A special thing happens sometimes at auctions. Two bidders are actively biding against one another for a unique item, perhaps a backstage pass or a meal with someone influential or…
Most people think of charity as simply giving to the poor. But the meaning goes much deeper. Charity, in its definition, means a “voluntary giving of help.” It also can…
What is courage? It is not the absence of fear. A courageous person is not a person who is not afraid. Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway.…
Many people think of forgiveness as a saintly, unselfish act. We sometimes feel that by forgiving the person who has wronged us, we are wiping clean the memory of the…
How do we create more compassion in ourselves? Compassion, that feeling of empathy for another’s suffering, is cultivated very simply, by practice. All of the major religions of the world…
Here is a parable that I would like to share with you today. The author of this great parable is unknown but it is a very well-known parable. A parable…