creativity and cooking

Being creative in cooking can lift our spirits. Simply ignore the standard recipes and replace some ingredients according to our taste. Both the process and the result could be amazing and fun. Eating healthy and balanced foods can have a profound impact on how we think, behave and feel.

New year, Fresh start

Four reminders for starting a beautiful and successful 2014:

* Have the courage and insight to realize the things that cannot be changed.

* Have the determination to change things for better. No regret for the past and never expect the immediate results.

*No worry about pleasing others and not let anyone belittle you or your dreams.

*Live a natural life and when you cannot find a reason, trust your instincts.

Happy New Year 2014

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. I wish everyone a happy, healthy & honest new year, a year free of illusions. Have a wonderful 2014.

An interesting book to read

A very emotional and beautiful story that is written in four languages: English, French, Spanish and Persian in one book. I bought it from Amazon at the discounted price. It is an excellent choice for a gift to a loved one.

Social and personal space

There are considerable differences among different spaces: the public space, social space, personal space and finally intimate space that extends outward from our bodies in every directions. Different people in our life can be placed in different spaces and sometimes we change their positions when there are some conflicts with our comfort zone. The criteria for these divisions can be explained in individual, cultural, or social differences but sometimes it is much more complicated and we have just to rely on our feelings.

What is not forgotten

Words can be easily forgotten, but the facial expressions stay forever in the mind.

Unpretentious act of kindness

Nothing can be more impressive that an unpretentious act of kindness from a stranger. The other day I was at a train station and saw a passenger struggling to buy a ticket from the ticket machine with her credit card and it was an unsuccessful attempt and she had no cash and could not find a cash machine and the train approaching any minute; she was frustrated; suddenly another passenger bought her the ticket and while giving it to her said: "You do it for another person."And left, she did not wait to be thanked. And once I was on a bus and saw an old man got off the bus several stops earlier just to help a stranger who was looking for an address. Beautiful and unpretentious acts of kindness from strangers is what make the ultimate chain of kindness.

An interesting film to watch

It is always worth to watch a good film even for several times. I recently re-watched Cookie's Fortune directed by Robert Altman. It is a really funny and interesting film that undoubtedly has the feel-good  factor and shows some realities of life too. I was wondering why this good film is relatively unknown  to even those people who know about the films worth watching!