There were 200 people attending a seminar on mental and physical health. At one point, the speaker told the group they were going to do an activity. He gave each attendee one balloon and told them to write their name on it. Then, the balloons were collected and moved into a very small room. […]
Story number one: Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone wasn’t famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder. Capone had a lawyer nicknamed “Easy Eddie”. He was Capone’s lawyer for a good reason. Eddie was very good! […]
Parents always complain that children don’t listen to them, but they never fail to imitate their parents!! Children always learn more by seeing than by hearing. Therefore, husband and wife should never fight in the presence of their children. “Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.” — Robert Fulgham […]
A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law and a four-year-old grandson. The old man’s hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred and his step faltered. The family ate together nightly at the dinner table. But the elderly grandfather’s shaky hands and failing sight made eating rather difficult. Peas rolled off his […]
1) “The more we think negatively, the more compulsive our mind is about negative things.” — E. Tolle People tend to focus more on the negative than on the positive. If we want to do an hour of yoga and do just 40 minutes, we will probably focus on the 20 minutes we didn’t, […]
Think and ask before you decide. There are always two sides to every story. This is the story of a watchman. His life experience will restore our faith in humanity and also teach us never to be judgmental toward anyone without knowing all the facts. There was a watchman who always used to […]
No one is perfect until we fall in love with that person. Isn’t that the truth? Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear. What do you do when the only person who can make you stop crying is the person who made you cry? Don’t […]
A Quaker had this sign put on a vacant piece of land next to his home: “THIS LAND WILL BE GIVEN TO ANYONE WHO IS TRULY SATISFIED.” A wealthy farmer who was riding by, stopped to read the sign and said to himself, “Since our friend the Quaker is so ready to part […]
– Author Unknown I was wiping off my car in front of the mall. I had just come from the car wash and was waiting for my wife to get off from work. Coming my way from across the parking lot was what society would consider a bum. From the looks of him, he […]
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour a day to drain the fluids from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The […]
