Take time!

Dear Cheeniya sir,

Another good one, another one that makes us think!

A few years back, I watched an Oprah show with Maya Angelou, in which Maya talks about the comfort of 'taking time'.The word she used was 'piddling'. Now, I am sure it is easy for Maya with her rock Zen garden and multiple housestaff to piddle at 8am. For poor Vidya, with three lunch boxes to pack, piddling is a luxury, an acquired taste. Still, taking time is the best gift we women can give ourselves in a day. When I did an Art of Living course, we were told to live in the moment. Live in the current experience, soaking the moment like a hungry sponge eagerly drinking the experience- that is one good way to spend a moment.

I like the simple narrative style you use. To average out my praise (my salute as is mocked in high circles), you did take time to get to the point with the parable of the comely Ms Moneypenny Corporate. Still, we never can have enough of Cheeiya sir's works.

Did I ever thank you for such great pieces? Here goes, thank you Cheeniya, you rock and roll!

regards
Vidya

 

Cheeniya sir,

A bit pensed to know that I contribute to (also) your stress level. And I am really no lil girl in smocks and pink ribbons, clapping gleefully. Nor are you a thondu kizham. I am an aspiring writer myself, with two unfinished books stagnating at three chapters each. And once I had an agent who was my husband's friend-now thanks to my (non) writing skills, he is neither my agent nor my husband's friend.

Now that we have that all placed- please tell me more abt the Eternal Moment of the Sufis. I once saw the Dervishes in Istanbul- one palm upturned to receive the blessings of the universe, one palm down to earth to channel the blessings. It was one sublime moment- in fact one I soaked fully into my psyche.

regards
Vidya

 

Mr.Cheeniya,

Wonderful.How true.We are so busy in our lives.that we fail to notice the beauties of nature.Great one.regards.kamal

 

Dear Cheeniya Sir

Justhappened to read this post today. What you have said is true.
I also want to follow as you said in these lines.

Let us stop acting as though we are racing against time. Only when you are on moderate speed that you are able to enjoy the beauty of scenery around but not when you are racing your car. Take time. In pursuing anything, the goal is more important than the pursuit.

In our relentless pursuit of happiness, let us pause for a while and just be happy.

I am always in a hurry, even while writing a post in snippet I dont have patience to read it again just post it like that only. In Mumbai especially it is machine life and noone has time for the other. The people staying in flats dont know what is happening in the next flat as theydont have time to see. Even one someone expires sometimes the outsiders will be knowing but they wont know.

Office goers come so late from office they have no time for children.
When we used to stay in Hyderabad people used to tell that most of the children in Bombay dont know who their father is as the father comes late home after the children are asleep and they dont have time to spend with the chidren.

Sorry my fb is very long and I hope I have written to the point.

Regards
viji

 

Dear Cheeniya sir,
Happened to see your wonderful and thought provoking post now only. Daily in a hurry, now only i have taken time to go through the post. You have correctly pointed out sir, in our fast world we even do not take time to stand and enjoy the Mother nature the beauty of which is in abundance.Sometimes we go through whole days without really tuning in to the beauty of nature that surrounds us. We have a habit of seeing it without really taking it in, yet once we begin to notice it we treat ourselves to an exquisite realm of subtle, complex scents, miraculous forms, and ethereal light. The natural world enriches our entire being through the vehicles of our senses. When we are low, nature lifts our spirits. When we are tired, it rejuvenates us—if we pause long enough to drink from its beauty. If you have fallen out of the practice of taking time to observe the light as it filters through the leaves of a tree, or the concentric rings a raindrop makes as it plops into a puddle, you can re tune yourself by dedicating a day to noticing the beauty in nature.
It means taking time to enjoy whatever we are doing, to appreciate the outdoors, to actually focus on whoever we are talking to or spending time with — instead of always being connected to a Blackberry or iPhone or laptop, instead of always thinking about work tasks and emails. It means single-tasking rather than switching between a multitude of tasks and focusing on none of them. Slowing down is a conscious choice, and not always an easy one, but it leads to a greater appreciation for life and a greater level of happiness.Now, I hope you will take time to read my feed back.

with love
pad