Life Transitions! Even more memories.
Sunday 17th Aug 2025 Day 23255. (Today is Shyamala Gopal’s 95th Birthday!!) 1995-2004: Parenting, Career Transitions.
Living Life!….part 03
10th Aug 2025 Day 23248 (to be read in continuation of two earlier Posts, dated 27th July 2025 Living Life!…Part 01 & 03rd Aug 2025….Living Life!…Part 02) The earlier two posts (referenced above) summarised the following seven Life Learnings & 5. Enhancing Perception. (Perceiving everything “as they truly are”) 6. Precious Energy. (Making one’s energy rise to its most potent…
Life is a G.A.M.E ….play on…
05th Aug 2025 Day 23243 Yesterday was Day 25 of the 5 match India England Series being played away from home for the India team. The last day of the 5th and final test match at the Oval. England resumed @ 339/6 in the final innings, needing 35 runs to pocket the match and the series. England already up 2-1…
Living Life!….part 02
03rd Aug 2025 Day 23241 (to be read in continuation of Post, dated 27th July 2025) Last Sunday I wrote about the following: Today, I shall put down into words, three other major learnings in my journey of Life. 5. Enhancing Perception. Every moment of our life is an experience. If we perceive 100% of all that has to perceived,…
Living Life!
27th July 2025 Day 23234 Today and in the next few blogposts, I shall put into words, a set of relevant learnings about “Living Life” that I have garnered in my journey of 23233 days thus far. Looking back on the days behind me, I feel a tremendous sense of gratitude for all the experiences that I have had. Without…
Quality over Quantity
21st July 2025 Day 23228 My mother-in-law turns 95 next month. She had a medical emergency on 02 July and was rushed to GKNM Hospital, where she spent 17 days and returned home on 19th July. Of those 17 days at GKNM, she was in ICU for 5 days and in a very comfortable private room for the remaining days. …
Mummy Returns!
20 July 2025 Day 23227 Shyamala Gopal’s health condition improved last week. I had to travel away from Coimbatore between 14th – 18th of July and we were all concerned about her health condition at GKNM. Luckily. she progressed well and the Doctors were keen to discharge her last week. We deferred it till 19th July. Had to make arrangements…
Ageing and Hospitalisation
13 July 2025 Day 23220 On Wednesday the 2nd of July, Nirmala’s mother and my mother-in-law Shyamala Gopal (she turns 95 next month on 17th August) was admitted to the Emergency Ward and then subsequently into the ICU @ GKNM Hospital. She had tremendous weakness of her lower limbs, breathlessness and tremendous amount of dry coughing during the days leading…
What does it actually mean to FORGIVE?
Gratitude + Forgiveness Two practices that I have seriously attempted, both of which have helped immensely are: Relatively speaking the first one is easier to adopt. What worked for me is the state of conscious awareness at all times. Which in turn helps me to express gratitude. Simple things like when water flows from a tap when I open it….
Career and Family! More memories.
Sunday 06th July 2025 Day 23213 1984-1994: Career, Matrimony, Parenthood From bachelorhood to fatherhood.