A wise woman who was travelling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveller who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveller saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did [...]

If you’re not living your dream, the following story about turnips, turnip greens and pigs might help you understand why. I suppose you could say this story begins when my wife, was just a little girl, and I was a little boy.   We were raised in totally different cultures. However, we did have one [...]

Many years ago, in a time of great war and consternation, there was a monastery which had fallen upon hard times. There were few monks left, and they tended to squabble amongst themselves. Everyone was convinced their path was the right path, and the peaceful ways of the past seemed little more than a dream. [...]