Commitment Always Pays - Story of Dhruva the young prince

There is a beautiful story in Hindu mythology. It is a story of a five year old prince called Dhruva. Many Indian parents tell this story to the kids to tell them as to how a great commitment to achieve the goal always pays for self improvement.

Story in nutshell

Uttanapada is the father of Dhruva who is ruling over a vast kingdom. Uttanapada is married to two wives. Elder wife's name is Suneeti which means one who possess righteous knowledge and the younger wife's name is Suruchi which means one who got great taste (in either wordly matters or spirituality). Uttanapada begot one son each from his wifes. Elder son's name was Dhruva (eternally stable one) and the younger one is named as Uttama (the best one).

One day, when Uttanapada is enticing his younger son Uttama by keeping him on his lap, Dhruva enters the room and tries to sit on the lap. But his step mother (Suruchi) drags him away from the father and says "If you have to enjoy the bliss of sitting on father's lap, you should have born to me!".

The tender heart of Dhruva is severely pained to listen to this blabber but he leaves the room without uttering a word against father or mother and goes to his mother Suneeti. After hearing the incident from her son, Suneeti tells Dhruva that it is the God Almighty who can help the unloved ones.

The boy was so inspired with these words of the mother. He knows that mother always tells the truth. After seeking mother's blessings Dhruva sets out to forest to do penance so that the Lord would present Himself before him.

On his way to the forest, Dhruva meets up with the heavenly sage by name Narada who enquires as to why such an young boy is wondering in the forest. Sage Narada is the son of Lord Brahma, the creator of the universe, and can travel between the worlds. When such a great soul is present before his eyes, Dhruva prostrated before the sage and told about his motto. Sage Narada tries to deter the boy by describing the horrific scenes of a thick forest. He says the boy that the beats are merciless, creatures are blood thirsty. But Dhruva stands tall and undeterred and requests the sage to tell him the ways to realize the God.

Sage Narada who is much pleased with the commitment of the boy gives him a powerful mantra which can help him in calling the God. Thus Dhruva does the great penance shunning food and water for five months. Lord Narayana, the supreme godhead, appears before the boy and bestowed him with a mighty boon that he would rule the kingdom for sixty thousand years and later will be given with a celestial abode and Dhruva would be shining as a great star. This is the star that we see every day in the sky called as "the north star".

Meanwhile, the Sage Narada traveled to the palace of King Uttanapada as he knew that the king might be repenting his carelessness shown towards Dhruva. Up on seeing the divine sage king pours out his emotions. Sage Narada consoles him and tells him that Dhruva is not an ordinary boy and tells him that the boy would be returning soon with the blessings of God Almighty.

When Dhruva returns to the kingdom, he founds that a great gathering is waiting near the border. By coming close he sees his father, mothers, brother and many courteriers and people. King Uttanapada coronates Dhruva as the next king. As told by the Supreme Godhead, Dhruva rules the kingdom for sixty thousand years and becomes the bright star of the northern sky.

Moral of the story:

Is it not a fantastic story? A small boy becomes a big, shiny star with undeterred commitment and sheer prudence of patience!

Mothers are the first teachers and they can instill inspiration in the tender minds of the kids and inspire them to be positive in life.

There Is No Secret Ingredient To Patch-up With Ex

There Is No Secret Ingredient To Patch-up With Ex

Have you seen ‘Kung Fu Panda’? If NO, please watch it now. If seen, please recollect what father told Po about his secret soup.

“Po, I think it’s time I told you something I should have told you a long time ago. The secret ingredient of my secret ingredient soup…the secret ingredient is…Nothing.”

The father duck tells his panda son to believe in himself than anything else. Oogway, the wise tortoise warrior, knows that the magic scroll alone does not make the ‘dragon warrior’ and hence he selects the fat and dull witted panda. Oogway has seen the burning desire in Po though the bear is gawky and overtly stupid.

Likewise, there are no secret ingredients for 'get-back-the-ex' recipe. Be a Po to make the impossible as possible. Rekindle your willingness to make corrections. Get burnt with desire and ignite your ex too. You must believe in yourself to accept the transformation. Reverse the heart-wrenching situation into a happy one. Wholehearted approach to erase the warn-out bad memories and age old differences is what needed for both of you. Once again listen to Po and his father:

“Wait, wait, it’s just plain old Noodle Soup? You don’t add some kind of special sauce or something?”

 “Don’t have to. To make something special, you just have to believe it’s special.”

That’s the recipe you need.

Physical Exercise Tips For Housewives

Physical Exercise Tips For Housewives

 

 

Housewives are the busiest persons in society. They work for almost 16 to 18 hours a day and cater to unimaginable demands from other family members. Housewives are keys to the happiness. If the key is lost due to ill health or physical fatigue then the whole family would plunge into sorrow. So how the housewives can be kept fit and fine physically?

Let us explore!

1.      Develop Good Food Habits:

Homemakers’ first priority is food. Sufficient intake of food must be there to generate enough energy to handle the regular household chores. The food should be nutritious and should supply enough calories. Junk food is not the choice for housewives who work under demanding situations. How distasteful might be the healthy food, they must consume it.

2.      Avoid Excess Sitting:

As a homemaker got some amount of leisure time, spending it by watching TV shows or favorite movies is a welcome event to bust the stress. But excessive sitting must be avoided as it can lead to obesity. Taking periodical rest can be clubbed with little physical exercises like stretching or breathing. Thus, the housewives can convert their couch as a gym.

3. Sleep Well & Soundly:

Improper sleeping will surely affect the health. Most of the housewives think that an afternoon nap is the best relief but it is not true. Experts say that afternoon sleeping causes overweight. So, housewives can inculcate certain pass time activities and keep them busy to avoid the afternoon drowsiness.

4. Do It Yourself:

One nutritionist once told that the ladies in the past centuries were slim and yet healthy as they were completely involved household works throughout the day and thus the physical activities were enough burn the excessive calories that were accumulated in the body. Now-a-day women are accustomed to use several machines to done away with regular activities like cloth or dish washing etc. So, those housewives who wish to be physically fit without going to gym can make use of this regular housework to burn excessive calories.

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In a nutshell, though house is the heaven, for women who act like homemakers it can be the gym as well to keep them fit, healthy and fine for life long.