Poem by Linda Ellis I read of a reverend who stood to speak at the funeral of his friend. He referred to the dates on her tombstone from the beginning...to the...
1. The Law of Control: You feel good about yourself to the degree at which you feel you are in control of your own life. 2. The Law of Responsibility: You are...
Spiritual Short Story by Unknown A beggar asked Ibrahim ibn Al Adham for charity Ibrahim told him: "I'll give you better than that;come with me." Ibrahim...
October 5 Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. – Michelangelo Mogul art, one of the great periods of artistic achievement in India, often is...
Washington, DC, Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time...
The story begins in the 25-cent room that is only open on Friday afternoons at a second hand store. A plastic bag of tiny picture frames sold for 25-cents and...
I had the great honor a few years ago of being inducted into my high school Hall of Fame at St. Paul Central in St. Paul, Minn. Previous honorees include...
In my years teaching people to be successful, I have seen that basically people break their lives down into two major parts: Wealth-building and the rest of...
Different people see the same situation differently. Each one may only be partially right. We all have read the story of the blind men and the elephant. If we...
We place great emphasis on a narrow idea of physical beauty. In an American history discussion group, the professor was trying to explain how, throughout...
.....We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or to other peoples' models, learn to be ourselves, and...
Prosveta Publishing is pleased to offer you the Daily Meditation for this 30/01/2009. "It takes just one breath to blow out a flame. But if you feed the flame,...
A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman...
1.Problems exist: Problems are always present,everywhere and for everyone. 2.Problems change you: Every problem comes to change you in one way or another for...
Prosveta Publishing is pleased to offer you the Daily Meditation for this 04/01/2009. "You want your friends to visit you, so you invite them for dinner, and...
A very happy and successful new year to everyone! Some thoughts: We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be...
New Year's Resolutions: The Two Lists A Message from DailyOM Co-Founder Scott Blum I was fortunate to spend time with an enigmatic man named Robert during a...
I love the story of what happened during the days of the Berlin Wall. One day some of the East Berliners decided they were going to send their West Berlin...
10 Financial Myths to Defeat in Economic Downturns By Garrett B. Gunderson Look for Garret's program, The New Rules of the Rich - coming this December from...
We all want to get along better with others. Sometimes it just feels so damn awkward with certain people though! Wouldn't it be great if we knew simple...
"If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well,...
When I started writing my column 15 years ago, I decided to follow Aesop's lead and put a moral at the end of each lesson—and my readers often tell me...
I like what Miguel de Cervantes, the author of DON QUIXOTE, said, "Love not what you are, but what you may become." There is hope that I can always change for...
In life, and in business, there are only a few fundamentals that make life work out well, and they have never changed. Too often we pretend that technology and...
Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess...
Work is PURE JOY! Work polishes silver and gold . . .it refines character. Work rows "Life's Boat" upstream. Work weeds the garden and the mind, Work lifts...
Today and every day is the best day of my life because: I choose to make the most of every second of every day. I choose to be happy regardless of the...
My college roommate and I decided to decorate our dormitory bedroom. We thought that colored lights would be perfect. But having none, we painted all of our...
