God in all things

A disciple and his teacher were walking through the forest. The disciple was disturbed by the fact that his mind was in constant unrest.
He asked his teacher: “Why most people’s minds are restless, and only a few possess a calm mind? What can one do to still the mind?”
The teacher looked at the disciple, smiled [...]

My most touching Mother’s Day gift still graces my jewelry box forty years later. I keep it to remind me of all things love is and how much neglect it will endure. When my son gave it to me I was working full time, and “swimming hard” to keep up with church activities, school activities [...]

The night fell heavy in the heights of the mountains and the man could not see anything. All was black. Zero visibility, and the moon and the stars were covered by the clouds. As he was climbing only a few feet away from the top of the mountain, he slipped and fell in to the [...]

The Window
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 lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his [...]

“Do you like my dress?” she asked of a passing stranger.  “My mommy made it just for me.” She said with a tear in her eye.
“Well, I think it’s very pretty, so tell me little one, why are you crying?”
With a quiver in her voice the little girl answered.  “After Mommy made me [...]

A small chinchilla was walking through a forest of wood scraps when a little bird started singing nearby. He craned his little neck to see who was making this beautiful music, but the bird was nowhere to be seen.
He ran up onto a boulder, his little heart pounding so hard that he almost couldn’t [...]

 
Long ago there lived a young man in Istanbul, Turkey. Because he was poor, he had only a single room, sparsely furnished with a few books and a small cot for a bed. One night the young man had a dream — a vision, really.  In it, he saw himself walking on a street in [...]

A farmer’s daughter duty was to carry fresh milk to customers in various villages had, one of whom was a priest. To reach his house, the milkmaid had to cross a good-sized stream. People crossed it by a sort of ferry raft, for a small fee.
One day the priest, who performed worship daily with the [...]

 
There was a mother crab and her little ones, living happily on an island. One day the mother crab thought: however much I try, I can’t walk straight. At least I must teach my little ones to walk straight. They should learn to walk straight with their heads high before all other creatures. 
So the [...]

 In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, “Do you know what I just heard about your friend?”
“Hold on a minute,” Socrates replied. “Before telling me anything, I’d like you to pass a little test. It’s called the Triple Filter [...]