Today’s Wednesday Wisdom story is about that man, his son and their donkey. One day, a man and his son went to the market. There, they bought a donkey. On the way home, the man let his son ride while he walked alongside, on foot. After they had travelled some distance,…
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Today’s Wednesday Wisdom story may sound familiar. Now, don’t go assuming you know this story. Read to the end. A professor, after laying out a few items on his table, was waiting for his philosophy class to begin. His students filed in, looked at the table curiously, and took their seats.…
It was their twenty-first wedding anniversary. His wife suggested that he take another woman out for dinner and a movie. As his expression turned to shocked surprise, she continued, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.” The other…
The Cookie Thief A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop. She was engrossed in her book but happened to see, that the…
February, the shortest month of the year, somehow seemed like the longest. Yet, I’ll keep this post shorter than usual. This time, my mantra is, Nothing is permanent …because, this too, shall pass. Health woes continue to hug us. We spent the better part of the month being sick. In fact,…
Getting back to work after a sick break is hard. I imagine it is the same no matter what kind of break it is. And the overall feeling is one of overwhelm. Of course work has piled up. Besides juggling deadlines and pacifying clients and being really creative with the reasons…
I am down with the ‘flu since the last three days. Right now my husband is yelling at me to get off the computer, and I say, please, just two minutes. Apologies for being a day late with the Wednesday Wisdom, but hey, wisdom any day of the week works, right?…