Words for thoughts!!

I am trying to understand what is best shutter speed for capturing the best look of waterfall. And I learned that there's no absolute value for all waterfalls. Every waterfall is different in terms of flow, the flow can be light, moderate or heavy. So you have to keep trying different shutter speeds and see which one satisfies you. Recently, we went for hike to Franklin falls and falls were at the end of the trail. It was a good opportunity to play with different shutter speeds. Have a look, below each picture I have mentioned the exposure info.. Exposure: 1/50, F Number: f/6.3, ISO: 100 Exposure: 1/40, F Number: f/7.1, ISO: 100 Exposure: 1/20, F Number: f/10.0, ISO: 100 Exposure: 1/10, F Number: f/14.0, ISO: 100 Exposure: 1/5, F Number: f/18.0, ISO: 100 I am still not satisfied with pictures taken so far, still waiting for that best waterfall click. Until then, it's WORK-IN-PROGRESS.. I am satisfied with the following picture taken by me....

So, what I think about the most these days I was thinking.. You see we human beings think a lot. Robin Sharma has mentioned in one of his books that an average human being thinks about 65,000 thoughts in a day. And 85% of those thoughts are the same as yesterday. But these days, my today’s thoughts are not only same as yesterday but also same as what I have been thinking since past few weeks or may be months. I have a son who is no longer a baby but a TODDLER!!!! WOOHOO!! And he’s changing and growing every day and every moment. Garv, who needed my assistance for everything he did, no longer seems to enjoy the fact of me assisting him.  Suddenly he has got so much confidence in himself that he wants to do everything on his own. And he, also tries to do the same things we do. Like when my husband is vacuuming the house, he wants to do it too. When I am turning on the light of temple, he wants to do it too. And he has become an expert in imitating. This is of course a good ...

Storytelling – The Folk Tale (7-9 minutes) The Canny Bunny No matter how old or mature we get, sometimes we all like to behave like kids, remember how you use to sit around with friends listening to folk tales from a wise elder. For next few minutes, just forget your age, set aside all your worries, go back to your childhood days. And now we are going to have a circle time and I as your teacher will tell you an interesting story. And here it goes…. This is the Jungle story, a jungle where all different types of animals used to live and yes, there was also a king of the Jungle – The Big and Mighty Lion!! Being the strongest of all animals, he used to dominate the entire jungle and would eat animals as and when he wanted to satisfy his hunger. The other animals were constantly living in fear because if it was not their day, they could be the next target of the lion. And there was no consistency in the hunting pattern of the Lion. Sometimes he would eat a single animal per da...

Be a spectacularly good listener Have you ever wondered what factors help you deliver your speech successfully? Of course there is lot of preparation, research, and practice behind every successful speech. But there is one more important factor that provides encouragement to you. And that is effective listening by your audience that keeps you going. If you see heads nodding, or their body language inclined towards you, you know they have gifted their attention to you. And it's so much motivating as having somebody's attention has really become a scarce commodity. People are so much self-absorbed and bombarded with so much of information they can hardly spare their attention to speaker in front of them. How many people you know who, while you speak to them, make you feel that world around them has stopped because they have genuine fascination with what you speak and what is going to come out next of your mouth? How many people listen to you with so much intensity of conc...

"The man who does not read good books is no better than the man who can't." I had been thinking aloud about what topic I should deliver for my P9. And it was from Toastmasters site that I got idea of sharing something I am passionate about. This idea was quite helpful I must say. I am pretty passionate about reading. Whenever I find some free time, I see it as an opportunity to read. And my speech is dedicated to all the busy folks who are too busy to spare some time for reading good quality stuff. Just as food is essential to keep your body healthy, so is reading to keep your mind healthy. When we were kids, our parents used to persuade us to dedicate some time daily for our subject. We all would agree not all subjects were so interesting. And knowledge per se, I think it was hardly beneficial as that type of reading was by force and not by will and moreover it was only and only for marks. If I throw any question to you on what we learned in our school, will all of...

 Start your day with a Positive, says the famous author of book ‘You can Win’ Shiv Khera. As of now, the thing that I like to start my day with is reading couple of pages from yet another famous book ‘The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’.  The second habit of this book has left me spellbound, it has touched my soul. TMD, fellow toastmasters and guests, today I am going to talk about the learning that I have taken from Habit 2 of Seven Habits and that is about importance of relationships in our life. Before explaining Habit 2, Stephen Covey has asked the reader to do a visualization exercise. And I would request all of you present here to forget about everything for a while, get rid of all thoughts that must be pondering in your mind and listen efficaciously to my words and try to visualize the situation. Imagine you are going to a funeral, you feel the shared sorrow of losing. As you move forward to offer your prayers to the lost one, you suddenly come face t...

Once you are in love with books, you can never live without them. Some way or the other you’ll try to spare some time for a good read, isn’t it? It makes you feel so alive. And it’s not only about what you read but also what place you sit to read. Quiet ambience makes you feel so connected with the book; it takes you to an altogether different world.  Library is one such place and if you can visit library for your reads, then you are really the lucky one. Busy parents like me normally don’t get much time for libraries. We visit library only to pick up new books and return old books. There is vast ocean of knowledge lying in all those books of library and I always get this feeling ‘I want to read all of them’ J I know I know it’s not possible, may be during retirement age, haha, just making promises to myself.  Robin Sharma suggests ‘you should spare at least half an hour daily for quality read’. I try to follow this practice, but since most of the time we a...

Another year of resolutions, dreams, promises, new hopes. I’ll do this, I’ll do that, our planning goes. Every year teaches us something new to ponder upon, Learning never ends, it should forever go on. As this year comes to an end, Let’s erase the bad memories from our head. Life’s too short for complaints, whatever it may be, Let’s forget and forgive, and set ourselves free. For coming year, let’s try to be more human, more generous. Let’s try to be more Kind, more humble, more courteous. Let’s give more and expect less. Let’s listen more and judge less. Do not forget yourself as you take care of your friends and family, Connect within and do the things that makes you happy. Invest in yourself, do not keep things on hold. Enrich your inner world, enhance your outer world. I wish the very BEST for you for coming year. May God bless you with whatever you have prayed for. Happy 2014!!