Continuing my musing on contentment...

I came across these rather powerful thoughts:

If you find yourself stuck in traffic. Don't despair. There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege.

Should you have a bad day at work, think of the man who has been out of work for years.

Should you grieve the passing of another week-end, think of the woman in dire straits, who works 12 hours a day, 7 days a week to feed her children.

Should your car break down and you have to walk to find assistance, think of the physically challenged person who would love to take that walk.


And last of all: I cried because I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.

'milling ramblings...

Life does not give us what we want...

                                           but what we need...

                                                               and Life equips us for this, if we but stop our ravings and rantings and look inside and around us...

This is reason enough for us to go along with life...

Never judge life by the happiness quotient, for happiness is fleeting. Judge by the deep feeling of peacefulness, serenity and tranquilitythat stays on after the breeze/zephyrs/strong winds/tempests/hurricanes have passed over...

(Tread)milling ramblings...

Remember to consciously release all the toxins in the body - physical, mental, emotional, psychological - when you 'mill.

Randomly thinking...

Among all the states of mind that a person can have, to be content seems to be the hardest state to be in. Truly. Take anything: the weather - it's too hot, too cold, too dusty, too windy, too rainy... , food - too hot, too cold, underdone, overdone, too much, too little, too spicy, too bland... , work/work environment - too much, too difficult, too confusing, too stressful, not challenging enough, not exciting... , people we meet - too chaalu, too foolish, not bright, too devious, not the thinking kind, not savvy, don't know anything, selfish... , ourselves - what a place we live in, not rich enough, too poor, want this, need that, too fat, too thin, want to look young, want to look older, want to eat, can't eat, want to travel, can't do all the things i want to do... , the city we live in - dirty, difficult to move about in, crazy traffic, no sidewalks... , tv programs - the same old thing, bitter politics, foolish governments, corrupt politicians, self-seeking people... , and on and on and on...just not happy with anything...

Think about it - when was the last time we were just peaceful about where we were and what we had? when last were we just plain-old-just-us, doing the things that came our way, happily and cheerfully?

Words...

Today is Good Friday, and a person who called to talk to me about something wished me a 'Happy Good Friday' and hoped I would celebrate and have a wonderful day. Good Friday is a day of mourning - an awful day when even the thought of the crucifixion of Christ is painful...

Observe would have been a better word, because Good Friday is a day that is observed by all believers...one thinks about the crucified Christ and all that it means.

The day that is celebrated is Easter...the day of re-birth...of spring and new beginnings...

Just a small word - what a difference in the meaning it conveys...

Increasingly I'm believing in: Speak gently...you may be treading on someone's heart/mind/sensibilities...

Randomly thinking...

To some, a treadmill means - running/walking without getting anywhere...

Is that really true?

I believe the reason why one is on the treadmill is to get to a physical state that is fit, and a mental state that is strong...

Randomly rambling...

When perforce, a mother has to be left in the hands of a care-giver, how to describe the myriad feelings that tumble around in the heart...for the unseen umbilical cord that binds the daughter to the mother continues to tug tenaciously at the heart-strings...