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1. Yesterday, I watched Oprah. The program was about finding out that she had a Half-sister. For once I was glad that someone in the media highlighted a good character, someone who didnt take advantage of someone elses success to ride the wave to fame.
2. I am in a Letting Go/Clearing out mode. I have been clearing out stuff that I have been holding on to with no real purpose other than sentimentality. I feel a lot lighter. I think its something in the Planetary position/Motion that is making me do this.
3. I Made the Kimchee, a traditional Korean cabbage pickle, that is a staple in their diet. I am waiting on its fermenting now. I also had a Korean Acquaintance of mine come over to taste it, cause I havent ever tasted real Kimchee. She said it tasted good, though the colour was lighter than what it normally would be. Next time, I am going to make it better now that I tasted her kimchee. So Yay! for me.
4. I forgot to return books to the library and now I will end up paying a fine...What was I thinking?
5. Our Neighbourhood is going through a stomach flu, and I am crossing my fingers and toes that it doesnt visit me. My son's been feeling a little nauseous since the day before yesterday.
6. The Garbage truck and me in the Car danced on the road today.. and it was really amusing. She backs up and there are two cars parked on either side of the road so here I am backing up behind her and she goes where ever I go. Well, I am home now. Note to self : Dont ever get behind a Garage truck.
7. The book Code name: God, is very interesting.
8. We are having a dry, but cloudy, foggy day today.. hope it doesnt rain. There have been landslides and flooding in some areas from excessive rains. Its not as bad as what is happening in Australia or Phillipines.
9. I am going to watch Eat Pray Love, cause it seems to have rave reviews...I havent read the book but from reading the "gist" I get the feeling that this movie will be about something I already know.
10.Today is going to be a busy day... I hope to be Tiredly Happy at the end of my day.
Thank you for reading and/or leaving thoughts. Have a wonderful day, no matter what you do or where you are.
Peace
Rashmi.
In the name of Ingenious Creativity
We let our imagination run amok
Losing our grip on What IS
Letting our imagination become our suspicion
Letting our suspicions become our conviction
Letting our convictions manifest our reality
Letting our perspective be guided by our imagined belief.
We Call it, Intelligence
When we walk through life in Fear
Of our manifested imagination,
Calling ourselves a superior species
While our actions, prove otherwise.
All, in the name of Intelligence.
1. I forgot to post this yesterday. So here I go posting it today.
2. I am stuck with this song since friday, and its driving everyone nuts, me most of all. The song goes on and on in my head...John Lennon's "Oh my Love". Whats wrong with me?
3. Its been Cold and Rainy and I badly want to hibernate.
4. I am having one of those days where I feel like "Where exactly did I intend going?". Its like I forgot where it was that I was planning on heading. I lost the map or something.
5. I am on a Steinbeck binge. I finished reading "The Pearl" and now on to the Red Pony and Of mice and men. As I read the Pearl, I thought, it sounds so much like a folk tale, and I did a little look-see on the web and realized it was based on a Folk Tale from South America.
6. I am annoyed at the Shooting in Arizona. What is it with people? I dont understand, I cant even comprehend the reason.
7. All of a sudden.. Three clocks in my home stopped working and I cant get them to work after I changed the Battery. Its like Time planned a strike or if I go on the off beat, seemingly illogical edge, something is calling out loudly to "Stop Time"....could that even be possible?
8. Do any of you ever experience days when you dont want to talk to anyone? You would think it will be good not to speak for a day and then somehow you want to extend it to days. Its weird.
9. This is probably the most disjointed piece of writing I have ever done.
10. Its the festival of Lohri/Makara Sankranthi on the 13-14 Jan. Its a celebration of the Sun's movement towards to the North Sky and entering the constellation of Capricorn. On the day we worship the Sun.
11. I watch my children grow and I have thoughts ranging from joy to anxiety. I wonder if my parents did the same.
Its that time of the year when I look back on the year that has passed. I could say “Its been a good year” Or “All is as it should be” and let it be at that…Hmm, maybe that isn’t a bad idea, after all what can I gain from re-hashing the last year. On the Other Hand, this could prove an exercise in seeing how much I actually remember, which will show how much I have been PRESENT.
The last year was tough for me in some aspects and easy on others. I missed my mother, the times we talked in the week. Looking back, I feel guilty for a few things…I wasn’t as Magnanimous as I wanted to be. I was petty in some aspects. I held on when I could have let it go. I spoke when I should have held my tongue. I got mad when I could have walked away. Instead of making choices where I am empowered, I chose indifference and apathy. All of the above leads to negativity and I had made it my goal to practice being more positive in the daily workings of my life. Of course, I can choose to feel guilty all the time or I can feel guilt once and then let it go. After all we don’t need to punish ourselves more than once for ONE crime. Note to self : Keep Practicing being Positive, instead of Thinking of being Positive.
I read a lot last year, but wrote very little. Hopefully, I will get around to doing the reviews of some of the books I read. I had lots to say about the different things happening around the world, but didn’t feel like saying it. At times I think its cause I am Lazy, at other times I think “What’s the point of saying it anyway? It makes too much noise when I voice it and Nothing will change, except for me expending unnecessary energy.” Note to Self : If you want to say something, just say and be done with it. Make it a discipline to write once a week or everyday for 15 minutes
I haven’t been productive on the financial front… It is something I need to remedy. I haven’t done any doodles or paintings or crocheted or made any jewelry. I didn’t exercise as much as I had set a goal to do. I did cook more than usual as I tried out making pickles and baked dishes(my nemesis, I don’t enjoy baking). I did Pranayama more. I went for more walks but it wasn’t regular. I practiced flute more but I am not any better at getting the count or the rhythm. Note to self : Just DO IT.
We had a fantastic Summer… I guess, it will be something to remember for a long while. We did quiet a lot of hiking. I was amazed at my children for staying with it and not giving up mid way on some of the hikes. We visited Lakes and water falls, we saw birds flying below us, deer in the wild, Turkey vultures in the wild. We experienced the silence of the woods, the sereneness of the lakes, the sunset at the beach. We visited Vancouver and Victoria. And come winter, we went on our first snow shoeing trip at Mount Hood. It was awesome as it was tiring. This was the only place we had to turn back before we finished the trek, cause my daughter wasn’t very happy with the cold creeping up her fingers and toes. We did archery a lot. I am a bad shot…I cant hit the bulls eye if it were staring at me. I wonder what happened to the shot that was me, could it be that my eyesight is failing? My children are better than me. Of course, my Husband is PERFECT :P.
I am going to hit the big 40 this year…I am trying to understand what the big deal is, when I really don’t feel the age and I don’t mean that I don’t have wrinkles or grey hair or times when I forget what I wanted to say, as I was saying it. I seem to be on a see saw…There are days I wake up thinking “Oh No! I am going to be late to school. I will miss my bus” and then there are days when I wake up thinking “Oh do I really need to get up, couldn’t someone else take over and leave me alone” But there are things that haven’t changed – I am very easily amused. I tend to see what others missed. I still choose to have peace. I still Live and Let Live. I still like to spend time alone. I LOVE my early morning Coffee. I love good stories, movies, books, poetry, sculptures. I still love the trees and flowers and still hate the feeling when I see the spider. I love sleeping in on cold days and waking up at the crack of dawn during warm days. I love the sunshine, the wind in my face. I still hate getting my hair cut. I still have an accent when I speak English and I still look typically Indian. My preferences in food, hasn’t changed- still cant stand milk and still love Indian food. Oh and Last but not least, I still have the SAME Husband , children, family and friends that I had last year *giggling*.
My family has been my source of joy. Yes, the dynamics in the relationship is changing. My children are becoming more independent, more opinionated, more knowing than I was at their age. My husband still makes me laugh, still listens to my late night rants and still makes me feel the extremes of emotions. My father makes me wonder if I wasnt switched at birth. My brother makes me swing between being grateful hes there and wishing he wasnt there. So the way I figured, I have HOPELESS relationships with Men *giggling*. Its the women in my life that keep me even keeled, head in the right place. Guess we cant have everything.
On the Internet, I have enjoyed some awesome reads, spoke to really Lovely People, Practiced speaking bits of Korean. To All my friends here on Multiply, Thank you! for being who you are. When you Write, leave comments, have conversations with me, you make my world a more beautiful place. I value your thoughts and comments. They show me parts of me I didn’t know about, they re-enforce the ones I knew, they help change the ones that aren’t helping me. I hope your visits here are as enjoyable as my visits with you.
This year… I am going to rewire my brain to change some definitions for words I generally use.
Abundance – it used to be “having as much as I need materially, emotionally, spiritually”. This year it will be “The ability to do what you want to do, when you need to do it” I want to remove the others in the equation… waiting on others is a path to disappointment.
Discipline – It used to mean “having a routine to incorporate all that needs to be done and strictly following it. If I cant follow it then there is some form of punishment”. This year it will be “Mastering myself to regulate my own conduct when needed to follow rules, my own and those that are conducive to a Joyful Life” I realize that the need for enforcement comes only when I am unable to be the Master of Myself.
Listening – It used to be “If I am free and interested in what you are saying I will listen”. This year it will be, “Listening, when you come up to me and wish to be listened to. Paying full attention, to the person talking, without looking at the time or letting my mind wander. Listening without thinking about the next thing I need to do, without any judgment or preoccupation.” I realize that most times, my brain is busy trying to figure the NEXT thing to do or get done, that when my children come to tell me something, I am half listening. I need to change that.
Now as this year moves ahead. I hope, in spite of what looks like chaos around us, ALL of us move through with the Knowing that at Any Moment all we need to do is BE All there. We have a choice in every moment to chose Harmony or Chaos, for peace is within us. To make it through with all of our Being, in whatever shape or form we are, to do our best. When we get to the end of this year, I hope, we can look back with more smiles than regrets and say “It was a Good Year”.
Thank you all for reading through and for leaving your thoughts. Have a Wonderful Year!
Peace
Rashmi
