Weekend Thoughts: Life is Amazingly Beautiful
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Weekend Thoughts: Be Happy đ
Wordless Wednesday: Sunset at Shimla
âSunsets are proof, that ends can be beautiful too.â
Easy Diwali Sweets/ Snacks: Weekend Treats
You may buy as many sweets and snacks as possible from the market, and even receive sweet boxes from your family and friends. But, it gives immense happiness and satisfaction to make some sweets on your own.
Coconut Laddoo:
This is the easiest sweet to make at home, I believe.
Just cook 100 gm. dried Coconut powder, in 1 litre of milk, on low flame, till the milk reduces completely. Add sugar to taste, around 1-2 tablespoon, and 3-4 green cardamom powder. When slightly cool, make even sized Laddoos.
Methi Mathri:
Snacks are also important and itâs best to prepare them fresh at home.
2 Cups maida (self raising flour), vegetable oil for the dough, and for frying the Mathris, ajwain, dried methi leaves, salt to taste.
Combine the ingredients and Prepare the dough as you would for namak para. Rest for 15 minutes, roll and fold the mathris, and fry on medium flame.
Have an enjoyable and prosperous festival of Diwali đȘ
Itâs That Time of The Year
Enthusiasm and positive vibes all around,
People busy in decorating their homes,
With renewed hopes and dreams,
Glittering with coloured lights,
Decorated streets and markets,
Busy roads and malls,
Distributing happiness with sweets,
Exchanging positivity with each other,
As The countdown for Diwali,
The Festival of Lights, hopes,
And dreams is close and around.
Nature Walks: Wordless Wednesday
Life is Ironic
âLife is ironic,
It takes sadness to know what happiness is,
Noise to appreciate silence,
And, absence to value presence.â
Self Belief: My Thoughts
Our mind is so powerful, that what we believe in, we can manifest in our lives.
If we believe that we are worthy, and valuableâ Others will also perceive the same.
If we believe that we are brave, strong and powerful, we can succeed in our endeavours.
If we believe that we are loved by everyone, we will be joyful and happy, and everyone will treat us in the same way.
One should not wait that after all the troubles (of life) are over, I will be happy.
Be happy and positive, and all your troubles will seem insignificant.
©Chitrangadasharan
Whatâs the Significance of Celebrating Festivals?
India is known for celebrating many festivals, all with the same enthusiasm.
One might askâ So many festivals throughout the year?
Yes, itâs trueâ Besides the big festivals, such as Holi, Diwali, Dussehra and others, each day has some significance, and the fact remains that Indians love to celebrate.
The reason is very simpleâ To be joyful, to spread happiness, and to celebrate life.
Besides all this, festivals are the best ways to maintain our culture, traditions and rich heritage.
Festivals are an amazing way to have social harmony and brotherhood among the citizens of a country.
Itâs perhaps the best way to spread positivity, where people forget all their differences, their personal struggles.
Life is not always easy. There are challenges almost everyday. But, we have to carry on, and win our battlesâ big or small.
Where do we get the inner strength for all this??
Festivals fills us up with hope and belief, to be strong, to start afresh.
The above picture is from a Durga Puja pandal, as the festival of Navratri and Dussehra is being celebrated throughout the length and breath of India.
The whole community works in coordination with each other, to make the festivals enjoyable for everyone.
Itâs all a very pleasant sight to watch people togetherâ and Happy!
Happy Navratri and Happy Dussehra!
©Chitrangadasharan
About Watching the Sunrise: My Thoughts
The Sun rises every morning, and I must have watched it for countless number of times.
So, whatâs so special today?
Just a reminder once again that â-
âThe secret to being hopeful, peaceful, positive and happy, for the rest of the day, please get up early, and watch the âSunrise.â
âIf you want to appreciate the beauty and miracles of Nature, please get up early, and watch the âSunrise.â
âThe âSunriseâ makes us believe that each day brings with it, new opportunities, new hopes, and the promise of a new beginning.
âRest, but never quit. Even the Sun has a sinking spell each evening. But,it always rises the next morning. At Sunrise, every soul is born again.ââ Author unknown.