“Please, Daddy, please? Can we open our presents from you now?” It was the third night of Hanukkah and my wife Eleanor, our three young children, and I had just come home from a holiday party. “Didn’t you guys get enough presents at the party?” I asked. Dumb question. “OK,” I relented. “Go ahead.” They… Read More »
Once upon a time, in a small village, there lived a poor farmer and his only son. The farmer loved his son more than anything in the world. He worked hard in his fields day in and day out to provide for his son, and he dreamed of a better future for him. One day,… Read More »
There Was A King. His Name Was Chakvena. He Was Very Pious. Whatever Tax The King Used To Collect From The Public, He Used To Spend It Only In The Public Interest And Did Not Do Any Of His Own Work With That Money. Both The King And The Queen Used To Do Farming To… Read More »
Maya was a young girl with a heart full of love and a mind full of ideas. She grew up in a small village nestled in the mountains, surrounded by natural beauty but also by poverty and hardship. Maya’s parents were farmers who struggled to make ends meet, but they instilled in their daughter a… Read More »
Arjuna’s journey towards perseverance and determination was not an easy one. He faced many obstacles and setbacks along the way. For example, in his youth, he struggled with his archery skills and was often outperformed by his brothers. Despite these setbacks, Arjuna refused to give up. He continued to practice and train tirelessly, determined to… Read More »
Source “I have discovered the Tiger Swami’s address. Let us visit him tomorrow.” This welcome suggestion came from Chandi, one of my high school friends. I was eager to meet the saint who, in his pre-monastic life, had caught and fought tigers with his naked hands. A boyish enthusiasm over such remarkable feats was strong… Read More »
That night, Sue quarreled with her mother, then stormed out of the house. While enroute, she remembered that she did not have any money in her pocket, she did not even have enough coins to make a phone call home. At the same time, she went through a noodle shop, picking up sweet fragrance, she… Read More »
Source Just think of a few of the challenges athletes face. They may have to cope with exhausting training schedules, lost matches, injuries, missed milestones, heartbreaking failures, and personal adversity. If they are female they may have to face health problems related to irregular eating habits and menstruation which in turn can aggravate bone loss. Here… Read More »
In the great epics of India, Ramayan and Mahabharata, war ends not with celebration of victory but with transmission of knowledge . In the Ramayan, Ravan lies mortally wounded on the battlefield and the monkeys are celebrating their victory, when Ram turns to his brother , Lakshman, and says, “While Ravan is a brute, he is also… Read More »
-By Leo Babauta, the founder of the popular Zen Habits Blog. I remember one evening, when my life was pretty different and I was overweight and deeply in debt and a smoker and had such a hard time changing things … I wasn’t feeling too good about my life. I felt horrible about myself, and wondered why I was stuck. I felt hopeless… Read More »