Seeing obstacles as opportunities to exercise strengths

Seeing obstacles as opportunities to exercise strengths

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” ― Helen Keller Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with...
Practising courage in the face of fear

Practising courage in the face of fear

There was once a man who was terrified of his own shadow and lived in fear of the sound of his own footsteps. Walking along one day he entered a panic and tried to flee at top speed. But as fast as he ran, his shadow and footsteps kept up with him and made him run all...
Living the questions: The key to a meaningful life

Living the questions: The key to a meaningful life

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live...
Practicing perseverance and getting gritty

Practicing perseverance and getting gritty

“Itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout Down came the rain And washed the spider out Out came the sun and dried up all the rain And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again.” Grit is courage and resolve, or strength of character. Persistence means to...
What is the value of a human life?

What is the value of a human life?

What is the value and meaning of a human life? Does it lie in longevity? In achievement? Pleasure? Success? Does the value of our lives lie in the amount of happy or enjoyable moments we have? Does it lie in what we create or generate (Art, children, career)? Our...