SOMETHING YOU FORGOT ... ALONG THE WAY introduces sixty-five heart-warming stories that show what it means to learn from life's events. These simple yet beautiful tales invite us to look deeper into almost any situation in life. In the tradition of Aesop's Fables each story concludes with a moral lesson.

The Story of the Week

Chapter 1
Making the World Happier
A Smiling Face and a Word of Kindness

... "When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one to a fellow creature." By doing this for ten years, he pointed out, one could make 3,650 people happy—the equivalent of making a charitable donation to an entire town. That would indeed be an act of charity in keeping with Śākyamuni's teaching to "have a smiling face and speak words of kindness."