6 Months of Balanced Flow: Word of the Year 2022
“I am rooted, but I flow.” – Virginia Woolf Six Months of “Balanced Flow”
I Forgive and I Flow: Monday Musings | Monday Blogs
I Forgive and I Flow Lokah Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu Om Shanti Shanti Shanti “May all beings everywhere be happy and free and may the thoughts, words and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all.” (translation) This chant embodies a deep rooted will to forgive my impetuous thoughts, those acerbic words of mine; spilled out in moments of despair, those rash actions taken on an impulse; and…
The Grand Return | Spring | Fiction
The Grand Return Spring is upon us. Literally and figuratively. The daffodils nod their fragrant heads in unison. The gossamer winged butterflies flutter around in the redolent breeze. Mere mortals traipse around; happiness kissing their feet. The robin whistles a melodious, staccato song.
Bee Positive | Bee the Change : Wednesday Wisdom
“He is not worthy of the honey-comb, that shuns the hives because the bees have stings.” -William Shakespeare
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…
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.”
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
“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
“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” (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.