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…
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Eyes
The eye transforms an image of an object reflected on the retina into electrochemical information and delivers it to the brain through the optic nerve. The eye receives…
November 18, 2021
The Effect of Hugging
At a subway station in Seoul, Korea, a drunk made a noise, arguing with police officers. Then, a man watching the scene approached the drunk and embraced him,…
November 12, 2021
Two Executives
The CEO of a company came up with an innovative idea after much consideration. If the idea would be shaped up after thorough market research, it would be…
November 9, 2021
Good Persons
“Those who do the right thing even when no one else is watching.” “Those who have good manners towards everyone regardless of age, status, race, educational attainment, or…
November 7, 2021
How to Fall Well
Judo is a fighting game in which two players fight with their bare hands, using the power of the other player to throw, take down, choke, or push.…
November 4, 2021
Time to Start
The roof of a house was broken by a strong typhoon. The house owner could not even think about repairing the roof although rain fell from the ceiling…
November 1, 2021
Daughter of an Independent Activist
In 1915 when World War I was in full swing, a second-generation Korean American Susan Ahn was born in Los Angeles, California, U.S. When the Pacific War1 broke…
October 28, 2021
A Man Who Works for the Country
At a construction site where a school was to be built, a morning assembly was held before the construction began. The director asked the workers. “What do you…
October 25, 2021
Before Speaking
A word of wisdom repays a debt, but a careless word like a thorn that you spit out leaves a scar on the other person’s heart. Then, what…
October 22, 2021
A Parent’s Heart
A man had to go abroad on business. He was worried about his wife, who had to take care of their five children alone for a couple of…
October 19, 2021
Ringwanderung
The Max Planck Society in Germany experimented with making people find their way through dense forests without a map and compass. As a result of tracking them with…
October 14, 2021
Scientific Reasons Mothers Deserve to Be Served
First, mothers need a break. A study found that women have 40 minutes less leisure time every day than men. Second, mothers are worried about their children all…
October 11, 2021
A Miracle of Tree Planting
The Brahmaputra River is one of three major rivers in India, along with the Ganges and the Indus Rivers. The huge island, Majuli, formed on the river, is…
October 8, 2021
How to Enjoy Fruit Every Day
At a junior high school, a teacher asked his students, “A woman bought ten apples at a market. When she came home and took a close look at…
October 5, 2021
The Secret of Forests
The thick forest with trees and grasses! The forest is not just a concentration area of trees. Though they have no eyes to see and no mouths to…
October 3, 2021
Although Different from Me
A baby elephant chased a butterfly and accidentally went to where baby giraffes were playing. The baby giraffes that saw the baby elephant for the first time started…
September 30, 2021
The Memory They Do Not Want to Lose
It is painful if the memory you want to erase keeps playing on your mind. On the contrary, if the memory that you do not want to forget…
September 27, 2021
The Secret of Flying over 7,200 Miles
Bar-tailed godwits breed in Alaska, and when it begins to get cold, they move to Australia or New Zealand located in the Southern Hemisphere and get through warm…
September 24, 2021
The Answers They Want to Hear
A teacher assigned homework to his students. It was to pick up trash for thirty minutes in front of each house on a holiday morning. It was to…
September 21, 2021
Writers Who Exercise
“I learned many things about writing fiction while running every morning,” said Haruki Murakami, Japanese best-selling novelist. He runs every day. He wants to be remembered as a…
September 19, 2021
As If a Blind Man Touches an Elephant
Some blind people touched an elephant with their hands and made each different claim. The person who touched its body said, “The elephant is like a solid wall,”…
September 13, 2021
Fastidious Mother-in-law and Her Polite Daughter-in-law
A woman who was fastidious and thorough in everything got a daughter-in-law who was a careless and easy-going person contrary to her mother-in-law. The villagers talked in whispers,…
September 10, 2021
How to Run Less Hard
Researchers from Ulster University and Swansea University in the U.K. conducted experiments on twenty-four men and women whose hobbies were running. It was an experiment to see what…
September 7, 2021
Three Elements of Persuasion
Aristotle said that in order to persuade others, logos (logic), pathos (emotion), and ethos (ethics) are needed. Logos refers to clear proof and logic. Because man is a…
September 5, 2021
Maternal Love of Webfoot Octopus
Fishermen weave the shells of veined rapa whelks and put them down under the sea for a period of time and pull them up to catch webfoot octopuses.…
September 2, 2021
Resentment and Understanding
There was a man who felt bitter against his father. Since he had run away from home after quarreling with his father in his school days, he didn’t…
August 30, 2021
Refinement
“What do you say about a person who is poor but does not flatter, or a person who is rich but not haughty?” “He is a decent person.…
August 27, 2021
True Faith
In June 1859, a French acrobat, Charles Blondin, challenged himself to a feat to surprise the world. It was to cross the Niagara Falls by walking on a…
August 24, 2021
Invisible Difference
In the 1990s, Anders Ericsson, a world-renowned psychologist, studied the students of a music academy in Berlin. The research focused on what factors differentiated the best musicians from…
August 22, 2021
Guide Runner
In the Paralympics, a major international sports event for physically challenged athletes, there are people who can participate in the Paralympics as the able-bodied. They are guide runners.…