7 DON'TS AFTER MEALS

* Don't smoke - Experiment from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes (chances of cancer are higher).

* Don't eat fruits immediately - Immediately eating fruits after meals will cause stomach to be bloated with air. Therefore take fruits 1-2 hr after meal or 1 hr before meal.

* Don't drink tea - Because tea leaves contain a high content of acid. This substance will cause the protein content in the food that is consumed to be hardened thus difficult to digest.

* Don't loosen the belt - Loosening the belt after a meal will easily cause the intestine to be twisted & blocked.

* Don't bathe - Bathing will cause the increase of blood flow to the hands, legs & body thus the amount of blood around the stomach will therefore decrease. This will weaken the digestive system in the stomach.

* Don't walk about - People always say that after a meal walk a hundred steps and you will live till 99. In actual fact this is not true. Walking will cause the digestive system to be unable to absorb the nutrition from the food we intake.

* Don't sleep immediately - The food will not be able to digest properly. Thus will lead to gastric trouble & infection in the intestine.

ALL FACES ARE MIRRORS

Our life is actually a reflection of our thoughts and actions.

Long ago in a small, far away village, there was place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit.

When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly.

As he left the House, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often."

In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house.

He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him.

As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again."

ALL THE FACES IN THE WORLD ARE MIRRORS.

JUST OBSERVE WHAT KIND OF REFLECTIONS DO YOU SEE IN THE FACES OF THE PEOPLE YOU MEET?

WALK TOGETHER

When animals dont have any criteria to extend comfort..................

Why we,humans should?

A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise, in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa, officials said.

The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean, then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him.

"It is incredible. A-less-than-a-year-old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a 'mother'," ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge of Lafarge Park, told AFP.

"After it was swept and lost its mother, the hippo was traumatized. It had to look for something to be a surrogate mother. Fortunately, it landed on the tortoise and established a strong bond. They swim, eat and sleep together," the ecologist added. "The hippo follows the tortoise exactly the way it follows its mother. If somebody approaches the tortoise, the hippo becomes aggressive, as if protecting its biological mother," Kahumbu added.

"The hippo is a young baby, he was left at a very tender age and by nature, hippos are social animals that like to stay with their mothers for four years," he explained.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

This is a real story that shows that our differences don't matter much when we need the comfort of another. We could all learn a lesson from these two creatures of God.

LOOK BEYOND THE DIFFERENCES AND FIND A WAY TO WALK THE PATH TOGETHER.

LIFE IS A GIFT

Today before you think of saying an unkind word,

Think of someone who can't speak.

Before you complain about the taste of your food,
Think of someone who has nothing to eat.








Before you complain about your husband or wife,
Think of someone who's crying out to God for a companion.







Today before you complain about life,
Think of someone who went too early to heaven.





Before you complain about your children,
Think of someone who desires children but they're barren.








Before you argue about your dirty house; someone didn't clean or sweep,
Think of the people who are living in the streets.








Before whining about the distance you drive,
Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.









And when you are tired and complain about your job,
Think of the unemployed, the disabled and those who wished they had your job.







But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another,
Remember that not one of us are without sin and we all answer to one maker.








And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down,
Put a smile on your face and thank God you're alive and still around.






Life is a Gift, Liveit....
Life is a Gift, Enjoyit....
Life is a Gift, Celebrate it....
Life is a Gift, Fulfillit.

TAKE A STEP

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well.

The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

Finally, he decided that the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.

At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly.

Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well.

He was astonished at what he saw.

With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing.

He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt.

The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up.

Each of our troubles is a stepping stone.

We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up!

Shake it off and take a step up ! !

OBSTACLES IN OUR PATH

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock.

Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded.

After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the King indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway.

The peasant learned what many of us never understand!

Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

THOSE WHO SERVE

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him.

"How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked.

"Fifty cents," replied the waitress.

The little boy pulled is hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it.

"Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired.

By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient.

"Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied.

The little boy again counted his coins.

"I'll have the plain ice cream," he said.

The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left.

When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies..

The boy couldn't have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.

PICK UP IN THE RAIN

One night, at11:30 p.m., an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Albama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride.

Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car.

A young white man stopped to help her, generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960s. The man took her to safety, helped her get assistance, and put her into a taxicab.

She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his address and thanked him.

Seven days went by and a knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a giant console color TV was delivered to his home.

A special note was attached..

It read: "Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only my clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying husband's bedside just before he passed away... God bless you for helping me and UNSELFISHLY SERVING OTHERS."

WORK ETHICS

Once upon a time a washerman was bringing up two donkeys. Let us say Donkey-A and Donkey-B.

Donkey-A felt that it was very energetic and could do better than the other. It always tried to pull the washerman's attraction over it by taking more load and walking fast in front of him. Innocent Donkey-B was normal, so it used to walk normally, irrespective of the washerman's presence.

After a period of time, the washerman started pressurising Donkey-B to be like Donkey-A.

But Donkey-B was unable to walk fast and got continuous punishment from the washerman.

One day it was crying and told Donkey-A "Dear friend, only we two are here, why to compete with each other....we can carry equal load at normal speed -".

That made Donkey-A all the more energetic and next day it told the washerman that it could carry more load and even it can run fast also.

Obviously a very happy washerman looked at Donkey-B.., his BP got raised and he started kicking Donkey-B.

Next day with smile, Donkey-A carried more load and started running fast. But it was breathtaking for Donkey-B and it couldn't act that way....But the washerman was frustrated, so he harassed Donkey-B terribly, and finally it fell down hopelessly.

Then Donkey-A felt itself as a supremo and happily started carrying more load with great speed. But now the load of the Donkey-B was also to be carried by Donkey-A, and still it had to run fast. For some period it did, finally due to fatigue it got tired and started feeling the pain.

But the washerman expected more from Donkey-A. It also tried its best, but couldn't cope up with his owner's demand. The washerman got angry with Donkey-A also and started harassing it to take more load...Donkey-A cried and tried its best...But it couldn't live up to the owner's satisfaction.

Finally the day came when due to frustration the washerman killed Donkey-A and went searching for some other Donkeys.

Its an endless story..........

But the Moral of the Story in life is......,

Think that all colleagues are same and that everyone is capable....

Always share the load equally....

Don't ever act smart in front of your Boss and never try to get more credit....

Don't feel happy when your colleague is under pressure....

STAYING FRESH

The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther.

The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took them to bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were not fresh, and the Japanese did not like the taste.

Therefore fishing companies installed freezers on their boats. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer.

However, the Japanese could taste the difference between the fresh and the frozen and they did not like frozen fish. The frozen fish brought a lower price.

So fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tried and dull but alive.

But the Japanese could still taste the difference. Since the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.

Finally the fishing companies decided to add a small shark to each tank. Lo and behold! Not all, but most of the fish remained in a very lively state. They were challenged, but oddly enough, in the presence of a challenging environment they thrived and remained fresh.

So, do not avoid challenges; jump into them, enjoy the game. Even if the challenges are too large and numerous, don't give up. Failing is not an option. Instead find more determination more, knowledge and more help.

If you have met your goals, set some bigger goals. Once you meet your personal or family needs, move onto goals for your group, the society, even mankind. Don't create success and lie in it. Put a shark in your tank and see how far you can go!

ABOUT MONEY

With MONEY....

One can buy a HOUSE but not a HOME
One can buy a CLOCK but not TIME
One can buy a BED but not SLEEP
One can buy a BOOK but not KNOWLEDGE
One can see a DOCTOR but not GOOD HEALTH
One can buy a POSITION but not RESPECT
One can buy BLOOD but not LIFE
One can buy SEX but not LOVE

SHORTCUTS TO SUCCESS

PLAN while others are playing

STUDY while others are sleeping

DECIDE while others are delaying

PREPARE while others are daydreaming

BEGIN while others are procrastinating

WORK while others are wishing

SAVE while others are wasting

LISTEN while others are talking

SMILE while others are frowning

COMMEND while others are criticizing

PERSIST while others are quitting