Cultivating the Heart
Short but touching writings will make the field of your heart rich.
Mar 31, 2022
Attitude toward Problems
“On a day of heavy rain, you see three people at the bus stop as you drive. One is an old man fighting for life, another is a…
Mar 28, 2022
A Gold Medal for Doing the Best
Steven Bradbury entered men’s 1,000-meter short track speed skating at the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics. He barely passed the qualifier, repeating the same mistake of moving…
Mar 25, 2022
A Flowering Desert
The Atacama Desert located in the north-west of Chile is the driest and the most barren region in the world. It is also well-known for its rough and…
Mar 22, 2022
I Don’t Deserve Them
While a teacher was spending the latter years of his life in writing, his pupils visited him to pay their respect for the New Year. His whole family…
Mar 20, 2022
Fine Wine and Oak Barrel
“How long do you think it will take to produce ten-year-old wine?” At this question, you are likely to answer, “Ten years.” Actually, however, it is not too…
Mar 14, 2022
Demonstrate Your Skills with Confidence
“Confidence” is one of the most important factors in showing the best performance in a sport. If players are nearly equal in their skills, the player with high…
Mar 8, 2022
As I Am Free Now
In the early 1820s, Harriet Tubman was born a slave in a farm in Maryland, U.S. In those days, black people were treated worse than animals by white…
Mar 6, 2022
Let’s Take a Walk
Apple founder Steve Jobs was famous for walking meetings when he came up with new ideas. Virgin Group founder Richard Branson also likes to have walking meetings. Facebook…
Mar 3, 2022
A Beautiful Comfort
French tennis player Nicolas Mahut, ranked 252 in the world, took part in tennis tournament at the 2019 French Open. As a 37-year-old player, he wanted to fulfill…
Feb 28, 2022
A Matter of Course Is What You Are Thankful for
One morning, an office worker got up late because his alarm clock broke down. He hurriedly ran to the bathroom to wash, but water did not come out…
Feb 25, 2022
The Characteristics of a Wooden Cock
A king who loves cockfighting gave a cock to a famous fighting cock trainer and asked him for training it. After ten days, the king asked, “Is the…
Feb 22, 2022
Mental Graejil
In order to build a Hanok (traditional Korean-style house), after leveling the ground and setting the foundation stone, builders set up wooden pillars for framing and put a…
Feb 20, 2022
Candies That Made a Boy Reflect on Himself
Tao Xingzhi (1891–1946) advanced the modern Chinese education theory. When he was the principal of an elementary school, he called a student who hit another student into his…
Feb 14, 2022
A Reply from Mom
“To Mummy in Heaven. Happy Mother’s Day. I Love You. Ella.” This is a letter a Scottish four-year-old girl named Ella Lennon wrote to her mother. Ella lost…
Feb 11, 2022
Wearing an Oxygen Mask
Before the plane takes off, the crew demonstrates how to wear an oxygen mask, telling the passengers how to cope with an emergency. The crew recommends that the…
Feb 8, 2022
A Busy Life Is a Blessing
“Sir, congratulations on your retirement. You’ve written only at night so far. As you can work on it during the day, your works will shine more.” “As I…
Feb 6, 2022
Angstblüte
Plants produce beautiful and fragrant flowers in order to preserve their species. Blooming, bearing fruit, and spreading seeds away are their instinct. But there are times when plants…
Feb 3, 2022
A Cup Warning of Overflow
In the late Joseon Dynasty in Korea, there was a potter named Woo Myeong-ok in a mountain village of Gangwon-do Province. He wanted to make beautiful porcelain beyond…
Jan 31, 2022
To Keep a Dying Boy Alive
In September 2018, an eight-year-old boy was carried to a hospital in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. His illness was fulminant myocarditis. It is very urgent illness that causes cardiac…
Jan 28, 2022
An Impressive Race
This happened at the women’s 5,000-meter run in the Rio Olympics 2016. Some athletes were running in the second group when New Zealand athlete Hamblin tripped and fell,…
Jan 25, 2022
The Medici Effect
The Medici Effect refers to a phenomenon which inspires breakthrough insights or produces great productivity when different fields come together. This means “1+1>2” instead of “1+1=2.” It is…
Jan 23, 2022
Two Fools
Two men were working in the mountain. One man dug a hole, then the other man filled up the hole with dirt. Moving from place to place, they…
Jan 20, 2022
The Power of Gratitude
A paper titled “Undervaluing Gratitude” was published in the Sage Journals in June 2018. Psychologists Amit Kumar and Nicholas Epley, co-authors of the paper, asked the participants to…
Jan 14, 2022
The Tomb of Words
Four or five hundred years ago in Korea, there was a village where people were divided into groups with the same family name and argued each other almost…
Jan 11, 2022
Loss Aversion Bias
Between the joy of picking one hundred-dollar bill on the road and the agony of losing it, which emotion do you think is bigger? People usually choose the…
Jan 9, 2022
A Scientist Who Loved Corn
American scientist Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) questioned why a corn has several colors of kernels and they changed their positions in different corns. In her research, she discovered Jumping…
Jan 6, 2022
How to Defeat a Devastator
Wasps that are five times larger than honey bees are natural enemies of honey bees. While honey bees can sting only once and die after attacking, a single…
Jan 3, 2022
The Anchoring Effect
Once an anchor is lowered, the ship moves only within the length of the rope tied to the anchor. In this regard, a cognitive bias that describes the…
Dec 31, 2021
Water Coming Down from the Sky
Three essential elements for plant growth are water, sunlight, and wind. The most important of them is water. But not all water is the same. Purified water is…
Dec 28, 2021
Beautiful Conscience
In March 2019, a short note with cash was delivered to a bus company in Korea. “About forty years ago, I stole a coin from a receptionist while…