About Wellsprings

This site is a cluster of wellsprings. Wellsprings of heartwarming anecdotes, stirring stories, age-old fables, epic tales, mythical musings, good deeds, life's lessons, inspiring insights, and much more. None of these are our own but they have something for all of us. That's why we have taken the liberty of putting them together, acknowledging the source or the author wherever we could.

  • People need love

    In 2003, USA Today reported that a little loving contact can go a long way when it comes to physical health.  A study by the American Psychosomatic Society had one group of people hold…

  • The greatest compliment

    In the “Ask Marilyn” column in Parade magazine, a reader asked, “What do you consider to be the ultimate compliment anyone could pay you?” The columnist, Marilyn vos Savant, who was listed…

  • Lying takes more brain energy

    A study has found that lying takes more brain energy than telling the truth. The study, reported in 2004, was conducted by the Temple University School of Medicine, USA, using functional magnetic…

  • Shooting yourself down

    The F-11 Tiger was one of the first supersonic jets of the US navy, flying off aircraft carriers. From 1957-1969 it was used by the Blue Angels flight team. But on September.…

  • The helpful Moon

    The book Our Created Moon: Earth’s Fascinating Neighbor reveals some ways the Moon benefits mankind. One obvious way is the light it reflects at night, which has guided travellers on land and sea for…

  • A total eclipse

    A total eclipse is one of the most beneficial events for human knowledge. Astronomers, physicists and historians learn all kinds of things from them (this is how astronomers confirmed that gravity bends…

  • Feeling dizzy?

    Do you realise that you should be dizzy right now?  That’s because you are, right now, travelling at the speed of 66,000 miles per hour around the Sun. That’s how fast the…

  • Earth: The perfect home

    …the universe is a very inhospitable place. As far as we know, there’s no other place in it that can support human life except this little dot of a planet called Earth.…

  • Tagore sings

    There was once a talented little boy, Rabindranath Tagore, who was very beautiful to look at and also very smart. His father was rich and well respected; he owned vast plots of land…

  • Beggar by choice

    In the history of begging for a public cause, Gandhiji created a world record. He discovered this capacity in himself in South Africa when he was in charge of collection of subscriptions…