What to do when there are young adults at home and interesting meal plans have to be made? Cake becomes an essential, especially when I am expecting my son home and everyone is waiting to wish him a happy belated birthday. Also, the rescue of these four boys from Chennai was…
Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
What I’m really trying to say is… kindness is a language Life is too short to focus on the negatives or hold grudges. It is better to look at the good things and let go of anything that pulls you down or does not make you happy. While I’ve always believed…
Here is an absolutely charming and delightful book, Pippa Morgan’s Diary by Annie Kelsey, a pseudonym for a well-known children’s book author. Today I am happy to share a book excerpt on the occasion of the book launch. I will be posting a book review shortly. Pippa Morgan’s Diary By Annie Kelsey December…
Quite appropriately, Giving Tuesday follows Black Friday and Cyber Monday. How nice to focus on Giving rather than accumulating! Such an easy way to find happiness and make the world a better place by getting your family, community and work colleagues together to give back, or just give. More about Giving Tuesday here. But why bother giving?…
Smiling Meditation I was delighted to find smiling meditation for my Mindful Monday series, simply because I believe in it implicitly. Smiling is Yoga of the mouth. Have you noticed how even a fake smile makes you feel better? Sometimes, we let the mind lead and sometimes, the body leads. When…
A couple of decades ago, my sales team and I qualified for a trip to Pattaya in the Land of Smiles Thailand and we were super-excited. However, the trip didn’t happen as the company decided to go on an expense cutting spree and instead of the highly anticipated all-expenses paid holiday,…
Welcome to the November Thanksgiving Special of our monthly Gratitude Circle bloghop! The city I live in blesses us with regular doses of allergens and the ‘flu or some version of it, the upshot of it being regular doses of sickness. We take it in our stride, just like our doctors,…