Don’t ever give up… One day I decided to quit…I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality… I wanted to quit my life. I went to the woods to have one last talk with God. “God”, I said. “Can you give me one good reason not to quit?” His answer surprised me. “Look around”, He […]

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the […]

Leave the childhood monsters behind. They can no longer hurt you or stand in your way.   Accept others for who they are and for the choices they’ve made even if you have difficulty understanding their beliefs, motives, or actions.   Forgive and forget. Grudges only weigh you down and lead to unhappiness and grief. […]

This is a simple test to show that it all boils down to one’s attitude. Live in the here and now, neither in the past nor in the future. The mind has a tendency to dwell in the past or wander into the future. The mind forges a chain to bind itself to the dead […]

This is a story of the lake and the three big fish that were in it, one of them intelligent, another half-intelligent and the third, stupid. Some fisherman came to the edge of the lake with their nets. The three fish saw them.   The intelligent fish decided at once to leave, to make the […]

All our problems originate in the mind. We carry in our minds the fears and phobias, insecurities, anxieties, false concepts and notions, etc., according to the data that has been fed to us right from our birth. We get thoroughly conditioned by these and then find it very difficult to break out of it. Unless […]

Whether we are prepared or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises and sunsets, no days, hours or minutes left. All the things we collected, whether treasured or forgotten will pass to someone else. Our wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will […]

The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box.   “There are 5 things you need to know,” he told the pencil, “Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget and you will become the best pencil you can be.”   “1) You will be […]

A little girl went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly jar from its hiding place in the closet. She poured the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Three times even!! The total had to be exactly perfect. No chance here for mistakes.   Carefully placing the coins back in the […]

If we plant honesty, we will reap trust. If we plant goodness, we will reap friends. If we plant humility, we will reap greatness. If we plant perseverance, we will reap victory. If we plant consideration, we will reap harmony. If we plant hard work, we will reap success. If we plant forgiveness, we will […]