tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488Sun, 31 May 2026 17:32:31 +0000FunnyLessons of LifePhilosophicalPikturesMusicBollywoodGujaratiIndiaVideosPoetryAnnoyingTipsComicsMoviesHindiSa Re Ga Ma PaHarry PotterRestaurant ReviewInfoSanskritCACool StuffHindu ScripturesNewsFestivalsTaggedMovie ReviewSony DSC-W90DevotionalLoveNotes to SelfSan FranciscoTanatan TenMicrosoftSan Francisco Bay AreaSocial IssuesSony DSC-W7TravelNostalgiaProgrammingSeven Days of 70sSeventies WeekCalifornia.NETAmitabh BachchanArtBirthdaysC#FoodIndian AdsMyHealingJourneyDialogsFriendsHealingHikingMischievous MeNational ParksSongsYahooAmerican LifeArticleBeauty TipsEdwiseGet RedirectedGift IdeasGoogleGrandparentsHolidaysMarriageMother NatureNikon D5000Nikon N65ParodyPictionaryRajesh KhannaRandom ThoughtsRecipesSalman KhanSportsTVWhatsAppWisdomWomen2 FactAhmedabadAstrophotographyAwardsBlog Action DayCookingCuckoo's Le TitreDanceDeathDejavuDifferentDoor DarshanFall ColorsFashionForgivenessFullmoonGadgetsHanuman TempleHealthHistorical MonumentsHo'opopoponoI Love LucyMendocinoMoonMount DiabloPaintingPhotographyPrayerPrayersRainsRamayanRantRelationshipsRock PaintingSaibabaShowsShrimad BhaagwatSnow SongsStanfordSuicide Prevention WeekSunnyvaleTamilTech TalesTempleTenglishThe BachelorThe DishVisual BasicWorkWorld“Super Blue Blood Moon 2018”http://kananj.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Kanan)Blogger415125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-96165077562253384Mon, 02 Aug 2021 18:39:00 +00002021-08-02T11:39:40.912-07:00ArtPaintingRock PaintingRock painting has been such a fun and joy-filled activity for me these past several days and I’m having a blast with it. It’s not only been therapeutic but just enormous amount of fun. I haven’t had so many colors in front of me in so long and it just makes me so ecstatic!!! This summer I started getting more into gardening and this goes so hand-in-hand with that hobby of mine. I’m still learninghttp://kananj.blogspot.com/2021/08/my-rock-painting-hobby.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-3070069719698605575Sat, 27 Mar 2021 05:30:00 +00002021-03-26T22:30:24.866-07:00MyHealingJourneyNotes to SelfUntil very recently, I thought human life was a sentence. As in a jail time and we have to endure it until the end of the life, whenever that might be. Waiting for the end to arrive while we suffer. We are brought here to go through all of our past and present accounts to pay off as many of the debts as possible. That was the mindset I had. It wasn’t all my life but since my challenging college/http://kananj.blogspot.com/2021/03/life-is-happening-for-us-for-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-3950482991336598762Thu, 25 Mar 2021 18:49:00 +00002021-03-25T11:49:51.919-07:002021-03-25Have you ever faced the hardest question of your life? She asked me if the visitors were coming at home to send her off because she’s going to die soon. She could see it coming I am guessing. Five days before, when our cousin was going to visit us for two days from out of town, she asked me if she was coming over to say final goodbye. I answered her with a smile and a gentle touch http://kananj.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-hardest-question.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-1828853058235324156Wed, 17 Mar 2021 05:30:00 +00002021-05-09T22:26:08.945-07:00ForgivenessHealingHo'opopoponoMyHealingJourneyNotes to SelfPrayerRecently, as in last week, I discovered this Hawaiian forgiveness prayer "Ho'oponopono" that one uses to forgive themselves. It is very simple to practice yet very powerful. It goes like this:When we do this prayer, we are supposed to say all of these statements to our very own self as it is said that any and all healing happens within us first. Even when someone around you is unwell, you can http://kananj.blogspot.com/2021/03/hooponopono-hawaiian-forgiveness-prayer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-4700638442263903046Mon, 15 Mar 2021 20:36:00 +00002021-03-16T22:31:45.799-07:00HealingMyHealingJourneyI have a humble request.Please don’t be sad and please don’t worry. Also, please don’t feel sorry, dislike my condition or feel any other negative emotions. Words like “sorry about your condition”, “be tough”, “fight this”, “kick this out” or similar sentiments don’t help the healing process, at least in my opinion. When you think about me and otherwise…. Be happy. Exude love. Love yourself. Lovehttp://kananj.blogspot.com/2021/03/love-more-worry-less.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-4605284598433619373Sun, 14 Mar 2021 19:15:00 +00002021-03-16T22:31:54.282-07:00HealingLoveMyHealingJourney Yesterday was a big day! I mustered up the courage to share with rest of the world what's new in my life. Life brings us lots of opportunities to learn new things, things we'd never otherwise learn. This is one of those learning phases of my life and I'm here with my mind, body, and soul to learn all that life has to offer to me.The love that's been pouring onto me from all around has been http://kananj.blogspot.com/2021/03/on-my-journey-to-healing-youre-invited.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-4927260515748916695Sat, 24 Aug 2019 05:53:00 +00002019-08-23T22:53:45.084-07:00Lessons of LifeRelationships More storms arising in the place called mind about so many things and my two lifelines come to rescue. One suggested to start listening to Sadhguru and the other one sent this video link:  Now how to remind self of this every single day and every moment when the mind and heart wants to think relationships are absolute that in reality it's all variable. Didn't realize Mathematics / http://kananj.blogspot.com/2019/08/relationships-advice-from-sadhguru.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-770897699318253449Sun, 11 Aug 2019 19:19:00 +00002019-08-11T12:20:15.116-07:00AstrophotographyPhotographyPiktures What an exciting night! Our Moon and Jupiter and its moons have been all hanging out together from where we're looking at them since last couple of days. I got to witness them with family and capture this too. It's at times like these I feel I should invest in a telescope but gotta have time to do the research and then make the investment. Hopefully that time will come sooner than later :) http://kananj.blogspot.com/2019/08/moon-and-jupiter-conjunction-of-2019-08.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-8689960174074755057Mon, 27 May 2019 01:39:00 +00002019-07-05T18:39:44.568-07:00GujaratiLoveNotes to SelfRamayan કાકાએ આજે સરસ મજાનો રામાયણ નો પ્રસંગ યાદ અપાવી દીધો. શ્રી રામ, લક્ષ્મણ અને સિતાજી સાથે વન માં જઈ રહ્યા છે અને ભરતજીને આ વાતની ખબર પડે છે.  ભરતજી તાબડતોબ શ્રી રામને મળવા જાય છે. ભાઈ પાસે પહોંચી ને ખૂબ મનાવે છે કે ઘરે પાછા ફરો અને રાજ પાઠ સંભાળો. પિતા નો આદેશ એમ કેમ તોડી નંખાય? શ્રી રામ ભાઈ ભરતને ના પડે છે. ખૂબ કરગર્યા છતાં જ્યારે બંને ભાઈઓ માં સુલેહ નથી થતો ત્યારે http://kananj.blogspot.com/2019/05/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-7777653008106912183Mon, 06 May 2019 02:02:00 +00002019-05-05T19:02:02.162-07:00LoveNotes to SelfPhilosophical Last few days have been life changing and there has been a lot of introspection going on because of everything that's happening in the world. It's been so busy, but that is resulting in putting right priorities on things in life. One of them is self-care and I am so grateful for today because I got to view this video and it has changed the way I think about every single thing around me, http://kananj.blogspot.com/2019/05/only-love-positive-energy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-4143223205454396627Thu, 01 Feb 2018 07:22:00 +00002018-01-31T23:22:59.489-08:00MoonPiktures“Super Blue Blood Moon 2018” What an exciting morning! Feeling truly blessed to be in a geographical area where this was going to be visible. Thanks to NASA, I had already put alarms for various times for this morning. So I was up by 3:45 am (woke up three times before that just out of sheer excitement) and got outside with my camera and tripod, which I had already setup the night before. By the time I was out http://kananj.blogspot.com/2018/01/super-blue-blood-moon-2018.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-5134819156914482419Fri, 17 Mar 2017 05:16:00 +00002017-03-16T22:22:17.407-07:00Lessons of LifePhilosophical Conversations with HP these days have been more philosophical than ever. It's nice because we both get to share the gratefulness for this life and the positive things about it with each other and at the same time, we remind each other that all the not-so-positive parts are like that because we look at them negatively. What we have concluded is that we constantly have to brain-wash ourselves in http://kananj.blogspot.com/2017/03/source-of-our-happiness-and-sadness-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-2696006907401908273Sat, 03 Dec 2016 08:18:00 +00002016-12-03T00:18:22.090-08:00Gujarati આજે ફરી કેટલાય વખત પછી ફરી વાર ગુજરાતી ગીતો, ગઝલો સંભાળવાનું મન થયું અને આ સૌથી પહેલા સાંભળવાનું યાદ આવ્યું. કવિઓ એ કેટલું સુંદર લખ્યું છે અને શ્રી પુરુષોત્તમ ઉપાધ્યાયે શું સરસ ગાયું છે. તેમાં પણ વચ્ચે "નયણા મત વારસો" સાંકળી લઇને શું મહેફિલ જમાવી છે.. વાહ! દિલ ખુશ થયી ગયું. તદ્ ઉપરાંત આ ભાષા સમજી શકવાનો અને સંગીતની કદર હોવાનો આનંદ અને તે માટે ઉપકાર જ માનવો રહ્યો. દિવસો જુદાઈ ના જાય છે, એ જશે http://kananj.blogspot.com/2016/12/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-849353902933398312Sat, 25 Jun 2016 06:16:00 +00002016-06-24T23:16:08.137-07:00GujaratiWhatsAppWisdom WhatsApp પર ફરીવાર કાંઈક વાંચવા મળ્યું ને મન વિચારોના વમળે ચડ્યું.  તમે પરસેવે  રેબઝેબ છો , ખુબ તરસ લાગી છે પણ ક્યાંય પાણી નથી મળે તેમ , એવામાં તમે એક ઝાડના છાયાંમાં થાક ખાવા ઉભા રહો છો ! ત્યાં જ સામે થી એક મકાનના પહેલા માળની બારી ખુલે છે અને તમારી અને તે વ્યક્તિની આંખો મળે છે. તમારી હાલત જોઇને તે વ્યક્તિ તમને પાણી જોઇએ છે? તેવો ઇશારો કરે છે .હાલ તમને એ વ્યક્તિ કેવો લાગે ? આ તમારોhttp://kananj.blogspot.com/2016/06/blog-post_24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-3250201728288314253Sun, 19 Jun 2016 20:39:00 +00002016-06-19T13:39:07.885-07:00GujaratiWhatsAppWisdom આજ-કાલ WhatsApp પર ઢગલાબંધ વસ્તુઓ આવે-જાય છે. અમુક વાર કાંઇક સરસ મજાનું પણ વાંચવા મળી જાય ત્યારે દિલ ખુશ થઈ આવે.  આજે જાન્વીએ આ વાર્તા મોકલી ને વાંચીને મનમાં આનંદ થઈ ગયો. ખાસ કરીને એવા જમાનામાં જ્યાં માણસાઈ બહુ દૂરની વાત થઈ ગઈ છે અને લાગણીઓની બહુ કાંઈ કિંમત નથી રહી. એક ચાર વર્ષનો ભાઈ અને એની છ વર્ષની બહેનબંને ભાઇ બહેન બજાર મા ફરવા નીકળ્યા છે નાનો ભાઈ છટા થી આગળ ચાલે છે અને http://kananj.blogspot.com/2016/06/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-2757068266769009005Fri, 03 Jun 2016 07:04:00 +00002016-06-03T00:05:38.908-07:00 Until 2013, I had no idea how magical walking can be. It all started when my company went through large-scale layoff and I was back in the market searching for work. Knowing that a lot of us were in the same boat, searching for work helped tremendously in coping with the job search blues. As they say, misery does love company. But I have realized that no matter how big or small a struggle is, http://kananj.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-joy-of-walking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-865612107769793315Thu, 21 Apr 2016 05:27:00 +00002016-04-20T22:27:53.468-07:00 Today, I got to hear something very thought-provoking: Thoughts are electrical reactions. They can change very quickly.Emotions are chemical reactions. It takes time for them to change. Now I'm wondering how long both of these actually are, or could be! Our interactions with every single person around us depends on these. Another observation was made about feelings and behavior: In others, http://kananj.blogspot.com/2016/04/todays-thought-provoking-ideas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-3695368456179586943Fri, 19 Feb 2016 07:03:00 +00002016-02-18T23:03:19.870-08:00 I have been pondering so much on the different feelings that one feels. How is it that doing good to others always feels good and hurting even a tiny bug makes one feel terrible inside? Does everyone feel that? You see some good thing happening to someone. Does that make you feel happy for them or jealous/half-hearted? You see someone hurt/sad/upset/behaving badly. Do you feel sorry for them http://kananj.blogspot.com/2016/02/unanswered-questions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-9039544175634423548Thu, 28 Jan 2016 05:27:00 +00002016-01-27T21:27:41.541-08:00Lessons of LifePhilosophical When new year starts, mind feels quite busy often as it is a time to look back and summarize the experiences and ponder on what all has been learned in the past year with all experiences. Best moments are the ones where you connect with loved ones to talk about philosophical things and realities of life, despite of them being not so pleasant, when we experience positive things. Down moments arehttp://kananj.blogspot.com/2016/01/building-tolerance-when-needed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-7526008645253603429Sat, 16 Jan 2016 06:39:00 +00002016-01-27T21:28:46.849-08:00Love What an exciting day! It's LilaBa's 91st birthday today; I'm so glad I got to wish her and convey my pranams to her. Blessings of the elders are truly inspiring and that is definitely one of the things that keeps me going at life full speed. Also, I finally got to create Kanan Jani Photography page. I had been wanting to create the page since a while and I finally got a chance to. I'm so glad I http://kananj.blogspot.com/2016/01/new-beginnings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-7679772252998655575Sun, 19 Jan 2014 12:00:00 +00002014-02-11T13:27:41.285-08:00HikingMount DiabloPiktures View from the trail It had been more than a decade since I had visited Mt. Diablo so I was super excited when we decided to do a hike on Mt. Diablo. Our decision was to plan the hike sooner than later while the weather is still a bit on the cooler side. On the day of the hike, we started driving towards the summit of Mt. Diablo around 7 am from Hayward and got to the park entrance around 7:45http://kananj.blogspot.com/2014/01/hiking-summit-trail-at-mt-diablo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-4988299201091483912Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:34:00 +00002014-03-04T15:30:20.262-08:00San FranciscoTech Tales I think my smartphone has finally proven it's worth. Last week when I was playing tour guide to some relatives who were visiting the area. After walking around in China Town, we were walking back North on Stockton St in the city towards our car. Right after the tunnel, I ran into a woman in her 50s. She was trying to get to Market St, but didn't know which direction she was supposed to be going.http://kananj.blogspot.com/2014/01/smartphone-proving-its-worth-once-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-882882103739426029Sun, 05 Jan 2014 21:09:00 +00002014-01-05T13:09:31.414-08:00HikingPikturesStanfordThe Dish This weekend's hike was at The Dish in Stanford, CA. Hiking up the trail at The Dish @ Stanford This was my first time hiking at the place so I had no idea what to expect except for the reviews I had read on yelp. It turned out to be a perfect combination of moderately strenuous hike and what I call a photographer's heaven (I think that was more because of being there earlier in the morning http://kananj.blogspot.com/2014/01/hiking-dish-trail-at-stanford.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-8077792987241198880Thu, 02 Jan 2014 20:02:00 +00002014-01-02T23:22:56.653-08:00DeathPhilosophical That's the question I had this morning. Last month, one of the relatives in the area passed away. He was 91 years old and we used to call him Dada. Last I had seen him was just two days before he left us. When I saw him, he was getting out of the car and making his way inside the home. We were all gathered for a weekend dinner party. As usual I payed my regards to him and asked him if he http://kananj.blogspot.com/2014/01/why-isnt-death-celebrated.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34589488.post-7407808711534676134Thu, 02 Jan 2014 05:40:00 +00002014-01-01T21:40:44.802-08:00 The new year has started and I'm feeling super enthusiastic about this year. I have hopes that know no bounds and want to make sure I continue to achieve the goals I set for myself. As always, there are no resolutions. Sounds super corny and reminds me of Calvin a lot, but that's the reality and I intend to keep it that way this year too. ;)A few days back a dear friend posted this link on http://kananj.blogspot.com/2014/01/happy-new-year-2014.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kanan)1