One of my favorite textbook story was about a young Princess who was disowned by his father (King) because she compared him to a common salt. This Princess is his favorite daughter because she is very smart. One day, while the King is dining with his guests, he called for his daughters one by one and asked them how much He means to them. The first and second one said (as far as I can remember), “You are precious to me like all the gold, jewelries that I have in my jewelry box… (all the luxurious things you can think of during that time)…etc”.
The King turned red when he heard what the youngest and smartest had to say, “…My king is as Precious as a common Salt”. He was so furious because of great embarrassment disowning his daughter in front of the guests.
This young Princess then left the Palace and waited for the chance to prove his father what she meant. The day came when her father visited his friend in another kingdom, where the young Princess employed herself as a cook. She prepared all her father’s favorite meal, and guess what, she didn’t put Salt.
The King was delighted to see the festive table filled with his favorite food. Again, he became furious when he tasted the food. The King’s brethren was of course disgraced and called of his servants. The King realized that it was her daughter who cooked the bland meal.
The King realized now what his daughter Princess meant by being Precious as a Common Salt… She really is smart, don’t you think?
Common Salt is Precious. It has lots of use to us that we don’t realize:
Around the House
In the Kitchen
In the Laundry
- Clean your iron’s metal soleplate
- Make a quick pre-treatment
- Remove perspiration stains
- Set the Colour in new towels
- In the Garden
- Stop weeds in their tracks
- Rid your garden of snails and slug
- Clean flowerpots without water
In the Bath
- As Pre-shampoo Dandruff Treatment
- Condition your skin
- A salt Rubdown
- Freshen your Breath
- Open half-clogged drains
- Remove spots on bath Enamel
Salt Shakers
- Cut back on Sugar
- Use as a Cinnamon/sugar dispenser
- Use for flour dusting
- Dry fertilizer in a salt shaker
Watching my mother, I have tried some of those “uses of salt” and still amazed how it actually work. I’m also a fan of Baking Soda Powder used as Cleaning agent.
For detailed instructions on how to use Salt, please proceed here.
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That was a nice story, and yeah salt is very useful
di ko pa na post ang iyong award! argh!
Very nice and inspiring post I must say.
Three things I learned:
1.) Don’t take things for granted.
- We often neglect or take for granted the simple things in life just like a common salt. We won’t appreciate it until it’s gone and had made our life bland.
2.) Try to analyze things first before reacting.
- There times when we just can’t seem to understand because our perception is too shallow. This may cause misunderstandings that could result to broken relationships. Perhaps it’s just a matter of lack of analysis, What we heard is what we heard. We didn’t give it a shot to digest the information first.
3.) Never underestimate yourself.
- Even as little as a salt can make a lot of difference. With our size, can’t we make more difference?
Thanks!
JeD Chan
this should be on helium! you should be paid for writing this! hee hee. that was really insightful. i liked the little story you told upfront. anyways, i have an award waiting for you at my blog
oo nga pala, want to exchange links?
i love the story too! reminds me not to take the very common or mundane for granted.
ayaw nya makipag link excchange sau haha,, ang kulit.. kakatuwa basahin ang mga lumang comments LOL
It reminds me of a question I heard the other day “Which would you rather be allergic to; salt or cotton?” after reading this, I’d say cotton.
Hi, pehpot! Yeah, I was waiting for my award. lol.. I’ll be posting my Toy hunt on the next coming days! I really love this story. ^^
Thanks, JedChan. Your analysis is inspiring as well. ^^ I agree with you.
By the way, I submitted this article to StumbleUpon, Digg, Mixx, and Reddit. God Bless!
JeD Chan
What article? hehe. How does those work pala? I signed up in Stumble Upon but I don’t know what to do next. ^^
Hi, Kaye!
Really? You think so? I really loved that story. It was in my Grade 5 book I think. Anyway, yeah, sure. I’ll put a link on my blog now. Thanks!
Hi, Nathan!
.. you’re right! salt has a lot of uses so you better not be allergic to it. Thanks for dropping by! Hope to see more of you. lol
A very clever story there, and quite true. It’s the people who are around us everyday who we tend to take for granted, and only when they are gone do we realize their importance in our lives.
StumbleUpon and those other bookmarking sites can help you promote your articles..Just wondering, did you experience traffic after I submitted this article?:) Perhaps you could add me on stumbleupon http://jedwardchan.stumbleupon.com
The next thing you have to do is install the stumbleupon toolbar. After that start stumbling. You can find a lot of useful and entertaining sites by stumbling just click the “stumble!” button. Then if you like it just press thumbs up, otherwise thumbs down.
Build community to help you promote your articles/posts as well. 
Hope this somehow helps. Just message me if you have any questions ayt?
Thanks!
JeD Chan
i used to work for a salt industry.. it was my very first job. and indeed, salt is of great importance. did you know that the amniotic fluid that protects our babies inside our womb is composed mainly of salt?
sa pagluluto naman, salt is really important kase nga mas ok itong pang palasa, walang msg hehe.. pag natuto ka na magluto kita mo, hindi ka mawawalan ng asin sa kusina mo
too much salt is bad for health too.
That was my favorite story ever when i was still in elementary school at Holy angel annex pampanga lol… tnx for sharing brings back memories!
Hi, Lu! I wish I can find those textbooks again. The stories from grade 4 to 6 are very memorable to me. ^^