Nice smile kids

It's one of my hobby to take a picture. For me pictures is a sign of good memory. We will get old but the pictures remain young. Look at my son. He posed nice, as I took a picture of him. He knows that I love to take pictures that's why he did a nice posing out there.

Look at this other kid. She is my niece. She also smiles beautifully as she also pose there while I'm taking a shot. I'm sure she will show this picture to her classmate. . . . :)

A Smile in you Heart

I had a feeling that you're holding my heart

And i know that it is true

You wouldnt let it be broken apart

Cause it's much to dear to you

Forever will be together, no one can break us apart

For our love will truely be a wonderful smile in your heart
When the night comes and i deep in your heart

I want feel so much more secure

You wouldnt let me close my eyes

So i can see you true and

a sweet tender lover, we are so much in love

Im not afraid when you're far away,

just give me a smile in your heart
You brighten my day, you're showing me my direction

You're coming to me and giving me inspiration

How could i ask for more from you my dear

Maybe just a smile in your heart
I'm always dreamin' of being in love

But now i know that this is true

Since you came into my life

It's true love that i had found

Afraid that you wouldnt leave me

What ever may come along

But if you do i wont feel so bad

Just give me a smile in your heart

Food for Thought – 2

Eat Set Portions of Nutrient-Rich Foods

Make your calories count. You may want to buy less food and eat less food—but improve the quantity of your food. For instance, fresh juices and soups are extremely nourishing and easy to digest. They also hydrate your body. Fiber-rich fruits, veggie sticks, and whole-grain crackers topped with tahini or almond butter make nutritious snacks. In small quantities, nuts and seeds are also great energizers. At mealtimes, choose strengthening whole grains such as brown rice, variety, or quinoa, and eat more legumes, tofu, and seasonal vegetables. These foods will satisfy your body’s hunger for nutrients.

Swap Coffee for Juice

Always your nerves, may curb your appetite and give you a temporary burst of energy, it ultimately saps your energy, frays your nerves, dull your complexion, and flushes nutrients from your body. Try swapping caffeine for fresh juice or smoothies, which will nourish hungry cells, strengthen the systems of your body, enliven your skin, and give you real energy.

Say a Prayer Before You Eat

Throughout history, it’s been customary in many cultures to pray before eating. Some people five thanks for their food. Some ask that the food nourish their bodies and bestow them with good health. Others offer their food to God and then eat the remnants. Such prayer makes eating a calming, meditative and spiritually beneficial activity. It makes us conscientious and thankful for the nourishing fits of local food. It also helps us remember a power far greater than ourselves.

ref: fityoga

Food for Thought – 1

With tasty food always at our fingertips, it’s no surprise that we often find it challenging to regulate our eating habits. While food is a source of strength, nourishment, and good health, it can also agitate the mind, leading to various eating disorders and weight problems. According to yoga philosophy, however, the way to bring the mind under control and prevent such problems is by regulating the senses. A major part of this regulating what, when, how, and why we eat.

Eat Regular Portions at Regular Times

Give your body and mind a healthy rhythm by eating at set times each day. Figure out what works for you. Digestion is strongest in the morning, so it’s best to eat breakfast or else combine breakfast and lunch (brunch) and make that your most substantial meal of the day. Keep suppers smaller and earlier, and don’t snack afterward. Find other evening activities instead, such as yoga.

At the beginning of each day, write down what you’re going to eat, and don’t think about it again. Follow that menu, and try not to deviate from it. eat slowly and mindfully, chewing your food well. Try not to munch while driving your car or sitting in front of the TV.

If you have a family, make your meal a time of togetherness. Gently teach children the real value of food so that they understand its purpose and importance. In doing this, both you and your kids will develop a healthy relationship with food.

Get in the habit of bringing your own lunch or snacks instead of visiting restaurant and convenience stores. Pack healthy lunches for your kids as well.

And if you blow your routine once in a while, don’t worry about. Just get back on track and do better tomorrow.

ref: fityoga

It feels good to be happy all the time

Love is a Many-Leveled Thing – 2

We are soon left to wonder where the truth lies in all of this. When spiritual teachers used the word love, what kind of love are they talking about? Is eros (romantic love) really different from agape, so-called unconditional or spiritual love? Is devotional love, the same as compassion, or love for humanity? And how is it that some teachers goal, while others seem to ignore the subject altogether?

In spiritual life alone, the word love is used in at least three ways, and our experience and understanding of love will differ according to which aspect of it we are thinking about. For the sake of discussion, let’s refer to those there aspects of love as (1) Absolute Love, or the Great Love, which Ramakrishna, Rumi, and the teachers of the bhakti yoga and nondualist Tantra traditions tell us is ever-present, impersonal, and the very underpinning of the universe; (2) Our individual experience of love, which is quirky, personal, and usually directed at something or someone: and (3) love as sadhama (practice).

Love is a Many-Leveled Thing - 1

Most of us have been confused about love all of our lives. In fact, we often begin the inner life as a search—conscious or unconscious—for a source of love that can’t be taken away. We may have grown up feeling unloved or believing we had to perform heroic feats to deserve love. Our parents, the movies we see, our cultural and religious milieu give us ideas about love that go on influencing us long after we have forgotten their source. When we read spiritual books and encounter teachers, our understanding about love can get even more complicated, because depending on what we read or whom we study with, we get slightly different takes on what love means in spiritual life.

Some teachers tell us that our essence is love: others say love is a passion, an emotion that leads to addiction and clinging. If we’re on a devotional path like bhaktiyoga, Sufism, or mystical Christianity, we’re often taught that the way to enlightenment is to fall in love with God and let that love grow until it engulfs us and we become one with the Beloved. If we’re on a more knowledge-based yogic path, we may be taught to look askance at the feelings of bliss and love the arise in practice, because, we’re told, the spaciousness that is our goal is beyond such feelings.

Happiness is 'infectious'

Good morning friends. I agree with the news published by The Times of India that happiness is very infectious. I wish all will be infected with this, because we all know it will be having a very good output.

Believe it or not, happiness is "infectious" and can "ripple" through friends, neighbours and family members, a new study has suggested.

Researchers have found that happiness is not just an individual experience or choice, but is dependent on happiness of others to whom individuals are connected either directly or indirectly,
and requires close proximity to spread.

According to them, "Changes in individual happiness can ripple through social networks and generate large scale structure in the network, giving rise to clusters of happy and unhappy individuals." In fact, the researchers, led by Nicholas Christakis of the Harvard Medical School, have based their findings on an analysis of data collected in the Framingham Heart Study, the British Medical Journal reported. In the Framingham Heart Study, 5,124 adults aged 21-70 were recruited and followed between 1971 and 2003, to examine various aspects of their life and health. All the participants were asked to identify their relatives, "close friends," place of residence, and place of work to ensure they could be contacted every two to four years for follow-up.

The researchers found 53,228 social ties between the 5,124 participants and a total of 12,067 people. They focused on 4,739 people followed from 1983 to '03 and found a person's proximity to happy people, specifically partners, siblings and neighbours, could make them happy too. They also found that clusters of happy and unhappy people were visible in the networks and the effect lasted for three degrees of separation -- meaning one person benefited from the happiness of their friends' friends. "Most important from our perspective is the recognition that people are embedded in social networks and that the health and wellbeing of one person affects the health and wellbeing of others.

"This fundamental fact of existence provides a fundamental conceptual justification for the speciality of public health. Human happiness is not merely the province of isolated individuals," the researchers concluded.