Mutton Biryani…

Salty…Add Extra Curd…

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On a Sunday afternoon a family gathered over the lunch table to have their favourite Mutton Biryani. Wife was serving both her Son and her Husband.

After the food was served, the husband tasted the Biryani along with Raita and started yelling at his wife for adding extra salt in the Raita. She opened the refrigerator and added some curd to it and she served it again.

After tasting it the husband said “You should have done it properly and checked it before serving it to us, because of the extra salt, you have spoiled my mood of eating Biryani.” 

After some time, the son and the father completed their lunch and the wife served herself and completed her lunch. While she was washing the vessels, her son came to meet her and he saw his mother with tears in her eyes. When he inquired why she was crying, she just wiped her tears and said “nothing” and asked him what he wanted. He asked for some money and she told him to take it from her purse. 

After some years, the Son was married and his mother lived along with him. On a Sunday afternoon, he was helping his wife in placing the dishes on the table and his son started serving Biryani to his grandmother, he served her some Raita. After that he sat on his chair and started helping his wife and his son.

While he started eating the Biryani with Raita, he felt it was salty. He quickly got up from his chair and picked up the curd bowl and added some curd to Raita and said, “Biryani is yummy.”

His wife asked him why he added some extra curd to Raita, he looked at his mother and said “my mother knows the pain of extra salt in Raita.” His wife said I don't  understand what you said.

He smiled and said, “The Raita was salty, so I added extra curd so that you will not feel it salty” she said “I am sorry about it.”

He continued:

- “If my father could have added extra curd to the Raita, my mother would have not had tears in her eyes for the rest of her life.”

- “If my father could have added extra care towards my mother, my mother would have not had the extra burden in her heart.”

- “If my father could have gone an extra mile in loving our family, we would have gone an extra mile in being peaceful and happy.”

Every one of us makes mistakes in one way or another in our life, but the greatest mistake is fighting and yelling over the mistakes that were made.

Ask yourself, “Do you react over the extra salt in the Raita or did you respond by adding extra Curd to it.”

Life becomes sweeter when we understand the power of adding some Empathy, Care, Kindness and Forgiveness.” 

An extra second of thinking can change our life forever.

Bear in mind: Next time, if you find your Raita salty, add some extra Curd and…

Stay Blessed!