Tag: traditional values

The 3 Tiers of Doctors Forum: How to Heal the Country

Modern life can be exhilarating—but living at a fast pace also brings worries, stress, tension, anxiety, and even mental exhaustion. In today’s chaotic world, many people are looking for a sense of peace and good health. Dr. Yang Jingduan, a well-known Chinese psychiatrist in Philadelphia, launched a series of lectures titled “The Three Tiers of Doctors…


Plagued by Depression, Considering Suicide Until A Miraculous Book Changed Everything

“Before I die, I need to know what I did wrong to suffer like this … I picked money out of my father’s pocket. I lied to people …” One day in November 2019, Kim Gyeongil, 67, was walking down a street in Seoul alone, tired and melancholy, at odds with the bustling atmosphere around…


Man Plagued by Depression, Considering Suicide, Until A Miraculous Book Changed Everything

“Before I die, I need to know what I did wrong to suffer like this … I picked money out of my father’s pocket. I lied to people …” One day in November 2019, Kim Gyeongil, 67, was walking down a street in Seoul alone, tired and melancholy, at odds with the bustling atmosphere around…


8 Rules of Business Etiquette for the Gentleman From a Manners Manual of the 1880s

Business. [1.] FORM GOOD HABITS. It is important for the young man learning business, or just getting a start in business, to form correct habits, and especially of forming the habit of being polite to all with whom he has business relations, showing the same courteous treatment to men or women, poorly or plainly dressed,…


The Gentleman’s Guide to Self-Mastery From an 1890s Manual on Cultivating Self-Control, Character

The Kingship of Self-Control MAN has two creators,—his God and himself. His first creator furnishes him the raw material of his life and the laws in conformity with which he can make that life what he will. His second creator,—himself,—has marvelous powers he rarely realizes. It is what a man makes of himself that counts. When a man…


A Gentleman’s Rules for Cultivating Moral Values in the Home—From an 1880s Manual on Manners

Home Culture. The work of home culture should be made a matter of great importance to every one, for upon it depends the happiness of earthly homes, as well as our fitness for the enjoyment of the eternal home in heaven. The sufferings endured here, friend for friend, parents for children, unrequited sacrifices, cares and…


RARE PHOTOS: The Mystical Udumbara — ‘Celestial Flowers’ or Insect Eggs?

The Udumbara has been discussed in religious communities throughout the ages. Those who have seen these reputedly near-microscopic flowers in real life are awestruck by their fragile-yet-resilient beauty, and those who haven’t come across them dismiss them as just a myth or as insect eggs. But whatever the truth may be, the Udumbara has reportedly been sighted…


Saint Patrick’s Day: The Profound Heritage of Irish Americans

Saint Patrick’s Day is a celebration held on March 17 to remember the death of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. The day commemorates the arrival of Christianity in Ireland and is celebrated by Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Lutheran churches. Saint Patrick was a 5th-century Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. The Irish…


A Gentleman’s Rules for Raising Kids With Morals, Based on a Handbook From the 1880s

OUR earliest and best recollections are associated with home. There the first lessons of infancy are learned. The mother’s heart is the child’s first school-room. The parents’ examples are first imitated by the child, whose earliest impressions are gained from them. In no way are evil habits more effectually propagated than by example, and therefore…


Teen Cowboy Artist Named ‘Grand Champion’ at Rodeo Art Show—Fetches $30,000 at Auction for Painting

A Texas high schooler was named grand champion of a renowned rodeo art show and is set to take home $30,000 when her artwork, an exquisite photo-realistic painting of a rider on horseback herding cows, is sold at auction. Mia Huckman, 18, lives in Houston and attends Foster High School in nearby Richmond. From among…