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The Taking For Granted Syndrome

New years usually begin with taking a look back, and making new plans. This year too, began with yet another look at the year bygone and a recycled list of new year resolutions. My list is a recycled one cause there is a pre-existing list of un-fulfilled resolutions from the previous years; with a few that I added this year😛 (I don’t actually write down the list, it is just a mental note). Resolution or no resolution, there’s one activity that is almost an ongoing thing for me - the reflection activity …throughout the year, probably gets stronger during the initial days when a new year begins. Through out the reflection there is one strong thought/observation that refused to leave my mind. The one about what I call the “Taking for Granted Syndrome” ( TGS ). I assume the name gives away the meaning intended, but let’s talk more. The corollary to the syndrome is a “lack of gratitude”. Very obvious and very omnipresent too. Sad, but true. We all, including me, have always been told...

The Transforming ME

I have noticed it for a year now. But more so this  year-  the surprises in store-  the “growing me” – me as a parent and as a person. It started with an obvious reason. There are phases of change that my daughter has been (and is) going through. The “typical” teenager transformation you know! My cute little caterpillar is turning in to a  butterfly-  a beautiful  one-  about to fly with her colorful wings. Well that’s a wonderful (and expected) thing for her, but what’s with  the transformation with  me? I ain’t no teenager with changing hormones!! Are her hormones controlling my hormones? Is her transformation transforming me? May be it is; may be not! For me, one big change that transpired is in the way I think, interact and communicate with others. Each time I communicate with her or others, I now re-think whether my communication  is received  the way I “intend” it  to be ?! I ...