Posted in Children, Life, Love, Photography, Tales on June 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Four candles were peacefully burning, in a so quiet a room that we could hear them talking.
- I am the Candle of Peace. - said one of them - And in spite of my Light, people can’t keep me lit.
Its flame was indeed, weak. Little by little, its Light diminished, until it extinguished itself completely.
- [...]
Posted in Funny things, Life, Love, Photography, Tales on June 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes, crates and suitcases. On the second day, she had the movers come and collect her things. On the third day, she sat down for the last time at their beautiful dining room’s table by candlelight, put on some soft background music, and feasted on [...]
Posted in Life, Nature, Photography, Tales on June 9, 2008 | No Comments »
One day, a gigantic stone fell from the sky right on to the middle of a highly frequented road. When crossing that road, people saw that huge rock impeding their way and started to simply turn away and go back. They felt that the stone was too big to be removed and didn’t want the [...]
Posted in Animals, Life, Photography, Tales on April 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There is an indian legend which says when a human dies, there is a bridge they must cross to enter into Heaven. At the head of that bridge waits every animal that that human encountered during his lifetime. The animals, based upon what they know of this person, decide if he/she may cross the bridge, or [...]
Posted in Flowers, Life, Nature, Photography, Tales on March 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In an ancient buddhist monastery, a young monk asked the master:
- Master, how do I do not to be upset with people? Some speak too much, others are ignorants. Some are indifferent, I feel hatred coming from those who lie and I suffer from the insults some throw at me.
- Live like the flowers. - [...]
Posted in Children, Life, Love, Nature, Photography, Tales on March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Once, I was told a lovely story about a fisherman, who had to get up every morning before sunrise, and could not get back home until after sunset.
He had a wife and a son. He could hardly see his wife, and was never able to see his little son awake, except on his days off. [...]
Posted in Life, Tales on February 22, 2008 | No Comments »
I found this story by a chance. It was told by Frédéric Bastiat, a french economist, among other professions he had. It’s an amazing story, since it could very well be applied to this country, in these days.
So, the tale goes more or less like this:
There were in ancient China two large cities, Chin [...]
Posted in Animals, Funny things, Life, Love, Nature, Tales on September 6, 2007 | No Comments »
I read this story a long time ago, can’t remember where.
There’s this country, somewhere in Asia, where until not long ago, people lives were based in agriculture more than anything else. In that country, at that time, the highest treasure a man could have was a cow. A cow would produce milk everyday and a [...]
