Category: Sunday Poser

Sunday Poser # 124

Welcome back to another Sunday Poser

This week my question is;

Do you believe in luck?

This question has been asked recently by Rory too. I guess with St Pat day being celebrated on Friday, Irish luck must be on people’s minds.

While I don’t believe that anything or anyone is lucky or unlucky, I do believe that good fortune can befall us as a result of our endeavors. You can say that what’s the difference between good luck and good fortune?

I think that luck implies a random incident, that doesn’t depend on our input. While good fortune can be an enhanced reward or outcome of our own actions. Like you’ve studied hard for the exams, and the questions asked were the ones you were especially well prepared for. Anyway, this is my thinking!

What are your views on this topic? Do you believe in luck, being lucky or unlucky?

Please share your thoughts in the comments section or you can write your own post and link it to this one so that I can find it.

As usual, thanks of visiting and reading.

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Sunday Poser # 123

Welcome back to another Sunday Poser

This week my question is;

How careful are you when conversing with people around you?

It’s a loaded question indeed!

I am a person who is quite open and frank, and don’t mind most comments made to me. Unfortunately, the flip side of this is that I am not very careful while conversing with others. I’m really trying to think before I open my mouth but old habits die hard. It’s easier while writing because when you see it in front of you, you can modify it before sending it on.

Same goes for the questions I ask. Though I’m more careful in this aspect. I’d answer most questions asked of me including my age etc but some people are offended by even simple inquiries.

Please share how careful you are while having conversations with people other than your family? Do you think it’s okay to say something to someone which you don’t mind when said to you?

Please share your thoughts in the comments section or you can write your own post and link it to this one so that I can find it.

As usual, thanks of visiting and reading.

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Sunday Poser # 122

Welcome back to another Sunday Poser

This week my question is;

When you decide to do something , do you defend your decisions to those around you?

I can’t say about you, but when I make a radical decision, I’m put in a position where I have to justify my decision.

When I decided to go for stomach sleeve surgery, I had to make everyone in my family and my close circle of friends understands why I made this decision. Only my doctor friends understood perfectly why I was getting it done.

Then there are smaller decisions that I take and I include my family in the discussion. Perhaps my family thinks that I need their protection from my impulsive actions. So while I am grateful to my family for their concern, I feel I’m old enough to know what is good for me!

How are the family dynamics in your circle of friends and family? Do you have to explain to them why you are taking the decisions you are?

Please share your thoughts in the comments section or you can write your own post and link it to this one so that I can find it.

As usual, thanks of visiting and reading.

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Sunday Poser # 120

Welcome back to another Sunday Poser

This week my question is;

How many times a day/ week you Google stuff?

Personally, I Google information all the time. It could be for my blog or my daily life. Recipes or innovative ways to make something new, are all there on Google.

I even find the reason for my various medical conditions on google. I needed a diet chart for post-stomach sleeve surgery and guess what? I found it on google, after asking two of my doctors for advice.

New words and phrases; Google

New poetic forms; Google

What will be the weather like; Google

I wonder how we managed when there was no internet?

What are the most common things you Google?

Please share your thoughts in the comments section or you can write your own post and link it to this one so that I can find it.

As usual, thanks of visiting and reading.

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Sunday Poser # 119

Welcome back to another Sunday Poser

This week my question is;

How do you show your love?

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I’d like to know how do you show your love and affection to your loved one.

Personally, I don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day seriously, or I should say ritualistically. If we go out for a meal, it’s fine. But it’s neither expected nor missed if nothing special is planned for this day. I believe we have all 365 days of the year to show our love and affection for each other and thinking that there’s only one special day for love is not how it should be.

The way I’d show my love for my husband, or my kids would be to show them how much I care for them all through the year. Being kind, understanding and helpful is my way of showing love.

How do you celebrate love? Do you make a big deal out of Valentine’s Day or is it an ongoing thing all the time?

Please share your thoughts in the comments section or you can write your own post and link it to this one so that I can find it.

As usual, thanks of visiting and reading.

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Sunday Poser # 118

Welcome back to another Sunday Poser

This week my question is;

Do you think how we turn out is in our control?

This question has always intrigued me. Some say we become like our parents who raised us ( nurture) and some believe that it’s what we have inherited ( nature). My personal opinion is that it is perhaps both and yet had a third element added to it; Our effort!

We may have inherited traits from our biological parents, and picked up habits from those who were around us more when we were growing up, but it also matters what we want to become.

And to my way of thinking, this is the most deliberate and important part of who and what we become. Some people don’t try to achieve this independence while others strive hard for it. And this I think is the ultimate criterion of what we become in life.

What are your views on this topic? Are we what we are made to be or are we what we make of ourselves?

Please share your thoughts in the comments section or you can write your own post and link it to this one so that I can find it.

As usual, thanks of visiting and reading.

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Sunday Poser # 117

Welcome back to another Sunday Poser

This week my question is;

How do you pay any good done towards you, forward?

Paying any good, kind gesture performed towards you forward, makes the world we live in a better place. I firmly believe that any good done selflessly pays back in a positive way.

While driving, if someone stops for me to pass or turn, I return the favor by giving way to someone else. It’s the same In queues in grocery stores and other places.

Returning a smile is the simplest and easiest way to way to pay forward a good deed. Saying a cheery hello, opening the door for someone, and helping when someone spills something are really simple ways to help others. When I am helped by someone, I try to do the same. And the reverse is true too, if I help someone, the gesture is returned invariably to me.

Do you try to pay it forward, or back toward those who are kind to you?

Please share your thoughts in the comments section or you can write your own post and link it to this one so that I can find it.

As usual, thanks of visiting and reading.

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Sunday Poser # 116

Welcome back to another Sunday Poser

This week my question is;

As a child did you listened to your parents? Was mom/dad always right?

I saw this image some time back and have always wondered if we all thought the same;

This meme talks just about moms but fathers are also included in this struggle we have with parental authority as we are growing up. As a child, I only had my father. I did have a stepmom but she wasn’t involved in our upbringing or training. I was a good kid. I never went against my father’s wishes, never got angry with him, or showed my resentment towards him. He was the ideal parent. My brothers weren’t that nice. There were some storms, shouting, and disobedience where they were concerned, especially my eldest brother.

When my kids got to preteen/ teenage, they had issues with both my and my husband’s authority. Perhaps it is a generational thing. Now they all are 30+, with kids of their own, and have come to acknowledge that they have parents that care about them genuinely.

If you can, do share how it was for you when you were growing up; did you always listen to your parents and accepted their authority?

Please share your thoughts in the comments section or you can write your own post and link it to this one so that I can find it.

As usual, thanks of visiting and reading.

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Sunday Poser # 115

Welcome back to another Sunday Poser

This week my question is;

What is one advice you wished you can give your younger self?

It all depends on what stage of life my younger self is in. In her childhood days, I’d tell her not to be too concerned with what others thought of her. People are usually too involved with their own lives to give much thought to others around them.

To my teenage self, I’d advise her to not react to her emotions too much. She needs to be more pragmatic and look at life more practically.

To myself as a young mom, I’d tell her to stop fretting about being a perfect mother and to concentrate on being a more understanding and loving mom. Though I think that the kids would still have complaints regarding her style of parenting!

What would you advise your younger self and at what stage of life would you do it?

Please share your thoughts in the comments section or you can write your own post and link it to this one so that I can find it.

As usual, thanks of visiting and reading.

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Sunday Poser # 114

Welcome back to another Sunday Poser

This week my question is;

What do you think works better; Criticizing or praising?

When things aren’t going as you like them to, what is the better way to make people realize their error; Praise them in a positive way to make them realize their mistake or criticize their method?

In the heat of the moment, I’m known to directly criticize people. But I feel that makes them resentful and it’s less likely that they would change the way they are doing their job. If however, in an inspired moment I give them a positive feedback, praise what they are doing and suggest that things would be much better if they did it ‘that’ way, it works much better.

How do you handle such situations? Do you directly point out the flaw in the way they are doing something or go about it in a diplomatic way?

Please share your thoughts in the comments section or you can write your own post and link it to this one so that I can find it.

As usual, thanks of visiting and reading.

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