“Whoever is happy will make others happy.” – Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. I spotted another Yellow Tabebuia last week and this is the same tree from March 2023. I love the fact that this one too like the last one was captured on the go. The tree seems to be a … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 183
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”– Abraham Lincoln Over the weekend, I stepped out with VT to go watch a few matches of the Bengaluru Open. The Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association is beautifully located at the center of the city and almost in between the Cubbon … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 182
Life is about perspective and how you look at something… ultimately, you have to zoom out. ~ Whitney Wolfe Herd This weekend I went on a run and I was trying to find the same Banyan tree from 4 years back when I first saw it (picture on the left). The tree, the aerial roots … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 181
“When you’ve learned to both see and not see the resemblance, then you see the uniqueness.”― Barbara Katz Rothman, Early in the month, my friend UM couldn’t join me for a walk. She had to step out and then she made the most of her day by walking in one of the most green patches of … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 180
No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again. – Buddha Happy 2025 you all! I hope the first week of the year has been decent for you all so far. Like they say, it is just another Sun rise but the change of calendar year makes us all cling to hope, … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 179
When 2024 began, I wanted it to be ‘my’ year. I was sure many good things will happen through the year. You see, I have a strong affinity to the number ’24’ and hence the hunch. As I look back, I think 2024 was my year but not in the ways I had imagined. In … More Goodbye 2024
“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.”― Paulo Coelho I am not working these last few days of the year. I am meeting friends, ex-colleagues and folks I haven’t met in a while. I am spending the end of the year in a quiet yet active way. So … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 178
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart.” ~ Hellen Keller Just a few days ago, I was walking in my apartment complex. I had started my day early and the Sun was playing hide and seek amongst the clouds. I crossed … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 177
We only see what we want to see; we only hear what we want to hear. Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what we believe. ~Don Miguel Ruiz On my way to work, I cross a very small junction. This is a short cut that my auto driver takes … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 176
The things that I see as I walk along the streets — a little flower that blooms in May, a lovely sunset at the end of a day, someone helping a stranger along the way — that’s heaven to me. ~Sam Cooke Last month, I was out with my peers for a lunch. It was … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 174
happiness and food 