Isn’t the lockdown interesting? The hustle and bustle of life gone. Each day, gentle, slow and peaceful. Earth rejuvenating, living shifted to nature’s pace. May we emerge from the lockdown calmer, peaceful and grateful. A much needed refresh this is, a holiday for the entire humanity.
In today’s world of hustle and bustle, silence has quietly disappeared. Wireless tethers more people to their phones, quiet headphones fills one with more cacophony. We thrive on speed as we race towards “don’t-know-where”. The joy of slowness, savouring time and getting lost as it slows you down, filling you with sheer silence is blissful. One more revolution around the sun done and I am striving to be more silent. To accept, to overcome, to…
People meditate, sing, go to temple, run, cycle to find peace. Well you can find peace anywhere. It is not the environment, it is about you. Here are three stories that illustrate this. Story #1 Near my house, there are lots of construction workers, as the road is being widened. A little baby is sleeping peacefully inside the hammock made out of the saree tied to the tree branch. The gentle wind, warm sunshine caresses…