Joy's Write-a-long

  October is a month of great festivities.  Beginning with Thanksgiving, Diwali and Halloween.  In Canada it is called “Thanksgiving”, In India it’s called “Harvest” and “Dussehra”.   I have written a whole topic on Thanksgiving last year – for those who have not read it and would like to read it please go to my blog on Thanksgiving – October 10 th 2021.     It just brings back memories of family gathering back home.   Helping mom in the kitchen together.   Eating on a banyan leaf and having any odd number of vegetables.   Mom used to cook 7 or 11 different vegetables.   We all would sit on the floor together; dad would say a prayer and bless the food and we all enjoyed. The beauty was to give thanks to God for all His blessings, to come together as a family and eat and laugh together.     We used to have Auction of various gifts of fruits and other gift items at our church for a good cause and donation towards the churc...

  I would like to wish every dad of this world a very happy Father’s Day. A father ‘s role is really important in developing a strong foundation for his family. He is that pillar and guide to his family.   Children look up to their father as a role model in the family. Thank you to all the fathers for being that special person in your child’s life.   Thank you to all the single moms who have been a dad and a mom to your children, who have carried the roles of both the father and mother in the lives of your children.    Who have shouldered the responsibilities of a father in the family. Thank you to all the wives who have supported their husbands through thick and thin and helped them to be a wonderful dad. Special blessings to all the dads of this world on this special day.   Memories go back to the 80s bringing great memories of my dad.    One day as me and my siblings were sitting around my dad, I remember my dad asked us a very serious ques...

  T oday, May 8, 2022 is Mother’s Day and is celebrated all over the world. Here’s wishing all mothers a very Happy Mothers Day. Every woman who shows love and compassion towards their own children or pets or seniors or others’ children or any living being has a mother's loving nature and I wish you all a Very happy Mothers Day.  Yesterday I was spring cleaning my garage and clearing the dust and few leaves that had gathered over the winter season and part of early spring. As I was cleaning, I remembered my dear late mother who used to always remind us to keep our rooms clean, to wash our hands after entering the house, after touching the dogs, before eating etc., way before SARS and COVID we were in a practice to wash our hands and be clean. She would always say when you kept yourself and your room or house clean you are inviting prosperity. She would say where there is cleanliness there is prosperity. And today I was reminiscing on these words she always stressed on. How t...

PROVEN HOME REMEDIES right from your very own Kitchen Here are some of the Home Remedies that I remember from my childhood days.   My mom was the doctor for all of us with her special proven Home Remedies and it still works perfectly fine.   I have got some of the remedies from my dear sisters who remember more than me.   Here are the Home Remedies since the 1920’s that are proven and can still be used at this age. Common Proven Home Health Remedies Cure for worm trouble, cough and cold for Babies and toddlers: Make a necklace of some even numbered freshly skinned garlic coves and tie it around the baby’s neck.   This helps in worm problems in babies.   Babies often do not stop crying because of worm problems, cough and cold.   Since the babies cannot eat or chew on the garlic, the necklace is tied round the neck so that the baby may gradually inhale the allicin i.e. the juice that sprinkles out when you cut a fresh garlic clove. Allicin is the anti...

     

                        Mental Health, An Important Aspect of Daily Life THAT’S ENOUGH!    Enough of bullying, enough of abuse, enough of disrespect.  I am strong and I am brave, and I will not tolerate it anymore. I will not allow this to affect my life.  I will reach out for help, and I will help others and uplift them. This is what we want to hear from every individual who has gone through any kind of trauma, bullying, abuse, disrespect, torture, discrimination, and illness.  Someone who is silently suffering because they have no one to talk to because they have no one who would listen to their cries, because they feel no one loves them and no one believes in them. Its time for every individual to share their grief with someone else, someone whom they can trust and some one who would listen to them.  Connect with others to share your thoughts, emotions, and feelings and help others to be brave...

                                                    BE PREPARED FOR THE CONSEQUENCES.   COMMUNICATE MINDFULLY                                                       We are already on the second month of the year, February 2022. Wow the new year has just begun and already passed a month. People usually set new goals and aspirations at the beginning of the year. The gym enrollment is very high beginning of the year and individuals and couples, and families are excited to set new goals for their lives. Businesses set goals for their business and their employees. This is all good. Wishing all my readers a happy, healthy, and fruitful 2022.   Today I wanted to specifically talk about communicating mindfully. It’s...

  Goodbye 2021 and Welcome 2022 Two more days left for 2021 to end.  Each year, we often wonder what the New Year has in store for us.  Its time to say goodbye to 2021 and thank God for all His blessings this year and all the challenges we experienced to make us a better and stronger person and the person we are today.   Just believe in yourself, dream big and have faith in God and leave the rest in His hands Be thankful each day and every moment for the gift of life.  There are so many people who have not been fortunate to see this new year, but you are blessed to see it.   Make each day a very special day by making use of your lives to make others and yourself happy. There is no medicine that is fully curable than HAPPINESS . The more others are happy because of you, the more you will be happy and blessed. Isn’t life fulfilling when you are happy?   Take time to think before you get back at anyone, you don’t know what th...

OPEN DOORS When I was writing my last blog about “If You Can Dream It, You can Achieve It”, I already knew my next topic I wanted to write about. “OPEN DOORS”. All week I thought about what I could write on Open Doors. I knew most people know the concept about Open Doors to be New Opportunities and New Beginnings and I knew there must be more to it. So, I put on my thinking cap to think about 10 possibilities of an Open-Door concept. When one door closes, the other door opens. Most of us think positive and believe in this. But we have the power to open the doors within ourselves. God has given us the potential to think to the fullest and most of us don’t know we have that potential within us and do not make use of it. Here are the 10 Possibilities I have put down to see your Open-Doors. 10 Possibilities for an Open-Door Concept New Opportunities, new beginnings and new ventures. Moving houses, moving jobs, moving countries, starting a new business. These are a few examples of new oppor...