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 moreJune 20, 2019
How to Keep Your First Resolution
Once upon a time, a king was passing through a country village. On his way, he met a young shepherd who was greedless and diligent, and took him…
June 19, 2019
A Judge Who Made a Girl Cry
“Stand up, please.” A judge said in a soft voice to a girl who was in the court for theft. When the girl stood up hesitantly, the judge…
June 18, 2019
“As I Have Loved You, So You Must Love One Another”
People who live by the word of God make efforts to put this teaching into practice. However, it is not easy, contrary to their expectations. God said, “Love…
June 17, 2019
Mission of a Libero
In a volleyball team consisting of six players, we can see a player who is in a uniform different from his teammates. He is a libero, who is…
June 14, 2019
The Wage of Overcoming Pain
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a French artist in the impressionist style, did not put down the painting brush in his hand even on the day when his fingers were in…
June 13, 2019
Woodpecker’s Brood Patch
Feathers are light and have very good thermal stability. So in winter, down jackets are popular among people. However, woodpeckers pluck out the feathers that cover their bodies…
June 12, 2019
Giving Time to Save Life
A three-year-old son of a man living in Germany had leukemia. The man had to go to the hospital for his son’s treatment, but he could not quit…
June 11, 2019
How to Overcome a Tsunami
When a tsunami is generated, where should a ship escape to if it is already out in the sea? People generally think the ship should quickly go toward…
June 10, 2019
When Do You Give Up?
Someone asked a famous salesman, “Does someone like you get rejected by a customer, too?” “Certainly! I haven’t had a day of rejection since I started work.” “Then…
June 6, 2019
Match of Faith
In most sporting events, it is difficult to predict victory or defeat until the final whistle blows. A team outscores the other in the beginning, but it might…
June 5, 2019
Liebig’s Law of the Minimum
There is a law called Liebig’s Law of the Minimum. This was announced by Justus von Liebig, a German chemist. It states that the growth of plants is…
June 4, 2019
Organizing Skill
There are many objects and lots of information around us. However, do we need all of them? If we think about this matter carefully, we can easily realize…
June 3, 2019
A Boat Waiting for High Tide
Steel King Andrew Carnegie kept an old painting in his office. The painting he treasured was neither a masterpiece drawn by a famous artist nor an antique that…
May 31, 2019
100
The highest point on most exams is 100. When expressing something that is satisfied or full, the number 100 is used in a percentage. Even at 99℃, the…
May 30, 2019
For Perfect Product
A person drops a cell phone from one meter high, puts it in a 360 degrees rotating box continuously, and even pours water on it. What is more,…
May 29, 2019
Grit Score
At Harvard University, they had a study on 130 students. They designed a study and asked students to run for up to five minutes on a treadmill with…
May 28, 2019
Human Body, the Greatest Gift
A single car has about 25,000 parts, and a Boeing 747 has over 45 million parts. Then, what about the human body? Our body has about 10 trillion…
May 27, 2019
Wrong and Different
8 What is it? It looks like a driving course to a traffic manager. It is a code to those who work with equipment. It is the number…
May 24, 2019
The Goodness of a Person Spreads
I believe everyone has ever, at least once, been attracted on the street to sweet smell of new bread wafting through the air. This smell of bread does…
May 23, 2019
Wind Chill Temperature
There are two ways to know the temperature: the actual temperature measured by the thermometer and the wind chill temperature felt by the body. The wind chill temperature…
May 22, 2019
Adhesive Bandages for His Loving Wife
Newlywed Earle Dickson had one concern; it’s about his careless wife. She often cut herself or got burns on her fingers while cooking. At that time, as he…
May 21, 2019
According to What You Have Done
No one idles away his days, not doing any work. When a man is born, work devours him until his last breath on earth. Even people who seem…
May 20, 2019
Allelopathy in Plants
When herbs are waving in the wind or you touch them with your hand, they give off a strong scent people like. Actually, however, the release of their…
May 17, 2019
To Spin a Pinwheel
“Dad, look at this pinwheel I made.” “Wow, it’s nice! Shall we try it and see how well it works?” Dad took his son’s hand and went to…
May 16, 2019
The Greatest Doctor
During the Warring States period in ancient China, there was a famous doctor named Bian Que. His two older brothers were also doctors, but they were less famous…
May 15, 2019
Laughter Defeats Even Cancer
Do you know we have special forces in our body? They are natural killer cells(also known as NK cells). Viruses or germs that get into the body from…
May 14, 2019
Prince’s Identity
A king visited a village famous for unfriendly neighbors. Before he left, he made a request: “My youngest son is staying here temporarily. Please be nice to him.”…
May 13, 2019
Your Beginnings Will Seem Humble
A river starts from a drop of water. A raindrop falling from the sky, and tiny water drops that well up from the forest and form a spring…
May 10, 2019
Love Starts from Seeing
“A rainbow is a full circle.” It sounds odd but it is true. From an observer’s line of sight, we can only see half of the circle above…
May 9, 2019
Treasure
Everyone has their own personal treasure. To some, their hard-earned wealth is a treasure, to some their authority or honor which they have acquired after a great deal…