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Serenity

This amazing pocketbook captures some of Ruskin Bond's best observations on a life of serenity. This book actually makes you feel calm and relaxed.  For me it was my bedtime read, it helped me a lot to dip into moments of disquiet.  Why you must pause, look up and out of the window My favorite quotes from this book- 

Ghosts and Animals of my past

 Too Much Trouble - Ruskin bond A book review ( with an interpretation )   This book is a perfect children's book, it is funny, it has morals that lighten up your heart. Throughout the book, I was constantly smiling because it reminded me how I loved such stories during my childhood. But being a 19-year-old I have a very different interpretation of this book:  "We eventually start adjusting to circumstances" In the book, the young narrator and his family start adjusting with some troublesome guests- Elusive python, A naughty monkey, And even a mischievous ghost. It is funny how a children's book can answer your problems when no one can, over-thinker by nature, I'm always tempted to look back into my past and be bothered by it. Now, my interpretation is that we all have something in the past that keeps bothering us in our present- the lost battles, the heartbreaks, failures, regrets etc.. The small ones are the animals while the bigger on...