Indian Epics

I really love cats so I choose to do a Growth Mindset post about the Cat Memes. Image from Growth Mindset Cats I picked this first cat because it definitely reminded me of myself.  I love the remote and that I don't have to get up to change the TV channel.  Unfortunately (or fortunately if you want to look at it from a different perspective), life doesn't have a remote.  You have to get up and go for it on your own.  There isn't a magic ticket or a special ejection button to solve all your problems. Image from Growth Mindset Cats First of all, being from Oklahoma, I really felt for this cat staring down that wild wind.  Second, I think being afraid of change is something that I do need to work on.  It is an inspiring and cute image that really reminds me that change can be good, even if it does nearly blow you off your feet! Image from Growth Mindset Cats Being creative is super important in the profession I want to pursue.  Without creativity o

Hello all friends! I decided to do a blog post about the Canvas mobile app.  I have an iPhone, and I suspect it works just a little bit differently between an Android and an iPhone. I have had Canvas on my phone since I started school at OU, which was in 2016.  I like the site in computer format more because things like assignments, comments on assignments, and the entire list of grades for a class are seen more easily on my computer screen. The mobile app does have some cool features, like a choice to display your overall grade in the class in the top-left corner of the course's image.  I really like that option, because when I am out with family or friends and want to tell them about my awesome grades, I can just whip my phone out and see it right then as opposed to lugging a computer around. I also like the accessibility of Canvas in the mobile app form.  It is a little easier to just check my phone as opposed to checking my computer for messages or grade updates.  Overa

A Poem for Krishna Boy who made Jumna crave to hold your infant-self in the throes of maternity, did you miss the waters? Narcissus perched upon your uncle’s shoulder, but it was the voice of your God who revealed prophetic death to ears unable to hear. Your mother, victim of fear, pushed from her womb seven still-born babes to give birth to you. Death, death, death,             it goes before you             like a careful herald,             worn but eager             to announce you. Boy who holds mountains on his finger-tip, did you miss the rain? There was no understanding between Boy and Thunder, both crackling light in a shepherd's eyes. Lambs follow the sound of the herder’s voice, but also reshape themselves at the bark of the wolf. Which one were you? Which was the Boy? Which was the Savior? Who condemned the Old Gods and hanged ancient prayers by their golden necks? Death, deat

I picked the Lifting of the Mountain by Sister Nivedita. Cowherds of Brindaban would offer a sacrifice to Indra, God of Sky and King of Deities.   The sacrifice was so he would make it rain and restrain it when necessary. Krishna notices the trend and is upset because he was born to put an end to the worship of Indra and put faith in Narayan, God Himself, Lord of the Souls, not of the fortunes of men.   So he tells Nanda, his foster father, and the cowherds to realize the sacrifice and worship would be better served to the mountain they used for shelter.   He decides they should celebrate the forest, the priesthood, and the cows. Indra is Not Pleased. He sends down a really bad rainstorm.   It was probably like a hurricane or something of that magnitude, also can be drawn in connection with the Great Flood of the Christian Bible. Krishna isn’t bothered at all and just tells his peeps to follow him.   He lifts up the mountain “holding it up with a single finger”

Krishna by Sister Nivedita The Birth of Krishna Kansa: Tyrant king of Mathura             Not even the Earth liked him, because he was so wicked.   People could not stand him.   Then, a prophecy began to spread.   It entailed the slaying of the tyrant. Kansa brought his sister Devaki, whom he loved very much, into marriage with Vasudeva, one of his noble soldiers.   He cares for them so much, he actually drives their chariot home after the wedding. Unfortunately, a voice from heaven calls out to him and says that their eighth child shall kill him when the boy is twelve years old. Kansa loses all love for his sister and his friend.   He imprisons them so that he can kill all of their children at birth to keep that prophecy from coming true.   He keeps them in a dungeon in Mathura.   It happened seven times, but Kansa thought he had killed eight.   One boy, Bolarama, was carried away secretly and saved from Kansa’s raging fear. Bolarama is to be the deliverer of His peop