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Going with the Flow
by: Author Unknown
A Taoist
story tells of an old man who accidentally fell into the river rapids
leading to a high and dangerous waterfall. Onlookers feared for his
life. Miraculously, he came out alive and unharmed downstream at the
bottom of the falls. People asked him how he managed to survive. "I
accommodated myself to the water, not the water to me. Without
thinking, I allowed myself to be shaped by it. Plunging into the
swirl, I came out with the swirl. This is how I survived."
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Hundredth Monkey
by: Author Unknown, A Quiet Place for the Mind
The
Japanese monkey, Macaca fuscata, has been observed in the filed for a
period of over 30 years. In 1952, on the island of Koshima scientists
were providing monkeys with sweet potatoes dropped in the sand. The
monkeys liked the taste of the raw sweet potatoes, but they found the
firt unpleasant.
An
18-month old female name Imo found she could solve the problem by
washing the potatoes in a nearby stream. She taught this trick to her
mother. Her playmates also learned this new way and they taught their
mothers, too.
This
cultural innovation was gradually picked up by various monkeys before
the eyes of the scientists. Between 1952 and 1958, all the young
monkeys learned to wash the sandy sweet potatoes to make them more
palatable. Only the adults who imitated their children learned this
social improvement. Other adults kept eating the dritysweet potatoes.
Then
something startling took place. In the autumn of 1958, a certain
number of Koshima monkeys were washing sweet potatoes -- the exact
number is not known. Let us suppose that when the sun rose one morning
there were 99 monkeys on Koshima Island who had learned to wash their
sweet potatoes. Let's further suppose that later that morning, the
hundredth monkey learned to wash potatoes. THEN IT HAPPENED!
By that
evening almost everyone in the tribe was washing sweet potatoes before
eating them. The added energy of this hundredth monkey somehow created
an ideological breakthrough!
But
notice. The most surprising thing observed by these scientists was
that the habit of washing sweet potatoes then spontaneously jumped
over the sea -- Colonies of monkeys on other islands and the mainland
troop of monkeys at Takasakiyama began washing their sweet potatoes! (Lifetide,
Watson, pp. 147-148, Bantam Books, 1980. This book gives other
fascinating details.)
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Road Not Taken, The
by: Robert Frost
Two roads
diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long as I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth,
Then took
the other as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim;
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.
And both
that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet, knowing how way leads onto way I doubted
if I should ever come back.
I shall
be telling this with a sigh,
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
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Sense of a Goose, A
by: Author Unknown, Condensed Chicken Soup for the Soul
When you
see geese flying along in "V" formation, you might consider what
science has discovered as to why they fly that way. As each bird flaps
its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following. By
flying in "V" formation, the whole flock adds at least 71 percent
greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own.
People
who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they
are going more quickly and easily because they are traveling on the
thrust of one another.
When a
goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and
resistance of trying to go it alone - and quickly gets back into
formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front.
If we
have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation with those
people who are headed the same way we are.
When the
head goose gets tired, it rotates back in the wing and another goose
flies point.
It is
sensible to take turns doing demanding jobs, whether with people or
with geese flying south.
Geese
honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.
What
messages do we give when we honk from behind?
Finally -
and this is important - when a goose gets sick or is wounded by
gunshot, and falls out of formation, two other geese fall out with
that goose and follow it down to lend help and protection. They stay
with the fallen goose until it is able to fly or until it dies, and
only then do they launch out on their own, or with another formation
to catch up with their group.
If we
have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other like that.
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Cliffhanger
by: Author Unknown
One day while walking through the wilderness a man stumbled upon a
vicious tiger. He ran but soon came to the edge of a high cliff.
Desperate to save himself, he climbed down a vine and dangled over
the fatal precipice. As he hung there, two mice appeared from a
hole in the cliff and began gnawing on the vine. Suddenly, he
noticed on the vine a plump wild strawberry. He plucked it and
popped it in his mouth. It was incredibly delicious!
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Teacher of the Year
Ron Clark never wanted to teach; all he wanted was a
life filled with adventure. While recuperating from a trip to
Transylvania at his mom's home in Belhaven, North Carolina,
Ron was told a teacher in the area had passed away and was
asked if he'd be willing to finish out the school year. Ron
visited the school and was hooked! The next day he started
teaching fifth grade – and fell in love with teaching. Five
years later, he saw a program about a school in Harlem that
showed students who were intelligent but had extremely low
test-scores because the school couldn't attract good teachers.
The next day Ron told his co-teacher, "I'm going to teach in
Harlem." He packed his car, drove up to New York, and stayed
at the YMCA. As a result of his calling, his dedication, and
his enthusiasm in his Harlem classroom, Ron was named 2000
Outstanding Teacher of the Year at
Disney's American Teacher Awards.
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Heartsongs
Born with a rare form of muscular dystrophy, 11 year old
Mattie Stepanek is achieving great feats, even though he
struggles with his illness: earning a junior black belt in
martial arts, homeschooling at the 11th grade level, and
having his poetry published. Mattie has been
writing poetry since he was three years old. "I write to
express my thoughts and feelings," he explains. You hear the
word "heartsongs" a lot in his work. "Your heartsong is your
inner beauty," says Mattie. "It's the song in your heart that
wants you to help make yourself a better person, and to help
other people do the same. Everybody has one."
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Hugs and Hope Club
Marsha Jordan is a self-described "disabled grandma" in
northern Wisconsin who loves children. Belonging to several
prayer groups and having prayed for several sick children over
time, Marsha had the idea to put all "her" kids on a web site
and form a non profit organization called
The Hugs & Hope Club,
so that others could write to them, pray for them and help
their parents financially. The site now features 25 children
as well as 125 volunteers who send gifts to the children and
email their parents to encourage them. Marsha has also
organized benefit concerts and fundraisers. One little girl's
bank fund increased by $10,000 within a week after her story
was posted on The Hugs & Hope Club site.
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Chemo Angels
After losing her father to cancer 11 years ago, Laura
Armstrong felt a need to reach out to cancer patients. In
1999 she started Chemo Angels, a non-profit organization
dedicated to providing pampering and special treatment to men,
women and children who are going through the physical,
emotional and mental rigors of chemotherapy and/or radiation
therapy.
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Free The Children
Twelve-year-old Craig Kielburger, upset by a newspaper
article about the forced slavery and subsequent murder of a
child in Pakistan, began in 1995 to research worldwide
injustice against children. Armed with the disturbing facts,
he convinced friends at his Canadian grade school to form a
group to advocate for children's rights. With world-changing
zeal, Free the
Children gathered information, wrote world leaders, and
led conferences on the issue with other youth.
Free the Children is now a powerful
organization in support of the world's youth, calling to
action all young people, and many adults who have previously
felt hopeless about the possibility of ending abusive child
labor and poverty. "We simply do not believe that world
leaders can create a nuclear bomb and send a man to the moon
but cannot feed and protect the world's children," saysCraig.
"We simply do not believe it."
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Instructions for Life in the new
millennium from the Dalai Lama:
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements
involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs: Respect for self
Respect for others
Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a
wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate
steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and
think back,
you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for
your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the
current situation.
Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your
love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to
get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
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