Cultivating the Heart
Short but touching writings will make the field of your heart rich.
August 25, 2024
A Housekeeper Who Brought Honor to Her Hotel
In 1992, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. It was the first hotel to win this award. This award is a prestigious award which the U.S. government gives to an enterprise with an outstanding quality of…
Read moreAugust 19, 2021
Mother’s Last Beautiful Message
A 78-year-old woman living in Gwangju, Korea, died of cancer. Since her husband passed away, she alone raised her three sons and one daughter for 35 years. Feeding,…
August 13, 2021
British Schindler
In February 1988, an English TV show host released an old notebook. It had information on Jewish children who were rescued from Czechoslovakia to be placed with foster…
August 10, 2021
Two Sons Who Saved Their Father
In 2017, a 60-year-old Korean man was diagnosed with liver cancer recurrence. His only hope was the liver transplant. His two sons, who always got along well with…
August 8, 2021
If You Want to Assess
It was when Jeong Yak-yong, one of the greatest thinkers in Joseon Dynasty of Korea, was conversing with his acquaintances in a pavilion. When they were in good…
August 5, 2021
The Mind of Serving Others
A teacher and his student were going on a long journey. The teacher asked the student who was excited to go and see the world. “One person has…
August 2, 2021
Power of Collaboration
The Higgs boson is an elementary particle that composes the universe, and it plays an important role in explaining about the universe through modern physics. However, physicists failed…
July 30, 2021
The Key to the Bird’s Intelligence
Birds that belong to the crow family, including azure-winged magpies, nightingales, and magpies are the smartest of all bird species. In fact, some magpies or crows can even…
July 27, 2021
Shackleton and His Crews 2:The Captain Who Gives Hope
“Low wages, harsh cold, impenetrable darkness lasting for months, constant hazards, and unsecured return! However, honor is given when you succeed.” Captain Shackleton did not ask the applicants…
July 25, 2021
Inventions That Saved Humanity
The New York Times chronicled milestones in medical technology that influenced generations to come. In chronological order, it dealt with inventions that has had a great influence on…
July 22, 2021
Shackleton and His Crews 1:Great Return
In December 1914, Captain Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922) and his 27 crews left on a voyage with the goal to cross Antarctica for the first time in the world.…
July 19, 2021
How to Recognize the Mysterious World that Transcends Time and Space
Peter Drucker, who was a management consultant and educator, served as professor of philosophy, political science, and business administration, and he was also the founder of modern management.…
July 13, 2021
Happy People
Cassie Mogilner, an American professor of marketing and behavioral decision making, conducted a study about happiness, targeting adults between ages 18 and 87. According to the result of…
July 11, 2021
The Strikeout King Who Became the Home Run King
The ball a pitcher throws at 130 to 150 kilometers (80–93 miles) per hour reaches a batter in 0.4 second. It takes about 0.2 second for the batter…
July 8, 2021
Characteristics of Outstanding Athletes
The weightlifting hall suddenly becomes silent as if the time stopped. The athlete gives a loud shout and lifts the barbell with all his might. The light indicating…
July 5, 2021
A Perfect Cradle
Aristotle thought, ‘The egg in the belly of its mother bird is soft but it becomes harder when it comes out and touches the air, so that it…
July 2, 2021
Spiritual System That Speedily Achieves the Salvation of Mankind
The use of GPU (Graphic Processing Unit) has sharply increased over the past few years, and IT companies are making more investment in it with greater interest. GPU…
June 29, 2021
A Person Who Finds Hope
A man and his son were lost in the desert. The two men were worn out after wandering for a long time under the scorching sun. They ran…
June 27, 2021
Other Parts but One Body
Taste is one of the five senses that people have. However, your sense of taste alone cannot recognize how food tastes. When you chew food, its flavor is…
June 24, 2021
A Joyful Trip
A daily life information magazine conducted a survey on the “type of people whom we don’t want to go on a trip with.” According to the survey result,…
June 21, 2021
“Because I Am a Mother, Too!”
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit Pohang, Korea, in November 2017. When a postpartum care center was shaken by the earthquake, baby beds with wheels began to roll around.…
June 18, 2021
How to Get Away from Worries
When you go on a diet, you would want to eat more food, and when you want to forget a memory, it would remain more vivid in your…
June 14, 2021
Thinking from a Different Angle
There was a restaurant at the entrance of a famous mountain with its beautiful scenery. When the cold winter came, the number of hikers had been decreased and…
June 12, 2021
Whoever and Wherever
One hundred million people around the world take this medicine a day, and 60 billion of this medicine gets taken every year. It was the best selling medicine…
June 10, 2021
A Lioness That Regretted Her Hunting
Even for the lion, the king of beasts, the predominant predator of the food chain, it is not easy to hunt. It’s because herbivores are always on alert,…
June 7, 2021
The Law of the Minimum
There are occasions when plants that seem to be in excellent environments at first glance do not grow as expected. Justus von Liebig, a German botanist and chemist,…
June 4, 2021
Thoughtful Friendship
“Hey, buddy! I finally found someone who would buy your painting!” A nameless painter was glad to hear his friend’s words, but on the other hand, he had…
June 2, 2021
Definite Hope
There were two brothers who drew a glider against biting wind up to Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S. The engine of the Flyer, which…
May 29, 2021
Sixty Years’ Worth of Birthday Present
“Could I pre-order sixty years’ worth of flower bouquets?” About ten-year-old boy named Toby came by a flower shop alone and said that, after looking at the flowers…
May 26, 2021
Safe Base Station
Antarctica, a continent of ice, is sixty times larger than the Korean Peninsula in size. This vast undefiled continent plays an essential role in the earth system along…
May 23, 2021
A Young Eagle Soars Up
A curious and talkative eaglet greeted Dad eagle, who had just returned to the nest after flight, and asked. “Dad, can I fly powerfully as you do?” “Dad,…