This great story from Paulo Coelho comes from his book ”Like a Flowing River.” A father was trying to read the newspaper, but his little son kept pestering him. Finally, the father grew tired of this and, tearing a page from the newspaper – one that bore a map of the world – he cut it into many…
Etikett: About Evolution
TWO WOLVES – A CHEROKEE LEGEND
Two Wolves is a Cherokee Indian legend and illustrates the most important battle of our lives – the one between our good and bad thoughts. There´s also another version which is titled ”Grandfather Tells” or The Wolves Within”. But bot versions tells the same story. It depicts the two natures within us – the good…
THE EXPERIMENT WITH MONKEYS & A LADDER
This experiment with monkeys and a ladder will teach you an important life lesson. A group of scientists placed five monkeys in a cage and in the middle, a ladder with bananas on top. Every time a monkey went up the ladder, the scientists soaked the rest of the monkeys with cold water. After a…
THE STORY OF THE BUTTERFLY
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and…
THE PENCIL´S TALE
The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box. ”There are 5 things you need to know,” he told the pencil, ”Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be.” ”One: You will be able to…
SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE
Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages…