Indian Epics

There was a family of quails living in the forest. The mother and father would go each day and find snails and food for the 6 babies, but the seventh they only brought grass seeds. The babies all grew strong except for the 7th who stayed small. One day, a great fire came through the forest and the mother and father flew away with the 6 strong babies, but the 7th did not have its feathers in so he stayed behind. As the fire came, the 7th bird stood up to it and told it that he may be small but he is strong and the fire should turn away. The fire listened and went away. The whole forest cheered for the bird and it lived happily ever after. ( Little bird, Pxhere,  source ) Bibliography: Twenty Jakata Tales, 19 39,  Noor Inayat (Khan),  source

There was once a beautiful lake and in the lake lived a fish who was King. This fish had a beautiful gold stripe that lit up the water for the entire lake at night. One time, the mother of rain forgot to water the lake before a great heat wave and slowly the earth drank the lake until it got smaller and smaller. The lake slowly turned into a pond, and then to a pool. The fish were starting to be eaten by the crows who could easily find them in the shallows, so the King called out to the sky. He prayed to the mother of rain and father of thunder, and they heard his prayers. They sent clouds of thunder to scare away the crows and rain to replenish the lake. The king was celebrated for his prayers which brought back prosperity to the lake. Image Information: Dried up lake, Wikipedia Commons,  source bibliography: Twenty Jakata Tales, 19 39,  Noor Inayat (Khan),  source

Karma : I started with Karma because I love the concept and its great history within the Hindu religion. It is so interesting to read about it as a concept and I think most people have some belief of if even though they may not be Hindu so it is cool that it has permeated western culture as well. Mahabharata : Karma is a theme in the Mahabharata and on the wikipedia page there is a quote from it. Obviously, we read a version of the Mahabharata in class but it was neat to read about the historical importance and context of this story. In this class we work a lot with stories so it was cool to see the historical background of what was going on and what the stories meant to those reading them. Pandava : From there I ended up reading about the Pandavas, which were sons of Pandu and characters in the Mahabharata. They were all married to the same woman which is so strange and backwards of what we would think princes would do. Duryodhana : I ended up on Duryodhana, who was a cousin to t...

This week I read an article about reading. The article I read was  Why You Should Surround Yourself With More Books Than You'll Ever Have Time To Read . The article explains that having more books than you can read is a sign of aspirations and big dreams, and that the most intelligent people have confidence over ability so buy too many books in the intention of reading them all. This was such a fun article, but terrible for my bank account because I already have a book buying problem. (Books, Flickr,  Source )

(Image Made With  cheezburger ) My life motto is "The Journey is the Destination" and I think it goes well with growth mindset because it is all about focusing on now and not worrying about the end goal. 

I used  simitator  to create this dream tweet for President Boren. It is a good reminder that the internet is all lies and I should be the next OU President. Also, does cancelling/canceling have 1 L or 2? No one truly knows. (personal image created using simitator)

Woohoo! Back up is done and now to review. This week I enjoyed the  Punctuation Personality  graphic. I think I am sucker for any kind of personality quiz thing although I can never put myself into a category. I think that is why I enjoy zodiac things so much, because it was predetermined and I did not have to make any decisions for it. (My zodiac symbol, Capricorn, Wikipedia,  source ) I also enjoyed the  Sleep deprivation  video, or rather I found it interesting. I did not really enjoy it because I am terrible at sleeping enough and regularly and all the other healthy things so it is scary to know what the effects of that could be.