The Stubborn Insistence to Grow

Parable of the Weeds with a different emphasis. These are wild plants determined to grow verdant on concrete. ON CONCRETE! This always amazes me, so I often stop to watch them and marvel. Bereft of enough soil, water, and care, these weeds insist on living and growing, to the point of getting rooted firmly on…

Expecting to be Thanked?

First off, I need to make this clear---it's very important to thank people for favors they do to you. Always. It's not just good PR but it has therapeutic effects, both for the giver and he receiver---especially to the recipient. Most importantly, God wants us to be thankful at all times. Even for little things,…

More School Days Make You Smarter?

Perhaps, the more the merrier. I can live with that. But the more school days the smarter? Suddenly, a bible verse comes to mind. "Always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth." It doesn't necessarily follow that just because you keep a lot of books at home or carry them in your bag to school,…

You are What You Do on Meetings

You get a parallax view of people's inner self during meetings. You know what a parallax view is, of course. It's getting a different view of an object when you're differently positioned. Say, you're used to seeing your car from the road. But wait till you see it from a bird's eye-view, like from a…

Real (Funny) Reason Why People Lie

I'm not so sure, but I think all of us have told a lie once or twice in our lives. I have---just now---because it isn't true that I'm not sure---I'm actually sure. I'm sure we all have told lies. And we do it because we think it saves us from trouble. And looking deeper, we…