Witness

 Went to SSD for follow up. Doctor advised to visit after a month. Mandar came for pickup and drop. Checked mails. Responded important ones. Had a nap in the afternoon. Went for shopping in the evening. It was a routine laid back holiday spent. Thought of the day - Slowly and steadily we must move towards the higher goals.

Woke up and watched India Australia 2nd test match. India won. Mandar had made pohe for breakfast. After sadhana, it was lunch time.  Mandar got Atharv, Prathamesh and Kanad. Had urad dal, green veg. It was datta jayanti so aai had fast. Played cricket till we were exhausted. Breaks meant some reading. Went home, had pizza dinner. Came back to Aai, Mandar afterwards. Its a sleep time. Thought of the day - Slow and consistent perseverance is the way to learn anything worthwhile.

 It was a leave day spent at leisure. Attended a meeting at 11:30 though. Watched test match in the morning. Spent most of the afternoon sleeping. Woke up, no major work apart from checking few mails. Came home with Mandar and Aai. Had dinner and returned. Had prepared salad. It was a chit chat and good nights sleep at Mandar's place. Thought of the day - mind and thought power translate to happenings of the world. ॐ

Start of the day at 9 am. Watched man ki baat and India Australia test match. At around noon came to Mandar. Bath, havan and nitya sadhana was performed. Mandar joined for sandhya. Continued reading in the afternoon. Went to Star outlet for brief shopping. Mandar prepared batata vada and I made biryani.  Continued watching a video that I plan to complete. Thought of the day - Underutilization is best avoided.

 Went to SSD for follow up and dressing. Mandar came by for pickup/ drop to and from hospital. Had to wait for an hour.  It was shrikhand for lunch. Did take bath after returning from hospital. It was madhyanya sandhya and pooja. In the afternoon Onkar called, regarding his house buying. He decided to liquidate his MF savings to buy house, after flirting with idea to sell gold. The eventful year is coming to an end. It was spent home bound, making the inner world disciplined and becoming a better seeker. Thought of the day - The spiritual progress and awareness is the pillar around which our ancestors lived life. Much is lost in translation but what remains still enough to amaze and make deep impression.

 It was a working day. मोक्षदा एकादशी, गीता जयंती. दिवस व्यस्त होता. बापू आत्या आणि फॅमिली फदरांंची गांठ घ्यायला आले होते.   फादरांंच पोट आज ऑपरेशन नंतर पहिल्यांदा नीट साफ झाल. टेंशन कमी झालं.  काही प्रश्न कसे सोड़वायचे या विचारात रात्रि वेळ गेला.  आजचा विचार - जवाबदारी घेणं मर्म आहे.

 It was a back to work day. Meetings in the morning and afternoon. Went to Mumbai in the evening. A stroll at gateway of India and at Marine drive. Atharv Chatufale, Changa, dada, Manku, Mandar.  Here is how it looked. Less crowd, desperate sellers.  Testing times.  Caught up with mails once back. Had bhajji bhakri mattha dinner that Aai had prepared. Tillu wad going back to Tuljapur the next day. Wished him focus, efforts and luck for competitive exams. Thought of the day - Limitlessness lies in the present nothing is conditional.

 Today Arvindrao got discharge from hospital. Came back home.  I joined office. In the evening, went out for stroll with Tillu, Atharv, Kanad , Manku and Mandar. Gateway and marine drive. It was less crowded. Drive was good one. Came back and had bhajji bhakri that aai had prepared. Thought of the day - Mind is a thought machine better be kept quiet when not needed and focussed when at work.

At around 6 PU tai came with coffee for father. Came back to home, had bath and nitya sadhana. Checked mails, had lunch and went back to hospital. The doctor visited and enquired about health. He advised discharge tomorrow. Advised walking.  Went to Mandar in the afternoon when Ashu and Aai were in the hospital. Atharv Chatufale / Tillu has come at Mandar's place. Had a walk in Nisarg Udyan with him and Mandar in the evening. He is a bright kid. Will excel in the field he chooses. At night its regular medicine dose. Father had rice and dal for dinner.  In the evening Lalit Chauhan called and in the night Amit & Amar called. Chit chat. Hope for catchup once we have vaccine dose. Thought of the day - awakened is a better state than unaware ignorance. ॐ

 Today Harnia operation of Arvindrao was done. From admission to back to the room, it went well. There was uneasiness that he reported during night owing to stomach ache.  The pain should subside in couple of days time. Bapu was there since morning till evening. Mandar was there during the operation and some time during the night. Swapnil sir was there in shifts. Went upstairs the hospital and tried to see the great Saturn and jupiter conjunction in the west. Saw the glimpse with sky gazing and compass. Thought of the day - Trust the god and do the right thing. ॐ

 Its 12th anniversary of wedding. Wrote few words as a celebration. Went to Mandar in the evening. Had a pasta, pulav treat. It was gajar halwa as a sweet for lunch. Had a nap in the afternoon, first in last one month. 12 years is a long period, good one to pause and look back, here are few words that expressed themselves: ॐ पाहिलं वर्ष होतं बघण्याचं उघड्या आणि बंद डोळ्यांनी पुढचं कुटुंब आपलं करण्याचं सर्वाना समजण्याचं गब्ब्याच्या चाहुलीचं घराचं गोकुळ बनण्यासाठी आईपणासाठी सर्व जापण्याचं सहण्याचं, पुढची तीन चार वर्षे गब्ब्याच्या येण्यानं सर्व आयुष्य  बदलून जाण्याची, त्याचं हसणं चालणं, बोलणं, पडणं, सर्वांना भुरळ पडणं साजरं करण्याची, मग कणादचं हळूच नकळत येणं, सर्वाना आनंदाचा नवा अध्याय देणं, मग दोघांचं बालपण साजरं करणं, आजी आजोबांना, आकाश ठेंगण करणं, अथर्वची मुंज जसं काही एक समाधानाचं शिखर असणं, यात चढ उतारही होतेच, कधी काळाचा नियम,  प्राणप्रिय माणसंच जाणं, आजारपणं, काही वादविवाद, तात्विक मतभेद, पण हळूहळू तू काय आहेस हे मी समजलो, गुणदोषांसाहित  मला तू उमगून घेतलंस, थोडा मी तुझ्यात आलो थोड

 साई स्नेहदीप मधन कॉविड चे रिपोर्ट घेतले. डॉक्टरांना भेटलो. सोमवारची हर्निया operation ची तारीख घेतली. बाकी दिवस भरात साधना. संध्याकाळी ऑफिसचे थोडे काम केले.  पुस्तक वाचण्यात वेळ गेला. संध्याकाळी मिक्स भाजी भात बनवला. आजचा विचार - कठीण परिस्थितीतुन अपल्यापर्यंत आलेले ज्ञान अमूल्य आहे, आपण त्या साखळीच्या प्रत्येक दुव्याचे ऋणी आहोत.

 आज दुपार एक वाजता अरविंदरावांची कोविडची टेस्ट केली. उद्या रिपोर्ट येतील. उद्या डॉक्टरांना भेटू.  बाकी ऑफिसचे मीटिंगस, कॉल्स, थोडी बहुत कोडींग यात दिवस गेला. आज दोरीवरच्या उड्या मारल्या. १५०. बिनीताने उधीयु हा भाजीचा गुजराती प्रकार करून पाठवला होता. छान होती झाली. सगळ्यांना आवडला. आवळा लिंबू काळं मीठ आलं यांचा काढा केला. आता गाडी झोपायपर्यंत आली आहे. आजचा विचार - जे घडतं ते घडवतो म्हणलं की ओझं होतं, आणि ते तसं नसतं, ते घडतच असतं, आपण साक्षी असतो, ओझं वाहायचं काही कारण नाही.

 Met with Dr Abhijit Bagul with reports in afternoon. Deciding to operate Arvindrao for Harnia on Monday. Met with the physician Dr Sonawane in the evening.  Workwise the day was occupied with meetings. One discussion regarding estimating upgrade needs to AG layer required some coding. Rest were general discussions for ongoing and upcoming projects.

Wednesday, went to SSD for 2D Echo test at 3. Came back with all reports at 4. Routine meetings, calls, support occupied the day. Thought of the day - time is great commodity as precious as ephemeral deserves to be consciously spent.

 The day started with visit to SSD hospital for Arvindrao's fasting sugar. Also visited in the afternoon for post lunch sugar, Xray, ECG, Sonography for the Harnia surgery. Tomorrow 2D eco and covid tests to be done. Doctor's consultation and surgery date to be decided the day after tomorrow. Workwise it was normally loaded. Some fixes deployed. Meetings, routine support. Thought of the day - Its a good idea to delegate.

 It was a occupied Monday. A quarrel with Ashu in the morning. Amavasya vrat, tarpan was part of the day. Workwise shared the results of the collection run over the weekend.  Thought of the day - a astrological study need not be avoided for the behavioural impact it sometimes leads to. Aloof study of fact of the matter is only helpful and should be used to advantage.

 It was a normal sunday routine. Had a nap in the afternoon. Nitya sadhana in the morning. Work related catchup in post lunch. Went to Mandar in the evening. Ashu made samosas after research on youtube. They were nice. Mandar, Aai, Binita, Amay also liked it.  Its amavasya tomorrow. Its also solar eclipse day in some part of the world. Thought of the day - Human endeavours from times unknown are an inspiration.

 Saturday was laid back. Performed nitya sadhana in the evening. Performed havan. Mandar came in the evening. Had chit chat. Thought of the day - do the needful and beyond.

There was a meeting in the morning. Followed up with estimation exercise. Performed snan sandhya in the evening. Thought of the day - Doing and doing consistently the right thing is liberating.

 आज चहा पिऊन आशु सोबत बाहेर गेलो भाजी आणायला. भोपळा फसला चांगला नाही निघाला. अक्कल खाती जमा. आल्यावर अंघोळ केली. एक मीटिंग झाली आणि लाइट गेले. मग बराच वेळ काम नाही झालं. तिनला लाइट आले मग काम सुरू केलं. संध्याकाळी भडंग आणि लाडू असा बेत होता.  आज अथर्व आणि कणादचे कपडे आले. धुवून वापरायला काढावे. आजचा विचार - अपरिहार्यतेला सहज आनंदाने सामोरे जाणं अंगी बनवायला हवं.

Got ready by 10. Went to SSD hospital with Arvindrao. Appointment was at 11. The hernia needs to be operated was the suggestion from the doctor. After discussions at home we should decide date. The work day was normal. Catching up with pending tasks. Found time for skipping. Thought of the day - When posed with challenges we must tackle them one after another without being bogged down.

 The day was bit occupied. Meetings, sync up etc occupied major part of the day. Found time for skipping.  Aai is having feverishness. The weather might be having this effect. Should take more immunity boosters. Thought of the day - mundane it may sound but there lies scope for making an improvement.  ॐ.

 Its a working day post slow weekend. The day was moderately loaded. Have some catch up to do this week. May need to motivate myself to raise a bit early. आजचा विचार - एक अनेकात, अनेकांत एक. ॐ.

 It was a sunday morning at Mandar's place. Fixed some bugs that someone reported on Saturday. It was quick one. There was handava kind of uttappa for breakfast. So good that I ended up ordering online. We went to the terrace walked. And came back. Atharv, Kanad, Amay played football. Once the ball went straight down. Needed to be bought up. Aai made khava poli for lunch. Ordered clothes for Kanad and Atharv. Returned back once India Australia T20 was half over. They made 195 runs. Eventually India won the match. Had a hair and beared cut. Bathed again. Performed havan. At 2027 walked couple of rounds with father.He was having heavy breathing as its a physical activity in months for him. We resolved to continue walking in coming days. Thought of the day - At a higher plane you are a continuous living being since the time unknown.

 It was a saturday spent some time working. In the evening went to Mandar with Atharv and Kanad.  Had dinner and slept. There was green leafy curry and chapati. Amay, Atharv, Kanad played. Had to make mosquito net arrangement. Thought of the day - Change of environment sometimes calms the nerves.

 It was a medium hectic day. Project wise its a transitional phase. One stabilizing and shifting focus to new one. Aai's backache is subsiding. She has started calcium and vitamin D dose. The feverishness is better today. Found time for skipping. And news. The farmers protest is all over. All noise and little substance. Thought of the day - Focus can crack a hard shell and you are not missing the bus as there is a tree in the seed, there is an universe in a particle.  जे पिंडी ते ब्रह्मांडी.ॐ.

 It was a quick getup ready morning. Got to work with 1030 meeting. The day progressed with meetings, calls. A relatively calmer schedule. The current automaton project is getting in better shape. It was sankashti chaturthi so it was fasting day with dinner after chandroday. Thought of the day - Better the perception higher the level of living.

 It was a busy day. Was late to sleep, was at work at 1030. Its about midnight to sleep. Got time to skip, in an otherwise packed day. Aai has fever. Little bit worried due to environment. Prepared routine kadha. Thought of the day - sometimes you are just in sequence of the larger unfolding, with no choice.

 आज मंदारचा वाढदिवस असतो, 1 डिसेंबर. सकाळी बोललो त्याच्याशी.कणाद बोलला. नंतर टीनूशी बोललो, मावशीच्या तब्येतीविषयी. गुढगेदुखीसाठी 3 महिने गोळ्या व्यायाम सांगितला आहे. दिवसभर मीटिंगस, कॉल्स असे चालू होते.  रात्री मंदारकड केक कापला. दहिवडे होते. त्याच्या गच्चीवर चकरा मारल्या.  घरी आल्यावर काम केलं. आता झोपेची वेळ झाली आहेथोडा उशीर झालाय. आजचा विचार - असा वेळ जेव्हा काहीच करायचं नाही, कधी येईल माहीत नाही. पण व्यस्त वेळत, मनाचा निवांतपणा असावा.