The Graduation Gift
A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. Many…
Why Are You Crying
A man knocked at his Bedouin friend’s door to ask him a favor: “I want you to lend me four thousand dinars because I have a debt to pay. Can you do that for me?” “I only remembered him when…
Good News Of This Week
The Argentinean golfer Robert de Vincenzo went to the parking lot to get his car after having won an important tournament. “This woman is a swindler and is always telling the same story to all foreign golfers that show up…
The One Dollar
Cassan Said Amer tells a story about a lecturer who began a seminar holding up a one-dollar bill, and asking: Who wants this dollar bill? He repeated the question, and the hands continued to be held high. You mustn’t ever…
Intelligent Servant
When he was staying at an air base in Africa, author Saint-Exupéry passed the hat among his friends because a Moroccan servant wanted to return to his hometown. “He knew that the best investment in the world is people. Spending…
The Grove Of Cedar Trees
In 1939, the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara was working in the Japanese embassy in Lithuania during one of the most terrible periods humanity has known, and he saved thousands of Polish Jews from the Nazi threat by issuing them with…
The Small Farm And The Cow
A philosopher was strolling through the forest with a disciple, discussing the importance of unexpected encounters. According to the philosopher, everything around us provides us with an opportunity to learn or to teach. They knocked on the door and were…
The Discretion
One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview, and the director did the last interview and made the last decision. The youth answered, “My mother worked as clothes…
The Best Friend
In 10th grade As I sat there in English class, I stared at the girl next to me. She was my so called “best friend”. She asked me to come over because she didn’t want to be alone, so I…
Smart Man
A wise old gentleman retired and purchased a modest home near a junior high school. He spent the first few weeks of his retirement in peace and contentment. I’ll give you each a dollar if you’ll promise to come around…
We Are On The Line
Every minute someone leaves this world behind. We are all in “the line” without knowing it. We never know how many people are before us. Make the small things big. Make someone smile. Make the change. Make love. Make up….
Think Outside Of The Box
In a small Italian town, hundreds of years ago, a small business owner owed a large sum of money to a loan shark. The loan shark was a very old, unattractive-looking guy who just so happened to fancy the business…