Inspirational Short Stories
2013
A Hog in a Trough
When I was a boy my family used to raise hogs during the Summer to keep us fed through the Winter. As I got older it became my job to feed them everyday. My Grandma worked in the kitchen of a Summer camp across the road from us and the director let...
2013
14 Year Old Sets a Good Example For All of Us
14 year old and A student Michael Currie started a Help Me, Help Others Campaign. By helping one person, you are actually helping two. Read more about it at...
2013
Look Up
I had to get a new pair of eyeglasses recently. Stigmatism had started to mix with my nearsightedness making things a little bit blurry with my old prescription. Also I had to finally give in to another sign of my aging body and get my first pair of...
2013
Amazing True Story
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all...
2013
Who We Need To Be
My Dad gave me a few of my Grandma's old photo albums the other day. When I looked through them it was like taking a step back in time. It was so incredible to see my brothers, my Mom, my Dad, and my Grandma all looking so young. And on some pages I...
2013
It's better to give than receive
Last night I saw a homeless man with two dogs. Normally I would just pass by without any thought. However seeing them two hungry pups made me sad. Instead of giving the man a couple of dollars, I ran into McDonalds and bought some sandwiches for the...
2013
A Touch
When I was 16 years old I had thick, wavy, brown hair that covered my head including my ears. I used to part it in the middle and comb it back. It was so heavy, though, that the bangs often slipped back down under my glasses when I lowered my head...
2013
The Bible And Evolution
The following story is what I believe to be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about the Bible and Evolution. In the beginning God created the Heavens and the earth and all the animals upon the earth. Then he created a Garden of...
2013
It's Good For You
Growing up as a boy I was very fortunate to live in a house where a dinner of leftovers tasted even better than the original meal. A good example of this was when my Mom and Nana would make a huge pot of brown beans with cornbread. It would taste so...
2013
The Juliettes
It was early spring, cloudy, and a cool afternoon. I was at home, retired from my job, recovering from an episode of clinical depression. I felt empty and unmotivated and alone. Sometime during the afternoon, a box of Juliette tomato plants were...
2013
The Gift of Happiness
It was the Summer of my freshman year of college. Instead of heading home for a nice, long break three of my friends and I had decided to stay and take some extra courses. The four of us had rented the top floor of an old house to live in. My own...
2013
Beautiful Dream
In everybody's life a time comes when we really need someone, as a friend for to share joy, happiness, laughter, for conversation, for dinner. She wanted someone and he is there for to talk, to listen when she was hurt, angry and upset. He was there...
2013
Watching the Stars
I was visiting a friend recently when I got to see something special. Now, my friend lives on a small farm several miles down an old country lane. It is far from the street lights and business lights of the cities, towns, and suburbs. When darkness...
2013
I love you
This past weekend, my husband and I took a trip to Virginia to celebrate my niece, Sadie's 1st birthday. It was a weekend of family bonding and fun. We take our dog, Tater, a french bulldog, with us on every trip since she gets along so well with...
2013
Amazing Special Kid that inspires world and is Global inspiration for his invention despite suffering from fatal disease
Imagine a kid of 9.5 years on wheel chair, 75% disabled and suffering from deadly disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy and he becomes the youngest patent holder in India and youngest disabled patent holder of world. He inspires and motivates everyone...
