Here are some heartening short stories to give you the burst of hope and courage to persevere and fill your heart with optimism.
A teacher was teaching mathematics to a six year old child. She asked, “If i give you an orange and an orange and an orange to keep then how many oranges will you have in your bag?” Within moments boy confidently replied, “Four.” Teacher was disappointed to hear the answer because she was expecting a…
When time to death came near, father called his son Dhanpal and said, “Son, i do not have any wealth for you to inherit but i have worked all my life with truth and honesty. So, I can only give you my blessings. I bless you that you will live a happy life. Even dust…
Once in a Kingdom, there was Priest who was famous for his intelligence and wisdom. One day, King invited Priest to his court. When Priest reached King’s court, they had deep discussions on many subject. When he was about to leave, King said, “Pandit ji, If you allow i want to ask you one thing.”…
Once during a summer, a disciple was going to his village after taking a week-long leave from his guru. He was to walk all the way back to his home. After walking for half day, he felt thirsty and started looking for source of water around him. Soon he found a well and drew water…
One day an elderly postman knocked on door of a house and said, “Take the letter..” As soon as he said this, a little girl’s voice echoed from inside, “I am coming now.. please wait.” But even after 5 minutes no one came. Postman again said, “Is there anyone tho take your letter? I have…
Once a man was holding a rope tied to cow and was trying to take her home but cow didn’t want to go and was not moving even an inch. Man tried many times to move cow on way towards his home but cow resisted. A lot of time passed like this. A saint was…
Once a person asked Jagat Guru Shankaracharya, “Why do we offer food to God? Does God eat from whatever we offer? Does any change occur to food after we offer it to God? Is there any change in color, taste or quantity of food we offer?” If not, why do we do this? Isn’t this…
Long ago, lived King Mahendra who used to organize a competition in his capital every year. In competition thousands of contestants participated and winner would be awarded grand prize. Once King needed a nobleman who could be intelligent and could contribute to the work for society. So, he decided to organize a competition to find…
While passing by a village, a monk saw that some men were working with stones. Monk went to a man working there and said, “What is being made here?” He replied angrily, “Do you not see that i am cutting stones?” Again monk said, “Yes, i can see but i am asking what i being…
Once upon a time, there was a carpenter who used to work for a merchant in a distant city. One day while working his saw broke. Carpenter needed to get a new saw as soon as possible. So he went to a near by village and looked for a blacksmith. Carpenter came to know that…