Optimism Week 3

We have sown the seeds of optimism in last two weeks, now let’s water the plant a little and show it some light too! This week, I want to share a great poem written by Christian D. Larson. It captures the practice of optimism quite effectively. It stresses on the need to always look at the bright side … Read more

NaPoWriMo Day 15: Stranded

We are half way through NaPoWriMo. So the prompt for today is to write a poem that reflects on the nature of being in the middle of something. The poem could be about being on a journey and stopping for a break, or the gap between something half-done and all-done.  I have written the poem in line with … Read more

Optimism: Week 2

We have inched towards the second week of our month long journey of optimism. If you happened to miss the week 1 post, where we talked about bringing about changes in our attitude by following the two golden rules, then you can glance it here. Hope we practiced the approach of responding to situations rather … Read more

NaPoWriMo Day 9: Prisoner of Time

Let’s rekindle the spirit of “Optimism”, our theme for the monthly feature , while adhering to the prompt of NaPoWriMo. Because today is the ninth day of NaPoWriMo, we have been challenged to write a nine-line poem. Here’s my offering for the day 🙂   When imprisoned by time None willing to obey your mind When faith … Read more

Optimism: Week 1

  “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” ― Winston S.Churchill   Let’s start our month long expedition of Optimism with these finest words of wisdom preached by Mr. Churchill. Optimism is the ability to see the positive and bright side of everything. Easier said than … Read more

Self-discovery: Week 4

Traversing the road of self-discovery, we have reached the end of the month. We are aware that this journey is alleviating, ever evolving and obligatory for our mental and emotional well-being, growth and development. Hence it mandates the process to be never ending irrespective that we are drawing close to the end of our monthly … Read more

Introspection Revisited

“A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience” -Oliver Wendell Holmes. I had written this post about Introspection about six months ago but since we are travelling the road to Self-discovery this month as part of my monthly theme feature, I thought it relevant to share the post once again. We read the motivational … Read more

Tanka: Reflection

Hey there! I hope you had a great weekend and got some time to reflect on yourself. So, did I and here’s what I discovered enroute my journey of self-discovery 🙂     I faced the mirror The reflection seemed obscure I pried, “Who are you?” “Discover me”, it replied I unmasked a unique self!