Hello writers! Welcome to the fortieth edition of Fiction Monday. This has been a busy week at my end as we shifted home. From the last two weeks things were hectic what with the packing and everything. Now it is all about unpacking and getting settled. Hopefully in another two weeks things will gradually get […]
The Rules of Living #SoulfulSunday
In the latest episode of Grey’s Anatomy, an unconscious Meredith describes how a newborn takes the first breath outside the womb. She describes it as the scariest step a human does. Breathing on its own for the very first time. Thinking about it, it made me accept the enormity of the task. That tiny little […]
Fiction Monday – 39
Hello writers! Welcome to the thirty-ninth edition of Fiction Monday. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default. ~ J.K. Rowling J.K Rowling is a fabulous writer. Harry Potter series is […]
I’m Not God-fearing #SoulfulSunday
For a long time, I used to believe that praying means asking God for things. Things that made my life good and happy. Then one day some years ago, I realized if there is a god he or she doesn’t need my telling what I want. God would know everything. Why would I pray to […]
Fiction Monday – 38
Hello writers! Welcome to the thirty-eighth edition of Fiction Monday. “Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.” ~Jane Yolen It’s the same old advice that keeps […]
What is the point? #SoulfulSunday
Sometimes I stumble upon this question. After all, what is the point? Because life is so messed up on so many levels and beyond a point, we humans can’t even make sense. Look at the events that transpire in the world every day. There is no rhyme or reason. Why some people are poor and […]
Fiction Monday – 37
Hello writers! Welcome to the thirty-seventh edition of Fiction Monday. “Some rules are nothing but old habits that people are afraid to change.” ~ Theresa Fowler It’s okay to question a rule if that rule doesn’t serve you any purpose. Often we tend to follow somebody’s rules without pausing to ask why. We also accept […]
Happy Place #SoulfulSunday
Life is a mix of this and that. Sometimes life resembles a pile-up crash on the highway. But we need to keep moving forward irrespective of how disastrous it appears. To keep moving forward we need to fill our head and heart with happy thoughts and positive vibes. Especially, when our life goes through one […]
Fiction Monday – 36
Hello writers! Welcome to the thirty-sixth edition of Fiction Monday. If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. – Martin Luther King Jr Sometimes I wonder what is the point of this blog hop! If […]
Present Moment #SoulfulSunday
Pause, breathe and breathe againRemove oneself from the noises of mindEyes closed, follow the sound of breathSurrender to the present Enter the zone where only now mattersNo past or future are here to botherTenses melt into nothingness, as do tensions. Mind slowly gets into the rhythm Of the gentle breathing Moments stop and become oneEnding the echoes of […]