The blue sky

As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I have taken to painting. Painting with chalk pastels and oil pastels. I have been painting landscapes since I started last week. The sun, moon, sky, water, land is my canvas and I never trusted myself to be good at that. Last week I saw a video on YouTube about how people believe they can't draw which is actually not true. We can't be Picasso or Michelangelo. We don't aspire it too. But just to gain some happiness and pass some time, why don't we ever think of that form of Art?

Life always gives you a second chance when you are feeling lost and hopeless. It is important that you recognize that moment and grab the opportunity with all your might. A friend from my community and I were toying with the idea of teaching kids some basic things from our mother-tongue, Marathi. We both think that is very important to keep the children abreast with the mother-tongue as we are in a foreign country. The communication with grandparents doesn't suffer and there is such a vast literature available in Marathi that being able to read it will through open many frontiers of positive thinking and help to become a better and sensitive human being. I conducted the initial talk with Volkshochschule (adult education center) here, which conducts many courses on different aspects of professional and personal life. Their positive response charged me up completely.

Today is the second Sunday of May, celebrated worldwide as Mother's Day! A week in advance, the shops were all cashing on this occasion and were having special discounts and offer on special products deemed to be ideal for the Mother! That would just be a token for whatever a Mother does her whole life for her offspring because repaying her is not possible, at least in this life.

What do you do on a Saturday evening after dinner when you have nothing to do? You are feeling a little sick and have a throat infection. You don't want to watch Television, there is nothing that interests you there and you are not feeling sleepy yet. You have finished watching your favorite serials on YouTube by forwarding them and watching a 21 minutes episode in 5 minutes. There is silence around you which sometimes gets into your head and you want to keep yourself away from self-deprecating and negative emotions?

My husband didn't call or message since he has gone on a personal vacation! He really doesn't care! My son doesn't miss me or call me when I am not around! He doesn't need me! My mother-in-law doesn't praise me for anything I do! She is like that! I didn't get the job that I had applied for! I am so unlucky! The sun didn't shine today and it was raining the whole time! Life is so horrible here! Have you gone through similar emotions?

After the rainy weather and biting cold of yesterday, the sun shone again! The temperature was still low, but it was sunny. So I decided to make good use of the daylight and T, his grandmom and I went out for about 5 hours. It was one of those peculiar Sundays when the shops were open in the city center and we decided to make the most of it.