List Of Monthly Reflections

Many of you may have seen the charming, animated film “Shrek,” featuring a talkative and cocky donkey who just can't seem to keep quiet. In one memorable scene, Shrek, the large green ogre, sets off to rescue Princess Fiona with Donkey joining him on the journey.

In the mid-1980s, Harry Belafonte teamed up with fundraiser Ken Kragen to bring together the biggest names in the music industry and create a hit song that would raise funds for those starving in Africa.

A boy who was always in a bad mood was given an interesting exercise by his father. He gave the boy a bag of nails and a hammer and told him that every time he lost his patience, he should drive a nail into the wooden fence.

In northern Brazil, there is a popular game called Pau de Cebu in which young people and children try to climb a greased pole to win a prize.

The mice gathered for a crucial meeting, hoping to find a solution to their growing problem: a menacing cat that posed a constant threat. Numerous ideas were proposed, yet none resonated with the audience.

When asked how he manages to maintain such a calm and balanced demeanor all the time, a Tibetan master replied with simplicity: “It’s simple. When I lie down, I lie down. When I sit, I sit. And when I walk, I walk.”

Two simple miners had been digging through rocks for several months, looking for some precious stone with which they could support their families. One day, in the cracks between the rocks, they saw something shining. It looked like they found what they were looking for!

There is an old story about a writer and how he studied the Amish people in preparation for an article on them. What did he discover that day?

The driver driving the car had a flat tire on an empty and dark road. He got out of the car but noticed that he had not taken the car jack with him, so it would not be possible to change the tire. Despair began to seize him as he saw the light of a country house in the distance.

A dying father called his sons to him and decided to impart one final lesson before departing this world. When his sons arrived at his bedside, he handed them a bundle of young bamboo shoots and instructed them to break them.