Cherry's World: March 2021

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

REVIEW ON AMAZON OF MY SHORT STORY BOOK - A PEARL FROM EVERY OYSTER

Happy to share another review of my short story book ' A Pearl From Every Oyster'. This is from a very young reader. I am happy that young readers have been able to strike a chord with the book.

My daughter was one of the internal reviewers of this book and she had given me some very valid and strong points. One thing that we consciously did was to break the arrangement of stories as per a timeline of the protagonist. This was to ensure that the book was not branded as an autobiography. This went well with a few readers but a few others preferred having the stories as per a timeline.

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Poetry book 'INDELIBLE ETERNAL ETCHINGS':

https://www.amazon.in/INDELIBLE-ETERNAL-ETCHINGS-emotions-unbridled-ebook/dp/B072J4L656/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=indelible+eternal+etchings&qid=1583428166&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/INDELIBLE-ETERNAL-ETCHINGS-emotions-unbridled-ebook/dp/B072J4L656/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=indelible+eternal+etchings&qid=1583428402&sr=8-1

STORIES

Short Story book 'A PEARL FROM EVERY OYSTER':

https://notionpress.com/read/a-pearl-from-every-oyster

https://www.amazon.in/Pearl-Every-Oyster-Stories-Shorter/dp/1948473151/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3GI23X9JIKQGK&keywords=a+pearl+from+every+oyster&qid=1583428674&sprefix=A+Pearl+from%2Caps%2C302&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/Pearl-Every-Oyster-Stories-Shorter-ebook/dp/B07948GRVC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1H9GU3Q8JNH29&keywords=a+pearl+from+every+oyster&qid=1583428722&sprefix=a+pearl+from+ev%2Caps%2C363&sr=8-1

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Saturday, March 27, 2021

BE A ROCK

I have spent most of my lifetime flexing myself to the ideas and opinions of people around me.

I really missed being a rock.

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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

DECIPHERING DREAMS - EXAMS STILL HAUNT ME

I was lying down on my bed yesterday night and thoughts about how should approach learning for my next certification exam had trickled through my mind. I had spent the day going through some materials for the same. These thoughts and actions had probably triggered what lay beneath in the subconscious mind.

When I was at school, there were instances when I had cried seeing a question paper or while waiting for the report card. It was not that I was a bad student. Even missing a mark was something I could not take casually.

Yesterday's dream was very much of the same colour. I had a pile of books in front of me and my anxiety level on how I could complete the portions for the upcoming exams was very high. I could see examiners chasing me through the exam hall for some reason that I could not understand. Was it to take the answer paper away from me because the allotted time was up? I don't know. I could see numbers and alphabets, all in big sizes and colours, adorning the walls of the exam hall. I could see two of my friends play with the numbers and letters. They were very casual.

And then came a teacher who took me in her arms and patted me and encouraged me. I woke up suddenly and found myself sitting on the bed. I wish I got over with the exams soon.

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Monday, March 22, 2021

LET US BE KIND TO OURSELVES

This is one area which I have always found difficult to implement. I take even the small mistakes seriously and recovery takes time. Some are gifted and they bounce back soon.

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Saturday, March 20, 2021

I WISH I HAD THIS PATIENCE

"Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away." -- Sarah Kay

I wish I had the patience of the ocean. I think it's difficult for me to be so as my ego will start pulling me back. How beautiful it is to be like the ocean. How beautiful it is to pursue love this way.

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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

PROGRESSING AS A GROUP

Today was just another day when I lost patience with someone at my workplace because I had to repeat something to him again. When I explain the first time, I bring in all the details and try and explain completely and also bring in details as to why doing something is important. May be there is something in my body language that makes people feel that my points are not convincing enough for them to take it seriously. May be or may be not. I am not sure. For some I have even explained something multiple times only to find them at square one again.

The best part of this dynamic is that every time we explain we are expected to be patient and polite. We are not supposed to lose our temper or show anger. Once anger takes over then the person to whom we are explaining has an easy way to divert the focus and this is where my biggest weakness lies today. I don't have the patience to keep on reiterating to anyone to follow something or to do something properly. These days I have even started measuring whether it's worth the time to keep on reiterating.

I think at our workplace we can explain once or twice to the members in our team and then give the task to someone else if things don't fall in place. But when it's our home, what do we do? When we explain something multiple times and find that things are not getting implemented, we cannot lose patience or get angry. It can be detrimental to the peace that prevails in the family. I think we can only be patient, wait and coach our loved ones. In the process many things may never get implemented at all in the name of love and family relationship. The sad result of this is that the family progresses slowly or it progresses at some decent rate with one person or a few in the family having to take the brunt of compensating where the others did not act,

A family that progresses well is a family that is able to quickly take collective decisions and implement things fast through the fast and dynamic contribution of the members of the family. The more the number of capable people, the more is the progress. The same applies to teams in an organization or teams in any social circle that works towards an objective.

It's much easier to work alone, Being part of a group can make or break us if we are not careful. But then, not all things in this world can be achieved alone. We have to strike a balance and move forward.

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Saturday, March 13, 2021

AREN'T THEY PRECIOUS

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Thursday, March 11, 2021

THE VOICE OF THE INTERNET

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Monday, March 8, 2021

WISHING EVERY WOMAN

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Saturday, March 6, 2021

REVIEW ON AMAZON OF MY SHORT STORY BOOK - A PEARL FROM EVERY OYSTER

Happy to share another review of my short story book ' A Pearl From Every Oyster'.

Sometimes struggles give me that energy to accomplish. When there are no struggles, the tendency to procrastinate is more. But, I have been successfully beating this tendency too. I wrote this book when my family was going through a period of great struggle. And the struggle only added more energy into me to finish the book.

A bunch of readers have drawn an impression that this book is autobiographical. On the contrary, a bunch of stories are from observations of happenings in the lives of people I know.

Each story is about a real life incident and each is different and unique, taken from the experiences of both my life and from the lives of people I know.

Parents and children will benefit alike from this book as it has stories that will recharge you when you are down.

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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

UNSEEN TEARS

When the sun is up and in full cry,

And I play the tough role of a parent,

Sometimes being too protective

And sometimes chiding for crossing thresholds,

Often challenging the limits of our temperament,

We retire hurt and with thorns in our heart.

But when the moon and the stars shine,

And my little one has surrendered on sleep’s altar,

I kneel close to her bed

And watch her beautiful face as she sleeps.

Tears trickle down my cheeks,

As I realize that how much ever I parade,

Like a tough parent throwing my weight around,

I am still a slave in front of her,

Who never wants to hurt her or see her cry.

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