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Its always about the frame. How you frame the problem changes the problem.

Here I was talking to people and then began a trudge down the rolling hills. After about 30 minutes of a happy downward trudge on a rolling hill, which is more than pleasant for a happy walk.

I turned around to find that the people who I was speaking to were but small objects in the distance. The hill in itself a mere hump in horizon and the light ( or the lack of it) made them look like mannequins in a store!

Try changing the frame. What we see changes depending on where we see it from!

(at Vagamon, Kerala)

So, how do you welcome a new day?

When the Sun sends the first hints of his shimmering rays, it is but a small hint of the opportunity ahead.

To continue the work from yesterday.

To begin anew.

To press reset.

To walk the long road.

To course correct.

To sit down and reflect.

Whatever works for you.

That the Sun shows up in the east can lull us to think of it as a matter of routine. But to look at it as something else can alter how we treat the rest of the day.

So, wherever you are, sing in celebration when the Sun shows up. Dance. Run. Play. Read.

The majestic Sun teaches us about changes & transitions like none else.

(at Udaipur City, Rajasthan, India)

When the waters kiss the boat with a rather stern energy you are reminded of the strength safety net that the shore offered.

And when the boat ebbs a bit in hapless disregard for the passengers on it you sniff the challenges ahead.

You have a thousand butterflies in your stomach. But there is strange adrenalin coursing your veins. Its almost like when you were young, full of life and ready! Thats when life shifted.

You grip the oars and can feel the water through them. You begin to stroke the oars and the waters seems to gird their loins.

A thin smile escapes furrowed brows and pursed lips. For you have worked at this. You are ready for the ride.

There is one fact. There is one view. And then there is another. And then there is another. There are several.

The fault in us is when we assume one view to be the final view. Our view that is!

To always stay on the look out for our biases colouring our views, will help us see things in better light.

For started, recognising that there could be a different way of looking at the same object will set us on a better tangent.

So what are you looking at today. Rather how are you looking at it?

When you leave sight of a shore, new adventures come your away. Yet, the allure of adventure must override fears. Fears of loss and pain. Sometimes unfounded and at other times rather practical.

But it is in the courage to seek new shores that life seeks its renewal from. It is this seeking that we need to keep alive in us. To stay curious and to have the courage to leave shores that have been kind and familiar.

It is in this seeking that new journeys emerge. When the new journeys emerge new insights come by.

Somewhere along the line, new eyes and a new mind appears.

Go travel.

(at Diveagar, Maharashtra, India)