The famous writing rabbi, Harold Kushner, author of the well known, Why Bad Things Happen to Good People, wrote : “Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is like expecting the bull not to charge you because you are a vegetarian. Or as one cynic said recently, “Of course life is unfair. If life were fair,…

There is an organizational development story about a man who injured his thumb on the job. He was told by his foreman to go to the clinic. He stepped inside and saw an empty room with only a desk and two chairs. Toward the back of the room there were two doors–one marked “Illness” and the other marked “Injury.” The man thought…

The mother of a 17-year-old girl was concerned that her daughter was having sex. Worried the girl might become pregnant and adversely impact the family’s status, she consulted the family doctor. The doctor told her that teenagers today were very willful and any attempt to stop the girl would probably result in rebellion. He then told her to arrange for her daughter…