with credit given to Douglas Adams
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizzare and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
a native American story An elder Cherokee Native American was teaching his grandchildren about life. He said to them, ‘A fight is going on inside me . . . it is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies,…
a Zen Buddhist story A farmer got so old that he couldn’t work the fields anymore. So he would spend the day just sitting on the porch. His son, still working the farm, would look up from time to time and see his father sitting there. “He’s of no use any more,” the son thought…
Ellie Wiesel is a Buchenwald concentration camp survivor, writer and Nobel Peace Prize winner. In the photo he is in the second row, 7th from the left. This quote is from his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night. We…
a Buddhist story When the spiritual teacher and his disciples began their evening meditation, a cat who lived in the monastery made such noise that it distracted them. One day the teacher ordered that the cat be tied up during the evening practice. Years later, when the teacher died, the cat continued to be tied…
a sport that celebrates our imperfection Baseball teaches us, or has taught most of us, how to deal with failure. We learn at a very young age that failure is the norm in baseball and, precisely because we have failed, we hold in high regard those who fail less ofien-those who hit safely in one…
Lao Tzu is considered the father of Taoism. Many of his quotes seem to be directed squarely at me. There is no absolute right and wrong. People judge as right what they personally consider pleasant, and judge as wrong what they personally consider unpleasant. Convincing others of what is right cannot be equated with…