making memories

‘Life is like a roller coaster ride,’ … I have heard this before and it really stuck in my mind while the family and I spent our vacation at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio the last last few days. The kids wanted to do nothing but go from roller coaster to roller coaster. […]

the fox, the tiger, the rabbit and the crab

One day a tiger was hunting around in a forest. An unlucky fox was met and caught by the tiger. For the fox, the inescapable destination was very clear — death. Despite the danger, the fox thought hard to find a way out. Promptly, the fox declared to the tiger, “How dare you kill me!” […]

making life fun

That year, in the local school, there was a new Math teacher, as well as some new pupils. One of the new kids was the stupidest child anyone had ever seen. It made no difference how quickly or how slowly they tried explaining numbers to him; he would always end up saying something enormously dumb. […]

the Owl…

  Once there was an owl who sat on a limb and was listening to a song bird that was singing a lovely tune. When a wood pecker flew in and landed on this same tree and began banging its beak against the bark of the tree. “Rap, Rap, Rap.” “Excuse me,” started the little song bird, “But, […]

to be a Super Hero

Super Hero Author: Nathaniel Bronner Jr. Dr. Marilyn spoke at our staff meeting. She took us through exercises as she worked to get our minds and spirits adjusted to a more positive direction. “Close your eyes and think back to when you were small. What did you want to be? What were your dreams? What […]

the disciple

Zendictive’s… 300th post   (after 300 stories and poems, I still enjoy doing this as much now as when I started- the up side is I am getting a grip on the gadgets offered and used to blog) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     A hermit was meditating by a river when a young man interrupted him. “Master, […]

Confucius

  Confucius and his disciples were often persecuted by fearful despots. Having been deported from another state, the band – passing through a remote region – encountered an old woman crying beside a grave. Confucius asked her why she wept. A tiger had killed her husband and his father, she explained, and had recently attacked […]

when salt is sweet

(I read this and it touched me. It might not fill you with wisdom but it might touch the heart strings and since valentines day is just around the corner, I felt it is a great story to kick off the the weekend before valentines. setting the mood! “Love”) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ salty coffee He met her at a […]

reasons

Reasons One day a malcontent was sitting under a walnut tree, and his eyes fell on a great pumpkin growing nearby. “Oh God,” said the malcontent, “how foolish you are to give such small nuts to such a big tree and such immense fruit to this tiny vine. Now if pumpkins were growing on this […]

slippery situations

   One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soap box, which happened in one of Japan’s biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soap box that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which […]