Cultivating the Heart
Short but touching writings will make the field of your heart rich.
Feb 15, 2021
Open
Open concert, open lecture, open competition, open experience . . . There are many “open” events that emphasize the opportunity to participate without any restrictions. If it says…
Feb 12, 2021
When You Talk about Others
One disciple asked his teacher, “You said backbiting hurts three people.” “Yes. It turns the backbiter, the listener, and the one who gets backbitten into victims.” “So what…
Feb 9, 2021
A Single Message
The Island of the Five Lighthouses written by Spanish author Ferran Ramon-Cortes is a book about the process of solving communication problems through five lighthouses. The story goes…
Feb 7, 2021
Pit Crew
Formula One Grand Prix is a world-class motor race. As Formula One [F1] is a single-seat racing car, it may seem the game depends on the driver, but…
Feb 4, 2021
God Knows Everything
“What do you want to do if you become invisible?” This is a frequently asked question in a superpower quiz. Answers vary, but some are always included: visiting…
Jan 31, 2021
How to Get Up Early in the Morning
It is easy to lie down at night, but it is hard to get up at once from your cozy bed in the morning. Many people struggle in…
Jan 28, 2021
The Place beyond Your Imagination
Man’s imagination is limitless. When you see an incredible invention or a beautiful work of art made out of brilliant imagination, you would marvel, exclaiming, “Wow.” When somebody…
Jan 25, 2021
To Create a Dense Forest
Forests not only purify the air, but also regulate humidity, temperature, and wind speed. Also, they provide us with a lot of products such as wood, herbs, and…
Jan 22, 2021
We Are All Friends
In Western society there is an idea called six degrees of separation that anyone in the planet can be connected to anyone else in just six steps. It…
Jan 19, 2021
Eight-year-old Son Who Saved His Father
A man in China was given only six months to live due to acute leukemia. The only way to live was bone marrow transplantation. Even after three months,…
Jan 17, 2021
Worry First, Enjoy Later
先憂後樂 This is a four-character Chinese idiom written in the essay, Yueyang Lou Ji (On Yueyang Tower) by Fan Zhongyan, a noted premier in the Northern Song dynasty…
Jan 14, 2021
Banbogi (Meeting at the Midpoint)
In Joseon Dynasty in Korea, married women could hardly visit their parents. At that time, a married daughter was no longer a member of her own family and…
Jan 11, 2021
Age Groups
In 2015, the United Nations [UN] presented the age groups again, considering the average life span, physical changes, etc. This result was brought by taking the increase of…
Jan 8, 2021
Opportunities in Everyday Life
People say, “An opportunity is just like long bangs which we find it easy to catch but hard to recognize that we miss it often; it has no…
Jan 5, 2021
Like a Diamond
Diamond is considered to be the emperor of gemstones and the hardest natural mineral on earth. It’s composed of carbon just like graphite that becomes a material of…
Jan 1, 2021
Rejoicing in His Salvation
Let’s say, you were on the brink of death but get saved by someone’s help. You cannot help but rejoice at the relief that your one and only…
Dec 29, 2020
Bronco and Donkey
Broncos were once a symbol of the vast American western region. A bronco is a wild and rough horse, so if a person rides on or burdens it…
Dec 25, 2020
Walking with God
Have you ever been disappointed because the scenery of a famous tourist attraction was not as good as you had expected and the surrounding facilities were also poor?…
Dec 22, 2020
Stopped Tennis Game
In September, 2016, the game was abruptly stopped during the tennis match in Mallorca, Spain. Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal stopped a match at the voice of a mother…
Dec 20, 2020
Words
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit…
Dec 17, 2020
To the Kid Who Will Have My Brother’s Heart
In March 2016, an 11-year-old child named Eric was killed in a car accident in the United States. His family was in deep sorrow and anger, but decided…
Dec 14, 2020
What God Has Given Us
The backcountry explorers say the most difficult time of the day is wake up time in the morning. When they hear tempestuous wind blowing outside, lying inside the…
Dec 11, 2020
Discard Stereotypes
Let me give you an interesting game. Draw four straight lines without taking your hand off and try to connect all nine dots below. Did you succeed? Here’s…
Dec 8, 2020
Resolution
A French sport shooter Véronique Girardet was blinded in one eye by cancer at the age of two. She was introduced to shooting by her father when she…
Dec 6, 2020
Nanny, King’s Another Mother
The prince of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea was raised by a nanny. The queen, who had to take on her role as the mother of the kingdom,…
Dec 3, 2020
Doing Well and Doing the Best
Phil Lawler, who teaches physical education in Naperville, IL, U.S., let his students run a long distance in P.E. class for their health. Some students were good at…
Nov 27, 2020
Even at the Same Temperature
There was once a record-breaking cold wave in Taiwan, and more than eighty people lost their lives due to hypothermia, heart attack, and cerebral hemorrhage. How cold was…
Nov 25, 2020
Happiness
Many studies on happiness show a similar result even though study periods, objects, and methods vary. The result says that happiness that is achieved by obtaining materials sustains…
Nov 23, 2020
Buyable Happiness
Can we buy happiness with money? Happiness is not something sold in department stores or markets, so we cannot buy it with money. If we can buy happiness…
Nov 19, 2020
Unless We Train Ourselves
When a world-famous singer had a performance in Korea, all the audience there felt disappointed and even upset. They had bought expensive tickets in order to listen to…