Gold Mornings Await!

Shine like Diamond, 

Glitter like Gold, 

Begin the good day with Almond, 

To the grey cells, it provides a hold, 

A glass full of lukewarm water to be honest, 

Works wonders to digestion, good old! 

Flex those muscles with a brisk walk, 

Or a round of quick exercise, 

As for breakfast, keep a hearty stock, 

Of cereals and nutritious pies! 

They say you must walk the talk, 

Early to bed and early to rise, 

With Colgate's latest Gold knock, 

You'll be healthier and wise! 

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The humble 'Good Morning' is the most practised, antiquated pleasantry that goes around the block, being exchanged day after day. It is not however just a means of expression, but one must also feel good about the day's proceedings, in reality, to be able to take the eventful happenings of the day in their stride. One's outlook towards the day has to be energetic. The energy flow has to be consistent throughout the day so as to maintain the vivaciousness. 

There is a thin line between a 'good morning' and a 'gold morning'. Gold is one of the most precious metals on this earth. It is loved by everyone. If you are able to transform your morning into gold, you will be able to parallel being one of the most precious persons in this world. The people around you would be admiring you like anything.

There are different ways to convert your good morning to gold morning. There is no set pattern to it. An approach can be customized as per your style. Be alert toward your physical as well as mental health. Ensure that the intake and outflow of energies are balanced. Excessive vitality will mar your liveliness. Read good books. It keeps your thought process pacing ahead. Solve some puzzles to put your grey cells to the test. 

Keep yourself abreast of what is happening around. It is important to know about the good things happening around in the world. It makes you feel thankful to God. It is also important to be akin to the bad things happening around. It gives you an opportunity to differentiate and pursue the right path from the wrong and adopt positive traits to imbibe in your character. 

Don't forget to keep up with the eternal 'hygiene pact' by pledging to brush your teeth twice a day with Colgate 360 Charcoal Gold toothbrush, preferably. There's nothing better than #Colgate360GoldMornings! Meditate and exercise to pace up to a leaner you, too, as a healthy mind resides in a healthy body, after all! :) 

Of Qualities, To Like Or To Dislike...

This world is supposedly an ideal one. Everyone considers him/herself to be ideal.

It is a mean feat to achieve, to accept one's shortcoming, while it is as easy as pie to point it out to the other person!

I believe that it's easier to go around the city, among all drum-beats and fanfare, acting like a self-centered person, praising one's positives, while it's harder. almost impossible to take the negatives, when highlighted by another person, with a pinch of salt.

One must inculcate a sense of patience and acceptance, for the world is not as ideal or perfect as we believe it to be.

The imperfections within, make us special and unique.
These are the imperfections which make us stand apart from the crowd.

After all, acceptance towards a vice motivates us to improve upon that negative aspect in our personality.

Each of us have a set of our own positives and negatives. Towards the end of all the discussion, we must also admit that these positives and negatives balance out each other and we thus end up, existing in harmony.

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If you would ask me to point out the least favorite personal quality, which I've observed in others, it would have to be the annoying habit of gossiping and scheming.

I never indulge in such mean acts and encourage my peers also, to do the same.

The mentality of the gossiper's soul is difficult to decipher. It could be simply for fun's sake or for the idleness of killing time,  or for worse, when it serves a mean purpose to climb the higher rungs of the professional ladder, by hook or by crook.

The reasons could be myriad too.

Jealousy of other's achievements top the list.

In reality, it could owe to lack of talent, unfulfilled dreams or ambitions and unsuccessful tapping of one's own potential, I believe.

How the schemer's mind works and succeeds in tarnishing someone's image, is a mystery I've never been able to solve.

Such success, is however, short-lived...

Hence, it would be the quality I dislike like the most, in the people around me.

Labeling positive qualities as virtues and negative ones as vices, this one would be the vice, I look down to...

I read somewhere and agree wholeheartedly with the following ideology...

"Gossip divides, it slanders, it produces strife, it separates friends"

The loss of true friends occurs due to the creation of a deliberate misunderstanding, of course.

And, then it is also said...

"Those who gossip with you, also gossip against you."

In the truest sense, I am vexed by such a negative environment and a negative aura developing, around me...

Not saying that such gossiping and scheming MUST be solely against me.

It could be against anybody around me.

I strongly oppose any such mean tactics to achieve success.

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If I were to also point out the quality I dislike the most, in my own self...

I vouch for peace and harmony in the little world around me. I always look at the glass as 'Half Full'...

The high sense of Optimism here, does not seem to work well for me, as sometimes, it goes a little too overboard and I end up being cornered by this world.

Writing about this fact in the sense, that in reality, that glass is 'Half Empty' too, and even in the worst situation in life, it becomes hard for me to see the silver lining amid the grey clouds.

The 'hook-or-crook' ideology has never been, nor will be my cup of tea, and thus I end up being cornered by the ones who vouch for, and exist solely following this ideology!

However, it is up to the Lord Almighty, whether this is my vice or virtue.

I'd love to hear from you, in this regard too, Dear Reader. :)

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This post is a part of the WordPress Daily Prompts : 365 Writing Prompts program where the aim is to post at least one post a day based on the day's prompt.

December is the month when I officially Guest Author for Project 365, in partnership with Jaibala and Vinay, for our respective Guest Authoring Prompts, chosen beforehand.

The Prompt is, You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch - 'What is your least favorite personal quality in others? Extra points for sharing your least favorite personal quality in yourself.'

This is my Twenty Second Post as a guest author to Project 365 : We Post Daily!