No More Heroes? Many articles have appeared in recent years, claiming that there are no more heroes in the Western world. The authors say that, particularly in Europe and North America, the young now refuse to admire anyone; that we are living in a w...
Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience. How right they were! Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, ext...
How to Avoid Foolish Opinions To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind is prone, no superhuman genius is required. A few simple rules will keep you, not from all error, but from silly error. If the matter is one that can be settled by o...
Beautiful Smile and Love I believe that we are not real social workers. We may be doing social work in the eyes of the people, but we are really contemplatives in the heart of the world. For we are touching the body of Christ twenty-four hours... And...
Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel daily to work. There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eyes. I've noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours, the afternoon sun is t...
There are lives that have bread in abundance and yet are starved; with barns and warehouses filled, with shelves and larders laden they are empty and hungry. No man need envy them; their feverish, restless whirl in the dust of publicity is but the se...
Salaries Economists and experts on wages have long tried to discover what factors were influencing peoples salaries. Most of the factors they listed one or two centuries ago are still important today. One of those is education: college graduates have...
Tourism Railroads, ships, buses, and airplanes have made travel easier, faster, and cheaper; and the number of people who can spare the time and the money to take trips has grown enormously. It is not reserved to a lucky few, nowadays, to admire Inca...
Work and Play Our everyday existence is divided into two phases, as distinct as day and night. We call them work and play. We work so many hours a day, and when we have allowed the necessary minimum for such activities as eating and shopping, the res...
The Story of Sissa There was once a victim of overwhelming numbers called King Shirham of India, who, according to the old legend, wanted to reward his grand Prime Minister Sissa for inventing and presenting to him the game of chess. The desire of th...
