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Five Words of Advice, Different Outcomes
Two frustrated young men went to visit their teacher. They said: “Master, we are being bullied at the office where we work; the office culture has become incredibly toxic. Please enlighten us. Should we quit our jobs?” they asked in unison. The master closed his eyes, deep in thought. After a while, he uttered five …
The Angel Who Lost Wings
https://youtu.be/Dn51LxzSHf0 Once upon a time, there was a couple that had been so in love that they wanted to share that love with a small bundle of joy. So, they tried their best to have a baby and, to their delight, succeeded. But after the baby was born, they realized he wasn’t developing as quickly …
Confucius Knows the Future
The story of Confucius was recorded in the book of Liezi. It is said that there was a man in the state of Song who was benevolent. His black cow gave birth to a white calf. He thought it was strange, so he asked Confucius. Confucius did not give him any reason, he only said …
Rebirth of a Fraud Victim: Once You See It (32)
Some things, once seen, cannot be unseen. Not because you know more,but because you can no longer understand them in the same way. Two years ago, when Steve Lopez interviewed me for the Los Angeles Times,he asked me a question: Why are so many victims—professors, engineers, professionals—intelligent people? At the time, I did not truly …
Love in a Dollar
The image is from https://www.pleacher.com/mp/puzzles/tricks/mobmony2.html. Jim worked in a scenic area. When he went to work every day, his elderly neighbor Jack would hand him a $5 bill and ask him to buy him a $4 coffee from the coffee shop in the scenic area. This exchange had been going on for several years. In …
Thanksgiving
If you would like to have background music while you are reading, please click on the arrow below. I feel fortunate to have gotten to spend this Thanksgiving together with my family at my youngest daughter’s house. All of my children were there, with the exception of my oldest daughter who lives in …
Wisdom – Third Time’s Not the Charm
If you would like to have background music while you are reading, please click on the arrow below. You may be puzzled by the title. There is a Chinese saying that we should not repeat our mistakes more than two times. If we do, then we will suffer the consequence as a result. While …
The One Who Saved Me is the One I Hate the Most!
The image is from https://www.hiteshkumar.com/culture-travel/big-tree-hollow.html Roddick was a British prisoner of war in WWII. Like many prisoners of war, he was sent to a German concentration camp. There were nearly a thousand prisoners of war in the camp, all British. They were forced to endure inhuman treatment and do brutally hard work. Luckily, Roddick was …
Where Are You?
One early Sunday morning I got up and tried to move my car Because I came home late the night before After visiting my grandson Who had just been released from the hospital After being hit by a car. Usually, I would have moved the car So my older son could go exercise But on …
One Day Man Will Have To Do Something For The Animals
The image is from https://www.fws.gov/refuge/northern_tallgrass_prairie/about_NWRS.html. Cows at a farm near Cologne, Germany, have given the milk to the point that they can’t produce any more milk. Those cows were immediately facing the fate of being sold for slaughter. Some people could not bear to see the cows being killed, so they approached the farmer and …
Wait to Take Action
Most of my colleagues were very excited because a new manager transferred to our department. We had heard that he was capable, and he had come to reorganize the business, but after a few days, the new director had done nothing. He showed up at the office politely every day, but just stayed in …
