This last weekend our editorial staff (our Family) climbed a very popular mountain Mount Timpanogos (or “Mount Timp,” as we call it around here). (For more information check this link out). http://www.summitpost.org/ mountain/rock/151365/mt- timpanogos.html We had reached the top and rested for a while, then decided to take the quick decent down the glacier trail. [...]
There is a chain reaction that we would like to talk to you about. In today’s world, there is a domino effect – negative, unfriendly, hateful, and hostile chains that are created all the time and grow rapidly. How do these chains come about? Say that an employee at a restaurant had a horrible night [...]
School is starting again! Each year at this time, students from kindergarten through college head back to school. As I think back on my school experiences, the majority of my thoughts turn surprisingly to people, rather than subjects of study. I remember friends, teachers, coaches – clubs, socials, football games, and dances. I think it [...]
I have wept in the night For the shortness of sight That to somebody’s need made me blind; But I never have yet Felt a tinge of regret For being a little too kind. – Anonymous At the end of the day, how are we going to fair? Are we going to weep for the [...]
American poet, Edwin Markham, had this simple statement to say about the Golden Rule: “We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.” We sincerely hope that our daily lessons are helping you commit the Golden Rule to life. If you feel they are valuable, we invite you to [...]
I dont have a story. but, i would like to thank you for your daily posts. i am a mother of three still looking for a job in a new country. and i must say that when people are being nasty to us … the impt thing is to first bite our tongue then shift [...]
I read a great definition of the word “serendipity,” reported to have been given by Horace Walpole, the man who invented the word. He defined serendipity as: “that quality of mind which, through sagacity [profound knowledge and understanding, coupled with foresight and good judgment] and good fortune, allows one to frequently discover something good while [...]
“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” -Vincent van Gogh “We cannot do great things on this earth. We can only do little things with great love.” -Mother Teresa I found a website the other day whose owner said, “I want to do great, wonderful things [...]
I recall my daughter, through her high school experiences, as being happy! But being “happy” just was not the popular thing. Most people could not believe that she was for real! She was labeled “fake” because she was just so happy, while in reality, she would have been fake to herself if she had tried [...]