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Author: Natasha

Writer, fitness enthusiast, nature lover, home diva, spiritual Buddhist with a streak of crazy.
Slow – Niksen: MondayBlogs | MondayMusings | HopeWriterLife

Slow – Niksen: MondayBlogs | MondayMusings | HopeWriterLife

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”  Lao Tzu     Go slow to go fast. Slow and steady wins the race.   We’ve heard these adages time and again. Yet, when we live in a fast-paced, modern society, where everyone is bustling away to accomplish their tasks and pin their goals; these thoughts are put away in the back burner.  Having said that, Do you remember the beach holiday where you sat doing nothing, just watching the waves…

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Balanced Flow: #WordOfTheYear | #WOTY2022

Balanced Flow: #WordOfTheYear | #WOTY2022

  “Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river.” – Lao Tzu   Balance (noun) – “Stability found at the centre of acceptance.”

5 Reasons Why You Should Blog : On Turning 5 | Blogiversary

5 Reasons Why You Should Blog : On Turning 5 | Blogiversary

“Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud.” – Andrew Sullivan  

I am This. I am: #Poem #Poetry

I am This. I am: #Poem #Poetry

Hello my dear Amigos in blogsphere! Sorry I have been awol. I just have been taking time to be. I had no choice but to return today, as my blogiversary is around the corner. Yes, we turn 5 on 6th December. But, having said that; yes, I have missed not being in my cosy den too! Watch out for this space for a quiet celebratory post this time, just by me. 

Chop Goes the Weasel – Hair Today Gone Tomorrow

Chop Goes the Weasel – Hair Today Gone Tomorrow

“When a woman decides to cut off all her hair, she discovers something underneath that is liberating. It can be therapeutic because you let go of the idea that you need these superficial extras to feel beautiful.” – Emon Fowler    It wasn’t a passing whim or a fleeting fancy I caught on to, when I chose to shave off my head on 11 October, this month. 

Wednesday Wisdom: Wrap-up Time | WordlessWednesday

Wednesday Wisdom: Wrap-up Time | WordlessWednesday

“When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.” ~ Mary Oliver  

Ichi-go Ichi-e | One Time, One Meeting | Mujud Roz: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom

Ichi-go Ichi-e | One Time, One Meeting | Mujud Roz: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom

“Ichi-go ichi-e” (in Japanese) translates to treasuring the unrepeatable nature of a moment. The term has been translated as “for this time only”, and “once in a lifetime”. “Mujud Roz” is a Kashmiri blessing and benediction that translates to (always) be in the present. It’s a reminder that life manifests in the here and now and to relish the present moment, as it passes in the blink of an eye.   

Winsome Weekend | Birthday Month | Passion Flowers: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom

Winsome Weekend | Birthday Month | Passion Flowers: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom

“The rhythm of the weekend, with its birth, its planned gaieties, and its announced end, followed the rhythm of life and was a substitute for it.” —  F. Scott Fitzgerald  

The Artist’s Way: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom

The Artist’s Way: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom

“Earth” without “Art” is just “eh”. – Demetri Martin