If you pour a handful of salt into a cup of water, the water becomes undrinkable. But if you pour the salt into a river, people can continue to draw the water to cook, wash, and drink. The river is immense, and it has the capacity to receive, embrace, and transform. When our hearts are small, our understanding and compassion are limited, and we suffer. We can’t accept or tolerate others and their shortcomings, and we demand that they change. But when our hearts expand, these same things don’t make us suffer anymore. We have a lot of understanding and compassion and can embrace others. We accept others as they are, and then they have a chance to transform. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
The smallest pedigreed cat is a Singapura, which can weigh just 4 lbs (1.8 kg), or about five large cans of cat food. The largest pedigreed cats are Maine Coon cats, which can weigh 25 lbs (11.3 kg), or nearly twice as much as an average cat weighs. Some Siamese cats appear cross-eyed because the nerves from the left side of the brain go to mostly the right eye and the nerves from the right side of the brain go mostly to the left eye. This causes some double vision, which the cat tries to correct by “crossing” its eyes. Source: RandomFacts
Chickens are able to remember and recognise over 100 individuals; they can also recognise humans.
Like other birds and mammals, chickens experience REM sleep, which is associated with dreaming. Chickens have very sophisticated social behaviour with a dominance hierarchy where higher individuals dominate subordinate individuals. This is where the term pecking order comes from! Source: OneKind
An attitude can communicate as much as any words. It is the expression of the energy you carry in the moment. Good or bad, happy or sad, angry or kind, loving or hateful. Bad attitudes often come from unsettled things, stewing in your heart, stirred up feelings and emotions. Good attitudes are most often sustained when we are in a place of peace, love and security, faith and hope. If we start our day getting our heart in the right place, then it only makes sense that a right attitude will follow. When you are in right relationship and at peace with God, it is easier to communicate that attitude and spirit with others. ~Ritu Ghatourey
Children are the most precious of all, they need to be understood, cared for and loved in order to develop their hope in pursuing their dreams in life. ~Unknown
Motherhood doesn’t end when your kids feel they are grown. You’ll always love and worry about them no matter how old they are or how often they push you away. ~Nishan Panwar