Cultivating the Heart
Short but touching writings will make the field of your heart rich.
Jun 4, 2024
A Heart Willing to Help With Care
In Canada, there was a teenage girl named Kayla Connolly, who had a cousin named Lorena suffering from autism. Six-year-old Lorena never made eye contact or engaged in…
Jun 3, 2024
Deep-Rooted Faith
A well-established forest helps prevent landslides and flood damage during the rainy season. The key lies in the deep roots that penetrate the soil. The sturdy and long-reaching…
May 6, 2024
House Money Effect
In 2002, an American businessman won the lottery, claiming a massive sum of over 10 million dollars, marking the largest individual win in lottery history. Despite already being…
Apr 20, 2024
Heart-Warming Memories
In summer, we use the heat index, and in winter, we refer to the perceived temperature. Perceived temperature reflects the temperature felt on the skin, influenced by factors…
Apr 8, 2024
One Shot
There was once an exceptionally talented archery athlete who, despite his skill, found himself faltering in competitions after a single mistake. Frustrated by his inability to showcase his…
Apr 6, 2024
Why Was It Considered Impossible Back Then Even Though It Can Be Done Now?
Once deemed impossible to scale Mount Everest without an oxygen mask, this belief endured until the late 1970s. However, Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler defied this notion in…
Apr 3, 2024
Habit
I am ever-present by your side. Observing your actions attentively, I instinctively step in to manage affairs on your behalf. When cultivated effectively, I become your pathway to…
Jan 3, 2024
Preparation Yields No Fear or Worries
People prepare many things for a new year. They get calendars and diaries, buy new clothes for New Year’s Day or deep clean their homes to renew their…
Dec 12, 2023
The Good Samaritan
Those who do not help others in a dangerous situation, even though they are able to rescue them without exposing themselves or people close to them to danger,…
Dec 8, 2023
Focus
When taking a picture, you can get many different photos from the same scene according to the focal point; your photos may turn out bright or dark, blurry…
Dec 6, 2023
The Weft and Warp Threads
The overall image of someone or something is determined by the multiplication of all factors, not the sum of them. Even though they have earned high marks in…
Dec 3, 2023
Spiritual GPS System
If you have a GPS system when you go to an unfamiliar place, you feel at ease. All you have to do is input the name of the…
Nov 25, 2023
Gigaseo(寄家書)
欲作家書說苦辛 恐敎愁殺白頭親 陰山積雪深千丈 却報今冬暖似春 When I send a letter home, I was going to mention my troubles, But I was worried that my gray-haired parents might become anxious,…
Nov 22, 2023
As Working for God
As the serving leadership is in the spotlight, there are increasing cases of combining the principles of business management and the teachings of the Bible. “Whatever you do,…
Nov 20, 2023
The Hand That Rules the World
“The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world!” William Ross Wallace, an American poet, emphasized the influence of mothers on their children, saying,…
Nov 16, 2023
Failure for Success
According to a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation in the U.S., 48% of salespersons immediately give up when they are refused after recommending their customers to…
Nov 14, 2023
Zhiyin
There is a term Zhiyin (知音) in Chinese character. It literally means “to understand the sound,” and is used to refer to close friends who know and understand…
Nov 12, 2023
String of Love
A biologist discovered an interesting phenomenon while observing the spiders living in the branches or bushes. Even when a mother spider was far away, if any little dangerous…
Nov 8, 2023
Mother & the Sea
A broad sea receives all sorts of things from the land, but it does not decay. There are many reasons for it: Sea water contains salt that purifies…
Nov 3, 2023
The Most Beautiful Way to Share
“Room temperature 6℃” It is a memo written on the lab note of Madame Curie who won the Nobel Prize even twice. She devoted herself to experiments day…
Oct 27, 2023
The Seat for Parents
This is an anecdote of Napoleon that occurred when he marched into Poland after he became emperor. When he was staying in a small village in Poland, he…
Oct 25, 2023
The Reason That I Cannot Expect Recompense
“The peanut wizard” is the moniker of George Washington Carver, an American agricultural chemist and inventor. Carver planted peanuts as an alternative crop in soil that had been…
Oct 22, 2023
An Opportunity
In the early 19th century, the Rothschild Bank, which was a big success in Europe, planned to open a new branch in America. One day, the president of…
Oct 20, 2023
Discrepancy in Harvest
Two farmers went out into the field to harvest ripe barley. One kept working from the morning, and the other seemed to take breaks at intervals. After lunch,…
Oct 16, 2023
Challenge
Charles Lindbergh was the first aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In the last phase of his life, he reminisced about his younger days a lot;…
Oct 14, 2023
Depending on the Mind
An old man was sitting on the hill overlooking the view of a village. A traveler, who was passing by the old man, asked him, “What kind of…
Oct 12, 2023
The Place Where I Belong
Dr. Schweitzer was a great humanitarian, who dedicated his life to serving the people of Africa as a medical missionary. This is an episode that occurred when he…
Oct 8, 2023
Goal
A man named Anderson became the new president of a railroad company in the United States. When his limousine pulled up, an old railway worker got out of…
Oct 6, 2023
Judgment
There was a six-inch-long ruler. Whatever the ruler met, he first measured its length. “2.6 inches, 4.3 inches, 3.6 inches . . . Oops, you are just an…
Sep 30, 2023
Traveling Around the World with Dad
A photo of a dad and his daughter posing together with the background of famous tourist destinations such as the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Blue Dragon Ice…