Cultivating the Heart
Short but touching writings will make the field of your heart rich.
May 4, 2020
The Solution
On a newspaper column for suggesting solutions to readers' problems, one teenager shared his personal problem. “My mom nags at me all day long. She tells me to…
Apr 28, 2020
Enjoying Happiness & Recalling Happiness
Throughout our school days, we have many worries about friends, schoolwork, and future. But adults who have lived through those days say, “Now is the best time for…
Apr 24, 2020
Giving Thanks in All Circumstances
Dario Silva, who used to be a representative football player in Uruguay, lost his right leg in a car accident in 2006. Hearing the news, many people felt…
Apr 22, 2020
A Brilliant Challenge
Bobsleigh is a winter Olympic sport in which two or four teammates steer, running fast down narrow, twisting, banked, and iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled. Before, it…
Apr 20, 2020
You Can Do It Too
Jim Abbott is known as an American pitcher who overcame his limitations in Major League Baseball. He was born with a disability in his right hand. Abbott grew…
Apr 16, 2020
According to the Law of Nature
The animals in the Serengeti plain of Africa live according to the law of nature. Herbivores make good use of their excellent sight and running skills to escape…
Apr 14, 2020
Being Acknowledged by God
If you have anything to boast about, you want to boast it. It’s human nature. Wanting to be acknowledged by someone is the most basic need for human.…
Apr 10, 2020
The Reason to Live
John Sain, 50, who lived in the United States, went into a deep forest alone for hunting which was his old hobby. On finding a big elk, he…
Apr 8, 2020
Great Leaders, Successful Followers
A person who leads the members in a group or an organization is called a leader. The German word for lead leiden derived from Proto-Germanic līþaną, which means…
Apr 6, 2020
Ordinary Heroes
It happened at a crossroad, several years ago. Late at night, a cargo truck that was parked on the sloping road in front of a mall suddenly began…
Apr 2, 2020
Sure Discipline
Hwang Hui was one of the most celebrated premiers of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He had three sons, but one of them was an embarrassment. Every time…
Mar 27, 2020
Senses Under Illusions
ⓒ Edward H.Adelson / http://web.mit.edu/persci/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html / Copyrighted free use “What are the colors of part A and part B in the picture?” “Part A is gray and part…
Mar 25, 2020
Secret of Fine Speech
Former US president Barack Obama was the chief editor of the journal published in his college during his college years. In the process of editing, he tried editing…
Mar 23, 2020
Beginner’s Mind
When you start something, you have certain attitudes toward it at first—pure and humble mind and eagerness. This is the beginner’s mind. An online job market information site…
Mar 19, 2020
The Secret of a Great Flight
The biggest bird among the seabirds is the albatross. The Albatross, however, is not attractive on land. Its tottering steps with its long wings draped down on its…
Mar 17, 2020
Something Nicer Than a Luxury Car
Around an open market in Seoul, a boy was pulling a handcart instead of his grandmother. But he accidently scratched a luxury car that was parked. Seeing his…
Mar 13, 2020
Give Thanks to God!
In order to commemorate the passing of Thomas Edison, the inventor of the century, people throughout the United States turned off their electrical power for a minute. It…
Mar 11, 2020
“I Want to Become Old”
Just as no one can stop the flow of time, no one can stop aging, either. In order to hide the traces of aging, people dye their hair…
Mar 9, 2020
Something Much More Valuable than a Jewel
A woman bought a coat in a store. She came back home and tried on her new clothes again. When she put her hand inside the pocket, she…
Mar 5, 2020
Though Living a Single Day
As we don’t need to teach fish how to swim, so we don’t need to talk about a short life before mayflies. Mayflies live for a very short…
Mar 3, 2020
What Was Most Difficult
One reporter asked a runner who finished a marathon. “What was most difficult during the run?” then an unexpected answer came back to him: “What was difficult more…
Feb 26, 2020
Overcome to the End
No matter how good a product is, unless it is neatly finished, its value drops considerably. It is the same with the wood for a pillar. In order…
Feb 24, 2020
Fathers’ Dream
After taking the SAT, some high school students were asked of what their dreams were. Their answers varied: making debut as a singer, traveling around the world, eating…
Feb 20, 2020
Conditions of a Good Leader
Among the analects left by Genghis Khan who built the Mongol Empire, there’s a quote about his favorite servant whom he felt sorry for. “Yesun Bei is a…
Feb 18, 2020
A Trip That Turned Back Time
In 1979, a newspaper in the State of Ohio, U.S., put an advertisement for a one week free trip for eight elderly people in their late 70s to…
Feb 14, 2020
From What I Can Do
John Wood who was working as an executive for a major company went to a Himalayan remote area in Nepal for his holidays. There he saw students having…
Feb 12, 2020
Love Written on Napkins
Garth Callaghan, a common head of an American family, is such a sweet dad who packs his daughter’s lunch box. Every day, he wrote a good writing such…
Feb 10, 2020
The Way to Change a Troublemaker
There was a teacher who called the names of the children in her class peculiarly like cute who, wise who, and who of strong sense of responsibility. There…
Feb 6, 2020
Actor–Observer Bias
If you are late for work, you justify yourself that there were enough reasons for it such as a traffic jam or a long bus interval. But if…
Feb 4, 2020
Mature Faith
Children usually throw a tantrum if they cannot get what they want. They are selfish, so they do not care about their parents who are having a hard…