GRATITUDE

The exercise of GRATITUDE will never fail to strengthen your faith and renew your purpose.

This is the last sentence of Chapter 13 (Getting into the Right Business) of "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace D. Wattles 

Nature is friendly to your plans.

After a while, I am reading "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace D. Wattles (rather listening audio recorded version from LibraVox during commute by car) .. and getting reminded of this statement is very powerful Nature is friendly to your plans. (on Page 24 in the PDF; in Chapter 5 "Increasing Life") I read below NEWS recently and I felt - WOW 

Crops irrigated with wastewater store drugs in their leaves 

Scientists discovered that crops irrigated with wastewater mostly stash trace pharmaceuticals in their leaves rather than the parts we eat. 

Date: March 15, 2026 Source: Johns Hopkins University 

Summary: Scientists studying crops irrigated with treated wastewater discovered that trace pharmaceuticals often collect in plant leaves. Tomatoes, carrots, and lettuce absorbed medications such as antidepressants and seizure drugs during the experiment. However, the edible portions of tomatoes and carrots contained much lower levels than the leaves. The findings help researchers understand how crops process contaminants as wastewater reuse becomes more common. 

It truly takes care of us 🙏 the universe/nature/whatever you call it 😊

guess the airport?

 one more (like an earlier post)

impossible is nothing ...

i had written about amazing marathoner - Fauja Singh earlier .. i am sure many were inspired by his life and story which was true manifestation of "impossible is nothing" ... recently, he was again in news - and further proving it in a tragic way since he died at 114 not for health reasons but due to accident (just!) 400 meters away from home! :(

this also reminded of another news where a "dead" person comes back to life due to the ambulance hitting a pot hole on the way :)

water the roots ..

 .. to enjoy the fruits!

nice quote that i heard today - by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ji .. when we attended an info. session about Transcendental Meditation (TM) here

 

this time - a phone number!

after many (odometer) number posts, this time it is about a phone number :-) i had another/alternate number which was deactivated due to negligence (maybe in Oct 2024?) .. i was able to still (partially) use it and hence did not bother .. and then one day it got re-assigned to someone else and that is when the disruptions made me realize the need to urgently "fix" it .. once someone else has it, it is technically too late :( .. and i thought i am good at negotiating or convincing (maybe i boast to myself that i propose win-win solution which is hard for anyone to disagree with!) .. and soon i realized it is my false ego .. i was quickly "blocked" .. i realized i need help and reached out to close family member (there was a suggestion to make it difficult for others, but my current focus on sadhanaa helped me stay calm and wish only well for everyone involved - sarve bhavantu sukhinaH - universe is friendly to you only when you are friends with all in this universe!) .. and it was solved in a very quick/efficient manner .. yes, grateful that i got the number back (after just mon-fri gap 17-21 Feb 2025 - that too across the seas!) - many lessons learnt - we might be growing but we are probably not complete alone and hence reach out and team up!

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one more sunrise

 

garbaa

 grateful to be able to bring together people for "ON Culture Days" garbaa :-) www.garbaa.ml

↱ (right) affirmation

"right" image from Adobe Stock (free)

First, I thought of "I am always at right place on right time with right people to do the right things"

and then I remembered ... as per श्वेताश्वर उपनिषद ... वयम् अमृतस्य पुत्राः .. so, I can even expand it to "we have right to be always at right place on right time with right people and resources to do the right things"

I am sure if we repeat this "right" positive affirmation so that it gets imprinted on our subconscious mind everything will go "right" :-)

apad-1

Erindale Park

A park a Day!

1st visit - Erindale Park :)

https://www.mississauga.ca/events-and-attractions/parks/erindale-park/

99 out of 100 is good enough ?!

 just finished '100 days or running' challenge for 2020 ... i could keep the self-commitment on 99 out of 100 days and i am happy ! ... grateful for the daily walks :-)

#comewhatmay was catchy - and that made me interested to explore this https://hdor.com/ in 2018 .. 

2020 was my 3rd consecutive year !! 

https://facebook.com/groups/769735296556908?view=permalink&id=1358265824370516 or https://bit.ly/HarshHDOR has one small write-up

what a day?!

with sun-rise starts one cycle of nature - and it was great to witness a rainbow

Yes! morning rainbow that too without rain was unusual treat i am grateful for :-)

and then in the night - i could witness the full-moon too :-)

Thank you GOD for the beautiful nature around all of us!

potatoes OR karma?

this is no ordinary bag of potatoes .. it is really special - it is one i bought from a big grocery store on Friday (29th May) evening .. but after paying for it - along with few other items - i left the checkout counter little absent minded maybe .. i forgot to pick it up (and i wasn't even aware)

i had checked it off from my list of things to buy - and came home with almost all things from that list .. and then i got a call (after an hour or so) from a friend - whom i did interact with at the store .. no hand-shake of course - just 'namaste' :-) from safe distance

he asked - did i forget a bag of potatoes at the store .. it so happened - that he was there with his dad - and they too bought a similar bag .. and they were just behind me at the counter - and out of confusion - they carried my forgotten bag of potatoes along with their rightfully purchased one .. only when they reached home and unloaded stuff from the vehicle - they realized they both carried one bag each of potatoes (assuming it was their own; the one they paid for) - and the friend mentioned it is extra one they carried - so was thinking to return it back to the store - when his father reminded him about me - and mentioned he did see me carry/pay for a bag of potatoes too ...

when he called and asked and explained the above situation - it is then i realized - i had not been aware that i was missing the bag of potatoes i was supposed to bring home along with other grocery items .. he then said he will drop at our place - soon - which actually happened on Mon (1st June)

i was very happy to know - that even in a big box store - where many do shopping - there was a friend sent by the almighty looking after my special bag of potatoes :-) .. really grateful to the universe for all the blessings

it reminded me of a subhashitam (#187 here)

यथा धेनुसहस्त्रेषु वत्सो विन्दति मातरम् |

तथा पूर्वकॄतं कर्म कर्तारमनुगच्छति ||

- महाभारत

yathaa dhenusahastreShu vatso vindati maataram |

tathaa puurvakRRItaM karma kartaaramanugachChati ||

- mahaabhaarata

which means "Calf recognizes its mother among the herd of thousands of cows; the same way, karma of previous birth (good and bad deeds) goes with the doer."

it also reminded me of somewhat similar incident i had experienced some 2 decades ago .. i was studying for one of my Master degree's interim exam at friends place overnight ... woke up in the morning and rushed for the exam venue - and while getting on to my two wheeler (a scooter) dropped my prized wrist watch (hmt brand) - and when i reached the venue - couldn't find it ... and then my friend (where i was studying overnight) came after me (on his own two wheeler) and asked me if i was missing my watch .. it so happened he noticed it and picked up .. and all fell in place for me by grace of Almighty .. :-)

i am grateful for the GRACE!

lost in space?

Sergei Krikalev
https://www.rbth.com/history/330415-last-soviet-citizen-cosmonaut

when we hit roadblocks in our life - we think we are the only ones with difficulties - or ours is the biggest challenge - that is when we should look around - and if we realize people have so many greater difficulties or tougher times - we might probably feel stronger to face our own situation ..

i recently revisited the story - a high performing astronaut was 'stuck in outer space' apparently for nothing of his own doing :-)

let's hope and pray everyone finds the right direction out of their 'darkness' - no matter how/where they are 'lost'

creative use of pizza box/cardboard

was felt joy to see usual cardboard for pizza delivery being put to creative use as shown below - has anyone else tried/seen such good example(s)?

catalyst

There is one interesting/well-known 'puzzle' I happened to think about again

A farmer wants to divide his 17 horses among his three sons. According to farmer the oldest son should get half of the horses, the middle son should get one third of the horses and the youngest son should get one ninth of the horses. When their father died they were not able to divide the horses as the result was coming in fractions. As the sons were fighting on how to divide the horses a traveling mathematician came and heard their problem. He proposed a solution with which all the sons got their share in the property without harming any animal. What was the advice given and how the group of horses were divided?

[Above referred from http://www.crazyforcode.com/17-horses-puzzle/]

Simple math leads to fractions (impractical in case of horses) .. The 'solution' is interesting as well  (creative or 'out-of-the-box') - a wise passerby 'offers' one of his own horses - and then when division/distribution is down from (now) 18 horses - not only they all get 'more' that they originally would have expected but also the passerby takes out his 'loaned' horse without any issue :-)

I was just pondering up on the role of passerby .. is it result of 'creativity' or should we consider 'divine intervention' helping us in such a way at times ... ?

'catalyst' is defined as "a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change."

[PS: It has been even pointed out - by few - that the fractions do not add up to whole unit 1 - and hence it is 'mathematically' flawed to begin with?]

you are ..

though I do not bank with ScotiaBank - I like their tag-line ... "You're richer than you think" ..

in fact, i like to believe -

we all ARE more ___ (insert any positive adjective) than we think!! ..

that is hopeful creative way of thinking - and it will strive us all to get better isn't it?

Hurricane @ 99

i was fortunate to meet (Chancellor) Hurricane Hazel and seek her blessing - when Sheridan is celebrating her 99th birthday (little belated) today

gold in dirt

y'day, in my blog - i mentioned about "gold"

i was looking for a particular phrase/story - but a quick search led me to  .. https://www.goldprospectors.org/News/ArtMID/406/ArticleID/668/In-The-DIRT-All-Eyes-on-Gold-Don%E2%80%99t-be-Fooled from where I read the following

You know upfront that if you’re going to find gold, you’re going to move a lot of dirt. Realistically, several tons of dirt must be moved to get an ounce of gold. You don’t go into the goldfields looking for dirt, you go in looking for gold!

there is inspiration all around us ..

i had long back written about how 'old' marathon runner - Fauja Singh - had started running only in his 60s - recently got reminded about him ... and similar (or even more impressive?) personality - https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/08/28/753479752/whatever-happened-to-the-101-year-old-champion-runner-from-india

age IS just a number :) :D found this nice image/quote on the internet