Tag: #lifeateacher

• Day 2 and 3: Gangtok

  

  Gangtok looks simply picturesque by day and the roads not as terrifying as they seem at night. Or maybe a night’s rest, had made us braver . “The mind is the greatest trap of all. You need to control your mind so that you don’t turn on yourself.” Wasn’t those the words that Hephaestus said […]

  Smitha V

  January 3, 2019

  Experiences

  #beautifulindia, #break, #changulake, #christmasinSikkim, #diary, #exploreSikkim, #gangtok, #Holidays, #life, #lifeateacher, #nature, #naturelover, #sikkim, #travelogue, #tsomgolake, Experiences, Travel

• India Diaries 8 : There’s so much that’s going on…I feel I can’t keep up

  

      Ever heard that line before? If I had heard it while I had a job, I’d crinkle my nose and roll my eyes. “Seriously, what are you doing that you can’t keep up? You’re not even working!” O.k. , here’s my story… In order to keep myself occupied, in the absence of a […]

  Smitha V

  December 13, 2018

  Experiences

  #attemptatart, #chaos, #experience, #findingthecalm, #India, #inspiration, #introspection, #life, #lifeateacher, #people, #zen, Art, Experiences

• And I Grew Up…That New Year’s Morn

  

  Growing up does not mean ageing. At-least not to me. To me, it implies maturity. It’s when you start looking at the world with a lot more patience and you realize that truly nothing is within your control other than your own responses. Its when you feel grateful for all the things you have. Its […]

  Smitha V

  September 26, 2018

  Experiences, Poetry

  #growingold, #inspiration, #life, #lifeateacher, #lifechangingmoment, #maturity, #motivation, #people, Experiences, Poetry

• Send the Kids on Those School Trips Please.

  

  I have never gone on a school trip for reasons best known to my parents. For many years, I thought we were ‘poor’ and that the school trip must have been an unnecessary financial burden on my parents but then when I had some financial sense and understood the expenses incurred on my wardrobe were […]

  Smitha V

  September 9, 2018

  Experiences

  #adventure, #believe, #children, #education, #faith, #holiday, #ladakh, #learning, #leh, #letgo, #life, #lifeateacher, #parenting, #schooltrips, Creative Writing, Experiences, Travel

• Dewdrop- The Love of the Wind

  

  Won the Certificate of Outstanding Performance for the poem below from Asian Literary Society. Sometimes you hope to win, sometimes you just know you just must. At the cost of appearing arrogant which is not the message I’d like you to get and is not the case, the truth is I enjoyed writing this poem […]

  Smitha V

  August 27, 2018

  Poetry

  #ALS, #beauty, #dew, #dewdrop, #environment, #life, #lifeateacher, #lifeisbeautiful, #nature, #naturelovers, #observe, #poem, Poetry