Inspirationals

By good fortune, I was able to raft down the Motu River in New Zealand twice during the last year. […]

In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher

Now when Alexander [the Great] appeared before the Greek leaders in Corinth they greeted him warmly and paid him lavish

An American businessman was standing at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just

Once a man was walking along a beach. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. Off in

Today, a true tale of heroism that takes place not in a war zone, nor a hospital, but in Victoria

Once Buddha was walking from one town to another town with a few of his followers. This was in the

A good Passover story should always involve cakes. Austrian baker Manfred Klaschka is the subject of this year?s story. He

This is the story of two frogs. One frog was fat and the other skinny. One day, while searching for

Once day, having learned that the King of Fez was hunting lions in the neighbourhood, they decided to invite him

There was an industrialist whose production line inexplicably breaks down, costing him millions per day. He finally tracks down an

I read the first chapter of “A Brief History Of Time” when Dad was still alive, and I got incredibly

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and

It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The hedgehogs, realizing the situation, decided to

Once upon a time, a young wife named Yun Ok was at her wit’s end. Her husband had always been

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right

When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the

I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes, I honked again. Since this was

It was the annual lumberjack competition and the final was between an older, experienced lumberjack and a younger, stronger lumberjack.