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  50 things that make me Happy!  Gratitude rewires our brain and so does affirmations and positive statements. As I give Thanks to all that I have, this human mind will also wish for that little bit more. I wish that every positive dream of mine comes true and this list of 50 things, that is what I gift myself this year as I turn another year older!  50 Things that Make me Happy!! 1) Drinking sweet Ginger Tea! 2) Watching a mesmerizing sunrise or a sunset on the beach! 3) Sitting and talking to a friend on the sandy beach,watching the waves crashing onto the shore! 4) Taking long car drives with music playing! 5) Chatting with my daughter and son and loitering in the land of myriad meanderings! 6) Sipping hot coffee from my husband's steaming cup - just a sip! 7) Wearing a new dress that looks good! 8) Making and serving some delish food to my family or friends! 9) When friends and family enjoy what I make for them! 10) Choosing and buying a gift for a friend and they lik...

  Like all stories, mine is a nested story. Stories within stories. Yet it starts at the very beginning - a very good place to start. When we sing we begin with DO RE ME , when we read we begin with ABC, when we tell a story we begin with... One upon a time.... there lived a 10 year old who knew a huge big tree! We had a huge tree near our lunch ground in school and the moment bell rang we would call dibs on who would get to climb the tree and eat while sitting on it. Life was full of adventure. The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton was my favorite book growing up and climbing trees was my favorite thing to do. Every day was an adventure. I was the Flame of the Forest ( Gul Mohur) bursting into movement, full of curiosity, colour and carefree was what everyone who met me told me. At that young age of 10 years, of curiosity and adventure, 40 seemed so far away and old. 50 was the age my mother would go onto have her first grandchild! I am now 49 years old and turning 50 ...

Like all stories, mine is a nested story.  Stories within stories. Yet it starts at the very beginning - a very good place to start. When you sing we begin with DO RE ME , when we read we begin with ABC, when we tell a story we begin with One upon a time.... there lived a person who knew a huge big tree! Let me open the door to the landscape of my birth and growing up. It was a Forest of Adventure! We had a huge tree near our lunch ground in school and the moment bell rang we would call dibs on who would get to climb the tree and eat while sitting on it. Life was full of adventure. The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton was my favorite book growing up and climbing trees was my favorite thing to do. Every day was an adventure. I eagerly looked forward to the new day – not for the studying part, but for the newness that awaited me at school and dance and sometimes music class! Dance class was in a community hall with place to play in front and even huge gulmohur trees! My dance teach...