Tag: wisdom

Don’t build on the sand

May 7, 2013 | 3 comments

Take a good look at this tower.  See anything unusual?   It’s leaning!  Yep, two meters off plumb. When construction on this tower in Delft began in the 1300’s, the builders moved a canal away from the Old Church to

Where do you find happiness first?

August 23, 2012 | 6 comments

Sent in by a reader…it will catch you by surprise… An excerpt from The Road to Happiness by Mac Anderson and BJ Gallagher When I travel on business, I like to talk to the taxi drivers who take me from

A parable of two pebbles

May 29, 2012 | 6 comments

Many years ago, in a small Chinese village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a local rich man.  The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer’s beautiful daughter. So he proposed

Don’t fear opinion

May 23, 2012 | 6 comments

  Do you ever get tense, anxious, fearful, or angry when other people vent opinions contrary to what you believe? Millions of people in this world hold billions of opinions on topics of all persuasions, from politics to religion to

Do you trust your eyes?

May 11, 2012 | 2 comments

Christian Science teaches again and again that you can’t often trust your eyes. They frequently give you reports that are not true. Below is an example. Those circles are not moving!  Your eyes are making them move. To test this,