Questions - Any parent with young kids as mine (mine are ages 7 and 3) will agree with me when I say that QUESTIONS are a big part of our lives…’How’, ‘When’, ‘What’ and of course the most asked ‘WHY’ (a word which I am positive I never taught my kids….where did they learn it from then?) Children these days are a very curious bunch indeed (I maintain that as kids our generation never asked our parents these many questions). My son tells me…But you are an adult Mamma, you are ‘supposed’ to know everything. Sigh! He has of course now learnt that it is ‘Google’ and not ‘Mom’ who has the answers to all the questions. And then of course there are those questions which are a part of me…..the questions that I ask myself…because though I strive to be happy no matter where I am or what I am doing….I can never be content……there is that inherent restlessness which keeps me conquering my fears and which keeps me wanting to do more, achieving more, learning more, growing more….and it is my internal questions….What more do I want to do? Where do I want to go from here? …..that keeps me going. I believe that the day I stop asking myself questions…the day I stop self reflecting….is the day that inertia would have completely set in.
Quirks – There is a quote by Harriet Stowe ‘Every man has his own QUIRKS and traits’. Quirks…certain peculiarities of behavior….now, I don’t know if every person has quirks…but I certainly do have a fair share of mine. ..For the most part, the area I am working on (my desk or my kitchen) has to be orderly…if it is a mess, I can’t think straight. I am a big user of ‘lists’…I need things written down. I can never hear an alarm clock ring even if it is placed next to my ear (in my defense, I can hear my child if he or she needs me in the next room even in the middle of the night). I can take a 10 minute power nap pretty much anywhere …in a moving bus or car, in the middle of a crowded train even if I am standing but at night the room I am sleeping in has to be dark and quiet…even the slightest noise bothers me. So, yes I have many quirks…..I do wonder if everyone does…but the fact remains that it is precisely these quirks which make me different…which make me…ME.
Signing off always preferring Quiet to Noise and knowing that sometimes it is prudent to Quit when something is not working out and this Quote by Quincy Jones
‘Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.’
