Jingle Bells!

How are you all dearies?

Merry Christmas You All..

This Christmas is not really a vacation time for me b'coz of multiple things going on in my life.

So today I really needed a break. I wanted for once to forget the life that I am living. 

But there was time paucity. How do I take a vacation with only half an hour to spare?

I wanted to do something fun and light. I thought of colouring but you know from this blog that I am not very good at it.  

So I decided to watch Mr. Bean Series. It was after a long time that I was doing anything entertaining. And fun it was! I really laughed from my belly. It was a laughing riot of full 10 Mins. I agree he is silly but he does tickle my funny bones. 

Done! 

That was all it took to shift from mindset from that of a worked up housewife to a living and thriving human!

When was the last time you laughed so hard that you had tears in your eyes?

Her first love!

“Oh my God, I so love him”, she gushed 💘

“Really?” I asked, as I had my doubts about his character.

“Really!!!!”, She exclaimed with all her heart.

“I don’t really like him”, I spoke with gumption.

She looked at me like I was crazy to even say that. 🙎

“He is the BEST. I have seen his XYZ movie 150 times. I still remember the first time I saw him at my cousins’. They had newly purchased a DVD player and had got the DVD of film XYZ. The moment I laid my eyes on him, I was all weak with crazy rush of love. And till today I watch all his films, first day first show in a good theater. I have never missed this ritual for last 17 years.”

“Really?” I seemed to be so stunned by this revelation that I could only manage monosyllables. 😵

“Oh yes! When he was arrested, I used to go to the temple every single day to pray for him. I cut a chocolate cake every year on his b'day. Whenever I go to Mumbai, I go to his house!!”

“What?? Have you met him in person???”, I was really curious now.

“Never outside his home or anything. But once when I was driving a two-wheeler in Mahabaleshwar, I saw him in his car. I drove my moped at a speed of 80 KPH just to be able to see him closely. He looked I me from his car window, I waved a ‘hi’. He too waved a ‘hi’. I then gave him a flying kiss and he smiled widely. That’s the first and the last time I saw him”

“Wow”, I was really speechless.

“There is no love like the first!😍” She beamed with an angelic smile. 💓💕💖

P.S 1: I now realize that an actor becomes a star not because of his acting but because of the adulation of countless millions of quintessential die-hard fans like her. 😇

P.S 2: The actor in question has almost been convicted multiple times for multiple reasons but got acquitted in all his cases. I assumed that was because of his clout. Now I think it’s because of all love, positive energy and blessings people like her shower on him!😏

P.S 3: Love can be really drive you crazy 😜

Disconnect

So recently I experienced the following episodes:

1. An old man was standing bang in the middle of the road, squinting and trying to read on his mobile. Fortunately the road was not very crowded so there was no risk to his safety.

2. An old man whose usual dinner time is 8 pm waits for his son for dinner till 10 pm. The son is usually late from his office and eats his dinner alone so the father wants to give him company this day. Unfortunately, when they sit for dinner, the son starts watching some YouTube video and the old man is eating his meal silently. Together they ate but alone they were.

3. I was in a family function. All my cousins were sitting together in a huge circle. Irony of it - all of them were busy looking at their phones. I tried to capture the scene for this blog but everyone realised I was clicking a photo and started looking at me with a huge cheerful smile.

When I had written this blog When you are addicted to technology..., I was going through a phase of realisation that I myself was addicted to the cell phone. So these days I have started to consciously try and find ways to disconnect every once in a while. And it's a miracle when you do it. 

You start taking more interest in the people around you, the life you are supposed to live. It gives you more time for self reflection. You start wanting to do something actively and end up being productive. So for me, these technology breaks work fabulously.

Go ahead, do try to go offline please!

Tale of hope

Hope:

A feeling of anticipation, a yearning for a particular thing to happen.

A feeling of trust, belief that things will turn out ok.

Wanting something to happen as per one's wish.

For me, hope is that feeling I rely on when things in life seem to go topsy turvy. It's my best friend who pulls me out from the despair caused due to life's rigmarole. It's always on my speed dial when I am stressed and need some solace. Past few days have been tough and I realised the only thing I was desperately clinging to was "HOPE".

Hope for better days to come, hope of a better and brighter future.

In parallel, I came across a fellow human being, who was facing a myriad of troubles in her life. She seemed to have given up on a better future and worst given up on herself. I had a tough time seeing her struggle through life.

I was desperate to help but she was totally closed to receive any help. A very difficult situation. For days on end, I would struggle to make her understand that she has the power to change her life. It's just that she had to take the responsibility to make changes for the betterment. But nothing I said or did helped in anyway 💔

And that's when it hit me suddenly, she had lost all hope, all desire to better her life. To want a better future. This really saddened me to a great extent and that's when I researched the below findings:

1. Nurturing hope is a continuous process, it cannot be suddenly called upon when in tough times.

2. You have to cultivate hope in your persona by believing in some supreme power/being, by accepting life situations as they are and cultivating a positive thought pattern for better outcomes in future.

3. Hope is an ongoing process of choosing positive emotions like optimism, devotion, compassion,  trust and self confidence. It requires self-discipline of not succumbing to negative emotions like anxiety, stress, fear or doubt.

Yes. 'Hope' is hard work but then it can be your best arsenal when in tough times!

Wishing you loads of love, happiness and all things good!

Keep hoping for the best 💖💝✌