Count your many blessings, name them one by one. Count your many blessings, see what God has done... I remember singing this song in school and never really paying attention to the words and the powerful truth hidden in them. The power of gratitude was something alien to me, since I spent most of my … Continue reading Don’t Forget to Count Your Blessings
Tag: God
Peace Anyone?
The World cries War! War! War! and my tiny heart weeps and cries for Peace. Peace and brotherhood beyond the confines of nations, religions and race. Isn't it high time? Do we want the 21st century to be named the Darkest Ages Ever? Seriously! Have we progressed? Look back at history and you see the … Continue reading Peace Anyone?
Love Never Dies…
Sandy hit last week and took many people with it. The pictures of the damage were heart wrenching. One cold December not too long ago we woke up freezing. A freak ice storm had left our town without power. We had to live in a friend's place and then a hotel for five days until … Continue reading Love Never Dies…
The Power of Prayer
I started jotting down my prayers in a journal sometime in early July this year. I was intrigued by the maid Aibileen in "The Help" who wrote down all her prayers in a prayer book. Everyone thought her prayers worked. I read about the same thing in "Write it Down, Make it Happen". So I … Continue reading The Power of Prayer
Of Anchors and Roots
I've been losing my footing. It's like someone or something has loosened up the hardened clay around my root system. Like some unseen force of nature is trying to uproot me. Take me out of my comfort zone and catapult me into the unknown. And I most definitely don't like it. I haven't moved much … Continue reading Of Anchors and Roots
The Happiness Prescription
As humans we seem to be constantly seeking something. A better job, a better relationship, better education, a better house and ultimately a better life. But it's really not the job, relationship etc. that we are yearning for. It's happiness. We think that the job or relationship will make us happy. And most of our … Continue reading The Happiness Prescription
Questions…
There comes a time in your life when you question the choices you have made and where they have led you. Had you chosen a different path where would it have lead you? If you hadn't made fear and conforming your bosom buddies where might you have flown? And then you make regret your ally … Continue reading Questions…
A Sign From Above?
The first instance that came into my head when I thought about signs is of the time we were driving to Orlando or Tampa (I'm not sure which one). It's a long drive, an hour or two depending on where you are headed. Somewhere along the way P and I started arguing and when it … Continue reading A Sign From Above?
Forgiveness 101
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. That is a line from the Lord's prayer or "Our Father" as we dubbed it as school girls studying in Good Shepherd Convent. I must have said that prayer a thousand times or more in the 14 years I spent in a school … Continue reading Forgiveness 101
Prayer 101
I imagined myself to be a very spiritual person even when I was a child. I lit the lamp everyday after my bath and prayed to all the deities my Dad prayed to. I read spiritual books and did yoga and meditation in college. And by then I had an obnoxiously swollen spiritual ego. Like … Continue reading Prayer 101
Punctuate Life 