The story is told of a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, “This is good!” One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting [...]
A short video suggesting tips on how to keep good friendships.
A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: “TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.” [...]
There was a Nebraska farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon… One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. “How [...]
A Swami was having a conversation with Lord Shiva one day and said. ‘Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like. Lord Shiva led the Swami to two doors. He opened one of the doors and the Swami looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table. [...]
Long ago in a small, far away village, there was place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted [...]
Attempt-on realizing your dreams Begin-beginning is half done Commit-yourself to a dream Dedicate-yourself to your commitments Enrich-from experience Focus-on your goals Give-up-your fear of failure Hold-on-to the possibility Invite-constructive criticism Junk-the negative thoughts Knock-out-all discouragements Lead-towards fulfillment Manage-your circumstances Negotiate-through situations Out grow-the adversities Persevere-tough times never last, but tough people do Quit-complaining Reorganize-yourself with [...]
“My friends never hear me out”, “I can never get people to appreciate my ideas”, “No one seems to care about what I think”, “Everyone bosses over me and takes me for granted”… Have you ever felt this way? Have you ever wished you could change this? So how do you influence people? How can [...]
Someone asked: Why do we have so many temples, churches, mosques when they say God is everywhere? The wise man replied: Air is everywhere but we still need a fan to feel it!
“Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God’s best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one’s self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another. ” – Thomas Hughes