Welcome to Sharon’s Read and Reflect — a cozy corner for curious minds and wandering thoughts! ✨ I’m Sharon Clara Fernandes, someone who believes reading adds wings to the mind and writing gives it a voice. 📚 Here, I pour my thoughts, a dash of humor, and a sprinkle of reflection into every piece I write. The more we read, the more we grow — and I’m learning right along with you! So grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and let’s journey through words together. ☕💭
Have you ever noticed how your mind becomes most dramatic at midnight—replaying conversations, rewriting arguments, and predicting futures that haven’t even applied for existence yet? If thoughts earned salaries, your brain would be overpaid. This is exactly where journaling walks in—not with a whistle like a strict teacher, but with a chair, a cup of... Continue Reading →
Have you ever noticed how one tiny moment can hijack your entire day? A sharp tone from a colleague. A spilled glass of milk. A child beginning a sentence with “Amma…” and before the sentence even reaches the full stop—boom—we explode. That, dear reader, is not personality. That is reaction.I once came across something called... Continue Reading →
These days, being straightforward is worn like a badge of honour. People say things like, “I’m just being honest” or “That’s just how I talk”—as if words come with no aftertaste. But honesty without sensitivity is like serving plain salt instead of a meal. It may be real, but it burns.Assertive behaviour is often misunderstood.... Continue Reading →
We like to believe our decisions are born in neat meeting rooms inside the brain—well-lit, logical, wearing spectacles and sipping black coffee. In reality, most decisions are made in pajamas, on a couch, by emotions holding a remote control and saying, “Relax, I’ve got this.”Every choice we make—what to say, what to buy, whom to... Continue Reading →
When did stress stop knocking and start living rent-free in our heads?Is it when the phone buzzes and our heartbeat races before we even read the message?Or when silence feels louder than noise because the mind refuses to rest?Stress rarely arrives with drama. It slips in quietly—between deadlines and dishes, expectations and emails, love and... Continue Reading →
Your brain is dramatic. Not full-blown Bollywood climax dramatic—but definitely the kind that turns a small problem into a background score, slow motion scene, and inner monologue all at once.Stress, for the brain, is not an emergency. It is an invitation to overreact… just in case.When stress knocks, the brain doesn’t ask, “Is this serious?”It... Continue Reading →
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