Let’s hear a tale about ELIZABETH I together. Elizabeth was born nearly 500 years ago, in 1533. Her father, King Henry VIII had six wives. When Elizabeth was two, her father ordered her mother’s execution.“Off with her head!“Elizabeth was very clever, but she had a difficult childhood with her bad-tempered father and so many stepmothers. She was…
Let’s hear a tale about A VALUED CHARACTER together. There was once a man who had four young sons.Wanting to teach them about the dangers of judging things too rapidly, he decided to send each of them on a journey, one after the other, to a distant pear tree.Each son when in a different season, the…
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Let’s hear a tale about THE CLEVER GENERAL together. Thousands of years ago there was a famous Chinese general with a reputation for being an astute and cunning leader.One day, at the end of a long campaign, this general decided to stop in a stronghold with a small battalion of soldiers, sending his main fighting…
Let’s hear a tale about KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY together. Zakia was a beautiful and clever girl. She lived with her father.She was so clever that her father always asked her for advice. But once he did not ask her advice and Zakia was very angry.This was when the king asked the girl’s father to let him marry…
Let’s hear a tale about HAPPINESS together. There was once a group of 100 people attending a seminar on personal development.In the middle of their talk, the speaker stops and decides to run an impromptu group activity. He hands out a balloon to each attendee and tells them to write their name on it.The balloons are then…
Let’s hear a tale about LOVE AND HONESTY together. Once there lived a Frog who had two wives.His first wife lived in Dumbi and the second wife lived in Dala. He himself lived in a little place between Dumbi and Dala.He went sometimes to Dumbi and sometimes to Dala to see his wives.Once a little frog came…
Let’s hear a tale about MAKING A DECISION together. I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. Learn more about our courses here One fig was a husband and a happy home and…
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Let’s hear a tale about BEING CONTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE together. Once upon a time, there was a businessman who was sitting on the beach in a small Italian village.As he sat, taking a brief break from the stress of his daily schedule, he saw a fisherman rowing a small boat back into the harbor….
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Let’s hear a tale about DETERMINATION together. Long Long ago, there was a lake of cold water in Kenya. Many animals came at night to the lake to drink some water. But people never came to the lake at night. The animals could kill and eat them.Now, a rich man who had a beautiful daughter once said,…
Let’s hear a tale about OUR OWN UNIQUE VALUES together. At the beginning of a new school year, a class teacher stands up in front of her students holding a $100 bill.She tells them, “Put your hands up if you want this money”.Every hand in the room goes up, to which the teacher says, “I am…
