A Diary Of My Little Talks

Once heard someone comparing Human mind with a wind that blows in the direction as it like. People tend to have wandering thoughts lingering in their mind consciously or subconsciously. But, There are moments when we think and analyse our thoughts, especially when we are alone. These thoughts, more often are thought provoking and have the potential to teach us life lessons; Some helps us to improve our self; Some helps in grooming us; Some helps us decide who and what we want to be and are some which philanthropic enough to change our life. And there are some non sensual self talks which we won’t bother much about. I wonder whether you guys, my dear beautiful readers too have such thoughts. Because I always have a little monologue with my self. I don’t know how they origin, what their purpose are and will I remember these thoughts for a long time. But these little monologues sure does have the magic of pulling me away from my hard times. And I thought of sharing some of them with you guys through this book, A compilation of those little monologues that I had all along the journey of finding who I am; while grooming me to be my best version, and sometimes when I get some random thoughts.

In this New York Times bestseller, Janice Kaplan spends a year living gratefully and transforms her marriage, family life, work, and health. On New Year’s Eve, journalist and former Parade editor in chief Janice Kaplan makes a promise to be grateful and look on the bright side of whatever happens. She realizes that how she feels over the next year will have less to do with the events that occur than her own attitude and perspective. Getting advice at every turn from psychologists, academics, doctors, and philosophers, Kaplan brings readers on a smart and witty journey to discover the value of appreciating what you have. Relying on both amusing personal experiences and extensive research, Kaplan explores how gratitude can transform every aspect of life, including marriage and friendship, money and ambition, and health and fitness. She learns how appreciating your spouse changes the neurons of your brain and why saying thanks helps CEOs succeed. Through extensive interviews with experts, and lively conversations with real people, including celebrities like Matt Damon, Daniel Craig, and Jerry Seinfeld, Kaplan discovers the role of gratitude in everything from our sense of fulfillment to our children’s happiness. With warmth, humor, and appealing insight, Kaplan’s journey will empower readers to think positively and start living their own best year ever.

Solitude, a silent stream flowing from the spring of birth to the ocean of death, carves its path through the landscape of life. It is a presence in itself, a fullness that accompanies each individual from the beginning to the end, a silent partner in the dance of life. In the cradle of infancy, solitude is a soft whisper, a lullaby for the dreaming mind, where the touch of others is a distant shore. As the individual grows, solitude becomes a playground of imagination, where castles are built from silence and stories spun from stillness. Through the tumultuous years of youth, solitude is a refuge, a place to retreat from the cacophony of growing pains and the clamor of finding one’s place in the crowd. It is in these quiet moments that the self takes shape, molded by reflection and introspection. In the fullness of adulthood, solitude is a rare gem, often buried beneath the debris of daily life. Yet, it is sought after, a momentary pause in the relentless march of responsibilities, a breath of space where the self can expand and contract in its own rhythm. As the twilight of life approaches, solitude returns like an old friend, its presence more profound and comforting. It is a time of reckoning, of looking back on the paths taken and not taken, and of finding peace in the life that was lived. And at the end, when the curtain falls, solitude is there, a faithful witness to the final act. It is both the last goodbye and the first greeting, as the individual steps through the threshold from one mystery into another. Solitude is not merely the absence of others;

Based on a true story, The Diary is set in Walla Walla County, Washington during the Great Depression. During his 17 months of hospitalization for tuberculosis, Al Potts keeps a diary allowing the reader to experience both his private world, and the trying and changing times of the world outside the hospital.

Well traveled and gently reared, Elizabeth (Lily) Benton Frémont found herself heading for the rough-and-tumble West when her father, John C. Frémont, was named governor of Arizona Territory. In his shadow and that of her grandfather, U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton, her life on the frontier would have gone largely unremarked but for one thing: Lily kept a diary. Here, in rich detail, her day-by-day narrative and the editor's annotations bring to life Arizona's territorial capital of Prescott more than one hundred years ago. Lily gives us firsthand accounts of the operation of territorial government; of pressure from Anglo settlers to dispossess Pima Indians from their land; and of efforts by the governor and the army to deal with Indian scares. Here also, underlying her words, are insights into the dynamics of a close-knit Victorian family, shaping the life of an intelligent, educated single woman. As unofficial secretary for her father, Lily was well placed to observe and record an almost constant stream of visitors to the governor's home and office. Observe and record, she did. Her diary is filled with unvarnished images of personalities such as the Goldwaters, General O. B. Willcox, Moses Sherman, Judge Charles Silent, and a host of lesser citizens, politicians, and army officers. Lily's anecdotes vividly re-create the periodic personality clashes that polarized society (and one full-fledged scandal), the ever-present danger of fire, religious practices (particularly a burial service conducted in Hebrew), and attitudes toward Native Americans and Chinese. On a more personal level, the reader will find intimate accounts of John Frémont's obsession with mining promotion, his complicated business dealings with Judge Silent, and his attempts to recoup his family's sagging fortune. Here especially, Lily outlines a telling profile of her father, a man roundly castigated then and now as a carpetbagger less interested in promoting Arizona's interests than his own. For students of western history, Lily Frémont's diary provides a wealth of fresh information on frontier politics, mining, army life, social customs, and ethnicity. For all readers, her words from a century ago offer new perspectives on the winning of the West as well as fascinating glimpses of a world that once was and is no more.