We all love children. Their wide eyed innocence touches us and we find their prattle cute and appealing. Their need for care instantly evokes a parental instinct within us and we rush to protect them. This article is not about children though it may as well be for the two are very similar in their [...]
Grandma is ninety-eight this Christmas. In spite declining health, she forges on with characteristic determination, hope, and wit. We thought we might lose her last October – how many more heart attacks can her frail body take? — but, true to form, Grandma rallied again. “I couldn’t miss a Christmas party, now could I!” she [...]
Thanks to Jim Ballard for sending this . Each December, I vowed to make Christmas a calm and peaceful experience. I had cut back on nonessential obligations extensive card writing, endless baking, decorating, and even overspending. Yet still, I found myself exhausted, unable to appreciate the precious family moments, and of course, the true meaning [...]
A crab was once running on the sea shore, and was admiring it’s beautiful footprints… Just then a huge wave splashed and washed away the footprints. The crab said to the wave, “I considered you as one of my best friends, then what made you do this?” The wave replied, “A fisherman was following your [...]
A boy ran home to his mother, wailing because he had not made it to the final sports team. “They said I was too short for it. My stature is not enough for the sport.” The mother embraced the sobbing child and whispered into his ear, “In sports, my dear, the size of the individual [...]
A white woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a black man. Very disturbed by this, she called the air hostess. “You obviously do not see it then?” she asked. “You placed me next to a black man. I did not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group. Give [...]
What gives a man or woman the right to lead? It certainly isn’t gained by election or appointment. Having position, title, rank, or degrees doesn’t qualify anyone to lead other people. And the ability doesn’t come automatically from age or experience, either. No, it would be accurate to say that no one can be given [...]
“Rivers do not drink their own water, nor do tree eat their own fruit, nor do rain clouds eat the grains reared by them. The wealth of the noble is used solely for the benefit of others! Even after accepting that giving is good and that one must learn to give, several questions need to [...]
“I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day.” – Dalai Lama