Collection of Inspired short story

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by.The contractor...

If you woke up this morning with more health than illness..........you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation.......you are...

Several years ago, a friend of mine and her husband were invited to spend the weekend at the husband's employer's home. My friend, Arlene, was nervous about the weekend. The boss was very wealthy, with a fine home on the waterway, and cars costing more than her house.The first day...

Your presence is a present to the world.You are unique and one of a kind.Your life can be what you want it to be.Take the days just one at a time.Count your blessings, not your troubles.You will make it through whatever comes along.Within you are so many answers.Understand, have...

Lord, thank you for this sink of dirty dishes; we have plenty of food to eat.Thank you for this pile of dirty, stinky laundry; we have plenty of nice clothes to wear.And I would like to thank you, Lord, for those unmade beds; they were so warm and comfortable last night. I know that...

How a person reacts to criticism often means the difference between success and failure. Take the case of Ole Bull, the famous Norwegian violinist of the past century.His practical father, a chemist, sent him to the University of Christiania to study for the ministry and forbade...

There is a story of a farmer whose horse ran away. That evening the neighbors gathered to commiserate with him since this was such bad luck. He said, "May be."The next day the horse returned, but brought with it six wild horses, and the neighbors came exclaiming at his good fortune....

Some say I am disabled,  But you know that isn't true.I simply have a challenge  A little different from you.My slight inconvenience, has taught me  Things they could not know.Each obstacle is a victory,  Enabling me to grow.I'm not really any different, ...

The story is told of a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, "This is good!"One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting expedition....

To let go does not mean to stop caring,it means I can't do it for someone else.To let go is not to cut myself off,it's the realization that I can't control another.To let go is not to enable,but to allow learning from natural consequences.To let go is to admit powerlessness,which...

A message every adult should read,because children are watching you and doing as you do,not as you say.When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one.When you thought I wasn't looking saw you...

 had wandered into a small Indian shop in the foothills of the Sierras in Northern California and struck up a conversation with the Native American woman who owned the shop. My own Modoc Indian heritage and love of Indian jewelry prompted me to tell her of the pain I suffered...

Why is it," said the rich man to his minister, "that people call me stingy when everyone knows that when I die I'm leaving everything to the church?""Let me tell you a fable about the pig and the cow," said the minister. "The pig was unpopular while the cow was beloved. This puzzled...

Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained, "All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing."Edison replied very confidently, "Oh, we have come a long way and we have...

When I got sober my sponsor told me that I had to be willing to change everything about my life -- everything. So, I wore bluejeans and switched to slacks. I wore western shirts and switched to T-shirts. But the one thing I just couldn't give up was my cowboy boots.I went to my sponsor...

Long ago in a small, far away village, there was place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears...

Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a prosperous country. One day, he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country. When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that he went for such a long trip, and...

Big blue eyes and a toothless grinSo loving and innocent, my heart was easy to winLittle round head, and twinkling toesFeathery hair, and a button noseScreeching and squealing to everyone's delightCooing and laughing into the nightSure...You cry sometimesand you do cost a lot!But...

This poem is for my parents, who have done everything possible to encourage and support me in everything I do. This is my thank you.How many times did you kiss me goodnight?How many times did you tuck me in tight?How many times did you carry me to bed?How many bedtime stories have...

I bumped into a stranger as he passed by,  "Oh, excuse me Please" was my reply.  He said, "Please excuse me too; Wasn't even watching for you." We were very polite, this stranger and I.We went on our way and we said good-bye. But at home a different story is told, How we...

I just realized that while children are dogs -- loyal and affectionate -- teenagers are cats. It's so easy to be a dog owner. You feed it, train it, boss it around. It puts its head on your knee and gazes at you as if you were a Rembrandt painting. It bounds indoors with enthusiasm...

You spend years trying to get them off the ground.You run with them until you are both breathless. They crash ... they hit the roof ... you patch, comfort and assure them that someday they will fly.Finally, they are airborne.They need more string, and you keep letting it out.They...

Once there was an emperor in the Far East who was growing old and knew it was coming time to choose his successor. Instead of choosing one of his assistants or one of his own children, he decided to do something different.He called all the young people in the kingdom together one...

Cindy glanced nervously at the clock on the kitchen wall. Five minutes before midnight."They should be home any time now," she thought as she put the finishing touches on the chocolate cake she was frosting. It was the first time in her12 years she had tried to make a cake from scratch,...

I took a piece of plastic clayAnd idly fashioned it one day-And as my fingers pressed it, stillIt moved and yielded to my will.I came again when days were pastThe bit of clay was hard at last.The form I gave it, still it bore,And I could change that form no more!I took a piece of...

1. My hands are small. Please don't expect perfection whenever I make a bed, draw a picture or throw a ball. My legs are short. Please slow down so that I can keep up with you.2. My eyes have not seen the world as yours have. Please let me explore safely. Don't restrict me unnecessarily.3....

The Creightons were very proud of their son, Frank. When he went to college, naturally they missed him; but he wrote and they looked forward to his letters and saw him on weekends. Then Frank was drafted into the army.After he had been in the army about five months, he received his...

One song can spark a momentOne flower can wake the dreamOne tree can start a forestOne bird can herald springOne smile begins a friendshipOne handclasp lifts a soulOne star can guide a ship at seaOne word can frame the goalOne vote can change a nationOne sunbeam lights a roomOne...

Once upon a time in a far-away place lived a kindly old dollmaker. He had spent his goodly long life creating dolls of all sorts, making all the little girls in the world happy.He had kept up in the trends of the world and made dolls that say "mama", that cry, that stand up by themselves,...

There was a beautiful and fragrant violet who lived placidly amongst her friends, and swayed happily amidst the other flowers in a solitary garden. One morning, as her crown was embellished with beads of dew, she lifted her head and looked about; she saw a tall and handsome rose...

 I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.I would have talked less and listened more.I would have...

 I've learned that you cannot make someone love you.All you can do is be someone who can be loved.The rest is up to them.I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.I've learned that it's not what you have in your life but who you...

I've learned that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.I've learned that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.I've learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over...

I was parked in front of the mall wiping off my car. I had just come from the car wash and was waiting for my wife to get out of work. Coming my way from across the parking lot was what society would consider a bum.From the looks of him, he had no car, no home, no clean clothes,...

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour a day to drain the fluids from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.The men talked for hours...

A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired to his mother who lived two hundred miles away.As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing.He asked her what was wrong and she replied, "I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother.But...

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED...

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left. Except for Love.Love was the only one...

Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said, "Someday I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold, silver and precious gems. I could be decorated with intricate carving and everyone would...

A certain man planted a rose and watered it faithfully and before it blossomed, he examined it.He saw the bud that would soon blossom, but noticed thorns upon the stem and he thought, "How can any beautiful flower come from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns? Saddened by...

 If you put a buzzard in a pen six or eight feet square and entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of his ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of ten or twelve feet. Without space to...