As I write this, I am looking within myself to take stock of how I feel. Here’s why: there are happy thoughts, sad thoughts, and worry-thoughts racing through my head. Why sad? Unexpected deaths in the family. Why worry? Loved ones in hospital. I won’t go into the details, since we…
Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Stressed is desserts spelled backwards. I often wonder who came up with that, because seriously, it sounds like something from one of those “things you never say to diabetics” lists. And oh yeah, easier said than done, especially when you have to stay off all kinds of fattening things, if you…
Thích Nhất Hạnh, Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet, global spiritual leader, and peace and human rights activist, and one of the most beloved Zen teachers in the world, celebrated his 90th birthday last month. He has published more than one hundred books on meditation, mindfulness and Buddhism, poems and children’s stories, and…
Today, I have a very special guest with a lovely post. Her Mom and I have known each other for a few years now, and our friendship is a cozy one. Although we’re in touch via WhatsApp, Facebook, Texting and of course, the omnipresent phone calls, we do spend a lot…
Today is World Kindness Day My spiritual idol, The Dalai Lama, says: “When we feel love and kindness towards others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace”. Very wise words. And my Grandmother, who always encouraged the…
Home repair is one of the most painful things, ever, and especially so if one happens to live in an old building. And even more so, if it is an apartment building. That’s what I’ve been caught up with the past couple of weeks. While apartment living has a whole lot…
Today’s book spotlight, for The Book Club’s #TornadoGiveaway 3, is on Binding Arbitration by Elizabeth Marx. Check out all the books of Tornado here The Story Through the corridors of the Windy City’s criminal courts, single mother Libby Tucker knows exactly how far she’ll go to save her cancer-stricken son’s life. The undefeated…