lifepath

Wish You a Happy and Prosperous Life

This greeting, the best wishes I heard from a few friends for the first time, made me wonder. I knew, somehow, what happiness was. But at that age, I didn’t quite understand this word prosperity. That evening, during my Sanskrit class, I asked my teacher, “What is this prosperity, and what is it to be prosperous?”

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Himalayan Hug

✏️ Day 16 – Himalayan Hug (Nepal)

This morning my pencil pulled me uphill,
higher and higher,
until a stupa appeared on my page—
white dome, golden eyes,
watching me as if I was their only visitor.

Around it, prayer wheels spun quietly,
as though the paper itself was whispering mantras.
My pencil curved again,
and suddenly mountains rose—
Everest standing proud,
yet somehow gentle,
like it was leaning down to hug the whole world.

A secret came with the line:
Kathmandu once had a living goddess, a Kumari,
a little girl chosen to be worshipped
until she grew older.
I paused, in awe—
imagine a city that finds divinity in a child.

I signed the page slowly,
as if the Himalayas themselves
were watching me hold my pencil.

✨ If your pencil could climb mountains, what wonder would it sketch at the peak?
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