Twenty- five Seven

Thank God It’s Thursday

March 26, 2015
No, you aren’t reading wrong, I am grateful that today is Thursday because it is the fourth/last Thursday of the month and time to count the reasons for being thankful.
- For one, I’m thankful that today is the India-Australia match because it will mean less or rather no traffic on the streets hence less noise and less pollution and possibly even more productivity!
- Earlier this week I attended a tea party ( yes they do have those) and met a woman my age who like me was a self-taught computer geek hence able to answer all my queries about social media and Twitter and why my blog is going nowhere. Thank you,Good Samaritan for helping me out with this big stumbling block in my digital learning.
- This whole month I’ve managed to find a suitable time and suitable place and a suitable class at a suitable price(most important) to do YOGA. So finally after many days of trying to stretch at home I’ve been able to get some really valuable unadulterated Yoga time. For this, I’m truly grateful.
- I’m grateful that my grandson pulled out the weighing scale from under the bed and commanded me to “STAND” on it. This simple act jolted me out of my complacency and misplaced belief that Babysitting is equivalent to walking/running or any other strenuous physical activity.
I can’t believe that with the end of this month, we’ve actually come to the end of another financial year. It’s strange how the days go by faster and faster each year. A friend once told me that the closer you are to the end of your life, time is compressed hence it seems that time is going by fast.

Do you think this is the reason why time seems to go faster as you grow older?

I am linking this post to Gratitude Circle and WriteTribe ProBlogger Challenge

Sadly, Write Tribe is having a break and I will miss the lively interaction I’ve had with others of this tribe. Happy Holidays all of you.
And the theme is…………..

March 23, 2015

I’ve almost always been late for any challenge so this time it is a first for me to actually be well in time for the A to Z challenge. The A to Z challenge requires 26 posts, one each day for each letter of the alphabet. While I do land up writing something or the other every day (even if it is just filling out a cheque paying in slip!) it is quite a challenge to make a commitment to write everyday. I remember joining the NaNoWriMo two years ago and just about lasted a week. I gave the challenge a skip the next two years and last year I did go the whole nine yards but wound up my story in 20,000 words. So obviously there’s a mismatch somewhere between my perceived capacity and actual capacity. So this month round, I’m going to make sure that I stick to the target of 26 posts from A to Z in the month of April with not a gap in between.

Well, at the outset, let me make a confession – this is not going to happen simply because I’ve noticed a perverse phenomenon which I am sure strikes all of us. Quite simple stated , the minute you make a resolution to do something, something else happens to make it impossible for you to stick to. Let me make this simpler with examples :

The minute you go on a diet, you’re invited out to dinner every night.
The minute you decide that you want to exercise regularly, you slip on the carpet and sprain your ankle.

You get the drift don’t you?

Well, this year I’ve joined the A to Z challenge knowing full well that from days 4-5 I will definitely not be in a position to upload my posts even if they are ready, simply because I will be holidaying and am unsure whether I will be able to manage it on my iPhone via WiFi. Also, since this is a first for me and I don’t really have any theme in mind, I’ve decided to play it safe and write about whatever catches my fancy. I believe this is called Word Association. So on day 1 which is A, I will open up the computer and write about the first word that comes to mind when I articulate A.

I hope you don’t think this is easy because very often it is hard to find words to describe or write about things that come spontaneously. It should be fun as well don’t you think?

Well, let’s see how it works out and I do hope all of you will stop by and visit the sites of other bloggers who are participating.

Good luck all and on your marks, get set, GO
Today is International Day of Happiness

March 20, 2015

Today is International Day of Happiness.

I was surprised when I read this. In fact, I am amazed how people know what a particular day is when I find it hard to remember what day of the week it is!

Then I discovered that they went online and googled it and le voila you have it at your fingertips

Today is International Day of Blah Blah Blah and Blah

But did you know that today is International Day of Happiness as declared by the United Nations?

For God’s sake, I didn’t even know that such a day existed. Why would one want to dedicate a special day for Happiness? Do people have to be told to be happy? If they aren’t happy surely they are allowed to be unhappy?

Luckily for me, I am happy and am normally always happy so I don’t have to really observe this day especially to be happy. But for the rest of the world or people who are normally grumpy, take inspiration from Roger Hargreaves and BE HAPPY

Image is taken from WIKI Mr. Men

I am also linking this post to Write Tribe ProBlogger Challenge and wish all of you a Happy Weekend!