* You wake up early morning trying to do your Pooja/Path/Yoga but your mind is elsewhere and
before you know it, you're done with it without being mindful of it. (A leaking bucket)
* You are very kind to outsiders/people in general and speak with them gently but with your own
family you're always harsh/rude. (A leaking bucket)
* You honour and treat your guests well but when they leave, you gossip about them and talk about
their flaws. (A leaking bucket)
* You try to read as much religious books, listen to Satsang/Keertan, participate in social services/
Seva but you swear, insult, curse daily. (A leaking bucket)
* You help others but you're doing it to gain something in return from them and not doing those acts
of kindness selflessly. (A leaking bucket)
* You slander other devout persons out of hatred, spite when your views do not meet one another,
(A leaking bucket)
* You look down on the others and feel more superior than them, judging their level of knowledge
upon religion based on external appearance.
We struggle to fill our Jeevans (the bucket) with the 'kamaayi' of religious knowledge (the water), hoping it will retain inside but it is leaked by the many flaws (the holes) that we commit daily.
* * *
A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg
If you have ever wondered how the days of the week were named, here's the scoop. The ancient people named them after gods and well, a goddess.
Sunday is named after the sun and Monday after the moon. After that things are not so obvious.
Tuesday is after Tiw, the Germanic god of war and the sky. His Roman equivalent is Mars, hence in Spanish Tuesday is martes, in French mardi.
For Wednesday, we can thank Germanic god Woden (Scandinavian Odin). Roman equivalent is Mercury.
Thursday is Thor's day, the Germanic god of thunder. His Roman counterpart is Jupiter.
Friday! We forgot there are females too. Let's name a day after a goddess, after all. Friday is named after the Germanic goddess Frigga, wife of Odin whom we met on Wednesday. She's also known as Freya. The Roman equivalent is Venus.
Saturday is obviously named after Saturn, the Roman god.
Many terms in the English language are named after days of the week, for example, Monday morning quarterback. Here's another one.
Friday face.
PRONUNCIATION: (FRY-day fays)
MEANING:
noun: A glum expression or a person with such an expression.
ETYMOLOGY:
From the time when Fridays were days of fasting. Earliest documented use : 1052.
NOTES:
Today, most people look forward to Fridays (TGIF: Thank God It's Friday), but it wasn't always so.
These days Friday means the weekend is near, but back when religion ran day-to-day life, in some religions a Friday was marked as a day of fasting or at least abstaining from meat. Hence, a Friday came to be associated with a gloomy face.
USAGE:
"I see ya got your Friday face on, looking gloomy".
Luca Di Fulvio; The Boy Who Granted Dreams; Bastei;2015.
Note. Source : Adapted.
Tailpiece.
An unusually quiet day. Annie had taken an off for the day.
before you know it, you're done with it without being mindful of it. (A leaking bucket)
* You are very kind to outsiders/people in general and speak with them gently but with your own
family you're always harsh/rude. (A leaking bucket)
* You honour and treat your guests well but when they leave, you gossip about them and talk about
their flaws. (A leaking bucket)
* You try to read as much religious books, listen to Satsang/Keertan, participate in social services/
Seva but you swear, insult, curse daily. (A leaking bucket)
* You help others but you're doing it to gain something in return from them and not doing those acts
of kindness selflessly. (A leaking bucket)
* You slander other devout persons out of hatred, spite when your views do not meet one another,
(A leaking bucket)
* You look down on the others and feel more superior than them, judging their level of knowledge
upon religion based on external appearance.
We struggle to fill our Jeevans (the bucket) with the 'kamaayi' of religious knowledge (the water), hoping it will retain inside but it is leaked by the many flaws (the holes) that we commit daily.
* * *
A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg
If you have ever wondered how the days of the week were named, here's the scoop. The ancient people named them after gods and well, a goddess.
Sunday is named after the sun and Monday after the moon. After that things are not so obvious.
Tuesday is after Tiw, the Germanic god of war and the sky. His Roman equivalent is Mars, hence in Spanish Tuesday is martes, in French mardi.
For Wednesday, we can thank Germanic god Woden (Scandinavian Odin). Roman equivalent is Mercury.
Thursday is Thor's day, the Germanic god of thunder. His Roman counterpart is Jupiter.
Friday! We forgot there are females too. Let's name a day after a goddess, after all. Friday is named after the Germanic goddess Frigga, wife of Odin whom we met on Wednesday. She's also known as Freya. The Roman equivalent is Venus.
Saturday is obviously named after Saturn, the Roman god.
Many terms in the English language are named after days of the week, for example, Monday morning quarterback. Here's another one.
Friday face.
PRONUNCIATION: (FRY-day fays)
MEANING:
noun: A glum expression or a person with such an expression.
ETYMOLOGY:
From the time when Fridays were days of fasting. Earliest documented use : 1052.
NOTES:
Today, most people look forward to Fridays (TGIF: Thank God It's Friday), but it wasn't always so.
These days Friday means the weekend is near, but back when religion ran day-to-day life, in some religions a Friday was marked as a day of fasting or at least abstaining from meat. Hence, a Friday came to be associated with a gloomy face.
USAGE:
"I see ya got your Friday face on, looking gloomy".
Luca Di Fulvio; The Boy Who Granted Dreams; Bastei;2015.
Note. Source : Adapted.
Tailpiece.
An unusually quiet day. Annie had taken an off for the day.
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