A Recollection by Dr Arun Gandhi

Dr Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and founder of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for non-violence, has shared the following story as an example of nonviolencein parenting.

"I was 16-years-old and living with my parents at the institute my grandfather had founded 18 miles outside of Durban, South Africa, in the middle of the sugar plantations. We were deep in the country and had no neighbours, so my two sisters and I would always look forward to going to town to visit friends or go to

the movies.

One day my father asked me to drive him to town for an all day conference, and I jumped at the chance. Since I was going to town, my mother gave me a list of groceries she needed and, since I had all day in town, my father asked me to take care of several pending chores, such as getting the car serviced.

When I dropped my father off that morning, he said, "I will meet you here at 5.00pm and we will go home together". After hurriedly completing my chores, I went straight to the nearest movie theatre. I got so engrossed in a John Wayne double-feature that I forgot the time. It was 5.30 before I remembered. By the time I ran to the garage and got the car and hurried to where my father was waiting for me, it was almost 6.00pm.

He anxiously asked me, "Why were you late?" I was so ashamed to tell him I was watching a John Wayne western movie that I said, "The car wasn"t ready, so I had to wait," not realizing he had already called the garage.

When he caught me in the lie he said, "There"s something wrong in the way I brought you up that didn"t give you the confidence to tell me the truth. In order to figure out where I went wrong with you, I"m going to walk home 18 miles and think about it."

So dressed in his suit and dress shoes, he began to walk home in the dark on mostly unpaved, unlit roads. I couldn"t leave him, so for five and a half hours I drove behind him, watching my father go through agony for a stupid lie that I

uttered.

I decided then and there that I was never going to lie again. I often think about that episode and wonder, if he had punished me the way we punish our children, whether I would have learned a lesson at all. I don"t think so. I would have suffered the punishment and gone on doing the same thing. But this single nonviolent action was so powerful that it is still as if it happened yesterday. That is the power of non-violence. - Dr Arun Gandhi

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There are moments in life when you miss someone
So much that you just want to pick them from
Your dreams and hug them for real

گاهی در زندگی دلتان به قدری برای کسی تنگ می شود
که می خواهید او را از رویاهایتان بیرون بیاورید
و آرزوهای خود در آغوش بگیرید

When the door of happiness closes, another opens
But often times we look so long at the
Closed door that we don"t see the one which has been opened for us

وقتی در شادی بسته می شود، در دیگری باز می شود
ولی معمولاً آنقدر به در بسته شده خیره می مانیم
که دری که برایمان باز شده را نمی بینیم

Don"t go for looks; they can deceive
Don"t go for wealth; even that fades away
Go for someone who makes you smile
Because it takes only a smile to
Make a dark day seem bright
Find the one that makes your heart smile

به دنبال ظواهر نرو؛ شاید فریب بخوری
به دنبال ثروت نرو؛ این هم ماندنی نیست
به دنبال کسی باش که به لبانت لبخند بنشاند
چون فقط یک لبخند می تواند
شب سیاه را نورانی کند
کسی را پیدا کن که دلت را بخنداند

Dream what you want to dream
Go where you want to go
Be what you want to be
Because you have only one life
And one chance to do all the things
You want to do

هر چه میخواهی آرزو کن
هر جایی که میخواهی برو
هر آنچه که میخواهی باش
چون فقط یک بار زندگی می کنی
و فقط یک شانس داری
برای انجام آنچه میخواهی

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet
Enough trials to make you strong
Enough sorrow to keep you human and
Enough hope to make you happy

خوب است که آنقدر شادی داشته باشی که دوست داشتنی باشی
آنقدر ورزش کنی که نیرومند باشی
آنقدر غم داشته باشی که انسان باقی بمانی
و آنقدر امید داشته باشی که شادمان باشی

The happiest of people don"t necessarily
Have the best of everything
They just make the most of
Everything that comes along their way

شاد ترین مردم لزوماً
بهترین چیزها را ندارند
بلکه بهترین استفاده را می کنند
از هر چه سر راهشان قرار میگیرد

The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past
You can"t go forward in life until
You let go of your past failures and heartaches

همیشه بهترین آینده بر پایه گذشته ای فراموش شده بنا می شود
نمیتوانی در زندگی پیشرفت کنی
مگر غمها و اشتباهات گذشته را رها نکنی

When you were born, you were crying
And everyone around you was smiling
Live your life so at the end
You are the one who is smiling and everyone
Around you is crying

وقتی که به دنیا آمدی، تو گریه می کردی
و اطرافیانت لبخند به لب داشتند
آنگونه باش که در پایان زندگی
تو تنها کسی باشی که لبخند بر لب داری
و اطرافیانت گریه می کنند

Please send this message to those people
Who mean something to you (I JUST DID)
To those who have touched your life in one way or another
To those who make you smile when you really need it
To those who make you see the
Brighter side of things when you are really down
To those whose friendship you appreciate
To those who are so meaningful in your life

لطفاً این پیام را به کسانی بفرست
که برایت ارزشی دارند (همان طور که من این کار را کردم)
به کسانی که به طرق مختلف در زندگیت تأثیر داشته اند
به کسانی که وقتی نیاز داشتی لبخند به لبانت نشاندند
به آنهایی که وقتی واقعاً ناامید بودی
دریچه های نور را نشانت دادند
به کسانی که به دوستی با آنها ارج می گذاری
و به آنهایی که در زندگیت بسیار پرمعنا هستند

Don"t count the years, count the memories

سالها را نشمار، خاطرات را بشمار

Question: What is Ramadan?

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Every day during this month, Muslims around the world spend the daylight hours in a complete fast.

Answer: During the blessed month of Ramadan, Muslims all over the world abstain from food, drink, and other physical needs during the daylight hours. As a time to purify the soul, refocus attention on God, and practice self-sacrifice, Ramadan is much more than just not eating and drinking.

Muslims are called upon to use this month to re-evaluate their lives in light of Islamic guidance. We are to make peace with those who have wronged us, strengthen ties with family and friends, do away with bad habits -- essentially to clean up our lives, our thoughts, and our feelings. The Arabic word for "fasting" (sawm) literally means "to refrain" - and it means not only refraining from food and drink, but from evil actions, thoughts, and words.

During Ramadan, every part of the body must be restrained. The tongue must be restrained from backbiting and gossip. The eyes must restrain themselves from looking at unlawful things. The hand must not touch or take anything that does not belong to it. The ears must refrain from listening to idle talk or obscene words. The feet must refrain from going to sinful places. In such a way, every part of the body observes the fast.

Therefore, fasting is not merely physical, but is rather the total commitment of the person"s body and soul to the spirit of the fast. Ramadan is a time to practice self-restraint; a time to cleanse the body and soul from impurities and re-focus one"s self on the worship of God.

I have learned…

in Life

I’ve learned-
that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

I’ve learned-
that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back.

I’ve learned-
that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

I’ve learned-
that no matter how good a friend is, they’re going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

I’ve learned-
that it’s not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.

I’ve learned-
that you should never ruin an apology with an excuse.

I’ve learned-
that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you’d better know something.

I’ve learned-
that you shouldn’t compare yourself to the best others can do.

I’ve learned-
that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.

I’ve learned-
that it’s taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

I’ve learned-
that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.

I’ve learned-
that you can keep going long after you can’t.

I’ve learned-
that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

I’ve learned-
that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I’ve learned-
that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.

I’ve learned-
that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

I’ve learned-
that money is a lousy way of keeping score.

I’ve learned-
that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

I’ve learned-
that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you’re down will be the ones to help you get back up.

I’ve learned-
that sometimes when I’m angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn’t give me the right to be cruel.

I’ve learned-
that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

I’ve learned-
that just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to doesn’t mean they don’t love you with all they have.

I’ve learned-
that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you’ve had and what you’ve learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated.

I’ve learned-
that you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed it.

I’ve learned-
that your family won’t always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren’t related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren’t biological.

I’ve learned-
that it isn’t always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you are to learn to forgive yourself.

I’ve learned-
that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn’t stop for your grief.

I’ve learned-
that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

I’ve learned-
that a rich person is not the one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.

I’ve learned-
that just because two people argue, it doesn’t mean they don’t love each other. And just because they don’t argue, it doesn’t mean they do.

I’ve learned-
that we don’t have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

I’ve learned-
that you shouldn’t be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.

I’ve learned-
that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

I’ve learned-
that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and you will hurt in the process.

I’ve learned-
that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.

I’ve learned-
that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

I’ve learned-
that the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.

I’ve learned-
that it’s hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people’s feelings, and standing up for what you believe.

I’ve learned-
that people will forget what you said, and people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

By Omer B. Washington

 Happiness in our lives has three primary
خوشبختی زندگی ما بر سه اصل است

Experience Yesterday
تجربه از دیروز

Use Today
استفاده از امروز

Hope Tomorrow
امید به فردا 

Three things in life that may never be lost
سه چیز در زندگی که هرگز نباید از بین بروند

Peace
آرامش

Hope
امید

Honesty
صداقت

Facts about Words and Languages!

There are currently 55 facts about Words and Languages. 

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language. 

Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump." 

The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with. 

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left. 

China has more English speakers than the United States. 

The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA. 

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is
"screeched." 

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. 

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". 

There are only four words in the English language which end in "- dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. 

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z, hence "Oz." 

All 50 States are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

Maine is the only State whose name is just one syllable.

Los Angeles" full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula."

"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

The "sixth sick sheik"s sixth sheep"s sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twisterin the English language.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second was William Jefferson Clinton.

The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.

The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

Underground and underfund are the only word in the English language that begin and end with the letters "und."

The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakit natahu, a New Zealand hill.

Donald Duck"s middle name is Fauntleroy.

There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the,there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.

The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."

The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead."

"a man a plan a canal panama" spelled backwards is still "a man a plan a canal panama"

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad.

Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing.

The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia.

In England, in the 1880"s, "Pants" was considered a dirty word.

The book Gadsby, written by Ernest Vincent Wright, has 50,110 words in it, none of them in which contain the letter e.

Canada is an indian word meaning "Big Village".

"The" is the most frequently used word in the English language (used three times in this sentence alone).

More countries use English as their official language than any other. French is second.

There are six words in the English language with the letter combination "uu." Muumuu, vacuum, continuum, duumvirate, duumvir and residuum.

A "moment" is actually 90 seconds.

Mrs. was originally an abbreviation of "mistress," but now is not an abbreviation of anything, except a woman"s single lifestyle.

The world"s largest alphabet is Cambodian, with 74 letters.

"Rhythms" is the longest English word without vowels.

"Lollipop" is the longest word that can be typed using only the right hand.

The letters H, I, O, and X are the only letters that look the same if you flip them upside down or view them from behind.

"Queueing" is the only word with five consecutive vowels.

The only city in the United States whose name is spelled using only vowels is Aiea, Hawaii.

W" is the only letter in the alphabet that does not have one syllable. It has three!

"Deeded" is the only word that is made using only two different letters, each used three times.

The only words with three consecutive double letters are "bookkeeping" and "bookkeeper".

If you spell out every number from 0 to 999, you will find every vowel except for "a". You have to count to one thousand to find an "a"!

"Q" is the only letter that is not used in the name of any of the United States.

HIV VIRUS is an obvious redundancy, since the "v" stands for "virus."

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