Coffee or Green Tea?

Every morning I hear a voice that says “Coffee or Green Tea” and I have to make a choice. It takes a second for me to think and decide. Just that simple question sends signal to my brain and the aroma of coffee and green tea at once leaves me in a dilemma for a moment. It is coffee or green tea. I decide and the dilemma is over.

Everyday brings new things and most of all it brings choices. Our brain is constantly at work and our heart helps us take decisions. We can look at the task at hand and start to feel the pressure or we can look at the new day thinking it will be a great day. Every day we are faced with choices to make. A choice can help us keep the day or throw it away. When I choose to keep the day I find possibilities unfold. My dilemma is gone and I am living everyday of my life. A wrong choice will give a wrong start and that can take the life out of the day.

Coffee or green tea?

Homecoming

I have been to numerous trips in my life and have really enjoyed most of them, but I don’t remember feeling the way I feel going back after this trip. The hotel we stayed in, the event we organised, the fun we had were all good but the feeling of getting back seemed overwhelming.

Despite all the comfort, fun and achievement that I can get out of life, the feeling of being around my loved ones overshadows all. As I am sitting on the train I imagine the smiling faces that will greet me, the arms that will hold me and the words that will encourage me. I feel blessed to know that I have my loved ones to welcome me home.

The Colorful life

I was on an educational trip to a small town in MP called Orchha. It has historical significance as this place was part of the Bundelkhand period. We were in a small community school in a village. Our task was to involve the village community people in an event we organised as part of the ongoing effort to tell the people that educating a girl child is so important.

I found something extraordinary in the village. The village folk are simple and quiet. They have a very basic lifestyle. Maybe they just have food and water and that’s all. All other amenities seemed a distance dream for them. But they wore very colorful clothes that stood out at a distance and they all had smiles on their faces. It was amazing to see such happiness in their face even thought I felt that their life was tough. When I compare this with the city life I find a huge contrast. In the city people have all modern aminities and facilities but they seem to be lost in doing and not in living. The village folk seem to be focused on living everyday, full of zest and cheer. The colors they wear are actually reflective of how they live everyday. It’s a colorful life all in all; simple, serene and content.

The Escalator Belt

I was at a railway station with my group and to get to our platform we had to take an escalator. Everyone stepped into the escalator and so did I as my turn came. I was carrying two bags with me and I was holding my mobile phone in my hand. I stepped onto the escalator without holding on the belt on the side of the escalator. It took a second for me to stabalise myself and get the center of gravity working for me. But I felt the fear of falling although there was very little chance of that happening. Then I made contact with the belt with my left hand as soon as I got a chance. That little touch gave me so much relief and the fear of falling went away in an instant. Even if there is any jolt, I would be able to hold on to the belt and not fall. It was an amazing feeling to get that assurance, all in an instant.

In our daily walk we all need someone to hold on to or just be in touch. That someone will be like the escalator belt that will give that assurance of not falling. In an event of any jolt in life you can hold on to that someone; a friend, a spouse or a parent. The feeling of being assured of protection and safety, that person will provide, is so great.