A Story - don't panic - God works slowly

An elephant came to the edge of a stream of clear rushing water. 

Being thirsty, the elephant leaned over, dropped its trunk into the 

cool water and... plunk! 

"What? What happened?" the elephant cried. "I can't see! My eye... 

it fell in the water! Oh nooooooh," the elephant wailed in a panic, 

"I lost my eye!"

And, in fact, the elephant's right eye had popped out of its 

socket and fallen into the stream. The elephant searched frantically 

for the eye, groping with its trunk along the bottom of the stream. 

The more he groped, the cloudier the water became. That made him 

panic even more, and he started churning up great piles of sand, until 

he couldn't see anything.

Then the elephant heard the sound of laughing. Furious, he 

looked around to see who it was, and saw a little green frog sitting 

on a log, laughing and laughing. 

"You think this is funny?" the elephant shouted. "I lose an eye 

and that makes you laugh?"

"What's funny is to see how upset you are. Calm down and everything 

will be fine," the frog replied.

The elephant felt a little ashamed and took the frog's advice. 

He stopped moving his trunk around, and soon the water became clearer 

as the sand sank to the bottom. And there in the stream lay his eye. 

He reached for it with his trunk and popped it back into its socket. 

And then he thanked the frog.

This simple parable contains great wisdom. There's nothing funny 

about losing an eye... the sudden panic, thrashing around in murky 

water, desperation. .. that's exactly what happens to us when we lose control and panic. Our haste makes us blind. 

We become temporarily incapable of seeing the world around us 

objectively and rationally. But there is an antidote to panic: wait. 

Wait until the situation becomes clear and the black clouds disperse.

"Haste is the devil's work; 

God works slowly."

How to be an explorer of the world

Health Care

• Citrus fruits like, oranges and limes contain high concentrations of Vitamin C (ascorbic acid). This Vitamin C has a fat burning quality. Vitamin C reduces the effectiveness of fat. It reduces its content and can liquefy or dilute fat. By diluting the fat, it makes it less effective, and easier to flush out of your system. Vitamin C also works on cholesterol deposits. By adding Citrus Fruits to your daily diet, you will greatly increase your metabolism, increase your ability to get rid of fat, and also control your cholesterol levels

• Add applesauce (it's loaded with pectin), apples, fresh fruit and berries, to your diet and let the power of pectin pulverize the fat that accumulates on your cells. An apple a day can help keep the fat away

• Cucumbers are usually used in many salads, besides tasting great their high water content adds to your bulk hence making you feel full. They can be consumed before every meal which will greatly help you from over-eating!

• Berries contain a chemical call pectin. Pectin limits the amount of fat your cells can absorb. This will put a natural limitation on the amount of fat your cells can absorb. Pectin, once in your system, has a water binding property, it absorbs watery substances, and these watery substances in turn bombards the cells and makes it release fat deposits

• Garlic oil or the juice of garlic has a significant protective quality to cells which help to reduce fatty deposits. When taken, it brings down the levels of fat. Garlic, garlic oil, or anything with garlic, also has an antibiotic property to it and can be used to cure many ailments!

• Breakfast cereals are typically heavily processed foods, and most of their original micronutrients, like vitamins or minerals, are removed during the food-processing. However, most breakfast cereals are fortified with added vitamins and minerals, making them a convenient source of most B-vitamins, vitamin D and several minerals including iron. Wholegrain breakfast cereals (eg. granola, muesli, oats) are typically rich in natural B-vitamins, soluble fiber (which helps to lower cholesterol) and have a lower GI-value than regular refined cereals

Creative and Elegant Logos

Only such creative and elegant logos that you’ll see inside this post help companies to really stand out and be remembered by customers. These are some incredibly clever ideas!

Bonding with Mom-In-Law.

A group of young women decided to arrange for a camp with their mothers-in-laws to hopefully get to know and understand each other better since relations between them were very sour. Two buses were hired, one for the mothers-in-law and the other for the daughters-in-law. Unfortunately the bus the mothers-in-law were traveling in was involved in an accident and all the passengers died on the spot. The daughters in law (women being women) shed a few tears but they were all puzzled by one woman who wailed uncontrollably for what they perceived to be her loss. Her friend asked her,"Forgive me for asking but why are you crying so hard,I didn't realize you were so close to your mother-in-law?" to which she replied,     "No we are not close at all, she missed the bus!"

Antarctica Frozen Wave Pic's - Nature is amazing!

The water froze the instant the wave broke through the ice.  That's what it is like in Antarctica where it is the coldest weather in decades. Water freezes the instant it comes in contact with the air.  The temperature of the water is already some degrees below freezing point.

Just look at how the wave froze in mid-air!!!

A much higher purpose

It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The creeks and streams were long gone back into the earth. It was a dry season that would bankrupt several farmers before it was through. 

Every day, my husband and his brothers would go about the arduous process of trying to get water to the fields. Lately this process had involved taking a truck to the local water rendering plant and filling it up with water. But severe rationing had cut everyone off. If we Didn’t see some rain soon ... we would lose everything.

It was on this day that I learned the true lesson of sharing and witnessed the only miracle I have seen with my own eyes. I was in the kitchen making lunch for my husband and his brothers when I saw my Six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. He wasn't walking with the usual carefree abandon of a youth but with a serious purpose.

I could only see his back. He was obviously walking with a great effort ... trying to be as still as possible. Minutes after he disappeared into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house. I went back to making sandwiches; thinking that whatever task he had been doing was completed. Moments later, however, he was once again walking in that slow purposeful stride toward the woods. This activity went on for an    hour: walking carefully to the woods, running back to the house.

Finally I couldn't take it any longer and I crept out of the house and followed him on his journey (being very careful not to be seen ... as he was obviously doing important work and didn't need his Mommy checking up on him). He was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked, being very careful not to spill the water he held in them ... maybe two or three tablespoons were held in his tiny hands.

I sneaked close as he went into the woods. Branches and thorns slapped his little face, but he did not try to avoid them. He had a much higher purpose ... to save a life. As I leaned in to spy on him, I saw the most amazing site.

Several large deer loomed in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I almost screamed for him to get away. A huge buck with elaborate antlers was dangerously close. But the buck did not threaten him ... he didn't even move as Billy knelt down. And I saw a tiny fawn lying on the ground; obviously suffering from dehydration and heat exhaustion, lift its head with great effort to lap up the water cupped in my beautiful boy's hand. When the water was gone, Billy jumped up to run back to the house and I hid behind a tree.

I followed him back to the house to a spigot to which we had shut off the water. Billy opened it all the way up and a small trickle began to creep out. He knelt there, letting the drip, drip slowly fill up his makeshift "cup," as the sun beat down on his little back.

And it came clear to me: The trouble he had gotten into for playing with the hose the week before. The lecture he had received about the importance of not wasting water. The reason he didn't ask me to help him. It took almost twenty minutes for the drops to fill his hands. When he stood up and began the trek back, I was there in front of him.

His little eyes just filled with tears. "I'm not wasting," was all he said.

As he began his walk, I joined him ... with a small pot of water from the kitchen. I let him tend to the fawn. I stayed away. It was his job. I stood on the edge of the woods watching the most beautiful heart I have ever known working so hard to save another life.

As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground, other drops ... and more  drops ... and more suddenly joined them. I looked up at the sky. It was as if God, had accepted this sincere and an innocent sacrifice.