An old man was working in his garden when a priest passed by and said to him,“George, how wonderful it is to see what God and man can do together.” “Yes, sir,” replied George, “if you had seen what this garden looked like last year, when He had it all to Himself.” Yes, that is […]
There is a story about a samurai that I like very much. I am retelling it here from memory. Once upon a time, there was a samurai whose master had been killed. He set out to find his master’s murderer, as his samurai duty commanded him to kill the man. When he finally found him, […]
A factory owner’s main boiler broke down, and the entire factory came to a halt. One after another, he called in experts and consulting firms. They examined the boiler at length, discussed it, tried to fix it—but without success. Eventually, the owner fell into despair, already anticipating bankruptcy. At that point, a small man carrying […]
This is a story from the book The Five Stages of the Soul by Harry Moody and David Carroll, told in the context of sin, guilt, and redemption. According to a Japanese legend, in the city of Wakamatsu there once lived a young samurai named Zenkai, who spent his days gambling and indulging in pleasure. […]
“A man was working in his garden when a stranger walked by and said: ‘I’ve decided to move to a new place. What are the people like in the nearby town?” The gardener wiped off his hands on his trousers and asked the stranger: “What were the people like in the town where you used […]
This is a story about a farmer from Florida who inherited a piece of land that was extremely infertile. I read it some time ago in a book by Dale Carnegie and remembered it because it touches on one of my favorite themes—the transformation of lead into gold, which he calls “how to turn lemons […]
A parable retold and interpreted by Eckhart Tolle, which illustrates through an example how we can practice the conscious “diminishing of the ego” in our lives. “The Zen master Hakuin lived in a town in Japan. He was highly respected, and many people sought his spiritual guidance. It happened that the teenage daughter of his […]
“Ji Xingzi was training a fighting rooster for King Xuan of Zhou. After 10 days, the king asked if the rooster was ready for battle. — Not yet, he is still boastful and vainly shows off. After another 10 days, to the same question, Ji Xingzi replied: — Still not. He still lunges at every […]
Once, seekers of truth climbed a high mountain to visit a wise man and asked him: — How can we become wise? The sage was in meditation. After some time, he emerged and said: — To become wise, you must make the right choices. — And how can we know which choice is right? — […]
There is a tale about two frogs that I know from my father. I have seen it online too, but for me this is not a story I have read – it is a story that was told to me when I was a child, and in this way it became deeply etched in my […]
Once, a farmer’s donkey fell into a well. While the owner was wondering what to do, the animal cried pitifully for hours. In the end, the farmer made a decision: to bury the well together with the donkey. He told himself that the donkey was already very old anyway, and that the well would have […]
Once, a man was walking near a cliff and fell. As he was falling, he managed to grab onto the branch of a small tree growing out of a crack in the rock. Hanging from the branch, shaken by the cold wind, the man realized the full hopelessness of his situation: below him were river […]
