My world My life

Since the last post, life has been overhauled. It's been six months, and life is completely different now. A lot has happened in these six months, and I cannot relate to myself anymore. The person I was before April and the person I am now are two completely different human beings! Definitely, I have become more boring than earlier.  This year has been the year of firsts! Many things happened for the first time with me, and I did many new things.  Getting fired Vipassana Living in negative temperatures with basic means  Not planning anything  Noble silence for 9 days (Trust me the best time of life) Living without a phone, internet, and family  Lived at an altitude of 3500+ mtrs from sea level  Rushed mom to emergency for cardiac care Went on a trip with my Angel Welcomed a baby girl in the family. The first daughter after me! When she was born, no one in the family knew what rituals we had for a baby girl, as the ones who did all of them when I was born ar...

Finally, the day came when I could meet my "Cute Little Angel". Her work brought her to town, and we managed to steal a few hours for us. The last time we met, it was 2018. When we saw each other in person, it felt surreal in a good sense.  We both have been there for each other for the last 20 years in a way that even a simple phone call would make us feel like we are sitting next to each other. Still, as they say, meeting in person is a different feeling. Of course, it is! We were so busy speaking with each other, cherishing our bond, how the two decades went by, and how much we are grateful to have each other!  Today, when am writing this, have too many things to write, but unable to find the words. I have always been comfortable expressing myself in writing than saying, today I am at a loss of words. I can not find words that can do justice to this bond. Probably there is none!  Guess some things can never be expressed with words, they can only be felt.  Cheers K...

I've been feeling disconnected from everything and everyone around me for the past few weeks or months. I couldn't figure out why. I even took a break and went on a trip to try and understand what was happening, but it didn't help. I was still at square one, confused. Then, I started to analyze what I used to do that I wasn't doing any more to feel that connection. That's when I realized that I hadn't been reading or writing in the last few months. It was such a simple solution! All I had to do was go back to basics - Read and Write. That's why I'm writing this second post in a week. As for reading, I finished "Sach Kahun Too: An Autobiography" by Neena Gupta and then resumed reading "My Gita" by Devdutta Patnaik while simultaneously starting another book "The Moment of Lift" by Melinda Gates, and now am hooked on it! I have only read less than 10% of this book, and am already loving it. Some really good lines till now:  If ...

 "That doesn't kill us makes us stronger"  ~ Friedrich Nietzsche  Today is 4th Feb, The World Cancer Day! , led by the Union for International Cancer Control to support the goals of the World Cancer Declaration written in 2008, to raise awareness of Cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment.  What is Cancer?  We all know it to be a deadly disease. But is it really a disease? As for us disease is usually due to some infection or external factors that affect our body. So what external factor causes Cancer? Well, the answer is "Nothing".  About 8 years ago, I started reading/researching about Cancer. The reason, we suspected, was that my mother was suffering from a kind of Cancer, and later on was diagnosed with leukemia. This inspired me to know more and more about this disease, and in all the books and medical journals I read on this subject, I came across the book "The Emperor of All Maladies - A Biography of Cancer" by Dr Siddha...

Otsaliheliga is the word used by Native Americans or the Cherokee people to express Gratitude or "We Are Grateful"!  For me, this weekend was kind of one.  Did a couple of things, that I probably should be doing more often, and were fulfilling, had a calming effect overall,  I slept for more than 15 hours.  Went for a walk (getting back on track)  Spent some time at a center dedicated to differently-abled kids Helped them the way I could with their studies Though I don't believe in sharing what we do to give back to society, today I would like to share this feeling of gratification and fulfillment I have right now, after doing the abovementioned things.  Yesterday when I came back from the walk, I was happy. Happy as I had hit the track after so long, happy as I could finish 5km in one go, and a bit disappointed as I took more than an hour to finish 5km. (Earlier I could do 10 km in 100 min).  Today, while I was at that center, I realized how stupid we...

 A delighted and prosperous New Year to everyone!!  A few days back, or precisely, a fortnight back, I went on a trip to the "Teardrop of India" or the "pearl in the jewel of the Indian Ocean" with the Free Bird. Both of us wanted to end the year with a smooth, slow, peaceful, and calm trip, that soothes us and helps us take a break from our overwhelming lifestyle. And it was pretty much as per our expectations. Well, the trip deserves a dedicated post, so will be back with the travelogue soon.  For now, this post is more on the "New Year Resolutions".  On one of the days of the trip, she asked me my New Year resolution(s). I was taken aback by this question, as I do not remember when was the last time I decided on one? To answer her, I gave her a few random replies, and she said I want it in writing from you so that by the end of next year, we will be doing a check if you really completed the resolution or not . I looked at her thinking, why did I choose ...