My love for Jeeps

When I was young I used to love watching different types of cars and if I got a chance would hitchhike in one.

However, I was fascinated by jeeps because it could go on any terrain and needed guts and grit to drive it and nice brawny arms.

I used to dream of owning a jeep when I grew up and taking  part in motor rallies.I felt jeeps were mostly costlier than cars then.

One of my father's brother lived in a terrain where jeep or Nataraj service was the only means of transport .I used to enjoy the jampacked ride with no proper roads,  over rocks and pebbles because of the frequent landslides.The sweat of fellow travellers was nauseating,so also the smell of  different varieties of merchandise overloaded. With each turn or bump we rubbed into each other.No complaints at all because there was no choice or an alternate option other than walk up the winding steep hill.

Ofcourse I grew up but didn't own my dream Jeep.I used to love watching The Great Himalayan Rally,car races etc

Even today I like watching ATV or whatever it is called making its way through tough roads or no roads and coming out covered in mud and silt after navigating precariously.

I used to admire the man at the wheels and his codriver guiding.I had read it takes weeks of preparation of charting and planning before taking the plunge.

Today when my husband's nephew posts pictures of his traversing through tough narrow nosedives and coming out successfully I feel happy.

I am sucked into my dream state driving and navigating the steering with great precision with my steely hands ,breaking and accelerating with complete control by having my mind and body in tandem.

I wake up and grin because I was not at the wheels.All the same I enjoyed my ride.Dream is the luxury of going everywhere without moving and inch.

A Thank You Note To Me

  “A thank you note to me”something I had never imagined until Saurabhji told us to do it as a little homework.

Now who is Saurabhji,a guru ,a mentor and yoga practitioner, founder of Habuild Yoga. A dashing and captivating youngster who is transforming lives of a million and more especially the elderly women.He can see through you with piercing eyes, sitting miles away from us.His voice is mesmerizing and captivating .Everyone's moves are in unison in his yoga session whether you follow simple version or difficult versions as per his instructions . He is asking us to look into ourselves and find out who we are as a person, to love ourselves first ,thank ourselves and see the visible changes in our outlook.

I had overlooked myself all along but now I pat myself gently and confidently.I am simple ,honest ,caring & full of love,am giving,can write,can uplift people,am a seamstress,can sing ,can paint ,can cook,can make simple healthy nutritious food and make ends meet in my little budget.

I love talking to people and maintaining  good relationships and above all a spiritual person with abundance of gratitude. I am an upright, trustworthy person with no mal-intentions at all,very patient and have a gimmick for doing things fast.I read and scroll also a lot from where I learn a lot of new things which has helped me to cope with  life.

I am dependable and happy with the little things in life.I am not overambitious nor in competence with anyone.I have believed always each according to his ability and according to his or her need.Always accepting people as they are .I was never concerned about what another has as I knew my limitations and worked happily around it.I love  the dresses I had made with a lot of love and creativity and today feel very happy about it. I realized today I was always calm in times of many a crises .

Oh my God! the list is growing and getting bigger and bigger.First time I am writing down a thankyou note to myself for all these qualities.I thought these were all normal and I was a misfit.I did them all without being aware of my abilities and took it for granted.I know there are many like me.

Today I look at  myself with the same eyes but with a  new perspective.When I look back I feel I was a wonderful person and continue to be and thank myself .Now I know why people love me.

When Bow bow had said her front teeth may be a little outside as if smiling always but  the genuine smile from her heart has a special touch.I had dismissed it at that  point of time because I did not know how to respond I just blushed.

This is rather lengthy thankyou note perhaps the first one in 70 years.

My little thank you note to me has brought me down on my knees looking above and thanking  for all the blessings showered.

I thank myself very much as I sit and fly like the wind and dance like the breeze in my mind and send out a small whisper thanking Saurabh Sir for enabling me to rediscover myself.