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.
The Artist’s Way: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom
“Earth” without “Art” is just “eh”. – Demetri Martin
Nature is Home: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” – Gary Snyder
Shukr – Gratitude: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom
Shukr (Arabic: شكر ), an Arabic term denoting thankfulness, gratitude. “It’s not joy that makes us grateful, it’s gratitude that makes us joyful.” Brené Brown
“I am Enough” – Blessings Amidst the Despair: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom
” I am enough.” “You just have to believe, let go of control and flow.” – Master Oogway, Kung Fu Panda
A Brush with the Bottle Brush: #ThursdayTreeLove
A spring morning spent reviving memories and making memories by a Bottle Brush tree.