Bliss

Garden Chronicles: Fragrant Night Jasmine

Fragrant

We moved into our current home nearly fifteen years ago. Fifteen years! That’s a major chunk of time, especially for my children. My son was just two years old then. Now he is a strapping lad of seventeen! That’s almost a lifetime! Two years after we moved in, or maybe a year later, we planted […]

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Affirmations: Day #15

I affirm that… My attitude grows happier and healthier every single day. [bctt tweet=”I always have enough of everything to make my life beautiful and contended.” username=”SerenelyRapt”] If you live consciously, if you try to bring consciousness to every act that you go through, you will be living in a silent, blissful state, in serenity, […]

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Affirmations: Day#4

I affirm that… Everything is working out for my highest good right at this moment. [bctt tweet=”Through the power of my thought and words, positive changes are happening in me and in my life now.” username=”SerenelyRapt”] ~Remember this always~ ~Your body and mind can be broken, but your Spirit is unbreakable, and unchangeable~ When we […]

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Affirmations: Day#3

I affirm that… I am the embodiment and essence of light and love. [bctt tweet=”I give my life to the world and the world sends me love in return. ” username=”SerenelyRapt”] Soul is the essence of existence and it is free and limitless. It gives all things the freedom to be, to grow, and eventually […]

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Perfection

The day draws to a quiet close with all the perfection of a well-played concerto. It is late afternoon. The winter sun filters through the foliage of the trees that hug my home and creates dappling, moving shadows on the floor. My eyes return repeatedly to the brilliant green-gold of the view outside as I […]

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Rain

It rained today. It wasn’t a half-hearted, wishy-washy kind of rain. It didn’t seem as if it were reluctantly tethering at the edge of a colossal indecision wondering whether to let go or not- then deciding not to, after all. Today’s rain didn’t remind one of a parsimonious millionaire jealously hoarding his wealth, giving out […]

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Fragrant

The dawn air was fragrant with eucalyptus today. There were myriad other fragrances in the air also; some too subtle to identify. You will probably find it very strange of me, but to me sunrise has a very distinct fragrance in each season. Maybe it is a mixture of the aromas of the flora of […]

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Milk Of Human Kindness

Sid Balachandran hardly needs an introduction. Chances are, if you are in the market for quality reading and edge-of-the-seat fiction, you’ve come across Sid’s blog I Wrote Those. That he is a core member of the very popular Project 365 team is just the proverbial cherry on top. A few days back Sid asked me […]

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