It was a powerful earthquake. Nobody could have imagined that such an earthquake would hit their town. Everything was destroyed including the buildings, schools, cars, trucks and even roads and rail links. The Government took speedy steps to find out the survivors from the debris. Two were among the survivors traced and found out by [...]

–posted by brighteyes A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with his hair fashionably combed and face shaved perfectly, even though he is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today. His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of [...]

I hate hospitals. I always have. Every hospital has this air about it that makes you sicker than you actually are. The whole place is filled with….something. Something that suffocates you and seems to strangle you. You couldn’t get out of a hospital soon enough. Then there was this nauseating smell. The smell of sickness [...]

Growing up in a poverty stricken country of Zambia, I never dreamed big. My main goal was to work hard and help my little siblings as we had been orphaned at an early age. My parents past away when I was 11 years old, my sister was 8 and my little brother was 5 years [...]

A jarring echo from a distance woke me up…!!! I could hear my mum call my name several times, “Aggie, Wake Up!!!”…Not interested with the many reverberations which came from down I slowly moved my, blanket which covered me like a shroud, and sat still on my bed…with the least curiosity of what hand I [...]

The fierce evening wind blew harder than usual causing dead fallen leaves to whirl wildly in the air. Pregnant silence dominated the whole Silverdale village. The moon in turn shone dimly casting out dark patches as the clouds move blocking the dim light. Though great silence engulfed, the sound of howling dog, far away and [...]

Still 1 “I can smell it again. I can taste it in the air. Can you taste it Mrs Janovic? I declare that smell is June to me. Mr Delancy says it is acacia. But if I don’t know it to be almond oil. I knew the sweet smell of almonds, as a girl I [...]

Once upon a time, there lived a King who, despite his luxurious lifestyle, was neither happy nor content. One day, the King came upon a servant who was singing happily while he worked. This fascinated the King; why was he, the Supreme Ruler of the Land, unhappy and gloomy, while a lowly servant had so [...]

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker [...]

The Common Denominator of Success by Albert E.N. Gray written in 1940   Several years ago I was brought face to face with the very disturbing realization that I was trying to supervise and direct the efforts of a large number of men who were trying to achieve success, without knowing myself what the secret [...]