Day 14: Post Your Favourite Movies That You Never Get Tired Of Watching

I love movies and I love easy breezy movies. For me watching a movie is about having good time and beating stress. So my choices wont surprise you. 

Pretty Woman:

I watched this movie in college. Julia Robert made prostitutes look so human and people with feelings. She was adorable and Richard Gere was so handsome! I really enjoy watching this movie. Every time Julia Robert walks down in the hotel lobby wearing red gown to go to opera is a such an eye pleasing and wonderful moment. 

As Good As it Gets 

This is one of the best and most unusual romantic movies. Jack Nicholson is  at his best as Melvin, an eccentric writer with OCD and sarcasm. His chemistry with Helen Hunt and their banter with each other is a treat to watch. With the main lead of the movie being a writer, its no surprise that  the dialogues are fabulous. My favourite lines of the movie “ You make me want to be a better man”  “ I cant believe people don’t notice you when you serve coffee at their table. They don’t know they just missed meeting the greatest woman on earth”.  We must learn complimenting from Melvin.

Angoor

This is a childhood favourite. Sanjeev Kumar is one of the best actors India has ever produced and this movie belongs to him. Two set of twin brothers separated meet years later and what follows is a hilarious chain of events. I can watch this movie any time and still laugh as much as I did when I watched it first. I read they will be making a remake of this movie, I hope it never gets made. No one can act like Sanjeev Kumar. 

Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum 

I may not watch this movie as a whole  every time but I see the majority of this movie.  I love Kajol and Kareena Kapoor’s parts. They are so much fun and well acted. I cant change the channel when Kajol is being rude in punjabi to shahrukh and his little brother. 

Titanic 

I am a huge titanic fan. I have watched a lot of documentaries on the ship so no wonder the movie is on my favourite movies. The best part of this movie you can just start watching it any point of time and still fun and you are glued thinking oh now that will happen. You get engrossed. 

Swades: 

I am a Shah Rukh Khan fan and I think no one could have played an  Indian NASA scientist better than him. He looked the part. Its bit long but a lovely movie. A R Rehman’s title track has so much soul in it. Love the jubilation when Shah rush’s character is able to light a bulb in a small village. If you have not seen this movie you must. 

Dil Chahata Hai: 

This movie changed the way friendship is depicted in Indian cinema. Its ok to have fun in life. You don’t have to be always the sacrificial friend and you can fight with friends and make up. I have lot of friends and I love this movie for that. 

Day 13: What Are You Excited About?

As some of you may already know, I struggled with kidney disease and illness and went trough harrowing  time. I was fortunate enough to have access to mental health professional which was really useful. Because of which I developed interest in this area. 

I was toying with this idea for some time and now I am preparing myself to become a counsellor or life coach as you would like to call it. 

Most of my professional life has been with corporates and now I want to do something that will not have a retirement age. Something that will bring me in contact with people where I can help them to improve and empower their life and of course earn some money for me. Money is not the primary focus though. 

I have enrolled myself with few Udemy courses and a Counselling Certification Institute in India. I am studying and preparing myself and thats what  I am really excited about it. 

Day 12 : Write About 5 Blessings In Your Life

This was easy breezy writing prompt.  I didn’t have to think about it at all and I consider that also a blessing. 

Family:

My family is my biggest blessing. My husband is the perfect life partner I could have asked for. My daughter is my life. My siblings have been terrific. My brother in law, my parents,  my nieces , my other extended family they have been really supportive, understanding and loving. I am truly blessed when it comes to family . 

My new Kidney :

My brother donated his kidney to me because of which I am hail and hearty and I have a tremendous quality of life.  Healthy body is blessing and I feel truly blessed as I had gift of this kidney. 

Friends: 

Friends are the family you chose and I have chosen well. I have an outstanding circle of friends who have stood through thick and thin with me. I have learnt a lot from them. 

Opportunities: 

I can never complain that I never got opportunities. I always had something that would work well for me and I am blessed to understand what opportunities are available for me. 

Swami Samartha: 

He is my spiritual guru. It is my faith in him and his blessings that makes my life easy.  

Day 11: Something You Always think “What if” about

I wouldn’t say I “always”think about it but there are fleeting moments this thought comes to my mind. “What if we didn’t have Sayali, my daughter” 

I struggled with fertility issues.  In a span of three years I had two miscarriages and had an ectopic pregnancy because of which my one fallopian tube was removed. Unfortunately, the tube that was removed was good one and the one that remained was termed as inverted, with which I had no chance of natural pregnancy. I was told IVF was only option. It was a quite a blow and we were almost prepared that it may not happen. However by grace of god within two months of this episode, I conceived naturally. That stumped my doctor too. Indeed it was a miracle. 

Having Sayali in my life is my biggest blessing and obviously sometime when I look at her, a fleeting thought does come to my mind “what if she wasn’t born”. She is a reason that I fought hard with my illness, I wanted to live for her. 

Being people who we are, my husband and I would have coped up with not having her, either  by adopting a child or just accepting the situation and adjusting to the life.

Thankfully we have Sayali in our life. I often tell one of my friend who has a major sweet tooth, Sayali has brought so much sweetness in our life that we do not need to eat any desserts. 

Day 10 : Write About Something which You Feel Strongly

 

I feel strongly about the lack of respect that is rampant in todays world. 

Lack of respect is a major cause of dissent these days. Disrespecting individuals, views, boundaries, relationships, gender preferences, religion is making this world more and more polarised. The sad part is no one seems to care. It has become a norm. 

How does it really start? Recently in one of my Counselling Master class there was a discussion on behaviour patterns. Behaviour patterns are outcome of nature and nurture. Nature is your inborn qualities and nurture is what you have been taught, experience and seen around you. 

When I was growing up, I did not have courage to talk back to my parents. We were nurtured in to respecting elders, not talking back with your parents. Even now, when I am a grown up individual with a child of my own, I still cant talk like that with my parents or anybody elderly. That behaviour extended to in my interactions with others too. 

The parenting has undergone a change and it should , with changing times. I see my daughter taking too many liberties and that often leads to friction which I never experienced as a child. There are sometime when she talks rudely and I pass it off as a behaviour natural for a teenager. I hope that doesn’t become a nature with her. 

To some extent, this kind of behaviour is becoming a norm. If you read comments on social media, they are hateful, offensive and many times upsetting to even read for someone like me. Imaging what must be the impact of those comments at whom they are targeted. 

To add to the woes there are TV shows, movies which normalises this kind of language and behaviour. In India, many new age film directors show crude language , cuss words , sexual abuse and violent behaviour saying it is the reality. I am sorry  sir! A normal decent person doesn’t use so many F words to make an impact or resort to violence.  Your showing these things in movies is normalising it more and more. 

Moreover, you switch on the prime time news and it is another slug fest with panel members and the host shouting at the top of their voice, stating their points like a bar fight over a girl. Mind you these are educated people who are famous, and have achieved something in life. If thats what they think is normal to do, we do not have much hope. 

Respectful behaviour is a skill that needs to be developed . If you understand the concept of respect for boundaries, views, personal choices the world will be a better place. You can agree without being disagreeable.