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?
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
Did I Grow Up or is there still more to it?! Don’t fight like kids. Stop acting like a child. You are grown up now; behave like one. Kids are so cute and innocent. When will I grow up? Why did I even grow up? We are always puzzled between these thoughts and always try … Continue reading Grow Up!
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
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
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
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?
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
A Perfect Match is someone who unearths the Diamond within you to brighten your life and your relationship. Do you know what is a “matching center”? It is a small shop which has multiple shades of each color stacked with varieties of materials. It used to be one stop shop for buying blouse pieces for … Continue reading A Perfect Match
My life is mine only when I have everyone. My rules are mine only when it excludes everyone. Love Rules Life. We all believe our life is ours, but we forget to come to terms when someone else says this out loud. In our journey of life everyone has had this feeling: “My Life-My Rules” … Continue reading My Life – My Rules
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
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
Love speaks its own language. A Journey once started as mamma’s boy leads to a path with free entry to a life where he becomes the hero, villain, supporting actor and every other role you name it by becoming a father. Being a daughter is an advantage from my perspective because I was taught at … Continue reading Daddy
Knowing your limit is not always a limitation. It is the blessing you have to enjoy what life unfolds. Hindu mythology has many stories within each other which relates to our day to day living if we look at it with a perspective which can change many perceptions. I started my blogs with a view … Continue reading Lakshmana Rekha
Can your disagreement be as gentle as a child's innocence who also has an opportunity to make the same noise but chose to stand by her little sister in peace? I agree to what you say – this statement brings a lot of joy to the person listening to it. Whereas when that agreement changes … Continue reading Agree to Disagree
One of the most fascinating view as a kid was watching those soapy bubbles blown into air in Mysore Dasara Exhibition. No matter how much we try to recreate that liquid at home, it never matches to what we see there. One blow and there are so many bubbles with various size, color, shape and … Continue reading Bouncing Bubble
Choice will Smile when you Smile at it. Make a positive difference with acceptance and see life with a new perspective which will surprise the perception which the choice holds. Choose what you want – this is a common statement when you visit an ice-cream parlor. There are so many flavors that we sometimes fail … Continue reading I Had No Choice
We learnt to find "x" and solve our equations. We all associate finding “x” with algebra in school. I did my fare share of finding x and solving lot of equations and now my daughter has reached the grade where she started finding “x”. This exam she found the value of x but forgot to … Continue reading Find ‘x’ To Solve The Equation
Age Defines You - Embrace It. Humans give birth to a baby after 9months of conceiving. Every development has a timeline. After birth each milestone should be age appropriate. We expect in 3months, the baby turns around, then crawl, sit, stand and walk all within a year. Every development is associated with a number. Growth … Continue reading Age is NOT Just a Number.
Perception Changes Perspective 