเชตเซ เชฒเชเช เชเชเซ เช, เชเชพเชฒ, เชฎเชพเชฃเซ เชฒเชเช เชนเชฐ เชฐเซเช เชนเชตเซ,
เชเชฏเชพเชฐเซ เชธเชฐเซ เชเชถเซ เชนเชพเชฅ เชฎเชพเชเชฅเซ, เชเชพเชฒ เชเซเชเชฒเซ เชเซ เชจเชธเซเชฌเชฎเชพเช, เชถเซเช เชเชฌเชฐ?
“Mummaaaa….. Dev was disturbing me when I was sleeping”, complained my 7 year old Madhav this morning. “Good morning betav, Jai Shree Krishna”, I said, opening my arms to him.
“I’m so sad, he didn’t let me sleep…๐ช” Madhav persisted, getting into the comfort of my lap.
“Divine cancel to being sad “, I replied. “Why?๐”
“Every morning, Be Thankful๐, not sad!”
“Huh ๐คwhy?”
“Well, be thankful you woke up this morning, you’re alive, and so are all you family members- so many people die everyday , and we are all alive, that’s reason enough to be thankful..”
“No, not many people die everyday!”
“Yes, they do, and your family is alive, and you are in your room, which was cool and comfortable, so be thankful , baby!”
“But still, Dev was disturbing me ๐..”
“Okay, then be thankful you have a brother and sister to disturb you!”
“Mumma!๐ฒ”
“Imagine you didn’t have them, if you were alone, would you enjoy? Noone to play with, sing, dance, fight, study with?Alone, Everyday! Wouldn’t you feel so lonely then?”
๐
“Oh yeah! Thankyou God!”
“Ok, and what about Good morning and Jai Shree Krishna?”
“Good morning, JSK ๐”
And that’s how I also realised, while teaching him,
Its so easy to be thankful!
