What did I do is a journey from do I know what I did to do I want to know what I did. What did I do? Is this a rhetorical question or a question of introspection? We usually tend to examine the situation and others when this question is raised in our mind. Its … Continue reading What Did I Do?
Category: Parenting
I Want an Easy Life
Who defines what is easy? What is the meaning of an easy life? Is there anything that can be called as an easy life in reality? Even fairy tales become easy only if there is an angel or a Godmother or a Prince Charming. Then how can we have an easy life? We are always … Continue reading I Want an Easy Life
What do You Want to Become?
Can I become what I want to become... Goals, dreams, ambition, reality are all the words with big meanings for adults. All these define an individual’s identity to society. What do you want to become is a common question asked by adults to kids. We all have answered it as a kid but as we … Continue reading What do You Want to Become?
Nothing Will Happen to Me
The detachment in your protection and the truth in your emotions gives you and your kid the space to build their reality and enusre acceptance for what you see. Always speak the truth, never lie to anyone, accept reality, don’t live in fantasy, these are few statements we all have heard from our parents and … Continue reading Nothing Will Happen to Me
…and then we got married.
The belief that someone is happy being with you even when you dont see it is what drives being happily marired. Marriage is often called as an institution, and wedding is a family affair. In both conditions this relationship is never confined to two people only. Then how is the decision of compatibility between two … Continue reading …and then we got married.
Don’t Let Me Down
Always remain that one person who never judges you for what you are. The person who pulls you up even when you think you have let them down. What is one of the strongest emotions we instill in ourselves? “Disappointment”. We live our life with a constant fear of letting someone down starting from parents, … Continue reading Don’t Let Me Down
Don’t Become Like Me
We nurture, we care, we cherish and we lead. We show them what to do and how to do it. Who is your role model? Being ambitious, becoming successful, choosing a role model plays a key role in shaping our life. What is the right way of doing this? Reading biographies, watching documentaries, listening to … Continue reading Don’t Become Like Me
What Will They Think
Do we teach our kids to live with grace and gratitude or do we teach our kids to wonder around the thoughts of others? Decision Making – What is it? Is it a skill, art, personality trait, capacity, ability, strength, power or all the above? What is needed to take a decision in any situation? … Continue reading What Will They Think
You Don’t Understand
Relationship cherishes when you can stand by even when you dont understand and still make an effort to support the thought. I understand you because I love you; I understand you because I know you; But do I understand you when I listen to you? Most of the time we listen to respond rather than … Continue reading You Don’t Understand
Jigsaw Puzzle
We try to "fit in" to be visible but we can smile only when we adjust in that space while being who we are. Have you tried solving a jigsaw puzzle? First step in solving this is to identify those corner pieces of the puzzle. The shape speaks for itself, and we know that these … Continue reading Jigsaw Puzzle
I am Not You; You Are Not Me
Individuality is unique and that is what makes every life special. Many a times we think, plan, and prepare to face certain challenging situations. We are in constant dialogue with ourselves and in our mind, we always win. Sometimes we discuss few scenarios with our friends or family and get suggestions, instructions, opinions and even … Continue reading I am Not You; You Are Not Me
I Want You to be Happy
When my perception meets your perspective, my happiness and your happiness becomes our happiness. What makes you happy? What makes others happy? What is the possibility of the answer for these two questions being the same? Happiness is like the soothing melody of birds chirping. We all hear it and feel it differently. It is … Continue reading I Want You to be Happy
I am Not Good ENOUGH
Good never hurts but proving to someone else that you are good can always hurt. Being Good is a habit and that cannot be measured to see if it is enough or not. My life started by listening to one statement which is: “be a good girl”. I never realised this statement transforming my personality … Continue reading I am Not Good ENOUGH
Are You Listening?
Patience to Listen and Courage to Speak is the foundation of every relationship Listen to me! This is always told with an unpleasant tone. Whereas this phrase should be the core of our communication. When I first visited my daughter’s school, I observed a chart in every classroom which displayed the various voice levels which … Continue reading Are You Listening?
Prisoner Of Love
Imprisoned love can imprison your happiness. Set your love free to let your love set foot in your life. “I Love you”, one of the simplest forms of expression of love but when you mean it, it speaks volumes. Love is one such emotion which is as unique as every individual personality is. When you … Continue reading Prisoner Of Love
YOU are MY Responsibility
Responsibility has a journey of its own. It starts from "You are my responsibility" and should always land into "I am Responsible". When did you learn the meaning of Responsibility? It might be difficult to recollect the timeframe but the real question here is did we learn it right? When I was in school, we … Continue reading YOU are MY Responsibility
Backseat Driving
Confidence to take that backseat even when you feel the anxiety to let your kid drive is the core of being a parent. Driving can be a passion, compulsion, necessity, or a luxury. Some of us learn to drive when it is needed, and some learn because of interest. Some enjoy, some fear, some of … Continue reading Backseat Driving
Don’t Worry About Me
Walk the path of life with concern in all your relationships leading to a life of gratitude which gives you the pleasure of detachment in attachment. “I am worried” has become the most common emotion we all express these days with or without hesitation. People are more comfortable to say, “I am worried" and reluctant … Continue reading Don’t Worry About Me
Fear Tales
Love Comforts the Uncomfortable. What is the role of fear in your life? Can fear make you do the right thing, or can it do things right? My answer to both these questions will be “No”, but I know a wide set of people who believe you should have fear of someone or something so … Continue reading Fear Tales
Never Ending Happiness
Happiness is the sea behind you which is never ending. Its time you look for what is hiding in plain sight than wander to search for "The End". “Happily Ever After” – a phrase which makes us believe it is the end of a story. We always want to enjoy life and be happy. This … Continue reading Never Ending Happiness
Finish Line
On your mark, get set, GO… This is the instruction we hear when we have a finish line to reach. All start together but not all finish together. In life we never hear these instructions to start the race together, so no one starts together. But still, we always feel we are in a race … Continue reading Finish Line
Hold My Hand
Actions speak louder than words. Touch Speaks louder than actions.When a parent says: “hold my hand”, there is a sense of protection. When a partner says: “hold my hand”, there is a sense of belonging. When an elderly person says: “hold my hand”, there is a sense of safety. Every phase of life defines a … Continue reading Hold My Hand
Hide & Seek
Close your eyes and count till 10. Ready or not, here I come….We all grew up playing different versions of this game. The joy of not being caught, the joy of seeing someone else being caught, the joy of finding a secret place to hide, the eagerness to see if the denner is coming to … Continue reading Hide & Seek
Reading Glasses
At a certain age we all tend to get reading glasses which helps us see things clearly which is closer to us. Sometimes we fail to realize that what we are seeing is not how it looks like until we don’t wear the glasses to see the difference. We might know that we need glasses, … Continue reading Reading Glasses
Gift Wrap
What pleases you more: a gift or the gift wrap? Presentation matters at every stage of life. We value the present first by its appearance and then by who presented it and last comes the present. This is human nature. What pleases our eye reaches our mind first. That is why we take lot of … Continue reading Gift Wrap
























