From the beginning of time humanity has always been divided, but not until in modern time- the 17th Century to be exact have we been divided into races.  Ancient religions believe in the concept of the oneness of humanity and our inter-connectedness to nature until the big lie.  The truth is that there is only one human race and any division has served only to institute oppression and genocide. Know the truth.

An old woman once had two large pots which she used to carry water from a stream to her house.  One pot developed a leak, but she continued to use it. To make things easy for her, she placed each pot at each end of a long pole laid across her shoulder. Every day she walked from the stream home , with one pot leaking and the other perfect. The leaky pot became sad and miserable because it could only transport half of the amount of water; the other pot boasted about its perfection. The cracked pot complained to the old woman, who explained that she knew that it leaked, but kept it anyway because it watered the flower seeds she planted along the way, wherein the perfect pot didn't. She went on to show the beautiful flower that adorned her house and attributed them to it imperfection.  We all have flaws, but are uniquely valuable. 

This episode is about two brothers, who, after 40 years of healthy collaboration in business, fell into conflict. The conflict exploded tremendously causing them to not speaking to each other for sometime.  The older brother hired a carpenter, who stopped by with his toolbox looking for work.  The job he was given to do was to build a fence around the older brother's farm so that he wouldn't have to look at the younger brother's farm.  However, after the older brother left to purchase building materials in town, instead of building a fence, the carpenter built a bridge between the two farms. Eventually the two brothers crossed over the bridge, shook hand and resolved their differences.  The moral of the story is that we should always be prepared to employ the right tool from our toolbox to solved a problem when the job requires it.

A neighborhood woman's conversation with an elderly she observed sitting by a lake near her home, led to a lesson about how our actions on a small scale can impact lives for good.

This story is about an elephant and a dog who became pregnant the same month; however, the dog got curious when the elephant did not give birth in 9 month.  The life lesson derived from the story is that even when others seem to be getting ahead of you in life, we should not envy or resent them ; instead we should be confident in our own journey knowing that your destiny is not in the journey of others.

Happy New Year and welcome back to "In Search of Meaning with Amelia Rose".  This episode has to do with two 9 year old kids- a boy and a girl.  The girl approached a philosopher to ask the question, "Why do we Live?" the answers will amaze you let alone a 9 year old.  The other story has to do with a boy whole was experimenting with matches and gasoline , much to his misfortune.  Luckily for him he lived to tell his story of Hope, resilience and community and attribute them for saving his life.  You don't want to miss it.

The story is about a professor who was asked to speak with some first year business students about an important management subject.  Wanting to make a lasting impression on the young mind he decided to do an illustration, with limited words.  Using a big jar, a sack of pebbles, a pouch of sand and a bottle of water; the professor taught the most profound lesson about priority and life. Enjoy.

James Baldwin, internationally acclaimed author, preacher and Civil Rights activists was asked by a journalist why he wrote his first book- "Go Tell it on the Mountain"; he replied, " In order for me to write anything else, I first had to deal with the thing that hurt me the most- my father/step-father".  But what about his father that hurt him for years you ask?  He recalled in his book that one day his step-father looked at him and told him that he was the ugliest child he had ever seen; not only was he hurt for himself, but he hurt also for his mother because she had the same-Frog's eyes.  So, as I made some connections to Baldwin's life and  his hurt to America, I ask you to consider what hurt you the most about America? 

As much as we would like to deny this truth, we are all guilty of judging others and whether we realize it or not, when we judge others, we do so not knowing their true motivation and without knowing what they are going through at any given time in their lives.  The hard truth though is that when we judge other we conclude that we are superior to them and nothing is further from the truth.  So, why no join me in trying not to judge others and this way giving them the best gift ever.

The story is about a boy with anger issue and how his father used a bucket of nails, a hammer and the backyard fence to teach to teach him a valuable lesson.  The truth of the matter though is that as adults we sometimes more anger issues than children and we tend to use more hurtful words than they do. After all is said and done, removing the nail does not solve the problem; what it does is reveal the damage done. Listen and be changed.