The Taste of Life

An experienced & wise master grew tired of his apprentice complaining.
One morning he sent the apprentice for some salt.

When the apprentice returned, the master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and drink it.

"How does it taste?" the master asked.

"Bitter," spit the apprentice.

The master chuckled and then asked the young man to put a handful of Salt in the lake nearby.

The two walked to the nearby lake. After the apprentice swirled his handful of salt into the water, the old man said, "Now drink from the lake.."

As the water dripped down the young man's chin, the master asked, "Now, how does this taste?"

"Fresh & Sweet" remarked the apprentice.

"Do you taste the salt?" asked the master.

"No," said the young man.

At this, the master sat beside the young man who so reminded him of Himself at one time and held his hands.

He told the young man, "The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less.

The amount of pain in life remains exactly the same. However, the amount of bitterness we taste depends on the container we put the pain in.

So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things.

"STOP BEING A GLASS. BECOME A LAKE"

(Adapted: Anonymous)

Cooking: Obligation or Passion?

During my junior high school in Home Economics class, we needed to choose an area of specialty which we were going to learn till senior year. Specialty like cooking, beauty and cosmetics, craftsmanship, oregami, etc. I chose cooking but never thought it could be useful in the future.

Now that I'm married to an Indian, I find it necessary to know how to cook.
I thought before that cooking is nothing but an obligation of wives and mothers... But I'm wrong...

For the past two years here in India, my mom-in-law opened my eyes to a different perspective of cooking. It is not be an obligation, it's a passion.

I've read somewhere that whenever you're passionate to do something, the result is always great. Aside from being passionate about it, they always put that special ingredient called "love" everytime they cook.

Now that explains why mothers are always the best cook for most of us. Don't you agree???

Stray Cow-Holy Cow

Cows are considered sacred animals in India but I find it ironic why they don't take care of these animals. They just let them roam around in the streets and believe it or not, these animals are not even afraid of vehicles and people. And because of that, accidents happened.

So many accidents in Chandigarch City alone are caused by stray cows. You can see cows sleeping in the middle of the street, eating garbage in the park and even suddenly crossing the streets disregarding the loud beep from cars and bikes.
In fact, one of my husband's friend died coz of a cow which suddenly crossed the street. He was trying to avoid hurting the cow and ended up colliding with a car which killed him.

Think about it logically, cows are holy, cows cause accidents, therefore some holy things can cause accidents? Am i on the right track here?

If these animals are sacred, I highly recommend to the people of India and the Government to take care of them and put them in a special place where they are safe and cannot cause any trouble with the people.
I've seen in the highway goin to Delhi that they created a wall barrier in the sides of the road so that cows can't go through. That is very good but how about in other busy streets?
One time when I was learning driving, there were 2 cows in the middle of a very narrow road, I beeped but the cows didn't budge at all. I was shocked at how confident the cows are here in India, hehehe.

I have nothing against the belief that its sacred... its the act that counts...
I respect every belief but it doesn't mean that we can leave these animals on their own. One comment on youtube said: It is Hindu belief that the cow is like the mother of many things of their worship therefore out of respect they allow cows to freely roam the streets.
With all due respect, cows dont have sense like humans do...
They are animals, and animals whether sacred or not, can be harmful and it's human's responsibility to take care of them. I'm hoping Indian Government will do something to solve this issue.

Stray cows are taking lives. Isn't it weird that a holy thing is taking lives... No wonder some driver would say HOLY COW when pushing the brakes.

Check out this youtube short video on a cow crossing a busy street in Mumbai:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PBU7YVV_To

This is Leigh signin off.