Posts Tagged by life lessons

The Life of Trees

Those who know me are aware that I have been torn between two paths in my life – two great passions, and thus far I have done both. Now as one appears it may be ending and uncertainty is the dominant force of the day…sitting on my deck, coffee in hand and looking at the…

The Accident

What started as a normal day, led me down a path in which normal will never be quite normal again. The blood still soaks my jacket, and my shirt remains damp from the onslaught of tears. Removing it, cleaning up, just seems like a feeble attempt to wipe away the impact of this day, this…

What You See, Is What You Get

Good People A Yiddish Folk Tale An old man sat outside the walls of a great city. When travelers approached, they would ask the old man, “What kind of people live in this city?” The old man would answer, “What kind of people live in the place where you came from?” If the travelers answered,…

A Beautiful Message

They’re Singing Your Song From a story told by Alan Cohen in his book: Wisdom Of The Heart When a woman in a certain African tribe knows she is pregnant, she goes out into the wilderness with a few friends and together they pray and meditate until they hear the song of the child. They…

The Dog and the Shadow

A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water and took it for that of another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size. He immediately let go of his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog to…

Lesson Learned

The meditation posts will continue soon.  In the meantime here is a little story that makes us view things in a little different light.  It is all about how we look at things… Lesson Learned, Unknown Author One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country…