DISCOVER YOUR HIDDEN TALENTS AND ABILITIES AND LET THEM BLOOM

                                  
My dear children, I want to share with you a beautiful incident of my college life. One of my friend was very good in drawing  sketches. Every one was so impressed with her talent of drawing. She did the course of sketching and drawing. One day me and that friend of mine were sitting in the common room of hostel , many other girls were also there. I was reading a film magazine and saw a beautiful picture of Demi Moore ( my favorite Hollywood actress ) "Look , isn't she looking stunning in this picture!" . "Yes , really she looks so pretty!", my friend said .  

"Can you draw a sketch of her ?" , I asked to my friend. "Yes of course", she said and took out her drawing book , pencil ,  blotting paper, scale and eraser from her bag and started making the sketch. Just for fun I also started making the drawing of that picture. After few minutes I realized that I was drawing so nicely. That thought made me confident  and I continued  drawing. And trust me I made such a beautiful sketch, even some of the girls said that I made a better sketch than my friend. I could not believe ,that I could make a sketch like that. It was a hidden talent of mine and I was not aware of that. Now I make sketches and I feel so good when I draw something on paper , it makes me happy.
Actually we all have talents, abilities and qualities and sometimes are unaware of them. It could be-           
                                            DRAWING

                                        
                                           SINGING

                                                      FOOTBALL PLAYING
                                     

                                         
                                         WRITING 

                                        PAINTING                        
                                           

                                         
                                        DANCING 
                                      

or any thing else. Always try to recognize your talents, your skills, your qualities and your abilities and use them in the best way. It is up to you that either you want to keep your talent as a hobby or you want to make it your profession. 
But one thing is for sure, that if you use your talent in a better way it  will help to bloom your personality and will boost your self- esteem.  
Most importantly it will make you feel happy and confident .Is not that wonderful ? So bloom  like a rose and shine like a star and be happy.
                                                                     LOVE - AUNT MARY 

                                                                 

''NEVER TRUST A STRANGER" ( Moral Story )

Once upon a time there was a crane who lived by the side of a beautiful lake. The lake was full of fishes ,crabs and other water animals . The crane was quite lazy and did not want to make any effort to get the food for himself ,he wanted to get his food very easily and always thought about that.

One day by chance a crab came near the side of the lake , the cunning crane saw him and said in a sad voice, " Oh dear crab I feel so sorry for you, your family and friends ". "But why? Why do you feel sorry for us ?"The crab asked him who was not aware of the fact that the crane was actually making a plan and was using him. 

  " Dear friend , yesterday I met a fortune-teller who told me that  This lake will be dead in next few days and all the creatures living in the lake will also lose their lives because of that".
"Oh , no! It is really such a bad news, I should tell it to my family and friends immediately '', Crab said.
"Don't be panic , please, I can help you all to survive ,I do not want to see you all dead .'' "Please tell me how can you help us''? Crab asked to the crane . 
"There is a very good lake , not very far away from here , I can take all of you there one by one and you can live there safely. "
"Oh, you are so kind , you will save our lives ". The crab went into the lake to tell all the animals, what the crane said . The poor innocent creatures decided that they will leave the lake one by one with the help of crane . 

 The crane said that he will take the fishes first , and he started carrying  the fishes on his back and instead of saving them he ate them all . He was so happy that his plan was successful.

One day the crab said to the crane " Dear friend please take me with you today''. The crane who had got bored of eating fishes daily and wanted to eat some other animal , agreed to take the crab with him.   The crab sat on his back and the crane flew in the sky. After some time crab asked ''How far is the new lake''?The crane answered ''There is no lake you fool , I lied to you to eat you all.Now it is your turn to die , I will eat you today."
Though the crab was frightened he gathered all his courage and grabbed the neck of crane with his claws and said '' Take me back to my home otherwise I will kill you ".The crane had no other choice and he flew back.
When the crane landed on the lake shore the crab jumped into the lake and saved his life . He told all the other creatures about the misdeed of the greedy crane and they all learned the lesson that one should ''Never Trust A Stranger''
                                                     

                                       (Panchtantra Story) Re-Told by - Aunt Mary
                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

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CHOCOLATE

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Almost every child loves the sweet , delicious , yummy chocolates. Am I right children? You want it in desserts, you like it in cakes, cookies and you want it in milk shakes, don't you ?

The amazing, mouth-watering taste of this sweet makes it every body's favorite.You can't resist yourself from eating a chocolate when you look at it, , what a temptation!

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Today I am sharing some facts about this lovely tasty sweet . I hope you will like them and share them with your friends , like you share the chocolates with them :)
Chocolate is made from the seed of "Theobroma Cacao" tree .

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The Cacao has been cultivated in 'Mexico', 'Central America' and 'Northern South America'.The seeds of Cacao have a bitter taste and need to be  fermented to get the flavor.  Once the seeds are fermented,they are dried,cleaned and roasted.The shell is removed to get the chocolate nibs.

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These nibs are ground to cocoa mass, which is rough form of chocolate. The rough chocolate needs to be liquefied . The liquid is called chocolate liquor.This liquid is molded to form the chocolate.

The benefits of eating chocolate are that it reduces the risk of cancer , lowers blood pressure and prevents coughing and heart diseases. 

Harms of chocolate are that it may cause obesity, headache,acne and tooth decay. 
So my dear children eat chocolate, but in moderation.As we all know excess of everything is bad .


Did you like this chocolaty post ? 
Take care and be happy .
                          Aunt Mary

   

I FEEL GOOD ( poem )

I feel happy and I feel good, 
I feel lucky and I feel good .

I feel good when granny sings a song,                         
I  love the song and I sing along.        

I feel good when teacher gives me "A",     
And claps for me... hip, hip hurray.....                    

I feel good when my baby sis,                   
Smiles at me and gives me flying kiss.                                                
I Feel good when my dear mommy,
Hugs me and says" my little baby".                                    

I feel happy and I feel good ,
I feel lucky and blessed, touch wood.  
                                                                                   
                  -Aunt Mary                                                                                                 


  


  

An Honest Friend Is a Good Friend

"Oh my God how lovely you are looking  in this dress , pink color suits you so well" . A girl says to her friend . "Ah! look at you , you are looking like a rock star in your new hair cut' . A boy compliments his friend ." Your maths project is cool boss , you will sure get ten on ten on the chart", A friend tells to another.   But do they really mean it ? Are that boy and girl actually looking so good? Is the math project good enough to get perfect ten ?  Or their friends are saying this" just to please them" ?               

Now look at the other side of picture." Your pink dress is  o.k but I think an orange colored dress will suit you more", a girl  says to her friend. "I am sorry bro but your old hair style was better than this hair cut ", a boy said to his closest friend . "Your maths project is nice but not good enough to get ten on ten ,you should add some more solved sums to it" . A friend gives advice to his friend ."Honest and frank opinions". 

So what kind of friends will you prefer ? A friend who tells you every thing about you frankly and honestly or a friend who always praises you just to make you happy?'Think about it ".

                                           A poem by famous Persian poet "SAADI"
                                                 

                                            I am displeased with the company of friends ,

                                            To whom my bad qualities appear to be good,

                                            They fancy my faults are virtues and perfection,

                                            My thorns they believe to be rose and jasmine,

                                             Say where is the bold and quick enemy,

                                            To make me aware of my defects?             
                                                                                  - Aunt Mary