List Of Monthly Reflections

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 mice gathered for a crucial meeting, hoping to find a solution to their growing problem: a menacing cat that posed a constant threat. Numerous ideas were proposed, yet none resonated with the audience.

When asked how he manages to maintain such a calm and balanced demeanor all the time, a Tibetan master replied with simplicity: “It’s simple. When I lie down, I lie down. When I sit, I sit. And when I walk, I walk.”

Two simple miners had been digging through rocks for several months, looking for some precious stone with which they could support their families. One day, in the cracks between the rocks, they saw something shining. It looked like they found what they were looking for!

There is an old story about a writer and how he studied the Amish people in preparation for an article on them. What did he discover that day?

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.

A dying father called his sons to him and decided to impart one final lesson before departing this world. When his sons arrived at his bedside, he handed them a bundle of young bamboo shoots and instructed them to break them.

When Dr. Schweitzer heard the story, he said, “I never would have thought that one child could do so much."

I distinctly remember after supper one evening, the words of our younger daughter, Colleen. She wanted to tell me something important that had happened to her at school that day...

A flautist began to take notice that his playing had a hypnotic effect on his audiences. The people listening to him sat motionless, as though they were in a trance.