List Of Monthly Reflections

We often find ourselves perfectly content with what we have until the moment we begin comparing it to what belongs to others.

The first missionaries to the Marshall Islands received mail only once a year. Their overwhelming joy whenever the letters arrived did not go unnoticed by the locals.

A young lawyer, eager to make a mark in the legal world, took great pride in setting up an impressive office.

One day, while Albert Einstein was teaching, he started writing multiplication problems on the board. He wrote: 9 x 1 = 9, 9 x 2 = 18, continuing until he wrote 9 x 10 = 91. The class erupted in laughter because they noticed his mistake; the correct answer was 90.

In northern Brazil, there is a popular game called Pau de Cebu in which young people and children try to climb a greased pole to win a prize.

The driver driving the car had a flat tire on an empty and dark road. He got out of the car but noticed that he had not taken the car jack with him, so it would not be possible to change the tire. Despair began to seize him as he saw the light of a country house in the distance.