Category: Thoroughly Mundane

  • Gift of being out balance.

    “The only gift I have to give, is the ability to receive. If giving is a gift, and it surely is, then my gift to you is to allow you to give to me.” ― Jarod Kintz, The Titanic would never have sunk if it were made out of a sink. This morning I was talking to…

  • The Phoenix Rises.

    #startanewlife Phoenix is bird that emerges from its own ashes; I have been burnt thrice now I am threatened for the fourth time. But I am the phoenix and my new song begins. Ever looked at butterfly emerging out of a cocoon, it looks so painful, the wings that un-crumble if I may use the…

  • Taking Another Look – The Second Chance.

    “People aren’t always what you want them to be. Sometimes they disappoint you or let you down, but you have to give them a chance first. You can’t just meet someone and expect them to be everything you’re looking for and then be angry when they’re not every hope and aspiration you projected onto them.…

  • Ah journey through hope. Heavens above! How smashing!

    A story of optimism,  written for Happy hours    https://housing.com/lookup. Visions of positivity, sounds so cheerful. This happy hour says, optimism can be found all around, in the laughter of children, in excitement of our pets face when we get back after work, and in the smile of the loved ones after months of being…

  • Like water off a ducks back

    Like water off a ducks back. Once in a golden hour I cast to earth a seed. Up there came a flower, The people said, a weed.” ― Alfred Tennyson, the Complete Works of Alfred “You are like that” “You are unorganized” how many of these epithets have heard. And what I have heard has stayed with…

  • Saying yes to the universe,

    Saying yes to the universe,

    Yesterday we were celebrating my friend’s birthday, since all the four of us, are just a day apart, we decided to pamper ourselves something we rarely find time to do. As we got discussing I we realized that gracious acceptance is an art – something which most of us do not bother to cultivate. We…