My seatmate on an evening flight was a woman from Switzerland. As soon as the meal was served, I noticed that she heavily salted and peppered her dessert – a mouth-watering piece of chocolate cake. The flight-attendant, somewhat taken aback, explained that it wasn’t necessary to do this.
“Oh, but it is,” the woman replied, smiling, “It keeps me from eating it.”
All of us know that life is a mix of pleasure and pain. Unfortunately, there are more varieties of pain than pleasure. There’s pain in letting go of something, and there’s a bigger pain when our major plans fail. There’s the sharp pain when we commit errors and the pain of success that doesn’t result […]
We may face, more than once in our lives, a situation where hardships seem to fill our days, and everything feels bleak and hopeless. It is during those times that it is important to remember these undeniable truths about life: 1) Nothing lasts forever. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. Sorrows, […]
A jobless man applied for the position of office boy at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You are employed.” He said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the application to fill in, as well as the date when you may start.” The […]
