Mission for Happy Home
Try a small practice to get closer to each other with all your family members.
Live Without TV for a Week!
Today’s family life is getting desolate due to the development of digital gadgets such as TVs, computers, cellphones, and game consoles. It is because the demerits of lack of conversation among family members tag along behind the merits of the devices that make our lives convenient and comfortable. Among the…
Sowing the Seed of Positives
If you plant lettuce in a field, it becomes a lettuce field; if you plant cabbage, it turns to a cabbage field; if you plant flowers, it becomes a flower field. It depends on what kind of seeds you plant. The field of our heart is the same. Just as…
Use “Cushion Words”
When you see a cushion, you want to lean on it. And when you do, it feels soft and comfortable. In words too, there are “cushion words” that make listeners pleased and comfortable. Before you ask someone to do something, if you say words like “Excuse me,” “I am sorry…
Discover Hidden Merits of Your Family
While living with your loving family, you may see each other’s weaknesses. If you just look at weak points of others, you might unwittingly grumble against them. But if you consider their strengths bigger than their weaknesses, thanksgiving will come out of your mouth naturally. This month, find out 50…
Bathroom Etiquette
“Come out quickly. I’m in a hurry.” “Who didn’t switch off?” “Who hung the wet towel?” . . . While using the bathroom together at home, we go through many troubles. If the bathroom is not cleaned up after use, the next user may be unpleasant. So, in the bathroom…
Make Your Family Fall Asleep Pleasantly
Finishing off your day, you prepare for the next day before going to bed; this time is very important because in order to wake up in a good mood in the morning, you need to fall asleep pleasantly. As it is the most relaxing time of the day with your…
Help Your Family and Neighbors!
If someone comes to help you carry a heavy load, if someone kindly shows you the way when you are lost, if someone lends you an umbrella when you are floored by a sudden rain . . . You will be very happy and thankful when somebody stretches out a…
“That’s All Right!”
How many times do people suffer a great blow while living their lives? In fact, people are more likely to be worried or concerned about small and trivial matters than big ones. It is the same for the cases of being offended by other people’s behavior. Most cases are just…
Let Us Laugh Again and Again!
When you laugh, blessings come your way and harmony follows your family. When you laugh, hope wells up in you and sorrow goes away. When you laugh, you can overcome hardship and relieve stress. Laughter is so good for your body like restorative medicine that it helps you keep your…
Be Calm like Water, Not like Cola!
Have you ever opened a bottle of coke thoughtlessly which spewed carbonated bubbles out of control? There are times when people act like a cola. It is when they cannot tolerate irritation, anger, or rage and let it out as they feel. For any reason, if you lose your temper,…
Present a Gift Without Spending Money!
When it comes to a gift, you think of a box wrapped in pretty paper and tied with a ribbon. However, a gift is not always put in a box. A gift is to bring joy and happiness to someone, expressing your thanks and love. So if you present joy…
Take the Initiative
A family is the smallest unit of the community. A community is a group of people who live or act together or who have a particular shared purpose. When many people live together in the same house, they sometimes pass their work onto another and want someone else to do things for them—even…
Donate Your Talent to Your Family!
Musician with music, chef with dish, and lecturer with lecture ... Contributing to society by donating their talents and abilities to others is called Talent Donation. Talent donation is generally done in society, but it can also be done at home in a narrow sense. Everyone has one thing that…
Thank God!
When it suddenly showers after you hang out the washing on the line, you may get irritated and think, ‘Ugh! All my hard work is gone!’ But you can find a positive point: ‘Thank God, I’ve handed umbrellas to my children before they left in the morning.’ If you have…
Be the Same Person Inside and Outside!
Some family heads are friendly to their colleagues but abrupt with their families; some wives are kind to others but blunt to their families; some children are very considerate and sympathetic to their friends, but not to their families. Your family can be more hurt and heartbroken by the words…
Create Family Mailbox!
Jeong Yakyong, a scholar of the Realist School of Confucianism in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea, wrote more than a hundred letters to educate his two sons during his exile. Another scholar Yi Hwang too sent numerous letters to his son to convey his deep love. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the…
Make Rules for Happy Home!
A happy family life is often included in a New Year’s wish list. However, happiness is not given by nature, by chance, or by itself. Happiness comes to those who try and practice. What are your efforts to make your family happy? If your family makes effort all together rather…
Make an Exciting Family Slogan!
Before players come onto the field, they say, “Let’s go!” to cheer up each other. In Spanish, people say, “Animo!” When you shout encouraging words, you give yourself strength and confidence to do things, and you can strengthen team spirit, radiating good energy. Family, too, is like a team. Why…
Say, “I’m Happy!”
Recently, have you ever said, “I’m happy”? When you do something difficult or dissatisfying, you are likely to spit out complaints. But when you do something pleasant and satisfying, you are less likely to express how happy or satisfied you are. People say, “A bell is not a bell until…
The Power of Three Seconds!
The sun rises and sets quickly, and a month passes by at a blink of an eye. In countless hours, three seconds may seem so short, but a long time consists of those short moments. For that short time, an important match can be won or lost in an arena,…