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SNIPPETS OF LIFE| EPISODE 9|STAY FIT AND HEALTHY

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Tingle your taste-bud....

Who doesn't like to tingle his/her taste-bud! Invariably everyone. May be next to 'sound sleep', everyone craves for 'tasty food'. For most of us, our mothers are the best cooks in the world. It could be because we get used to our mothers' preparation right from our childhood. Again, we appreciate the taste of our regional cuisines more than any other food in the world. Of course occasionally we try foods of other regions (and countries) and do like them. But, in general, we always opt for the food preparations prevalent in our area. When we visit Europe, America or China, we look for 'dosa', 'puri', 'chappathi' etc.! We tend to boast and brag about our dishes to anyone, who cares to listen to us. For a Bengali, food without a fish is not a complete and wholesome meal! He will say, 'What dada! Meals without a fish! How could you eat?' People from Andhra, always go for 'spicy' food, whereas Karnataka guys prefer a little

The 'best' is yet to come.....

The 'best' is yet to come. I am not simply referring to a song of Frank Sinatra! It literally means 'whatever is happening now will be surpassed by something better in the future'. "You think you have seen the sun, but you have not seen it shine" - Frank Sinatra. That is how we motivate ourselves to do 'better than the best'. We should never ever get complacent with whatever we have achieved. We should raise the bar and try to cross over. Then again, raise the bar and set a loftier goal. This is the way to excel ourselves. The success does not lie in beating another person; it depends on whether we are able to beat ourselves and keep achieving more and more. There is a word of caution here. Not able to achieve the next goal should never hinder with our happiness. We should always be contended and be happy with whatever we have got. At the same time, we should keep striving to scale more peaks. We have to believe that the 'best is yet to come