A conversation transpired with my niece recently. She was pulling at my swimming goggles. “Don’t. It will break.”, I said. “It’s elastic.”, she replied. “It is rubber.” “But it stretches.” “Sure. But everything has a limit.” “What is my limit?”, she asked. “You would have to find that out.” Then I added, “Actually you are… Continue reading My Niece Unlimited
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After Lunch
after lunch a time to feel blessed for a morning well-spent for the well-earned rest the dollop of food let the tummy digest after lunch a time to muse to be somewhat loose let the eyes droop maybe even a snooze after lunch a time to feel blessed a time to smile a bit in… Continue reading After Lunch
Dear World, Why Are You So Scared?
Dear world, Why are you so scared? That was a rhetorical question. No need to analyse fear to give me a well thought out answer. No need to tell me about Amygdala, Hippocampus, fight or flight programming and all that jazz. Dear world, see how beautiful you are. I mean really. Come on. With so… Continue reading Dear World, Why Are You So Scared?
Lone Horse In The Field
I am a lone horse in the field. I gallop in the wild open meadow of my mind, where ever I please. Lone horse in the field. Wedded no one, and yet I did. I birthed nobody, yet I did. His power burns in my belly I gallop in his arms, free. Lone horse in… Continue reading Lone Horse In The Field
Best Words Any Friend, Family Has Said To Me
Once upon a time, a wonderful kind loving man sent an email to a sweet silly scared girl. She was upset about something, and in the middle of that upset she blurted out, “if that happens, I will lose all respect for myself”. Whatever that “that happens” might have been. He did not interject and… Continue reading Best Words Any Friend, Family Has Said To Me
The Science of Shiva – My Favorite Thin Spiritual Book
कहें न तुमसे तुम्हारी बात तो किससे कहें हम? Shivji is one heck of a cool dude. You see, I have a teenage crush on Shivji that endures. So when he says, “O Beloved, put attention neither on pleasure or pain but between these”, I feel this warm glow all inside. He’s addressing me as… Continue reading The Science of Shiva – My Favorite Thin Spiritual Book
i wait for you
This is what I do – I wait for you. It is the space of my life Where the air comes and goes In the middle of which some stuff happens Work to fill the day time with family some entertainment, surfing the net… In spaces in between these I wait for you In the… Continue reading i wait for you
“Achieve! Achieve” But Why?
Discussions on productivity just sound like another form of the litany “ACHIEVE! ACHIEVE” to me. This voice only grew louder and meaner as I found myself unable to continue in the corporate and academic world and was left wondering – “So then, now what?” So what if I get 78 on 100, or 85 on… Continue reading “Achieve! Achieve” But Why?
Suck Away At The Mango
Suck away at the mango of life. Suck away at its pulp. Drink in every drop of its juice with awareness. Grate your teeth in its reshaa and on the guthlee. Take in the bliss. And steeped in joy, fulfillment and gratitude, with every ounce of life having been sucked, fling it away at the… Continue reading Suck Away At The Mango