DISNEY AT 100 ✨️😊

 

If you have always enjoyed Disney movies, musicals and cartoons for years and years, you will enjoy these videos.😊

(Videos shared from the Walt Disney Animation Studios YT page.)

GRIEF TEACHES US LESSONS FOR LIFE ✍️

 

(Was reminded of this old post today. I wrote this 7 years ago, on 20th October '2018, just a little over a month, after my Mum passed away.

Maybe, it will help another person who reads this post, to find strength in times of prolonged sicknesses in the family; or help someone deal with their own tragic losses of loved ones, and with the unbearable pain that we all feel, during and after the death of people, who matter to us. Hopefully, it will just encourage us to try and be grateful anyway, even when it is very, very difficult.)

It's easy to have a positive outlook, when everything goes well, and when life is filled with joyful moments. 

The real challenge is to try and keep smiling,

- when there is absolutely no reason to,

- when the situations in life cause your world, to come crashing down all around you,

- when you don't know how you're going to get through, the long road ahead,

- and when your pain is so intense, that it leaves you completely heart-broken.😪

It's always a struggle to smile through the tears and hard times, when a family member is sick or when we lose them forever; because those are the times, when it is easiest to give up on everything, and to feel completely dejected, lost and upset.

Somehow though, that same God who created us and who knows every falling tear, is always there, in the form of people who care;

- to make sure that he fills us, with the courage and strength to face the future, 

- to keep moving ahead,

- and to keep living life, one moment at a time, without worrying about, what the uncertain future may have in store for us.

The greatest gift I ever received in life, was the 'Gift of a Family', and the struggles we faced together, all through our journey; because it was those very trials and difficulties, that taught me these important lessons, which will stay with me forever. I will always be Thankful to God for that.🙏😊

JOYFUL JOYFUL 🎶

 

I enjoyed listening to this song in the movie 'Sister Act 2'. Heard a choral version sung by a different choir and an acapella version by Pentatonix today. 

(Videos shared from different YT pages.)

A RAY OF HOPE, IN A HOPELESS WORLD 🙏🎶

 

I was just listening to a few Gospel based songs on 'Light', which speak about how, we can all be 'A Ray of Hope' to people, in little ways everyday.  

Here are a few of them. Most of these, are songs written for children; but can be enjoyed by anyone who likes Gospel music.

BE A LIGHT 🪔🎶

THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE 🪔🎶

SHINE YOUR LIGHT 🪔🎶

(Songs shared from different YT pages.)

THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS 🪔

Festivals are a time to spread the light of Love, Joy and Kindness. 🪔

Diwali wishes to everyone.✨️

(Ads shared from different pages on YT.)

SING INDIA SING 🎼🎶🎤

 

(An old FB Memory from this day, 7 years ago, 13th October '2018. I watched this Musical at the Jamshed Bhabha, NCPA. It was a memorable experience.)

Sing India Sing! India's first original musical.🎶

It brought together so much talent in one Production. 

Lyrics, Music, Choreography, Graphics and so much more.

Some of the most talented and creative people from the Mumbai Music and Theatre Industry, were a part of this one.

Written by Rahul DaCunha and Bugs Bhargava, Music by Clinton Cerejo, Directed by Nadir Khan, and with performers like Suchitra Pillai, Brian Tellis, Kamashi Rai, Uday Benegal, Siddharth Basrur, Asif Ali Beg, Delraaz Bunshah, Sarosh Nanavaty, Naquita D'Souza and many, many more fabulous people who worked on this production, it was one power-packed musical.

Lots and lots of hard work has gone into the show; and I was glad I got a chance to experience India's first attempt, at an original Musical.👏👏👏

(Promo Video shared from the Aadyam YT page.)

TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACKWARD

 

An old friend asked me yesterday, 'Have you processed your grief? Have you got closure after your many life struggles, over all the pain and the loss of your entire family, at the young age of 38?  

Most people tend to think, that it is necessary to do this, in order to move forward in life. 

I guess, that is how everyone copes or deals with, loss and death in the family. Forget all about it gradually, cover it up by making new memories everyday, bury the pain underground, never to be seen again, enjoy every moment in life, because you haven't died yet, and you're still breathing.

That probably works, for a lot of people. But, I'm not one of those people. I could never ever, close the most significant chapters of my life, just because those people, are not physically present, on this earth anymore. 

A parent and a sibling, can never be replaced by anyone, even years and decades, after they are gone. It is absolutely impossible to fill in the gaps, left by the absence of a mother, a father and a brother.😪 From where do you get a new mother, a new father and a new brother, after they have died?💔...You just can't.😔

So, I will carry the memories of my parents and my brother with me, till the day I join them up in heaven. The happy memories, and the sad and difficult ones too. Those memories; even the painful ones, are what keep me connected to them...and I will hold on to every single one of them, 'Forever and Ever'.✨️💖

It's difficult to explain this concept to people. Even family and friends, don't really seem to understand. 

They may want to forget. I don't want to.

They may choose to move on. I never will.

...And that's how, I deal with Loss and Death.🤷🏻‍♀️

No two people process 'Grief' in the same way. Each one has their own methods. It doesn't make any one, the right or wrong way. They are just different people's 'unique techniques and coping strategies', of making sense of whatever situations, life takes them through.

I'm sharing a few videos that I've watched recently. I liked listening to these. Hopefully, they may help another person, to deal with their own challenging situations, one day at a time; even if it is, two steps forward, one step backward. 🙏

(Videos shared from various pages on YT.)

THANKSGIVING DAY 🎶

 

While the American Thanksgiving is celebrated towards the end of November, the Archdiocese of Bombay celebrates 'Thanksgiving Day', on the first Sunday of October, every year.

It's a day on which, we give thanks for the harvest, and also for the many other blessings, that we receive constantly.

GRATEFUL 🎶

THANKFUL 🎶

(Songs shared from different pages on YT.)

A PRAYER IN SONG 🙏🎶

 

(FB Memories reminded me today, that I have shared different versions of this song, on the 4th of October, over the years.)

Right through my life, I have always felt blessed that I was born on the Feast Day, of the person who wrote this beautiful prayer.🙏 

So many great lessons to learn, from St.Francis of Assisi.

If more people become instruments and channels of peace each day, in their own little corner.🕊🤍

If more people care for creation, think about the environment and make a few changes, every day. 🌳🌿

This earth would soon become, a better place.😊

MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE 🎶

(Videos shared from different YT pages.)

ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE 🕊🤍

 

The 2nd of October, which is the Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, is also the 'International Day of Non-Violence'.🕊

A few years ago, I discovered this beautiful song sung by one of my favourite singers, Olivia Newton-John and her daughter. 

If only every nation around the globe, would find ways in which to dialogue with one another, stop the violence and end the mindless and meaningless wars, our world would be a more peaceful and a happier place.🤍

I thought I would share this song today, at the start of the month of October.

WINDOW IN THE WALL 🎶

- Olivia Newton-John and Chloe

I also saw this video today, where the Pope prays for collaboration between different religious traditions, to help people realise that we are 'One Human Family'; and that we need to work together, to bring about peace and unity, in our fragmented world. 🙏

(Videos shared from the different YT pages and I found this picture on the Internet.)