Dear Vidur, I am smiling as I write this. I felt so happy yesterday: when I asked you during our walk what word comes to mind for the letter E – and you instantly answered “Embrace.” I said, “Embrace?” And you clarified, Embrace as in acceptance. What a beautiful way to…
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I really meant to write this post in the first week of January – but it is just as well that I am doing it now. I couldn’t have taken much action on whatever I meant to do anyway, what with the weddings and parties and outings – it has been…
People pleasing. Putting others’ needs before ours. Who hasn’t done it? That isn’t necessarily a bad thing. After all, as humans, we are all wired to want to feel loved and accepted and when we go with the flow, it feels good. But when people pleasing becomes second nature, it is…
Procrastination. Who hasn’t experienced it? Happily, for those of us who felt that sheepish twinge of guilt, procrastination does not equal lazy. Ask my Mom. She always teased me about how the eleventh hour or the last minute was my favorite moment. Strangely, to this day, when I delay doing something,…
Animal crackers, and cocoa to drink. That is the finest of suppers, I think; when I’m grown up and can have what I please I think I shall always insist upon these. – Christopher Morley, author, journalist I remember as a child, my biggest fantasy was to eat an entire pack…
Now more than ever, I am striving hard to stick to the goals I set myself for November. While focus tastes sweet, and goals glow golden beckoning me lovingly, practice is proving to be a challenge. I am sincerely following my motto – if you fail to plan, you plan to…
Most people, as they age, say, past 50, tend to think that their life is almost over. But there are others who think, “Yay! this is a brand new chapter in my life!” I am from the “Yay” group. The difference is attitude. Recently, I came across the book “The Best…
