I am the light at the end of the tunnel. I am my own savior. My spirit ran ahead to beam the light of hope as my weary body and mind struggled to catch up. It was this light that kept me alive as the piercing darkness around me spilled into my soul. The tunnel … Continue reading End of the Tunnel
Category: Spirituality
Walking into the Unknown
It's a scary place to be. The vast openness in front of you. Myriad intertwining paths stretching across the horizon as far as the eye can see. Fear immobilizes you. One wrong step and you think all will be lost. How sad it is sweet child that you have forgotten where you have come from. … Continue reading Walking into the Unknown
Uncertainty and Surrender
For a couple of years now we have been grappling with uncertainty. That strange feeling of not being in control and not knowing where you are headed. It started the year we left Florida. We were supposed to come back to India but somehow ended up in Washington. There again I knew we wouldn't be … Continue reading Uncertainty and Surrender
I Thought I was Alone…
You can be surrounded by a room full of people and still feel alone...alone in your frustrating circumstances, grappling with seemingly inconsequential problems that no one really sees as problems. How you wish you had someone who would understand! How you wish you could draw strength from your loved ones and fall back on their … Continue reading I Thought I was Alone…
My Year in Review
Even through the tangled anarchy called fate And through the bitterness of death and fall An outstretched hand is felt upon our lives. It is near in unnumbered bodies and births; In its unslackening grasp it keeps for us safe The one inevitable supreme result No will can take away and no Doom change. … Continue reading My Year in Review
The Pull of Power Places – Trip to Arunachala
When I was a kid I recall reading about sacred places around the world where miraculous healing occurred and which drew multitudes of people to it. But it was in my early twenties that I actually visited one such power place with spiritual vibes so palpable that the air feels different. It wasn’t very … Continue reading The Pull of Power Places – Trip to Arunachala
Shining Your Light
This blog post was supposed to be "Challenges in Chennai" thanks to my friend S. Another friend H who looked back at her blog posts from several years ago urged me to do the same. I looked at all the pieces I wrote after arriving in Chennai - one miserable piece after the next. Where … Continue reading Shining Your Light
The End of a Lazy Summer
I am ready to throw a tantrum. Summer is over. Kids are back in school. I'm still home and unemployed. Feels like I just retreated back into my shell. The kids didn't complain though. They got up at 6.30 instead of 8.30 like it was the most natural thing to do! But every year I'm miserable … Continue reading The End of a Lazy Summer
The Great Disconnect
We are fragmented beings at many levels, living in a fragmented world, trying so hard to patch together our fragmented lives. The chinks, the cracks, the scars and the wounds leave us feeling incomplete. This hole we try to fill with things we seek on the outside, failing to realize that they can never make … Continue reading The Great Disconnect
Happiness, Trust and Uncertainty
I don't want the fleeting happiness that comes from acquiring beautiful things. Nor the shallow mirth that comes from people who please you, praise you and bring you gifts. But I crave the satisfaction of one who need not try so hard to prove one self in a cruel world. One who without seeking has all … Continue reading Happiness, Trust and Uncertainty
Punctuate Life 