Dear Mi, When I think back to the times we spent together, I can’t help but smile and occasionally burst into laughter. Your sense of humor was so very charming and you always believed laughter was the best medicine. It is–thank you for that lovely life lesson. I am thinking of…
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L for Live Your Life: 14 days to the best you by Ann LeFevre. I enjoy motivational books, especially those that have solid takeaways and action tips. This book was a very satisfying read. Book blurb: Do you feel like you’re stuck in a rut? Overwhelmed by stress? Struggling to generate…
As a child of the sixties and growing up with my Grandmother, I believed she could work miracles. And over the years, I learned that she indeed could. Whenever someone in the family had a tummy ache or any kind of pain, she’d simply walk into the kitchen for the perfect…
There was a very strict monastery that followed a vow of silence. The monks were not allowed to speak. At all. However, there was one exception to this rule. Once in ten years, the monks had permission to speak two words. One monk, after his first ten years at the monastery,…
Have you found your Ikigai? Ikigai is a Japanese concept. Iki means “life,” and gai means “value” or “worth.” Gai comes from the word kai meaning “shell.” The concept dates back to the Heian period (794 to 1185), when shells were considered valuable. Thus, Ikigai is about finding value in one’s…
H is for Happiness and I bring you thirty happiness habits to practice every day! The theme for this year’s International Day of Happiness was “Share Happiness – focusing on the importance of relationships, kindness and helping each other.” I thought it was a wonderful theme to spread happiness and make…
It happened in 1982. Most of you reading this were probably not even born (couldn’t resist that—what with most people addressing me as anything but Vidya these days *evil grin*) I was in the first year of college, studying for a B.Sc. and had moved mid-year from Secunderabad to Madras. Yes,…