I Love To Read Inspirational Stories

A person asked his friend for a piece of calligraphy to hang in his study. That person said to his friend, “Write me something that is extremely simple, but which will be helpful to me when I see it every day.” His friend thought...

The young man had achieved enormous success by the time he was twenty-seven years old. He was very bright, well-read, and he felt like he had the world by the tail. But one day he realized something: he wasn't very happy! Many people...

“There were once three brothers who were travelling along a lonely, winding road at twilight. In time, the brothers reached a river too deep to wade through and too dangerous to swim across. However, these brothers were learned in the...

(young Barack Obama)"Have you ever seen a man killed?" I asked him.He glanced down, surprised by the question."Have you?" I asked again."Yes," he said."Was it bloody?""Yes."I thought for a moment. "Why was the man killed? The one you...

There’s a group of tadpoles living in a small puddle of water. There is one tadpole who feels anxious about its surrounding conditions, large populations and the upcoming dry season. That tadpole hops everyday to see if there’s a...

From Gregory Bateson's book Steps to an Ecology of Mind.One day she approached him and asked an interesting question: "Daddy, how come things get muddled so easily?"He asked her, "What do you mean by 'muddled,' honey?"She said, "You...

A rich and might Persian once walked in his garden with one of his servants. The servant cried that he had just encountered Death, who had threatened him. He begged his master to give him his fastest horse so that he could make haste...

Not an inspirational story but a must-read for anyone who has set goals or are planning to:"Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction...

A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked. “Who would like this $20 bill?”

Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you - but first, let me...

There is a very busy father who always working. Every day he goes to work before his children woke up and came home very late at night after they were asleep. One day, his five year old son waited for his father to come home until very...

Just One Unknown One song can spark a moment, One flower can wake the dream One tree can start a forest, One bird can herald spring.

One smile begins a friendship, One handclasp lifts a soul. One star can guide a ship at sea, One...

A Zen student came to Bankei and said: "Master, I have an ungovernable temper. How can I cure it?"

"Show me this temper," said Bankei, "it sounds fascinating."

"I haven't got it right now," said the student, "so I can't show it...

quoted from Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor FranklOnce, an elderly general practitioner consulted me because of his severe depression. He could not overcome the loss of his wife who had died two years before and whom he had loved...

My only wish is for people to judge me on the person I am
today. simply because you can control the way you act
today, but you can't change the things you've done in your
past. You can only grow from it. You can...

Grandfather said to the boy, “Let me tell you a story. It is as if there are two wolves inside me, one is white and one is black. The White Wolf is good and does no harm. He lives in harmony with all around him and does not take...