Still participating in My Life : In Pictures!

Today's topic from the Five Senses is HEARING ...

While there are LOADS of hearing related photos I could share (just picture :: the traffic and the horns), I decided to share a visual of one of my favorite sounds here in India ::

I was so worried about not hearing the birds.  I talked about it HERE. I was seriously concerned I would never hear another bird!

Another thing I love to hear?


It's so easy to tune out ... and forget what it sounds like to hear a child's laugh. 

Take joy in something you hear today ... whether it be kind words exchanged between your children, or a small bit of laughter, or even the birds.  Relish it!

We recently took a much needed escape from the city limits of New Delhi and headed for the hills.

I'll post more about our experience in coming days, but wanted to first share the sights of our journey.

(I'm also participating this week in My Life : In Pictures!!)

 

When your eyes have grown accustomed to the daily grind of living in a city like Delhi, it was refreshing to see the sights of the countryside.



My Husb pointed out - halfway on our drive - that while everyone else was nose in a book, attentive to a video game or drawing a new masterpiece, my eyes were glued to the outdoors and forehead pressed to the window.



I couldn't get enough.  These photos might look ordinary.  Remind you of the country you live in.  They might even bore you.



For me though, the visual of women working in the fields, open spans of space, camels, even the small markets set up on the side of the busy highway ... were truly a sight for sore eyes.


The contrast of the gray skies, green trees and dusty brown fields was really gorgeous.  The sari's in turqouise, orange and pink were impossible to miss.




Sight is a beautiful sense. It can be overwhelming when you are in a situation where only when you close your eyes, can you shut out the negative things around you.

When you choose to open your eyes though, and just LOOK, there are colors, textures, images, memories and beauty.

This is not work of my own, but rather a reporter/writer for the newspaper from where we recently moved ... I've always liked her stuff ... and really like this one and want to share!

Regina Brett's 45 life lessons and 5 to grow on

By Regina Brett

September 20, 2007, 2:03PM

Originally published in The Plain Dealer on Sunday, May 28, 2006


To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me.
It is the most-requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolls over to 50 this week, so here's an update:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
17. You can get through anything if you stay put in today.
18. A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Overprepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
36. Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
38. Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
42. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
43. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
44. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
45. The best is yet to come.
46. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
47. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
48. If you don't ask, you don't get.
49. Yield.
50. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.