Faith & Life
Cultivating the Heart
Short but touching writings will make the field of your heart rich.
February 18, 2020
A Trip That Turned Back Time
In 1979, a newspaper in the State of Ohio, U.S., put an advertisement for a one week free trip for eight elderly people in their late 70s to…
February 14, 2020
From What I Can Do
John Wood who was working as an executive for a major company went to a Himalayan remote area in Nepal for his holidays. There he saw students having…
February 12, 2020
Love Written on Napkins
Garth Callaghan, a common head of an American family, is such a sweet dad who packs his daughter’s lunch box. Every day, he wrote a good writing such…
February 10, 2020
The Way to Change a Troublemaker
There was a teacher who called the names of the children in her class peculiarly like cute who, wise who, and who of strong sense of responsibility. There…
February 6, 2020
Actor–Observer Bias
If you are late for work, you justify yourself that there were enough reasons for it such as a traffic jam or a long bus interval. But if…
February 4, 2020
Mature Faith
Children usually throw a tantrum if they cannot get what they want. They are selfish, so they do not care about their parents who are having a hard…
January 30, 2020
“Remember Birkenhead!”
In 1912 when the Titanic, called as a “Floating Palace,” was about to sink into the sea, the captain ordered to let women and children first get on…
January 28, 2020
The Secret of Longevity
A Korean TV program reporter asked a 107-year-old man, “Sir, what is the secret of your longevity?” Then he answered with embarrassment, “Did you call me Sir? Call…
January 24, 2020
Learning Harmony Through Orchestra
In 1975, a special meeting was born in Venezuela. José Antonio Abreu, an orchestra conductor and economist, founded El Sistema, an orchestra made by gathering eleven impoverished children.…
January 22, 2020
A Man Who Stumbled Over a Rock
A man was walking along a path. The sunlight shining through the dense forest and a fresh breeze made him feel happy and refreshed. Feeling the fragrance of…
January 20, 2020
When Seen from a Different Angle
An art teacher handed out a portrait of Picasso to students and asked them to copy it. The students looked confused because Picasso’s drawing had two or three…
January 16, 2020
Sandwiches from the Skies
There is a sandwich shop where customers have to look up at the sky in order to eat sandwich. What is unique is not only this. There are…
January 14, 2020
Weaknesses Turned Into Opportunities
Toscanini, a world-famous conductor, was a promising cellist at first. Having difficulties reading the music score because of his poor eyesight, he had to memorize the whole score…
January 10, 2020
Pinocchio Effect
Whenever Pinocchio lied, why did his nose grow longer? Was there a lie detector on it? This is not a groundless story. Chicago researcher Dr. Alan Hirsch, of…
January 8, 2020
Championship Tips
In 1984 Tokyo International Marathon, little known Japanese athlete Yamada Motochi unexpectedly won the gold medal, beating favorites. People said he was fortunate. But two years later, in…
January 6, 2020
Unusual Vacation Homework
“Walk on the ground with your bare feet, look at the sunset silently, hug a tree in the forest and talk to it, lower yourself to the height…
January 2, 2020
The Secret to Success
There was a son who grew, seeing his father, who was a baker, always humming. He came to love music and wanted to learn it. On the other…
December 31, 2019
A Millionaire Who Paid Back
A wind of change blew in a small humble village in Jiangxi, China. Rough roads were well paved and luxury villas were replaced for tumbledown earth houses. The…
December 27, 2019
Emotional Habits
Philip Brickman, a social psychologist at the Northwestern University in the U.S., had an experiment. It was to observe changes in emotions of those whose happiness greatly increased…
December 25, 2019
Worthwhile Time
There was a man who enjoyed fishing at night. At the prime time when he could rest comfortably at home after his work, he hit the dusky road…