How to Love Yourself in 2019: By Kiana Mason So many of us spend so much energy and time showing someone else that we love them. This is all done with good intentions, but why do we neglect ourselves in the process? If we were as kind to ourselves as we are … Continue reading How To Love Yourself in 2019: #GuestPost By Kiana Mason
I was hoping I would be done and dusted with the challenges of the 2018. But who said 2019 would come with a guarantee card, of an easier life. I really wish I could write a more optimistic post, and not start the first line by ranting. But such is life at times. I'm not … Continue reading 5 Ways I Beat the Blues: #MondayMusings #MondayMotivation
“The true essence of hygge is the pursuit of everyday happiness and it’s basically like a hug, just without the physical touch,” Meik Wiking, the author of The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets To Happy Living, and CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen I chanced upon Hygge thanks to Meik Wiking's … Continue reading My “Hygge” Moments: #WordlessWednesday
"Living here on Earth, we breathe the rhythms of a universe that extends infinitely above us. When resonant harmonies arise between this vast outer cosmos and the inner human cosmos, poetry is born." - Daisaku Ikeda MY WORD OF THE YEAR AND ALL THAT JAZZ: You may wonder what's taken me so long to come … Continue reading Breathe: #WordOfTheYear #WOTY #MondayMusings
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. - Albert Camus things that make me happy: #wordlesswednesdayLife has a way of throwing curve balls our way, just when we least expect it to. And whoever said that the New Year would spell … Continue reading Things That Make Me Happy: #WordlessWednesday
"Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of companions." - Rober Fulghum Of Idyllic Afternoons and Boat Rides: #WordlessWednesday In between the busyness of attending a family wedding in Calcutta, we took time away one misty afternoon, to regale in the beauty of the … Continue reading Of Idyllic Afternoons and Boat Rides: #WordlessWednesday
FOND FAREWELL: Keith Hillman When my mobile rings and I see my friend Rosey’s name on the screen, I know to hold the device a couple of inches away from my ear to lessen the pain of her shrieking greeting! But yesterday it was different. I heard nothing. At first, I assumed she’d pressed … Continue reading Fond Farewell: #FridayFotoFiction #GuestPost #Blogiversary
Fill Yourself Up- Corinne Rodrigues As I sit reading a romance novel, nibbling on peanuts, my thoughts start to wander to all the things I could be doing during this time. It seems like I'm wasting my time on something frivolous when I could be doing so much more - like settling cupboards, responding to … Continue reading Fill Yourself Up: #MondayMusings #GuestPost #Blogiversary
A Journey of memorable smiles April 11, 2016 Sorry folks, but this is not a high quality shot, but the memories around it are truly treasured and precious. It was taken on an iPhone, like most of my pictures are. I was using an older version of iPhone, with a not very high-grade camera. … Continue reading A Journey of Memorable Smiles: #WordlessWednesday
Eight Things I’m Grateful for in Jaunty July July was pretty much uneventful, most parts of it; so I am assuming. But possibly I’m being partly judgemental. Judging my jaunty July without really considering the details-not a good idea! If I look deep into the recesses of the month, there was actually some interesting … Continue reading Eight Things I’m Grateful for in July 2018: #GratitudeCircle #MondayMusings #mg