bph: October 2020

We come across so many proverbs on a regular basis, some we understand, some we don't, some stay in our minds forever.

One of the proverbs,

- When life gives you lemons, make lemonade - I never understood this till I heard another version of the same - When life gives you a rainy day, play in the puddles - it suddenly hit me what it meant 😁 I am not sure if I can explain, but when I was complaining about something to my brother, he said you decide what kind of story you want to tell about your life.

I gave an example and said that it was not in my control, but he said the same thing in such a different way.

And ever since I have been thinking about "narrating our own story".

Whatever life throws at us, can we not see a brighter side to it and narrate a beautiful story around it? We may not agree at first, but if we consciously try to, WE CAN! I am saying this from my own experience. What happens in life may not be entirely in our control, but the way we narrate our story is in our control. I am not saying we have be in denial, or lie, but there is always a different way to narrate our story, a different way to look at life.

Can we all try it from today? 😊 Any situation life throws at us, let us pause, and see how we can say the story in a way that makes us smile. Sometimes it may be easy to do so, but other times it may take some extra effort, but still WE CAN.

WHEN LIFE GIVES US A RAINY DAY, LET US PLAY IN THE PUDDLES :) and have fun!

My house the way I look at it 😛

Is this real or just a reflection or both?

What was supposed to be just a trek turned out to be a bonus outing with a bike ride as well.

We left Bangalore around 6 am - 4 of us on 3 bikes and 5 by car. The weather was lovely, and it was a good ride. We took a ten minute break near Bidadi, where we got idlis parceled for breakfast. We were headed to Bheemanakindi, near Halagur, which is after Channapatna. We reached the base of the hill around 8.30 am and had breakfast quickly before starting our trek.

We started climbing around 9 am. The route gets steep right from the beginning. It was a good trek, with beautiful scenic surroundings through out. The trek is steep till we reach the top.

Starting

Sneak peak

Up up up we go!

Just before we reached the peak, there was a huge rock that was kind of hidden behind bushes/trees. We climbed that and the view was breath taking. We spent sometime here clicking pictures and enjoying the greenery. It was a peaceful place to sit :)

We reached the top in 1 hour 30 minutes. There is a Nandi temple at the top, below the huge arch. It is said that the hill got the name "Bheemanakindi" because 'Bheema' hit the rock with his 'gade' - mace and formed the arch :)

We spent sometime sitting here. It was a lovely place.