Beyond Horizons...

I recently posted about happiness on Thrivearc.  It is not about happiness. I understand happiness is vague and relative term. What triggered me to write about it is how intentionally we approach to happiness? *T hing that most matter to us.  Ask anyone and everyone, what do they desire? More often the answer is happiness. Well I like other specificities too. Like someone I had a chat with last week, said she is looking to get pro tennis player. She just started learning it in pandemic and can't seem to get it enough. One of my friend wants to build new toys for kids, he thinks most toys are same one what he played with. He is looking to bring new ones in the market.  I find my happiness with connecting to new people. Working with them to see amazing transformation they go through. I find my happiness in reading with my kid, old stories with new excitement or new stories with old thrill. I feel happy when I write. I find happiness in tinkering many of my ideas, some I su...

  This year was something serious crazy. I remember flying out from US to India in January. Covid was then only a news 'something happening in China', not in anyone's wildest imagination it would've made to every corner of the world. Unfortunately it did.  All of us have seen trying times. People losing their loved ones, their jobs, living through uncertainties of all kinds. It tested everyone. In spite of all this saying bye to 2020 calls for grand celebration.  Celebrate, t hat you made through 2020. Celebrate where you are, with whomever you are with whatever you are. You did it. You can do it again.  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays 🤗 

People are pioneer to any significant outcomes, changes we see in life. #PeoplePower Trust them and they will amaze you with results. Give them a freedom and they will show thousand ways to do one thing. Give them a direction and they will take you to the destination. Show them how they matter and they will move mountains for you. Invest in them with time, relation, conversations and they bring you happiness. Give them challenges and they will bring the changes. Give and you will receive more. People is all that matters. #PeoplePower

I come across so many people who complain that it is too late for them to start. It always puzzles me who gives these people deadline of sorts? Who shares it perfectly scheduled events? If there are any I would like to meet them. I know I will not meet them. Because they don't exist. 'Late' is fictitious timeline we impose on ourselves.  It is never too late to start reading. Its ok if you haven't got time till now. Pick anything you like, comics, fiction, travelogue, mysteries, psychology, money management, cooking.  It is never too late to start exercising. Even if it is for 5 minutes. Anytime of the day. Any exercise of your choice. Walk, run, crunches, push-ups, pull ups.  It is never too late to start eating healthy. Start stocking up fruits, nuts, healthy snacks.  It is never too late to catch up with people you care about. Call them, ask them how are they doing? what excites them? what makes them sad?  It is never too late to start learning new skill, hob...

No matter what your choices are, at any given point of time you will find people who support your choices and who criticizes it. This is true for any decision, any life choice you make. Small or big. Consequential or otherwise. You may as well choose what you want. It is a simple yet hard lifehack. One of the most life changing decision I've ever made for myself early in life.  Every time you put yourself behind others desires, you are saying No to yourself. Sometimes it is okay, sometimes it is necessary. But it is not ok if it happens more in favor of others than you or most of the time or all the time. Like, You are going to have a pizza where your friend likes to eat. You like it too, but not as much as your friend does.  Your friend likes to watch action movies, you like them to but you enjoy comedy more.  Your brother or sister wants to watch sports when you want to listen to music.  You are working on a project when your colleague comes and asks your help...

How this list has changed over the time and also remained same to certain extent. There is no bounds to my happiness when I do these, To be surrounded by people I love and who love me Delicious food. Outdoor Walks Reading Books Meeting new people Challenging work Beaches Travelling  Smile comes deep from my heart when I do these, Coffee Writing Movies, TV series (Good  Mysteries) Chat with a friend  Music Cooking Running  Being silent. Alone or with a friend(Oh yes, with good one's you enjoy silence too) long drives I am amazed when I look at the list now. There are so many things that make me happy! Wow!  Try it, make a list of things that make you happy. I would love to see it. 

For a November in east of USA, today was warm day. Since pandemic social gatherings are not happening so our visits to parks, lakes have increased a lot. Not parks as in playground parks, where you could go on trails, hiking etc.  Today it was a visit to lake park. Willingboro Lake park. Beautiful place, it has trails to walk around the lake in the middle. Kid doesn't walk longer distance so wherever there are bike trails, we take her bike along so that hubby and me can enjoy long walks and kid can enjoy biking. Works for everyone.  I had taken 10K October challenge, where everyday I have to walk 10K steps. October was chosen as it is onset of cool weather in US, 3-4 months after that venturing out for walks is pretty challenging. I am pushing a little further and making November as well 10K month. November and December being celebratory months for many reasons for us, taking such challenges keep me fit. Or at least i like to think it does.  I have always loved ...