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 moreDecember 5, 2019
The Same Side
How can you unite with people you compete against? Researchers at Lancaster University in England found a way. The researchers asked fans of two rival professional soccer teams…
December 3, 2019
Does It Spark Joy?
With the change of seasons, there is a change of clothes. The clothes from the previous season are put away, and those put away are brought out. While…
November 28, 2019
Intersection with No Traffic Lights
What would happen if traffic lights, signs, lanes, and curbs between streets and sidewalks were removed from an intersection where many cars and pedestrians pass through? Actually, such…
November 26, 2019
Keep Your Minds Clean
Just by cleaning your house once, you can’t keep it clean forever. As dust perpetually falls, there is always something new to clean. If you always want your…
November 20, 2019
Love Is Touch
In an experiment with monkeys, researchers prevented a baby monkey from being touched. As a result, the baby monkey contracted a long drawn-out illness and died young. On…
November 18, 2019
Everybody Is a Winner
A picture of an elementary school sports day went viral in Korea. In the picture, there are five boys walking on the track, holding hands together. Everybody is…
November 14, 2019
Self-Handicapping
The day before the exam, you try to cram all the information, but nothing gets into your brain and you don’t feel like studying. The easiest choice you…
November 12, 2019
A Warm Price
There was a man who sold waffles in a shabby alleyway. His calculation of the prices for the waffles was a bit odd: 300 won for one and…
November 8, 2019
And Then
A poor student went to see a rich old lady in the village to borrow money for school expenses. “I want to study and become a lawyer.” “Yeah?…
November 6, 2019
I’m Happy Because I Have…
My friend’s new cell phone, a pair of shoes on display in the department store, a house in a magazine, a car in a commercial . . .…
November 4, 2019
Surpassing the Limits of Our Muscles
The muscles of an athlete are not built up in a day. In order to gain physical strength and improve their skills, they constantly have to train themselves.…
October 30, 2019
Crisis Can Be an Opportunity
In Yosemite National Park located in California, U.S., there are giant trees which are about 262 feet [80 m] high and 16 feet [5 m] in diameter. These…
October 28, 2019
A Flycatcher Full of Worries
A flycatcher was wearing a long face, perching on a twig. A mother sparrow and her young saw the flycatcher and asked, “Flycatcher, what’s wrong with you?” “I’m…
October 24, 2019
Marks
For “Go” players, their favorite board to use is made of a nutmeg tree. In addition to its good color and fragrance, its resilience allows the trace of…
October 22, 2019
Life’s Choice
Life is a series of choices. Even for small matters such as deciding whether to eat toast or cereal, or which dress to buy, people think things over…
October 18, 2019
If You Laugh
Generally, people think, ‘I laugh because I’m happy; I shiver because I’m afraid; I frown because I’m tired.’ However, there is a contrasting argument. The American psychologist William…
October 16, 2019
What Is More Valuable than Competence
On September 16, 1976, in a city in the Soviet Union, a bus lost its balance and fell into the river. Then a man threw himself into the…
October 14, 2019
The Love of a Shepherd
“Then Jesus told them this parable: ‘Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open…
October 10, 2019
Practice to Become Happy
‘I wish I could sleep more in the morning,’ ‘I wish the weather would be better,’ ‘I wish the traffic wouldn’t be bad in the morning,’ ‘I hope…
October 8, 2019
If You Want to Fly
Carpenter bees move from this flower to that flower to collect honey from early in the morning. Their bodies are bigger and chubbier than other ordinary bees. For…
October 4, 2019
Sensory Illusions in Aviation
As for flight operations, there are two types—conducting under visual flight rules (VFR) and instrument flight rules (IFR). Visual flight rules are a set of regulations under which…
October 2, 2019
A special photo
A son is mischievously sticking out his tongue looking at the bathroom mirror and there is his dad looking at his son through the mirror pleased. They are…
September 27, 2019
Standard of Tuition Fees
A young man who felt proud of his speech came to see a famous orator to learn about leadership. The young man self-confidently introduced himself to the orator…
September 25, 2019
Rescue Operation for One Man
In June, 2014, a scientist was injured by a falling rock and collapsed while exploring a cave in the Germany Bavarian Alps. The site of the accident was…
September 23, 2019
What Do You See?
A company was in crisis due to recession. Disheartened employees lost their willingness to work. One day, the company president gathered the staff and showed a piece of…
September 19, 2019
Following the Dream
There was a man whose dream was to become an actor. He went to as many auditions as possible to fulfill his dream. However, he was rejected each…
September 17, 2019
Nudge Effect
If both stairs and escalator are equipped side by side, most people tend to use the convenient escalator. But at a subway station in Stockholm, the capital city…
September 13, 2019
Articles with No Malicious Comments
Some say malicious comments are better rather than no comments. But if they go through malicious comments about themselves, they will change their thought. Although many groups are…
September 11, 2019
Decision
When a volcano on French island Martinique was about to erupt, one ship was taking on cargo from the port. The captain, who detected the signs of volcanic…
September 9, 2019
Reason for Casting
A five-year-old daughter of Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie made a surprise appearance in a movie, drawing people’s attention. She played a role well even in her young age,…