My sis and I were shopping for Christmas decors when we decided on the spur of the moment to watch “Twilight”. It was Friday, late afternoon, school was out -- bad...
Just when you thought you know someone well, his true colors show and the friend you thought you have turned out to be a wolf in sheep's clothing, a two-faced snake... You...
I learned something about our language history... The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about...
The following is a speech I wrote while in my student nurse days as a requirement for Leadership and Management. The idea still applies today… When Florence Nightingale...
From "Greys Anatomy": "Being a surgeon is easy, just remember to cut, close and suture. But sometimes you'll encounter a cut that is difficult to heal. Just like love,...
Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. When I arrived at 2:30 AM, the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. Under these...
One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books....
THE ANT AND THE CONTACT LENS A true story by Josh and Karen Zarandona Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing. Although she was very scared,...
The word "love" is far different from "commitment". Love is a gift that anyone can have, but commitment is a sacrifice for love that not everyone is capable of. ...
A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him."I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never...
TO MY CHILD Just for this morning, I'm going to smile when I see your face, and laugh when I feel like crying. Just for this morning, I will let you choose what you...
I LOVE HEROES! My kids and I just can't stop raving about the TV series Heroes. We sat together through a marathon of the Season 1 episodes and we were all cheering,...
I got this from an email a friend sent me. Nobody knows who the origInal author is, but apparently, this has been making the rounds in emails, bulletins, blogposts, etc....
When you meet the right person to love, at the right place, at the right time, that’s CHANCE. When you meet someone you’re attracted to, that’s CHANCE, too....
Doing the right thing… Sometimes it means giving inWhen you know that nothing else matters.Sometimes it means needing to be quietWhen words can no longer deliver the...
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his...
An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was...
In my random browsing through my old things, I came across a notebook which I filled years ago with compilations of great writings from various reading materials....
Have you ever experienced a time in your life when you felt so empty for no reason? Have you ever felt so down but you just can’t tell why?Have you ever felt like the...
It is far better for you to earn something and not have it than to have something and never earn it. When you've truly earned something, there is a valuable and important part...
It was a busy morning, approximately 8:30 am, when an elderly gentleman in his 80's, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He stated that he was in a hurry as he...
My cellphone buzzed, and from a friend with unlimited texting credits, I got this message: FOUR PEOPLE YOU WILL MEET IN LIFE: 1st is yourself; 2nd is the one you love the...