VANILLA FACTS —————— ✿ Vanilla extract is the second most expensive spice in the world next to saffron. ✿ Vanilla extract contains small amounts of vitamins including the B-complex group. ✿ This extract also contains traces of minerals including calcium, magnesium, potassium, manganese, iron and zinc. ✿ The antioxidants in vanilla extract have anti-carcinogenic properties. […]
QUOTE | Judge me by my size, do you?
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ARTICLE | 100 year-old tortoise acts as mom to baby hippo
A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa , officials said The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian […]
NOTES | Intelligence vs Intellect
Buddha is very much in favor of intelligence, but remember that he does not mean intellect by it. Intellect is a heavy thing, intelligence is more total. Intellect is borrowed, intelligence is your own. Intellect is logical, rational; intelligence is more than logical. It is super-logical, it is intuitive. The intellectual person lives only through […]
ARTICLE & VISUAL | How to know when an Avocado is ripe?
Did you know that Hass Avocados do not ripen on the tree? They ripen or “soften” after they have been harvested. Hass Avocados are unique from some of the other varieties of avocados because they can change from a dark-green color to a deep purplish almost black hue when ripe. Although skin color can help […]
QUOTE | Because your values become your destiny.
[dropcap]K[/dropcap]eep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behaviours. Keep your behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny. ~ Mahatma Gandhi.
ARTICLE | How to be happy in 12 easy steps
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]appiness–it’s what we all strive to find and keep, even when it’s as elusive as ever. Nobody is jolly and elated all the time, but some individuals are definitely more fulfilled than others. Studies reveal that happiness has little to do with materialistic needs, goods, or wants, or high achievement; it boils down to your […]
ARTICLE | Interesting tip to reduce pimple redness and size
Part 1 – Aspiring method You went to bed with clear and glowing skin, but when you awaken, you find a huge, monster zit ready to take over your face! Hurry, get the aspirin! No, not to soothe the headache you’re getting from imagining how people will react when they see this mountain on your […]
VIDEO (spirituality) | At the root of all things perceived, who is the perceiver?
[dropcap]Y[/dropcap]ou must start from now to stop “knowing”, stop relying on “knowing.”– Mooji
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