Just a trivia, but I want to share the knowledge.
I was reading somewhere that the little, invisible bacteria and viruses decide how we act and react when we are sick.

Ever thought why we sneeze when we have a cold? Or why we are so weak and immobile when we have malaria?

I read this in a book somewhere that the way the common cold virus propagates or spreads is via air. This is the reason that we are restless and feel like being in crowded places… so that when we are there and sneeze, the virus can find new hosts! Smart, huh?
On the contrary, malaria makes us completely bed ridden. Weak and helpless, we lie on our beds… so that he mosquitoes (the carrier of the disease) can suck our blood and carry the infection to the next healthy person! Smart again, huh?

Some of the viruses / bacteria are so smart that they actually make their hosts behave in a certain way. Let take an example from the animal kingdom.
A certain worm lives in the intestines of sheep. And how do they infect other sheep? Now this is very interesting… read carefully.
The eggs of the worm are passed along with the excreta of the infected sheep. This is eaten by snails, who in turn fail to digest the eggs and excrete them again. Now how do we go from snail sheep?
The excreta of the snail are eaten by ants. The eggs/ larva inside the ant make it act weird. The ant, in the middle of the night, comes out of its burrow and walks out in the open filed. It finds itself a green blade of grass, climbs the top and from the tip it hangs upside down on the underside. This enables them to be eaten by grazing sheep and passing on the egg to its intestines. If the ant is not eaten, it goes back to its community and tries the suicide trick again and again till it gets eaten. The egg of the worm controls the mind of the ant and causes it to exhibit certain behavior that ensures the propagation of its species.

This set me thinking that do we act in a certain way because our mind too is hijacked by an invader?? Are some actions or behaviors the result on such external guests?

Guess will have to wait and watch till science finds facts.

Thoughts invited…

Strange...but true!
Translated into French by: Mukesh Mishra

You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water. In the first, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs and the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she
ladled the coffee out and placed it in a mug.

Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me, what do you see?"

"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," the daughter replied.

She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. She then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its
rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What's the point,
mother?"

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity- boiling water - but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were
unique, however. After they were in the boiling water they had changed the water.

"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"

Think of this: Which one am I?

Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity, do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and a hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you.

When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate to another level?

How do you handle Adversity?

ARE YOU A CARROT, AN EGG, OR A COFFEE BEAN?

Eggs, carrots or coffee beans?
Translated into French by: Mukesh Mishra