The journey One day a son and father were traveling to the neighboring city. Son was walking next to the donkey while the father was sitting on the donkey. "Poor boy" : a man passing by said, "His small feet can barely walk while the father is sitting comfortably on the donkey." Hearing this, the father got off the donkey and put his son on the donkey instead of him. As he was walking, another man passed by saying " How shameful! The child is sitting on the donkey like a king

A long time ago, there lived a rich man who had a shop. Every month he would send money to his parents, and even presents on holidays. However, no matter how much they asked him to come visit, he never did. He was always so busy with working and seeing his friends, and so he never had time to come home. One day, this man's shop burned down. All of his products and everything he had, burned down with the store. This was a very sad time. This man decided to built a new store a

College can be very stressful and bring anxiety with the never ending papers and tests. So how do you ease your anxiety and prepare for the tests? 1. Make a list of tasks that need to be done in order of priority. Seeing an organized list will help you feel less overwhelmed and get prepared ahead of time. 2. Make a to-do list everyday. 3. Reward yourself for every task accomplished. This could a yummy dinner, a nice walk, or a hangout with a friend. 4. Take a 30 mins break ev

Life is interesting, funny, beautiful and occasionally sad. Things happen. Sometimes they bring you joy and sometimes sadness. How to proceed when you encounter problems: 1. Try to come up with solutions, almost every problem has a solution. 2. Think about the most challenging obstacle you had to overcome. If you were able to overcome that, you can overcome anything! 3. You have only one life and you have a choice to be happy or to be sad. You have a choice on how to interpre

1. Simple things can make us happy! A sunny day, a cloud shaped like Mickey Mouse, yummy snack, funny movie, and playing in the snow! To be

Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained, “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.” Edison replied very confidently, “Oh, we have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We know that there are two thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light bulb.” When our work brings no noticiable results, we might feel it was all in vain. On the contr

The past is behind us, and the future is not yet here, and the only thing we do have is the present. What is "now," and how can we

I try not to be biased, but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. His placement counselor assured me that he would be a good, reliable busboy. But I had never had a mentally handicapped employee and wasn't sure I wanted one. I wasn't sure how my customers would react to Stevie. He was short, a little dumpy with the smooth facial features and thick-tongued speech of Downs Syndrome. I wasn't worried about most of my trucker customers because truckers don't generally care who bus

John Lubbock “What we do see depends mainly on what we look for. ... In the same field the farmer will notice the crop, the geologists the fossils, botanists the flowers, artists the colouring, sportmen the cover for the game. Though we may all look at the same things, it does not all follow that we should see them.” And so different people will notice different things in the same situation. One person will notice opportunity where another sees despair. If we focus on ou

Fear is one of the universal emotions. It underlies a lot of our behavior and it is very useful in allowing us to survive. Sometimes, though, it becomes a hindrance to our success. One of our most common fears is the fear of rejection, be that rejection by a potential date, employer, or a graduate program we apply to. You know what is the worse thing you can do? Give into your fear and do nothing. It is better to try and fail than to never try. Through your tries, you will le