Category: Wisdom Stories

A woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn’t mention anything about the reason for her interest. It was just a curiosity about the process of refining silver, she said. As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the …

There was once a poor, God fearing Jew who lived in the city of Prague. One night he dreamt that he should journey to Vienna. There, at the base of a bridge leading to the King’s palace, he would find a buried treasure. Night after night the dream recurred until, …

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to retire and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to call it a day. The contractor was sorry to see his good …

There was a time in my life I became afraid to love. Because all those times I fell in love, I got hurt. I thought maybe that’s why it’s called “falling” in love. I would give my all, loving deeply and wholeheartedly. It would be a truly emotional, extremely euphoric …