I was bored with my routine life at home with all my daily rituals of walk, yoga, coaching, writing and household chores. So I decided to take a break , as the hills beckoned me.

I had a beautiful drive through the plains, hills and valleys and reached my destination which was about 500 kms in 8 hours. As I settled down in my room and opened the curtains to take a view of the picturesque valley ,I realised that every side presented a new view of nature.

This made me realise that every day is a new beginning in life. If we are willing to bury our past and not worry about our future, the present day can be beautiful. We can discover every day as a new beginning in life.

While it may be easy for me to write, it may be very difficult to practise. But I think, it is worth a try. Every day when I get up in the morning the colour of the sky is different and the rays of the sun ,reach us through the clouds differently.

Life is no different. This is more useful ,when we are in a crisis. We get bogged down by what has happened to us, over a period of time. We lose faith in ourselves and in others and start thinking that tomorrow is not going to be different from today.

This may not be true if we learn from nature. Every hill has a different shade of green or blue. Every tree has different coloured leaves and even the sky gives us a multitude of colours to admire. We sometimes cannot believe the designs of nature all around us.

I realise today ,that it is a good idea to take a break and come to the hills or visit the beaches or forests to rekindle our connect with nature. Nature has endless lessons to teach us every day. I realise that I have learnt so many lessons and yet discover a new one every time I get close to nature.

Today I believe that every day can indeed be a new beginning. It may be difficult to bury the past but worth a try. It may be a challenge not to worry about the future but worth attempting. Live in today and believe that today is the best day of your life.

Even when we are going through a good path, it may be worthwhile to believe that tomorrow is going to be different and we need to ready for it. It may be better than today or may not be. But there is always a tomorrow after today.

Every day gives us hope. Every day can be a new beginning of another chapter in our life. We can erase the bad memories of the past and have an opportunity to create a new life for the future. A storm or a tsunami does not end life in nature. It is just the beginning of a new life all over again.

We can delete the bad memories of the past and create a future of our choice. Let us believe that every day is going to be a new beginning of our life all over again.

Let us make a new beginning today

S Ramesh Shankar

8th Jan 2022