Faith & Life
Cultivating the Heart
Short but touching writings will make the field of your heart rich.
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…
December 23, 2019
A Shortcut
During the dry season, gnus living in the plains of Africa migrate over hundreds of miles in search of water and food. A zoologist who watched massive migration…
December 19, 2019
How to Cope with Stress
Stress causes all kinds of illness, and if it gets worse, it may lead to death. It is impossible to have no stress at all while living. But…
December 17, 2019
Passion
The English word “passion” means a strong feeling to accomplish something. It comes from the Latin word pati, meaning suffering or enduring. So, the real meaning of passion…
December 13, 2019
Mom’s Dish, the Best Homemade Meal
In order to meet children who are in a distant country to fulfill their dreams, their mothers flew for ten hours to the country. The mothers had brought…
December 11, 2019
The 49/51 Rule
In dividing the profits of your partnership or corporation, if you take 49 percent of the profits and give your partner 51 percent, your partner will feel like…
December 9, 2019
Confirmation Bias: As I Want to Believe
Ju-yeong tried to put on her wristwatch in the morning but couldn’t find it anywhere. Suddenly, she was reminded that she kept it in her classroom desk drawer…
December 5, 2019
The Same Side
What is the way to get close with people whom you are in competition with? Let’s find the answer through the studies of researchers at Lancaster University in…
December 3, 2019
Does It Spark Joy?
With the change of seasons, the clothes out of season are put into the closet, and the ones that have been kept in the closet are taken out.…
November 28, 2019
Intersection with No Traffic Lights
What would happen if traffic lights, signs, lanes, and separation blocks between driveways and sidewalks are removed from an intersection where many cars are coming and going? There…
November 26, 2019
Composing Our Minds
Just by cleaning your house once, you can’t keep it clean forever. Dust falls on things, and things to clean up keep coming out. If you want to…
November 22, 2019
A Housekeeper Brings Honor to Her Hotel
In 1992, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. It was the first winner of this award as a hotel. This award is a prestigious…