Juggling thoughts

Eight years of married life has been an ever growing process of evolving my love for him and for potatoes even! In these years , I've learnt and realized that his enduring love for me is like that of his die-hard dedication towards potatoes. Like the evenings and mornings of the faithful potatoes that finds its way to be in our plates, no matter what, so is love fondly winding its way to our hearts.  I also have known that potatoes can be prepared in varieties each time: boiled, fried, steamed and can be mashed, sliced, chopped and even grinded. But the taste and flavor is never lost and always blends with the correct amount of salt, chilly and other garnishes. Potatoes even go so well with a pinch of plain salt and no one ever gets rid of it even if one complains of it.  Its presence is omnipotent and these potatoes of:  patience, tolerance, respect and faith blends into making married life so simple yet so vital. People say that a man who cook is the best man a wife cou...

We use the phrase “in the meantime” while waiting for something.  When we’re in the waiting room, the “meantime,” waiting for our answers or our miracle, it’s often pretty mean, isn’t it?  So, what do we do in the meantime? How do we keep our faith and trust that God is working when we can’t see it? Everyday we deal tons of what-ifs? Entertaining the what-ifs in life is the first step to being overtaken with worry. Worry is taking responsibility for things we were never intended to handle.  Worry says that we can handle it when many times we simply cannot.  Are you worried that you worry too much? You don't defeat worry by worrying about it.  You defeat worry by redirecting your concerns to Someone who can actually do something about your situation.  It does not mean that you do not take responsibility for the things you are supposed to handle; it just means that you know when you stop and God begins. All of the pain we ar...