PAPA

In whole world
One person always loves me
Do you know the person?
He is one and only my papa
My papa is the best
He is very Kind hearted person
And also Loving, Caring & Bravo
My Dad is my good friend
He understands me and
Always supports me
I love my dad very much
I love you dear Papa
I love you so much
- Jagruti Valani

Balance

God was missing for six days. Eventually, Michael, the archangel, found him,
resting on the seventh day.
He inquired of God.
“Where have you been?”
God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction, and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds,
“Look, Michael. Look what I’ve made.”
Archangel Michael looked puzzled, and said,
“What is it?”
“It’s a planet,” replied God,
“and I’ve put Life on it. I’m going to call it Earth and it’s going to be a great place of balance.”
“Balance?” inquired Michael, still confused.
God explained, pointing to different parts of earth.
“For example, northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth, while southern Europe is going to be poor. Over there I’ve placed a continent of white people, and over there is a continent of black people. Balance in all things,”
God continued pointing to different countries.
“This one will be extremely hot, while this one will be very cold and covered in ice.”
The Archangel, impressed by God’s work, then pointed to a land area and said,
“What’s that one?”
“Ah,” said God
“That’s Washington State, the most glorious place on earth. There are beautiful mountains, rivers and streams, lakes, forests, hills, plains, and coulees. The people from Washington State are going to be handsome, modest, intelligent, and humorous, and they are going to be found traveling the world. They will be extremely sociable, hardworking, high achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as diplomats, and carriers of peace.”
Michael gasped in wonder and admiration, but then proclaimed,
“What about balance, God? You said there would be balance.”
God smiled,

“There is another Washington…wait until you see the idiots I put there.”

Hope Abides

Hope abides; therefore I abide.
Countless frustrations have not cowed me.
I am still alive, vibrant with life.
The black cloud will disappear,
The morning sun will appear once again
In all its supernal glory.

- Sri Chinmoy

Betty Botter

Betty Botter
bought some butter.
“But,” she said,
“the butter’s bitter.
If I put it
in my batter,
it will make
my batter bitter.
But a bit
of better butter–
that would make
my batter better.”

So she bought
a bit of butter,
better than
her bitter butter.
And she put it
in her batter,
and the batter
was not bitter.
So ’twas better
Betty Botter
bought a bit
of better butter!

-By Anonymous

Happy Independence Day

Happy Friendship Day

A Good Lesson

A young man, a student in one of our universities, was one day taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly called the students’ friend, from his kindness to those who waited on his instructions. As they went along, they saw lying in the path a pair of old shoes, which they supposed to belong to a poor man who was employed in a field close by, and who had nearly finished his day’s work.

The student turned to the professor, saying: “Let us play the man a trick: we will hide his shoes, and conceal ourselves behind those bushes, and wait to see his perplexity when he cannot find them.”

“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor. But you are rich, and may give yourself a much greater pleasure by means of the poor man. Put a coin into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how the discovery affects him.”

The student did so, and they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by. The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes. While putting on his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something hard, he stooped down to feel what it was, and found the coin. Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his countenance. He gazed upon the coin, turned it round, and looked at it again and again. He then looked around him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and proceeded to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was doubled on finding the other coin. His feelings overcame him; he fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and uttered aloud a fervent thanksgiving, in which he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread, whom the timely bounty, from some unknown hand, would save from perishing.

The student stood there deeply affected, and his eyes filled with tears. “Now,” said the professor, “are you not much better pleased than if you had played your intended trick?”

The youth replied, “You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget. I feel now the truth of those words, which I never understood before: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Author unknown, retold by Artin Tellalian

SMS

1. Millions of sentences, Billions of words,
Zillions of characters,
All just to convey a simple feeling,
A feeling as old as humanity,
As faint as your smile,
And as beautiful as U.

2. Happiness is like a radio station, broadcasting all d time. U just have to learn how to tune in & receive it properly. Stay tuned n b happy always

3. I knocked at HEAVENS door
GOD asked “What is your wish of today?”
I said “Plz protect love and BLESS the one reading this message”
GOD smiled and replied “GRANTED”

4. Every moment of ur life is a picture which u had never seen before and which u’ll never see again. So enjoy n live life & make each moment beautiful.

Thank You For Being A Friend To Me

Thank you for being a friend to me,
when needing someone there.
My failing hopes to bolster
and my secret fears to share.

Thank you for being so good to me
when it was hard to know
the wisest course to follow,
what to do and where to go.

Thank you for giving me confidence
when I had lost my way.
Speaking the word that led me through
the tunnel of the day.

Thank you for all you did and said
to ease the weight for me.
Never intruding, but there in the
background helping quietly.

Thank you not only for sympathy
in times of grief and stress;
But for all you have meant to me
in terms of happiness.

Many a lovely day we’ve known
and many a laugh we’ve had.
Thank you for being the kind of friend
that shares the good and bad.

I’d like to be the sort of friend
That you have been to me;
I’d always like to be the help
That you are glad to be.

I’d like to mean as much to you
Each moment of the day,
As you have meant,
good friend of mine,
To me along the way.

And this is just the wish somehow
That I could but repay,
A portion of the gladness
You have strewn along my way.

And could I have one wish this year,
This only would it be:
I’d like to be the sort of friend
That you have been to me.

Almond Rocks

Ingredients
400 grams (14 oz.) small almonds
400 grams (14 oz.) plain chocolate
100 grams (3 1/2 oz.) milk chocolate

Method
1. Roast the almonds in an oven for 10 to 15 minutes.
2. Grate the chocolates, place in a tray and heat in moderate oven at 180 degree C (350 degree F) for about 10 minutes.
3. Remove from the oven and continually stir the chocolate until it cools a little. Add the almonds and mix well.
4. Put small pieces of coated almonds on a tray lined with grease proof paper or aluminium foil. Keep in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
5. Wrap in decorative foil and store in the refrigerator.

- From Tarla Dalal’s Racipe