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 […]
Are we alert enough to learn…? When one of the great Sufi Masters from Baghdad, Junaid Baghdadi, was dying. His chief disciple came close to him and asked, “Master, beloved Master, you are leaving us. One question has always been in our minds, but we could never gather courage enough to ask you. Now that you are […]
Once a wise man asked God, “What is the meaning of life?” God replied, “Life itself has no meaning. Life is an opportunity to create a meaning.” Life is a book of pages. We laugh. We cry. We smile. We stumble. We stand. We fail and we succeed. Every chapter defines who we really […]
“Honey,” at the breakfast table, a woman said to her husband, “last night, I dreamt that you gave me a necklace of pearls. What do you think it means?” Smiling, the man kissed his wife and whispered, “You’ll know tonight.” Sure enough, that evening, he came home with a small package beautifully wrapped. With a […]
His name was Fleming and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to eke out a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, […]
A man feared his wife wasn’t hearing as well as she used to and he thought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called the family doctor to discuss the problem. The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could perform to give […]
“An obstacle is often a stepping stone.” — Anonymous In ancient times, a king had his men place a boulder on a roadway. He then hid in the bushes and watched to see if anyone would move the boulder out of the way. Some of the king’s wealthiest merchants and courtiers passed by and […]
There comes a point in our lives when we need to pause and redefine who we have become. This is perhaps one of the toughest challenges that we will have to face — after all, it involves observing, changing and reshaping ourselves. There might not be such a thing as a “life expert” that can […]
