We always convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, than another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren‘t old enough and we‘ll be more co...

After the practice, Juliet goes back to Bryan‘s house. Juliet:You have branches on your door, too! Why do people do that around the time of Dragon Boat Festival? Bryan:Chi...

Joy in living comes from having fine emotions, trusting them, giving them the freedom of a bird in the open. Joy in living can never be assumed as a pose, or put on from the outsid...

Do you Yahoo? If you don’t, Yahoo is making it easier to check your email. Especially when you’re on the go.   “To learn more about Yahoo by phone, press zero.” It...

Looking for my book, that’s what you do when you write a book. I can’t find mine; all I can find are dirty novels, cookbooks and diet books. Year after year cook books and diet b...

There was a group called 'The Fisherman‘s Fellowship'. They were surrounded by streams and lakes full of hungry fish. They met regularly to discuss the call to fish, and the thril...

I opened my eyes. I was looking up at the ceiling. Why I was looking there, I don‘t know, but I kept looking anyway, and laughing. I kicked my legs and shuck my arms, but it broug...

The old monk often took the young monk to the hill outside the temple to recite the lection. One day the young monk said to the old monk,'How slowly the time goes!' The old monk sa...

When the moon is fullest it begins to wane, When it is darkest it begins to grow.—Chinese Proverb There is a calm wisdom in this old saying that impressed me when I heard it first...

When I was a puppy, I entertained you with my 1)antics and made you laugh. You called me your child, and despite a number of chewed shoes and a couple of murdered throw pillows, I ...