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Sincere Consideration

One day, Gandhi went on a business trip. When he arrived at a train station, he quickly boarded the train that was about to take off. At that moment, one of his shoes fell onto the train platform. Since the train started moving, Gandhi couldn’t pick up his shoe. For a short time, he wondered,…

Mutual Respect, the Key Principle for Successful Organizations

Recently, there have been a report that rude speech and behavior negatively impact job satisfaction or work performance. According to a survey done on 3,000 workers by Pearson and Foras (who are economists), workers who experience rudeness become less attached to their organizations and less efficient in their work from the emotional shock; and so…

The Secret to Success

Restaurant A is the most successful stew restaurant in town. There was one man who went to restaurant A frequently. One day, he went to restaurant A to eat, but there were so many people that there was no empty seat there. While waiting for his turn, he looked at restaurant B located right next…

The Value of a Glass of Milk

This is a true story that happened in America. A university student was thirsty while walking along the road. As he was passing by a farmer’s house, he knocked on the door to ask for something to drink. The farmer opened the door and asked his daughter to give him a glass of water. The…

Courage of a Mother

Pearl S. Buck, a Nobel Prize winner in literature, spent her childhood in China with her father who was a missionary. Once, there was a drought while her father was away on a long trip. A rumor spread that the drought occurred because her Caucasian mother had angered gods. As time went by, people were…

Positive Words

Seven children of a similar age teamed up with their mothers and played games. When a child was blindfolded and threw balls, his mother standing at a certain spot got the balls in a large basket. With the same time and conditions, five teams had more than twelve balls in the basket, whereas the other…

The Words That Should Not Be Spared for the Family

“Thank you” that makes the listener smile. “You need any help?” that makes the listener feel reassured. “Excellent job!” that attaches wings to the listener’s shoulders. “Good morning” that makes the listener start the day vigorously. “Did you eat?” that shows your love and care towards the listener. “You’re doing well” that strengths and encourages…

The Miracle of Kindness

One day, John Rockefeller, a global businessman called the King of Kerosene, received shocking news that he only had one year left to live. When he was sitting in the hospital and thinking about how he would live the rest of his life successfully, he heard a noise from a corner of the hospital. It…

Success Created by Compliments

Jack Welch, the former CEO of GE, who was also known as a famous executive, stuttered a lot when he was young. He stuttered so bad that once, when he ordered a tuna sandwich at a restaurant, the waiter brought him two sandwiches because when he ordered tuna, he stuttered and said, “Tttuna.” So the…

Anger Is Poison Inside of Your Body

There is a saying that goes, “When you get angry once, you will age once. When you laugh once, you will get younger once.” Like these words, laughter makes us younger and healthy, but anger makes us get old and sick. When you get angry, your body produces hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol, which…

The Result of Giving Thanks

Nelson Mandela, the former President of the Rep. of South Africa, was kept in prison for a long time. He was in prison for 27 years from the age of 46 to 73 about a third of his life. On the day that Mandela was released, reporters were waiting for him in front of the…

Contextual Listening

When conversing with others, sometimes we only insist on our own opinions, tiring each other out. In this situation, we may get frustrated with each other. This happens because we do not listen, not because we speak poorly. So, for smooth communication, we need to learn to listen well. Listening is to give ear to…

A Thief Who Stole from Himself

There was an infamous thief who stole jewels. He was skilled at stealing expensive jewels. And he was clever enough to never get caught by the police. One day, he intruded upon a house, but the police finally caught him and he spent twenty years in prison. When he was released from prison, he was…

The parable of the workers in the vineyard

God’s will for our unity is also revealed in the following parable given by God. 『“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who sent out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard….

Those who were conscious of God and those who were not

『The LORD said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them? I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater…

A Great Way to Remove Weeds

A teacher brought his students to a field where weeds were overgrown to teach them one final lesson before sending them off. Pointing to the field, the teacher asked, “How can you get rid of the weeds?” Since it was the last lesson, the students were expecting a great teaching, but it seemed like a…

Nothing Is Too Late

One day, an elderly person went to a Russian language school around the enrollment season in order to learn the language. A member of the staff asked kindly, “Have you come to enroll your son?” “No, I’ve come to enroll myself in this language school.” The staff member was surprised; the elderly person hesitated for…

Our Concert

Unlike today, old pipe organs sounded when a person kept sending wind to the pipes behind it. One day, a famous musician held an organ recital. The audience gave him a big applause for the magnificent and delicate performance. As the musician went backstage during the break, an old man who was blowing the wind…

Greeting Opens People’s Hearts

A TV show conducted an experiment. A man entered an elevator with his hands full of luggage and dropped a bag as he was getting off. It was to see how many people would help the man. At first, only 3 out of 12 people on the elevator helped him. But in the second experiment…

Little things add up to spiritual blessings

Being faithful even in little things entrusted by God is the best way to store up spiritual blessings. In Matthew 25 we can find a good example of how to store up spiritual blessings. 『“Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants . . . To one he…