The Little Boy Asks the Secret of Life
An eight-year-old boy approached an old man in front of a wishing well, looked up into his eyes, and asked: "I understand you're a very wise man. I'd like to know the secret of life."The old man looked down at the youngster and replied: "I've thought a lot in my lifetime, and the secret can be summed up in four words.The first is to “think”. Think about the values you wish to live your life by.The second is to “believe”. Believe in yourself based on the thinking you've done about the values you're going to live your life by.The third is to “dream”. Dream about the things that can be, based on your belief in yourself and the values you're going to live by.The last is to “dare”. Dare to make your dreams become reality, based on your belief in yourself and your values. "And with that, Walter E. Disney said to the little boy, “Think, Believe, Dream, and Dare”.

What is life?


A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and the boy was the gem of their eyes. When the boy was around two years old, one morning the husband saw a medicine bottle open. He was late for office so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and keep it in the cupboard. His wife, preoccupied in the kitchen totally forgot the matter. The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to the bottle fascinated by its color and drank it all. It happened to be a poisonous medicine meant for adults in small dosages. When the child collapsed the mother hurried him to the hospital, where he died. The mother was stunned. She was terrified how to face her husband. When the distraught father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and uttered just five words. 1. What were the five words?2. What is the implication of this story?














The husband just said "I am with you Darling"
The husband's totally unexpected reaction is a proactive behavior. The child is dead. He can never be brought back to life. There is no point in finding fault with the mother. Besides, if only he had taken time to keep the bottle away, this would not have happened.. No one is to be blamed. She had also lost her only child. What she needed at that moment was consolation and sympathy from the husband. That is what he gave her.
If everyone can look at life with this kind of perspective, there would be much fewer problems in the world. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step". Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears. And you will find things are actually not as difficult as you think.

Sometimes we spend time in asking who is responsible or whom to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know. By this way we miss out something called L.I.F.E

Black eyed peas(alsande) curry

Black eyed peas -1 cup

Grated coconut-1 1/2 cup

Dry red chillies -6 in number

Tamrarind- 1 pinch

Ginger-small piece

Potato-half

Procedure

1. Soak black eyed peas in water overnight. It is available in indian stores.



2. Pressure cooker it next day, take one whistle.



3. Then make masala with grated coconut, red chillies, tamarind piece and with ginger. Make it very smooth. While grinding add 3-4 boiled alsande. That give special fragrance



4. Then in a vessel add boiled alsande, potato boil it and finaly add ground masala.



5. Boil it for 15 mins.

What is Love?

A few nights ago my friend Ankit asked me what I thought Love was. At the time, I thought that there were so many different types of love that I really struggled to answer him. The love of a child, the love of a parent, the love of a friend, the love of a partner….. What I did say, was that I thought you had to first be truthful and show love to yourself before you could show love to another. I still believe this is true and now I have learned that there is only one type of Love.We both were hurt by our loved ones who went away from us. Ankit so wants me to walk away from the situation and from the girl. During this time I found my answer for him about what l think love is.I wrote a mail to him. Here it is:Ankit,I think I have finally found my answer to your question, "What is love?" Real love truly is unconditional!!I have been looking back to the times I spent with my Grandmother. As you know, I grew up with her. I was not very nice to her at times - as most teenagers. As I was growing up, I really did do some nasty things to hurt her.You know Ankit, she was always there to forgive me, once I realized my mistakes. She did this openly and honestly and with her arms wide open. Her love never judged me. Her love never condemned me. Her love never knew spiteful words. She would tell me that my actions had hurt her, but never did she lash out in retaliation by saying mean things or even to punish me - ever.
She held me up, she let me become myself and then she let me go.To me, if you can't love without judging, then you do not love. If you can't love without expectation, then you do not love. If you can't love just because you can - then why would you do it? Does someone have to show you love in return, for you to feel it for them? My grandmother never did. She just loved all of me. No matter what my actions displayed.I believe that to love, you have to be patient. To love, you have to be kind. To love, you have to be generous.

I'm not saying that you should put your life on hold, but all the same, I don't believe that you should turn your back just because that person hasn't yet found the strength to know who they are yet. And let's face it - this is the only reason people lie. They are lying to themselves really - not to us.You can still love them Ankit.Sometimes people just make mistakes. This is their walk - not ours. Their life lessons - not ours. Who are we to judge? And if you truly did love in the first place, then you will be there always for them. To me, this is real love.Ankit, I can let her go. I can walk away and start afresh now. But still I do love her a lot.=============================================================So never ever stop yourself from loving someone. Give love as much as you can. It can just bring smiles and happiness and not tears. :)

Mushroom fry

Ingredients

Mushrooms-10-15

Garlic pods-4-5

Chilli powder-1-2 spoon

Salt-1-2 spoon

Rava(sooji)-8-9 spoon

Procedure

1. Clean mushroom and slice it.


2. Make a paste of of garlic, chilli and salt.


3. If it is thick add little water.


4. Then marinate sliced mushrooms in to garlic chilli paste for 15 min.


5. Then roll over marinated mushroom in rava and fry on pan.

Serve it with Rice or any rice dishes.

Mango pickle

Ingredients

Mangoes-2 green ( not ripened)

Salt

Mustard

Hing (asafoetida)-a pinch

Chilli powder

Methi powder (Fenugreek powder)

Procedure

1. Cut mangoes in to small pieces.


2. Marinate in 2 spoons of salt.


3. Keep it for a day.


4. Once pieces of mangoes softened, take it out and squeeze pieces and keep aside in a separate bowl.


5. Boil the salted water and slowly when it thickens add powdered mustard in to it.


6. Then add 2 spoons of chilli powder in to cut mango pieces.


7. At last in a spoon of oil heat and add half a spoon of mustard seeds.

a. Let the mustard splutter.

b. Add pinch of hing (asfoetida).

c. Add pinch of methi(fenugreek) powder.

8. Mix everything and store it in a bottle and refrigerate it.

This will be good for 1-2 months.