There are certain principles and rules that all of us follow. Today I would like to share 10 such rules that I keep going back to. And, here is a bonus rule that works for me: Most often a simple restart is all that is needed. Remembering these rules help me in getting on with my life with fewer complaints. Every day presents us with beautiful opportunities and lessons. But only a fraction of those lessons stick with us. Let me know in comments if these rules made sense to you. © Vinitha Dileep Friday Reflections is a link-up hosted by Shalini […]
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Mindfully Creating #FridayReflections
Pain is something that until it occurs is easily forgotten, and when it appears again, it reminds you of the lovely days that you had so far. I am learning to remind myself to be grateful of the absence of pain when it is actually absent, instead of fondly remembering the absence when pain ravages my body. The past two weeks had been painful for me as the back pain unleashed its wrath once again. Despite the lack of mobility that I had to deal with, I could manage things around the house somewhat better with the help of my […]
FICTION MONDAY – 131
Welcome to the one hundred and thirty first edition of Fiction Monday. “If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” — Paulo Coelho Stories From Last Week The new year begins soon! by SuzanaBegin by Vinitha Fiction Monday The idea is simple – to write. On Mondays, I will post the prompt here. There will be a word prompt and a picture prompt. You have one week to respond with a story. You can choose to include both the prompts in your story or just one prompt – the choice is yours. The expected word count is […]
2023 Word of the year
And here we are welcoming yet another year again. A fresh new page of the year is at our fingertips to make it all ours. I truly wish that we would be able to fill the pages of 2023 with our choicest blessings. Every year since 2015 I have been choosing a word of the year without fail. A word of the year helps as a NorthStar guide to navigate through the year. When I started to think about my word for 2023 there were a lot of options staring at me. And honestly all of them sounded fitting to […]
2022 – Year In Review & Reflection
Let me say this right away. I am dreading this post. Then why am I writing this? Because I always do. I have been writing an end of the year review since 2014. It’s a habit I got into since I started blogging. But this year I don’t have anything to show. 2022 was a difficult year. I set off determined to make it my year, but every day of 2022, I lived with a feeling of lack. Lack of faith in myself. Lack of fulfillment. Lack of purpose. Truthfully though, I did a few things this year. I did […]
This week in gratitude #SoulfulSunday
The last few weeks have been whooshing past me. The week begins and ends, all at the same time. I felt like there was no time to catch up with anything unless there is some automated process developed to tackle those. The ones that were in autopilot mode went through without fail. I have lots of books to read. The books I bought from the store a while ago and the books I got from the library. Then the ones on my kindle app. I don’t have a Kindle. I use the app on my phone to read ebooks. I […]
Weekly Gratitude – 31 #SoulfulSunday
Life is full of surprises, both positive and negative ones. When we are ready to welcome the positive surprises that life hands us, then it’s our duty to accept the negative ones, too. Every twist and turn would eventually lead us to something marvelous. That’s what I like to believe. However, keeping a positive attitude is not always possible, especially when hard times hit us harder. My last week was a painful one obviously, as my back pain was having a full on drama. Many times disappointment and negative thoughts sneaked in my mind. When I couldn’t do anything in […]
Weekly Gratitude – 30 #SoulfulSunday
It feels like it’s been a few weeks since I wrote my weekly gratitude, though I missed only last week. My weeks were eventful and memorable so much that I feel one weekly gratitude post isn’t enough to share everything. Last week, my kids started their new school year after the Summer holidays. As usual, I was nervous on the day school opened, thinking about all the things that could go wrong. Fortunately, everything went well. Every new school year, my main concern is how well my kids will get along with the new teacher and vice versa. If the […]
Weekly Gratitude – 28 #SoulfulSunday
Is it reasonable to complain when I hardly spend any time solving the problem? Well, I haven’t even spent a bit of time identifying the real problem here. Then how is it sensible to complain? It feels like it’s been ages since I wrote a decent poem. I miss it. I miss playing with words. Getting stuck in the deep end of a poem and finding my way out of it, stringing the words together, and savoring the end product as I would a delicious dessert. Part of me had forgotten this whole process. Today, after a gap of many […]
Weekly Gratitude – 22 #SoulfulSunday
June is here already. The first half of 2022 is running its last leg. How was your year so far? My mind started forming these negative thoughts without my knowledge or permission and I felt a bit beaten down these past few weeks. Over the years we all have accumulated certain beliefs and thoughts that unconsciously sneak into our present day. At times these sneaky thoughts succeed in flipping the whole day upside down, leaving us in a clueless state of confusion and chaos. I was in this state of chaos and confusion for some time now. Maybe, it had […]