Once the abbot of a monastery had this dream: there were many monks in a monastery, each one doing his own task. All of them were surrounded by demons who tried to tempt them in different ways, but in vain, for the monks were holy enough to reject those temptations. At a certain point a […]
There is a parable in the Eastern tradition that speaks of a poet—poets in the oriental culture are considered moral leaders, those who guide the people with their wisdom. For that reason, they are considered as men who have an important or divine mission. The poet in this parable was sad about his situation, because
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A young girl wanted to be a soccer player. She trained for this every day. One day she had an accident and injured her legs. The ambulance took her to the hospital, and she had surgery. After the surgery, the doctor spoke with her and explained that the surgery was successful and she was going
It was Friday, June 13th 1930, when Henri Guillaumet, an experienced French airplane pilot, had to travel from Santiago de Chile to Mendoza. The weather forecast predicted a huge snowstorm for that day. However, he still decided to leave Chile and to cross Los Andes (The Andes). At one point the snowstorm became very strong
In Granada, Spain, the townspeople are very proud of the beauty that can be found in their city. They say that is the most beautiful city in the world. In fact, a story tells that there is a wall that remembers a blind beggar who used to live in that city, and there is an
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Once the famous scientist Louis Pasteur (the one who discover the microorganisms and invented the process of pasteurization) was eating with some friends and grapes were served. Everyone was about to eat them when Pasteur stopped them and started explaining the necessity of washing the grapes before eating them. While he was explaining his theory
Once an elephant came into the town and was walking down the main street. The elephant was so impressive; no one had seen an elephant before. The people could not believe how big it was. The elephant walked majestically along the street. Suddenly a little lapdog ran up to the elephant and started barking at
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Once a blind person was begging on a very crowed street. He was sitting on the sidewalk with a hat at his feet and a sign written in white chalk: “please help me, I am blind.” A person who worked in making advertisements passed by and stopped and looked at his hat that only had
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One day Susan went to visit her friend Michael. Michael, who moved from his parent’s house and hometown when he was 18 years old, lived alone. He was depressed but she did know that when she decided to visit him. He had not told her that he was depressed, she just missed him, and she
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A couple of hunters were hunting in the middle of the jungle when they saw a hut. Out of curiosity, they went over to the hut. “Maybe,” they thought, “it is a hut for hunters to sleep in, in case of necessity.” However, when they got to the hut, they found that an old man
