Every
month is a new experience- take a deep breath, smile and start again.
Writing down these
thoughts has kept me happy, as each time I write small little things and
reflect – I relive and there’s a smile on my lips and gratitude in my heart. This month my focus was
clear:
Health
Glad for the gift of
the treadmill and also for my ability to work out for 35 minutes every day burning
70 -75 calories - feels so good to be motivated and sweating it out. Also do
some yogic stretches and breathing exercises which are very helpful. I have included a lot of greens in the diet
and have started drinking warm water, especially after the congestion in my
chest, I changed from cold to warm water and it’s helping me and my
throat issues and congestion in the chest has reduced to certain extent. I continued to
practice affirmations, pray, meditate and practice mindfulness as much as
possible.
Family
Sailing club Annex - Secunderabad. |
Grateful for the peace
and understanding in the family; to be able to adapt and adjust with each other
as per the need and requirements. David continues to give a helping hand to his
sister who looks after my mother in law – who is stable at the moment, being
fed by tube and is in vegetative state, myself and Dorothy stay in touch and
keep visiting her every other day. Thanks to my mother in law’s sisters who
regularly visit and sometimes spend the night in her house. As a family we try
our best to have at least one meal together, updating everything that each of
us are involved with, supporting and encouraging one another.
Academics
I believe in constantly
updating myself and keep educating myself as life has so much to offer – I am happy
continuing my education and initiated my research work. This
month I am grateful for a workshop I attended on Resilience and childhood adversaries
at IIT Kandi, Hyderabad- an interesting topic and there was so much learning
listening to the speakers, having a live case study and feedback as to how a
person can bounce back despite early child hood adversities.
Friends/Food
/ Fun
Feel blessed to be
surrounded by women who laugh, party, enjoy good food and also be involved in
meaningful work – an Anglo-Indian party in the #YWCAof Secunderabad. I had a
great time attending this party with my daughter enjoying the games, learning
about their background, dancing and having a sumptuous lunch with delicious
pudding – one of the simplest de stressing moment of the month.
Happy to attend an
Alumni meeting of our college at the Sailing Annex – an evening with both the
juniors and seniors – felt so good to reconnect with my class mates and also
with our senior batch students from the 70’s batch – having hi tea/coffee with sandwiches, cutlets, fried items what I enjoyed the best was the sweet pudding along with sharing
our thoughts to see how best we can net work and do something positive as a
group.
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loved this Pudding:) |
Grateful for good friends who can accept, appreciate
and be open to share their thoughts/feelings despite of differences. Glad to
have watched a Hindi movie with my friend Ek Ladki Ko Dekha to Aisa Laga ( meaning - I saw a girl and she seemed...) – on
sexual orientation of a young girl, enjoyed the way this subject was dealt with
sensitivity.
Work
Work
Grateful for the work - I can't believe I have completed 8 years :) joined on the valentines day. This work gives me opportunity to keep meeting students, listening to their
issues which influences my perspectives of student life, giving me understanding
to a variety of problems – and how it impacts and interferes academically, sometimes
challenging me to change my own beliefs and thought processes. There were also
sessions on peace education programme by Shri Prem Rawat and psychological
counseling sessions to the NSS students (National Social Service) and students
from the astronomy department. Which kept me busy and happy in attending
meetings, taking sessions and enjoying my work.
A session with Department of Astronomy |
A week workshop for the students |
Learning a New Skill:)
I surprised myself to
learn a new skill i.e., driving a car – feel happy and confident to be able to
drive around in the neighborhood and gradually increasing the distances day
after day – grateful for the gift of a car and glad to be on the driver seat J – during one of my car learning lessons I got stuck in the traffic and was
struggling to reverse and there comes a young man, a stranger to me and gently
helps me drive and pulls me out of the traffic jam J I felt so good amidst the horns and the
noises around, there was one kind person
who stepped in to reach out to me, and that gave me confidence to trust and
believe that there are plenty of good people around.
I am grateful that one
more month in 2019 has gone and I have nothing much to complain about – there’s
always enough of everything, content with a roof over my head, family to
support and never have gone hungry. I am enjoying being part of the Tree love
posts hosted by Parul; #WAWTB posts that highlights sharing the positive stories from around the
world.
There are plenty of things happening around, the tension in our borders, the road accidents, suicides every day, violence - amidst all this there are also peace talks, there are also individuals and institutions and Non government sectors working reaching out - gratitude post has shifted my focus to not only the positive but enabled me to continue to rise above the daily challenges and still be productive.
How was your February ? would love to hear from you, wishing you a Magical March filled with enthusiasm and peace.
Learning never ceases. Great to see you studying and learning new skills. Enjoy driving car!! Happy March Ahead,
ReplyDeleteThanks Shilpa:) you are absolutely right. I am happy to be exploring and constantly challenging myself to upgrade myself and enhance my capacities.
DeleteSuch a wonderful post with so much to be thankful about. Keep the good cheer going. Thanks for sharing. #WATWB
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by:) appreciate your kind words, glad to connect with you here.
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