Category Archives: Worldly Issues

The evil you do, remains with you! The good you do, comes back to you!

  July 6, 2012 - 1:31 pm |
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Someone recently passed along this story below — thought it was worth a share. The Basic Dynamics Of Good And Evil (“The evil you do, remains with you! The good you do, comes back to you!”) A woman enjoyed the practice of baking bread for members of her family. She also made an extra one for a hungry passerby. She kept the extra bread on the window sill, for whosoever would take it away. Everyday, a hunchback came and took away the bread. Instead of expressing gratitude, he muttered the following words as he went his way: “The evil you do, remains with you! The … Continue reading →

Don’t Let It Get In

  June 25, 2012 - 1:29 pm | ,
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This world is not full of perfect people. Throughout your life, you will have people not “doing right by you.” You will have people who don’t treat you right. From salespeople at the store you just meet once to the closest people in your life, people will treat you in imperfect and sometimes very challenging ways. While it’s easy in all of these situations to get upset about such situations and such treatment, while it’s easy to start pointing a finger and retaliating or complaining, that doesn’t help us at all. In fact, that just amplifies the wrong done to … Continue reading →

The Mental Chain

  June 12, 2012 - 12:03 pm | ,
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Another useful story someone passed on to me via email: Most people are like the circus elephant. Have you ever seen a giant elephant in an indoor arena tied to a little wooden stake. That huge creature can pick up two thousand pounds with its trunk, yet it calmly stays tied. Why? When that elephant was just a baby, and not very strong, it was tied by a huge chain to an iron stake that could not be moved. Regardless of how hard it tried, it could not break the chain and run free. After it a while it just … Continue reading →