So many things happening over the past week. The Dalai Lama turned 83 This blog turned 15 My health blog turned 10 From the time I began my career, July has always been a significant month– new job, major life changes. I brainstormed with myself over what to write, mainly because…
Posts tagged as “gratitude”
How do you get back to your happy place when you feel overwhelmed with all that’s going on? I recently read about the medieval practice of torturing people by being “drawn and quartered” This outdated technique, which was intended to inflict great amounts of pain on its victims by pulling their…
Dayenu is a concept mentioned in the Jewish Haggadah which defines the order of the Passover Supper, the Seder, celebrating the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery (Book of Exodus). The eight days of Passover coincides with Holy Week celebrated by Christians all over the world. So what is Dayenu?…
February, the shortest month of the year, somehow seemed like the longest. Yet, I’ll keep this post shorter than usual. This time, my mantra is, Nothing is permanent …because, this too, shall pass. Health woes continue to hug us. We spent the better part of the month being sick. In fact,…
I know I am a bit late for the September Gratitude Circle (28 Sept) and National Coffee Day (29 Sept) but I am right on time for International Coffee Day—1 Oct—which is tomorrow. I could freak out over not posting on Thursday, or I could just accept that things are exactly…
It seems like half the year just whizzed by, no? Here we are, already at the end of July, and before we know it, in India, at least, the festival season will begin. But better to be busy than feel time dragging, I think! Do you agree? After my son started…
Fourteen years ago, 8 July marked the birth of this blog. Today, I am ecstatic about still being here. Oh yes, “consistency” has always been my middle name…among others. As any blogger will attest, blogging is pure joy. Lots to learn, enjoy, and experience. Thing is, I haven’t always written anniversary…