>i have not been exercising for the last five months – before that i have been a regular gym person with a personal trainer and i felt great. every morning going to the gym was a chore but i dragged myself there and went through the rigorous routine. at the end, i felt energetic and good.i have also not been singing – for a long time – i have the harmonium at home – no one tells me not to. in fact friends complain and nag but i don’t. my vocal chords have not given up on me, they still sound great when i sing, but i have, on them.i learnt yoga, meditation and chanting and when i practice them, i feel great but i have never been able to do them continuously for even five days.i am supposed to take some vitamins and other medication to keep up the general well being (especially at this stage of my life)
Author: Sarbari
>do we really listen to others?
>last night a dear friend stayed over … in our chat many things floated in and out, relationships, man-woman, culture differences, kind of work we like to do, passion, being a maverick, death, life, love, parents ….. in one such chat, among many other things, my friend told me that she experiences me as someone who does not want to really listen when others tell her something positive about herself. she also experiences me as someone who wants to hold on to a picture which is sepia coloured, old, dog eared and tearing at the corner – worse, does not even look like her any more, but she insists that that is the only person that she recognises as herself, irrespective of what others are saying to her. all of these rang true to my ear and i thought none of these are new and yet they are not causing any distress as they do when i hear them from
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