24 October, 2025
The morning walkers !
21 October, 2025
Hope that keeps us peaceful!
Fear proneness !
The behaviour of the squirrel at the feeding station appeared to be fretful. The presence of the Myna in the bush next to the feeding table might have been one factor.
The squirrels are used to feeding alone in the feeding table.
20 October, 2025
Shared living!

When I watch different birds at the feeding table feed from the same feeding bowl and often partake of the same fruit, I get a sense of the comfort with which they relate to each other. Each bird receives its portion of feed from the same fruit.
It is from the resources of the earth all humans receive to live on!
And yet humans pursue wealth creation for private benefit.
The pursuit of well being of all, although was the intention of political governance in democratic countries, we find a partisan politics for narrow considerations.
I live in state, one of the smaller states in India, where political friendship between ruling and opposition parties was cordial and consultative! In the recent years that relationship collapsed with a dominant desire from both parties to govern the state for partisan benefits.
All humans are alike in aspirations of well being. That can be real only when we live cordially and reciprocally. The intention of harming other nations with high tariffs for goods imported to the United States of America while America gains is a recent crisis due to disregardful orientation towards other nations.
I feel good that, though the avian world can be hostile to each other, what is common is fraternal existence and social acceptance !
The avian behaviour gives us a different orientation about each other!
About fifty nations seem to be participating to reach material aids to Gaza and West Bank, although Israel is showing of discomfort to allow the rebuilding activities !
The human brotherhood, I hope would prevail and correct the course of history in the present times!
M.C.Mathew (text and photo)
19 October, 2025
Thriving or otherwise !
I came a ross four words recently while reading about the life lived in stressful situations: strugglers, survivors, overcomes and thrivers .
The Strugglers are those who endure ordeals and strains and often get subdued by the stress upon them.
The Survivors are those who subsist amidst the adversities of life and yet feel oscillated by the circumstances .
The Overcomers are those who pursue a direction in life to live beyond all the challenges they face.
The Thrivers are those who allow them to be stretched and live normally above the stressful experiences, turning them to be opportunities to grow in resilience and contentment.
I felt that all these four experiences take place concurrently in our lives. Life offers us experiences of all these four situations to bring us to an optimum state of wellness, breathing in hope and breathing out fullness!
I noticed yesterday that the co-traveller in a scooter did not wear a helmet while on the road ! He travelled unprotected.
There are several safety steps one can take to live well in life!
A nutritious eating habit, regular body exercises and regulated regular sleeping hours, practicing relaxation to find inner rest and aligning with God's purpose in lives are some essentials for living well or thriving!
And yet, many journey in life unprotected as they do not make the above practices as rituals. They enter into mid-life carrying the baggage of accumulated stress and its effects on the body and mid!
There is within us a longing to live soulfully, becoming ourselves and being pathfinders for others in troubled times!
The Lantana flowers have a short life. But during their life time, they live colourfully. That is thriving!
I feel inspired and challenged to review the way I live each day!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
18 October, 2025
Recollection , Reflection and Resonance !
What a joy it is to have had a friend who showed the way to live the earthly journey! That call is still a desire! Although it is yet to be an authentic interior reality, I feel grateful for him to have pointed and initiated Anna and me in this way of living!
When it rains...!
Going beyond the first impression!
I felt fascinated by the friendly posture of the Barbet after the initial look of anxiety!
The Barbet travelled beyond the first impression to restore a friendly orientation.
I suspect that when first impressions when not revised the relationships cannot develop to be reciprocal.
16 October, 2025
Towards Wellbeing !

15 October, 2025
Being at the edge!
The last photo above gives an impression of the skilful way a Myna balances on one foot while perched on an edge! The inclined body and the flexed neck downward are sustained in one foot!
It is a precarious position, but the Myna manages well with no threat to its steady posture or composure.
I felt myself in a precarious situation yesterday, while taking out the car from a parking slot. It was raining and the rear view was limited. Another car was wrongly parked and the only access was to reverse the car with only few inches of space on either side of the car. It took a while to negotiate that narrow access. To get into the car itself was difficult as the space to open the door was limited. During the process of folding the umbrella while getting into the car, I dropped the ATM card in the car. It took a while to find that. It was a combination of multiple events leading to an unsettling experience.
I recalled this experience, while watching the Myna balancing well with the support of one foot at the edge of the feeding table.
Its composure and steady body posture gave me an insight about the readiness it carried by practice to negotiate a difficult position!
While driving back home, I recalled the time at the bank where the officer went out of her way to help to sort out couple of pending matters. I felt attended to in a cordial manner. The wellness and comfort that generated was the inner milieu with which I came to the car to drive away. The prevailing inner milieu of wellness and comfort at the bank, eased the stress and carried me forward to negotiate a difficult experience while taking out the car.
The passage to our home in the last stretch of about 100 meters is a single lane and if a vehicle were to come from the opposite side, one of us has to reverse to find a broad space to allow movement. That was what happened yesterday. The driver of the vehicle coming from the opposite side signalled to me that he would reverse his car, although it was a longer distance for him to create space for me to go.
We are often sandwiched between comforting and disturbing experiences in life. The inner ambience of wellness that good experiences offers us, often helps us to be patient and comfortable while encountering a challenging situation.
The state of wellness and peace is in our domain of choice! That was what occurred to me !
A Myna faces precarious situations with equanimity!
The experiences yesterday offered lessons in that direction!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
















































