DONATE BLOOD, SAVE A LIFE.
DONATE BLOOD, GIFT A LIFE.
On 27th February, 2014 (Yesterday), in India, we
celebrated Mahashiv Ratri. I along with my friend Mr. Bhatti went to the temple
of Akshardham at Ludhiana (Punjab) India to celebrate Mahashivratri.
We enjoyed the langar (common feast cooked in common kitchen
of the holy temple). Puri, chhole and kheer (sweet dish) was excellent in
taste. Perhaps the grace of God makes it so sweet and tasty. Aura in the temple
was really peaceful, tensionless.
After having the feast, we went to meet the chief Swamiji but
on the way we found that a CAMP OF BLOOD DONATION is organized by Civil
Hospital, Ludhiana.
Both of us registered ourselves for donation. My age 56 and
my friend’s 50 years. The attending doctor at reception asked, “have you
donated blood during the past 3 month.” Our answer was no. “Do you have any
disease or problem?” “No.”
Then she prepared two cards and noted all our particulars on
those cards. Then she handed over those cards and a plastic bag with syringe
tagged to it.
We went from reception to the blood donation room like
heroes. We were feeling great as we were going to donate blood which would be
used for SAVING some other person’s life who could be anyone not related with
us.
It was really a great service to humanity.
We were asked to lie on the beds. Syringes were inserted in
our right elbows to extract the blood. Rubber balls were given. We kept on
pumping the rubber balls so that the blood flow may be maintained.
It took just 10 minutes and our BEST DONATION of life was
done.
Then the syringes were removed and we came out of the blood
donation room.
Out of the room, post blood donation desk attendant, a very
polite doctor asked us to sit on the chairs and offered us glass of sugarless
hot milk. Then bananas were offered. We drank the milk and ate the bananas.
I was feeling very fresh. Blood was donated and my blood
pressure came to normal. Today, I felt that anger is quite reduced. In the
morning, I was polite with my children and wife.
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Take Control of Your Life.
STRESS BUSTER
By Renee
Singh *
Take Control of Your Life.
There are some qualities we are
born with and emotional resilience is one of them. Some of us are lucky enough
to have this in us but it canbe and should be learned and developed.
If you are the
type who would like to handle life’s challenges whether they are major or minor
with greater ease, to grow from adversity and turn potentially negative events
into positive ones, you definitely need to be more resilient.
“As we advance in
life and in years, coping with stress becomes more and more difficult, but in
fighting the difficulties, the inmost strength of heart is developed, “ Vincent
Van Gogh said these very wise words which are most applicable in today’s day
and age.
What’s emotional resilience?
This refers to one’s ability to adapt to stressful situations
or crisis. Most resilient people can “roll with the punches” and adapt to
adversity with no difficulties.
Less resilient people have a harder time with stress and life
changes. It has been found that those stresses more easily can also manage
major crisis with ease. Resilience has its benefits for daily life or when
faced with tragedy.
What influences emotional resilience?
By and large it is something we are born with.
Some people by nature are less upset by changes. This trait
can more or less observed from childhood and can be noticed as a level of
stability through one’s lifetime.
Emotional resilience is also related to some factors that are
not under your control such as age, gender and exposure to trauma.
Resilience is not a quality that you do or do not possess. There
are varying degrees to how well you can handle stress and there are certain
characteristics that are common to all.
Emotional awareness
People with emotional awareness understand what they are
feeling and why.
Perseverance pays
Those with perseverance are action oriented and do not give
up.
Positive thinking
Optimists see positives in all situations and believe in
their own strengths.
Social support
Some of us tend to understand the value of social support and
surround ourselves with supportive family and friends.
Spiritual Streak
Being connected to your spiritual side has been has been
connected with stronger emotional resilience. If you are internally connected,
you are definitely on a strong foundation level.
Sense of humour
Those with a sense of humor are able to laugh at life’s difficulties.
Individual perspective
·
Resilient people are able to learn from their
own mistakes.
·
They see obstacles as challenges.
·
Allow adversities to make them
stronger.
·
Find meaning in life’s challenges.
·
Do not see themselves as victims.
How to become more resilient?
Emotional resilience can be developed. Stress and change are
a part of life. There is much opportunity to practice resilience. We require to
have interest and commitment and results are remarkable.
Many people know of coping strategies which can help with
stress. With diet and exercise programs one can cope with stress very well.
The most successful individuals are those that can maintain a
long term effort. Don’t give up your situation and trust the process.
Just be patient with yourself and you will make yourself
emotionally resilient.
*Singh
is Chandigarh based psychotherapist.
Source: The Tribune Life+Style dated 24th
February, 2014.
WEIGHT Loss
WEIGHT WATCH
By
Renu Parteep Kaur*
Eat, Pray, Lose
Are you having a hard time sticking
to your diet plan?
Yes, it’s really difficult to stick
to extremely low-calorie diets, which can hurt your long-term success. Boredom
and hunger can both undermine your weight-loss goals.
It is important to remember that
too much or crash weight loss has many negative consequences for the body and
your health.
Everyone has different body
structure. While one person may be very thin naturally and may not be suffering
from any negative health effect, but for others losing their weight
may be unachievable without putting one;s body under
dangerous stress.
You are
what you eat.
Cutting calories is an approach
most dieters take to meet their weight loss goals. But it is once in a while that
people take calorie restrictions too far; making their weight loss slower and
more difficult by slowing their metabolism. As the saying goes, “We are what we
eat,” our food choices have a huge impact on how we look and feel, both
physically and mentally.
Understand
calorie.
Eating a well-rounded and varied diet
will go a long way towards making sure you have all the nutrients you need.
Remember that our body uses everything put into it and what we give it
determines how it’s used for good health, or for bad.
Low
calorie diet does not mean the consumption of reduced amount of calorie rich
foods. Such a diet only precipitates hunger, causes interim weight loss and
deprives the body of nutrition. An unplanned low calorie diet which is also
devoid of important nutrients having a low nutritional value is therefore,
unable to regulate metabolism in the body, which can be the cause of lifestyle
diseases.
What to
eat?
1. Fat-free(skim)
milk instead of whole milk.
2. Fat-free
frozen yoghurt instead of ice-creams.
3. Graham
crackers, ginger snaps, fig bars instead of cookies.
4. Egg whites
or egg substitutes instead of whole eggs.
5. Canned
broth-based soups instead of canned cream soups.
6. Jelly, jam,
or honey on bread or toast instead of butter or margarine on toast or bread.
7. Chicken or
turkey without skin (white meat) instead of chicken or turkey with skin, duck
or goose.
8. Opt for
fresh or frozen vegetables over canned vegetables.
9. Chocolate syrup
instead of fudge sauce.
In addition
to above, avoid processed or pre-packaged foods. Processed foods like canned
soups or frozen dinners contain hidden sodium that quickly surpasses the
recommended limit. Simply choosing low fat products when there is an option is
a good way to reduce fat and calories.
Think long term
1.
Always go in for lifestyle change and not for
short term diet. Permanent weight loss is not something that a “quick fix” diet
can achieve.
2.
Low calorie diet is not
recommended for children, adolescents and pregnant women. Individuals who
usually go on such a diet are extremely over weight, Dieters usually lose 0.5
to 2 kg per week or a total of about 5 kg in 4 weeks. The specifics of weight
loss diet are hard to describe as the diet mainly depends on one’s individual
needs.
To set yourself up for success,
think about planning a healthy diet as a number of small manageable steps
rather than drastic change.
*Renupreet Kaur is diet
therapist and obesity expert.
Source:
Tribune Life+Style dated 24th February, 2014.
Friday, January 24, 2014
Gap
Gap between Haves and Have Nots.
Can it be narrowed?
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Monday, January 6, 2014
New Guests
BREAKFAST GUESTS
50-60 New Guests join me for breakfast.
Really great interesting breakfast.
I sleep on the top floor of my house. One day I saw that some small birds: parrots, crows, pigeons and squirrels were enjoying a morning stroll at the top roof.
I got an idea. In the morning, I need breakfast. These birds and animals too may need it. I took 2-3 handfuls of grain and threw on the top roof of my room.
That day, no bird or animal came and I found the grains were intact there.
I thought that little birds have got scared and hence did not turn up to eat those grains.
But the next day, I found, lot of chirping on the roof. I scaled the stairs to view a beautiful scene.
About 50-60 birds were enjoying the breakfast. My hungry soul felt happy. Natural happiness was this.
Now I splatter 3-4 handfuls of grains every night on the roof.
And my little friends, enjoy the breakfast in the morning. Water is now placed in small bowls.
I sit in an alcove of my stairs and watch the words. They chirp. They flutter. They quarrel to snatch the grain from others.
Small words feel scared from the big one like crows. Crows sit on the boundaries of the walls of the roof.
One day, I did not splatter the grains for the breakfast of my tiny friends. At about 5 am in the morning when I was in the bed, I heard lot of chirping.
I immediately realized that I have not splattered their food and hence all this fuss.
I took the grains and went up. Threw from far off place hiding myself at the stairs so that they may not fly away.
Wow! what a wonderful scene that was. Except a big ones, all the birds jumped on the food. In a few minutes, all the grains were eaten by them and they flew away. Roof was as clean as it was earlier.
They are not greedy like humans. They eat, feel satisfied and fly away. Where, I don't know.
Now in the morning, I always love to hear their chirping. That soothes me.
When they drink water, the scene is really beautiful. They shake the wings and feathers. Really wonderful.
50-60 New Guests join me for breakfast.
Really great interesting breakfast.
I sleep on the top floor of my house. One day I saw that some small birds: parrots, crows, pigeons and squirrels were enjoying a morning stroll at the top roof.
I got an idea. In the morning, I need breakfast. These birds and animals too may need it. I took 2-3 handfuls of grain and threw on the top roof of my room.
That day, no bird or animal came and I found the grains were intact there.
I thought that little birds have got scared and hence did not turn up to eat those grains.
But the next day, I found, lot of chirping on the roof. I scaled the stairs to view a beautiful scene.
About 50-60 birds were enjoying the breakfast. My hungry soul felt happy. Natural happiness was this.
Now I splatter 3-4 handfuls of grains every night on the roof.
And my little friends, enjoy the breakfast in the morning. Water is now placed in small bowls.
I sit in an alcove of my stairs and watch the words. They chirp. They flutter. They quarrel to snatch the grain from others.
Small words feel scared from the big one like crows. Crows sit on the boundaries of the walls of the roof.
One day, I did not splatter the grains for the breakfast of my tiny friends. At about 5 am in the morning when I was in the bed, I heard lot of chirping.
I immediately realized that I have not splattered their food and hence all this fuss.
I took the grains and went up. Threw from far off place hiding myself at the stairs so that they may not fly away.
Wow! what a wonderful scene that was. Except a big ones, all the birds jumped on the food. In a few minutes, all the grains were eaten by them and they flew away. Roof was as clean as it was earlier.
They are not greedy like humans. They eat, feel satisfied and fly away. Where, I don't know.
Now in the morning, I always love to hear their chirping. That soothes me.
When they drink water, the scene is really beautiful. They shake the wings and feathers. Really wonderful.
Monday, December 2, 2013
Better Life
15 Mantras for Better Living
1. Talk ----------- Slowly
2. Eat ----------- Sensibly
3. Breathe ----------- Deeply
4. Exercise ----------- Daily
5. Sleep ----------- Sufficiently and soundly.
6. Dress ------------ Smartly
7. Act ------------ Fearlessly
8. Work ------------ Patiently
9. Think ------------ Positively
10. Trust ------------ Cautiously
11. Learn ------------ Practically
12. Plan ------------ Orderly
13. Earn ------------- Honestly
14. Save ------------- Regularly
15. Spend ------------- Intelligently
1. Talk ----------- Slowly
2. Eat ----------- Sensibly
3. Breathe ----------- Deeply
4. Exercise ----------- Daily
5. Sleep ----------- Sufficiently and soundly.
6. Dress ------------ Smartly
7. Act ------------ Fearlessly
8. Work ------------ Patiently
9. Think ------------ Positively
10. Trust ------------ Cautiously
11. Learn ------------ Practically
12. Plan ------------ Orderly
13. Earn ------------- Honestly
14. Save ------------- Regularly
15. Spend ------------- Intelligently
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