The Best 5 Motivational and Inspiring Short Stories About Life
When life has got you in a slump, turn to these inspirational short stories. Not only is reading them like getting an internet hug for the soul, but they just may spark an idea or a change in you for the better. Read on and get ready to smile.
1. Everyone Has a Story in Life
A 24 year old boy seeing out from the trainтАЩs window shoutedтАж
тАЬDad, look the trees are going behind!тАЭ
Dad smiled and a young couple sitting nearby, looked at the 24 year oldтАЩs childish behavior with pity, suddenly he again exclaimedтАж
тАЬDad, look the clouds are running with us!тАЭ
The couple couldnтАЩt resist and said to the old manтАж
тАЬWhy donтАЩt you take your son to a good doctor?тАЭ The old man smiled and saidтАжтАЬI did and we are just coming from the hospital, my son was blind from birth, he just got his eyes today.тАЭ
Every single person on the planet has a story. DonтАЩt judge people before you truly know them. The truth might surprise you.
2. Shake off Your Problems
A manтАЩs favorite donkey falls into a deep precipice. He canтАЩt pull it out no matter how hard he tries. He therefore decides to bury it alive.
Soil is poured onto the donkey from above. The donkey feels the load, shakes it off, and steps on it. More soil is poured.
It shakes it off and steps up. The more the load was poured, the higher it rose. By noon, the donkey was grazing in green pastures.
After much shaking off (of problems) And stepping up (learning from them), One will graze in GREEN PASTURES.
3. The Elephant Rope
As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.
He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. тАЬWell,тАЭ trainer said, тАЬwhen they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, itтАЩs enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.тАЭ
The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldnтАЩt, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?
Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.
4. Potatoes, Eggs, and Coffee Beans
Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didnтАЩt know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed.
Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the third pot.
He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing.
After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.
He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup. Turning to her he asked. тАЬDaughter, what do you see?тАЭ
тАЬPotatoes, eggs, and coffee,тАЭ she hastily replied.
тАЬLook closer,тАЭ he said, тАЬand touch the potatoes.тАЭ She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face.
тАЬFather, what does this mean?тАЭ she asked.
He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversityтАУ the boiling water.
However, each one reacted differently.
The potato went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak.
The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard.
However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.
тАЬWhich are you,тАЭ he asked his daughter. тАЬWhen adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean? тАЬ
Moral:In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.
Which one are you?
5. A Dish of Ice Cream
In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him.
тАЬHow much is an ice cream sundae?тАЭ
тАЬ50 cents,тАЭ replied the waitress.
The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied a number of coins in it.
тАЬHow much is a dish of plain ice cream?тАЭ he inquired. Some people were now waiting for a table and the waitress was a bit impatient.
тАЬ35 cents,тАЭ she said brusquely.
The little boy again counted the coins. тАЬIтАЩll have the plain ice cream,тАЭ he said.
The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and departed.
When the waitress came back, she began wiping down the table and then swallowed hard at what she saw.
There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were 15 cents тАУ her tip.
