Randomly thinking about The Tree House...

 Small frames, large frames, plain frames....any kind of frame....

Look at everything that happens to you...

        Put everything that happens....

                        In a frame

And you'll see the difference it makes to you, the person. For, when you put everything into a frame, you are giving it a context. Contexts change, and so do frames................but, seeing things within a framework, make it easier to perceive, understand, handle, and accept.

We all need...

a treehouse...

Randomly thinking...

It's easier to have gentle thoughts when one is in a beautiful, calm, serene place....

easier to be tranquil...
         



          easier to be at peace...

Early morning rambling...

Am sitting at my desk waiting for my Newsletter edit page to open - its one of those days when the server is down, and my editor, teammates and I are all frantically trying to access the website. The newsletter has to come out by 10 a.m.....

Looking out of my window - my heart is getting restoring drafts of cool wind - its a GORGEOUS day outside...raining, and windy and dark...

Randomly rambling...

We do have a penchant, and clearly the ability, for trivializing? localizing? bringing-everything-down-to-the-lowest-levels-possible? everything - no matter what...

Now that the festive season is upon us, gods and goddesses are going to underscore and reiterate this...

Ganesh idols are in Anna Hazare mode, and who knows, maybe this year, Durga will be in the Mamata Bannerjee cast....

Napoleon's words come to mind:  'From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step.'

and for those who know French, the original, I'm sure, would convey the thought best: "Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas."

Thank God...

for Lionel Messi and Daniel Craig....

Their coming to India is a highpoint for all of us who are beleaguered by uncontrollable rising prices, the antics of politicians and media persons, whom you take seriously at your own risk and peril, and a crazy everyone-does-exactly-as-he-pleases country.

Thank God for Messi and Craig who bring to life and reinforce the belief that life can be exciting....and that life can be beautiful...

We can’t be Messi and Craig, but we can take some of their stardust and sprinkle it on ourselves.........

Sharing...

nuggets of wisdom from 'The Treehouse' by Naomi Wolf.

The story about a monk who lived in China - he spent his lifetime carving a stone cicada. It was a beautiful cicada. The very last thing he did was to carve a perfect ruby tongue in its mouth. Of course no one would ever see the ruby tongue. But the monk would know it was there. As a monk who was praying with his work, and as an artist, he knew that only when that unseen detail was finished would the stone cicada be complete...

Ordinary details are innately sublime; they are full of glory. When we notice the details, the glory reveals itself. But-----that does not mean we get bogged down by details.

A poem to live by:

STOP

GO BACK

YOU ARE GOING

THE WRONG WAY

Remember - There is room in the Universe for all of us and for all our efforts. No effort ever goes to waste. They all get connected...so,  Be happy doing whatever you are doing, NO MATTER WHAT COMES OF IT.