This poem was written by a 13 year old boy, named Ben, who died of a brain tumor that he had battled for four years. He died on December 14, 1997. He gave this to his mom before he died.
I see the countless Christmas trees around the world below
With tiny lights, like Heaven’s stars, reflecting [...]

Flea trainers have observed a predictable and strange habit of fleas while training them. Fleas are trained by putting them in a cardboard box with a top on it. The fleas will jump up and hit the top of the cardboard box over and over and over again.
As you watch them jump and hit the [...]

Wise men and philosophers throughout the ages have disagreed on many things, but many are in unanimous agreement on one point: “We become what we think about.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “A man is what he thinks about all day long.” The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius put it this way: “A man’s life is what [...]

Years ago there was a group of brilliant young men at the University of Wisconsin, who seemed to have amazing creative literary talent. They were would-be poets, novelists, and essayists.
They were extraordinary in their ability to put the English language to its best use. These promising young men met regularly to read and critique [...]

A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.
Her father, a [...]