A monk of the Ramakrishna Mission was being interviewed by a journalist from New York. Journalist: “Sir, in your last lecture, you told usabout Jogajog (Contact) and Sanjog (Connection). It’s really confusing.…
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Listening – at Christmas and always
A few years after I left my secondary school in Manchester, I was invited to help out with the school’s Christmas Fair and I decided to have a go at being Father…
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We are never alone
Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth’s rite of passage? His father takes him into the forest…blindfolded…and leaves him….alone. He is required to sit on a stump the whole…
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The land where there were no old men
This is a folktale from Romania. In olden times, in a distant country, the young folk came together and decided to get rid of the old men. They did not want their…
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The rescuing hug
When preemie twins Brielle and Kyrie Jackson were born, doctors weren’t sure they’d make it, until a smart nurse placed the girls together in one incubator. These iconic twins were born 12…
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True love never fades
It was a busy morning about 8:30 when an elderly gentleman in his ‘80s arrived at the clinic to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry…
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When did Mommy come to work for us?
Dad was sitting in his recliner one evening, reading the newspaper, while Mom was busy getting dinner ready in the kitchen. Their little boy, whose was in the living room with Dad,…
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Fences
Hank Tate, in Discipline – You Can’t Succeed Without It, shares the results of a study by some child psychologists. The psychologists assumed that fences around playgrounds must inhibit children in their…
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A shove from the nest
Some people need a little push to be responsible. Dr. Kevin Leman, in his book Have a New Kid by Friday, shares a letter from Kari in Indiana: “My son didn’t find…
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Empty plates
In his book Have a New Kid by Friday, Dr. Kevin Leman teaches parents to “let reality be the teacher.” One mom, Amy from Texas, wrote Dr. Leman to tell him how she…