It was the battle of Kurukshetra. The white conch shells were about to sound, the elephants to march forward, and the attack of the archers to commence. The moment was brief and…
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True devotion
About a thousand years ago, Rajaraja Chola I was ruling what is now known as Tamil Nadu State in India. He planned to build a grand temple for Lord Siva at his…
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The cleaning lady
During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: “What…
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Pick-up in the rain
One night, at 11:30 pm, an older African-American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway, trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. Her car had broken down and she desperately…
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The acorn planter
In the 1930s, a young traveller was exploring the French Alps. He came upon a vast stretch of barren land. It was desolate. It was forbidding. It was ugly. It was the…
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Love for others
A wealthy Jewish merchant treats a poor old man with rudeness and disdain as they travel together on a train. When they arrive at their common destination, the merchant finds pious Jews…
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Helping cry
A little girl was late coming home for supper. Her mother made the expected irate parent’s demand to know where she had been. The little girl replied that she had stopped to…
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A pair of shoes
One day, as Mahatma Gandhi stepped aboard a train, one of his shoes slipped off and landed on the track. He was unable to retrieve it as the train was moving. To…