As we cultivate our life, our beauty becomes as much about what we are creating and doing as it is about our appearance. We tend to associate youth with beauty, but the truth is that beauty transcends every age. Just as a deciduous tree is stunning in all its stages — from its full […]
It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80’s arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am. I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would be able to see him. I […]
At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, the sport of canoe racing was added to the list of international competitions. The favorite team in the four-Man canoe race was the United States team. One member of that team was a young man by the name of Bill Havens. As the time for the Olympics […]
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. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: Today my best friend slapped me. They kept on walking until […]
If our home is on fire, would we wait for an invitation to leave that home? Better still, will we consult the experts on the position of the stars and the heavenly bodies, so that we can time our escape to perfection?! Maybe, we will update our FB status and ask our ‘friends’ for their comments […]
by Joseph Newton Think… Have you got the habit of hoarding useless objects, thinking that one day, who knows when, you may need them? Have you got the habit of accumulating money and not spending it because you think that in the future you may be in want of it? Have you got […]
A Minister passing through his church in the middle of the day, Decided to pause by the altar to see who came to pray. Just then the back door opened and a man came down the aisle, The minister frowned as he saw the man hadn’t shaved in a while. His shirt was torn and […]
At their 50th anniversary, a group of friends and their spouses made a decision to distribute their combined assets among their living heirs. Their rationale, “To avoid trouble.” They added one proviso: “While still alive, income from these properties will be used to maintain our present lifestyle inclusive of medical expenses, extravagant trips and unlimited shopping. “That’s […]
Do you see red when someone cuts past you at the checkout counter? Do you think they deliberately did it? Beware, you are cutting short your life, warn molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn — who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2009 — and health psychologist Elissa Epel, who studies stress and ageing. The authors […]
There’s a built-in danger in goal setting. What is it? It’s believing we’ll only be happy when we reach those goals. We tell ourselves, ‘When I graduate, get a job, own a home, get married, have children,’ and so on, so we keep postponing life. A university professor tells of being invited to speak […]
