JUMBO

while the world is caught up in the jumbo sized pandemic and equally large response to it - we tried to make lemonade out of the lemons 'thrown' at us - finally, got to make a visit to the memorial - just about 2 hours drive from our place - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumbo

the story (especially the end) of Jumbo is certainly sad - https://www.railwaycitytourism.com/the-story-of-jumbo

however - very impressive that an animal had garnered the love of so many folks around the globe - that too without any support/power of social media that can make things go 'viral'

let almighty give us all - the human race and beyond - the 'jumbo' strength and blessings to make world a better place for everyone on it.

.. ऐसे ही शाम ढले

opposite of WORRY?

not sure if there is any antonym of Worry that I like or feel is appropriate ...

i have been thinking how to define worry?
it is creative imagination under the dark clutches (control) of FEAR ... then the opposite best suited would be BLISS (another 5 letter word) - which I want to define as Imaginative Creation guided/driven by HOPE

is our mind constantly playing a game of ping-pong between Worry & BLISS .. let HOPE be the winner all the time then :-)

ऐसे ही जग में, आती हैं सुबहें ...

नीले गगन के तले, धरती का प्यार पले

ऐसे ही जग में, आती हैं सुबहें
ऐसे ही शाम ढले

count your smiles ..

many happy memories flooding from the past .. one decal I remember from our old home (some 25 years ago) attached to a glass showcase had this couplet

Count your smiles not tears

Count your friends not years

might be a birthday gift ? 😋😜

what's with numbers?

the below is our car odometer reading as of Wednesday night .. there is some math calculations and random driving involved before we could match up the trip meter and odometer to line up the digits (at least the numbers ignoring the decimal point) .. it had some equation solving by my son while i picked him and his friend up from the cadet program

it reminded me of an incident - while i was young - i used to track - along with my dad - currency notes with special/peculiar numbers .. and one day he is far away in different town and he was about to pay someone with a note - and (according to him) he heard me whispering in his ears "hey look dad, why are you giving away that bill - it has some 'collectible' sequence" - he did pause and checked and was surprised the inner voice he heard was true - so he saved it for us - and later told me the story

our minds are very powerful - if we are into something with 'passion' - the universe is a playground and supportive friend - miracles happen and make you feel blessed/grateful .. where there is a will - there is a way!

seeing a worm in your apple?

we live in a high rise building - and occasionally (sometimes past mid-night) we get disturbed with fire alarm .. later to discover it was a 'false alarm' - since, we get disturbed from our deep sleep we do feel frustrated - but trying to keep our calm - i think - it could be even worse - what if the 'alarm' was real? 

... that reminded me the 'funny' way of looking positively at any situation

Finding 'half' a worm :(

you're right ..

Whether you think you can or you can't .. you're right :-) -- Henry Ford

lost in space?

Sergei Krikalev
https://www.rbth.com/history/330415-last-soviet-citizen-cosmonaut

when we hit roadblocks in our life - we think we are the only ones with difficulties - or ours is the biggest challenge - that is when we should look around - and if we realize people have so many greater difficulties or tougher times - we might probably feel stronger to face our own situation ..

i recently revisited the story - a high performing astronaut was 'stuck in outer space' apparently for nothing of his own doing :-)

let's hope and pray everyone finds the right direction out of their 'darkness' - no matter how/where they are 'lost'

what is more strange - real life or fiction ?

wow - what a inspirational/comeback story

Emergency Hockey Player, a 42-Year-Old Zamboni Driver, Becomes Oldest Goalie to Win in NHL Debut

https://teachingkidsnews.com/2020/02/23/zamboni-driver-subs-as-nhl-goalie-becomes-a-hockey-hero/ certainly qualifies for a great sports/motivation movie story !!

i guess - life and fiction have healthy competition - sometimes life beats fiction in being more strange - and then at times fiction gets ahead - it is more like yin-yang then linear race :)

making you happy ..

Yes - this is marketing slogan of corporate in hospitality industry .. but wondering if can we as individuals try this out around us

सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः

:-)