IT’S NEVER TOO LATE to make a New Year’s Resolution! And one resolution we can all make is TO START! Here are a couple of encouraging stories to get us on track in 2018.   AN OLD PENCIL MAKER took his newest pencil aside, just before he was about to pack...

A student once asked anthropologist Margaret Mead, “What is the earliest sign of civilization?” The student expected her to say a clay pot, a grinding stone, or maybe a weapon. Margaret Mead thought for a moment, then she said, “A healed femur.” A femur is the longest...

THERE WAS ONCE an old monastery tucked away in the middle of a forest. For many years people would make a significant effort required to seek out this monastery. The peaceful spirit of the place was healing for the soul. In recent years, however, fewer and fewer...

Two monks were returning to their monastery one evening when they came across a stream in full flood. A beautiful young woman stood on the edge, looking anxiously up and downstream, desperate to find a way across. As the monks approached the crossing, the older of the...