Going with the Flow
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A story tells of an old man who accidentally fell into the river rapids leading to a high and dangerous waterfall. Onlookers feared for his life. Miraculously, he came out alive and unharmed downstream at the bottom of the falls. People asked him how he managed to survive. "I accommodated myself to the water, not the water to me. Without thinking, I allowed myself to be shaped by it. Plunging into the swirl, I came out with the swirl. This is how I survived."

People's reactions to this story:
"You have to accommodate yourself to life and get used to dealing with your problems as they come. You must learn to cooperate."

"We must adapt to nature. Nature cannot change for us. If you try to fight the natural forces, they will overcome you. Because we are made primarily of water, it is easy to become a part of it."

"Because nature is so much more powerful than we are, we must become one with it in order to survive."

"Humans are not the almighty conquerors that they think they are. We can learn a lot from nature. Nature is wonderful and does not intend to harm. It is humans that are harmful."

"Work with what life gives you and you will survive."

"Put your life into Allah's hands and you will be OK."

"Although you may not be able to control your destiny, you always have the ability to think and reason about your situation. This will help you come out on top."

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SHAWARMA (PITTA BREAD)
Ingredients
5 cups flour - 1 ½ tsp fine salt - 10g sachets instant dried yeast - ¼ cup oil - 60g butter - 3 tbls sugar - 1 large egg - 400ml milk.

Filling
1 onion - 1kg steak – cubed and boiled or 1kg chicken – cubed - 1 tblsp Worcester sauce - 1 cup grated cheese - ¼ cup each of the following: peri peri sauce; mustard sauce; and tomato sauce.

Method
Melt butter and oil together. Add sugar and stir – add milk. Remove from heat and cool then add beaten egg. Put flour, salt and yeast in a dish and make a soft dough with the milk mixture – knead well. Allow to rise for approximately 3 hours. Divide into 12 portions and roll into small rotis. Place on a plastic sheet and allow rising. Cook on a tawa and slit when ready.

Filling
Sauté onion in ghee till light and pink – add meat. When mixture is cooked add sauces and cool. Add the cheese and mix well. Fill rotis add salad and serve.

Salad
Shred lettuce. Add cucumber – chopped. Onion chopped fine Carrot – chopped. Add mayonnaise salt & pepper to taste.

BABY-SITTING
A young teen volunteered to baby-sit one night so his mom could have an evening out to do some shopping...

At bedtime he sent the munchkins upstairs to bed and settled down to watch football. One child kept creeping down the stairs but the young man kept sending him back.

About 8:30 p.m., the doorbell rang; it was the next-door neighbour Mrs. Johnson, asking whether her son Timmy was there.

The young man brusquely replied, "No".

Just then a little head appeared over the banister and a voice shouted, "I'm here Mom but he won't let me come home!"