Here are some enlightening short stories filled with valuable lessons to refresh your soul, transform your fear into hope and trust, fill your mind and heart with positivity and inspire you to create something beautiful out of your life.
Rainy days were about to come. A pair of birds was looking for a tree to build a nest. While flying they saw trees at bank of a river. There they found one tree suited to build nest for themselves. Birds went to tree and requested, “We need to build our nest before rainy season…
On a cold day, Master and his disciple were strolling on the beach by ocean, where wind was blowing strongly over the ocean and high waves were rising. After walking for sometime, Master stopped and looked at his disciple and asked, “What does this ocean reminds you off?” Disciple answered, “It reminds me of my…
Caught in a storm, a sea ship got destroyed. All passengers in it were drowned in the sea, except one man. By grace of God he somehow survived and came to shore of the sea. When his unconsciousness broke and his eyes opened, he found himself on a desolate deserted island. As soon as man…
A saint used to go door to door for alms. One day he reached house a Seth (rich man) of village to beg for alms. Seth bought some grains and gave them to saint as alms. After giving alms, Seth said, “Maharaj.. I want to ask a question.” Saint replied, “Sure..” Seth said, “I want…
Once there was a rich man who was owner of big factories. One day he closed his factories and all business and became a monk. Now, he only used to do devotional service to God and soon he became famous. People started coming to him to listen to his discourse. One day, he told his…
Once there was a poor man. He used to go his Guru’s ashram everyday and used to serve his Guru by doing cleaning work at ashram. After that man would go to his work. One day, Guru asked him, “Why do you come to ashram everyday?” Poor man replied, “If you bless me then a…
Once lived a tailor in a village with his son. He wanted to teach his son his skills too. So, one day he brought him to the shop. After reaching there tailor started sewing clothes and boy sat in a corner and looked at him carefully. He saw that his father first took the cloth…
Once lived a man who was very afraid of death. All the time, he use to think, “I could die at any moment. What should i do? How can i avoid that?” So, he prayed and made friends with God of death. One day while talking, he said to God of Death, “You do not…
Once a giant ship’s engine broke down. No one from company could repair it. So, company owner hired a mechanical engineer with over 40 years of experience, to check and repair it. Engineer came and inspected engine very carefully, from top to bottom. After checking, he unloaded his bag and pulled out a small hammer….
Everyday, after school, Rabbi’s son would enter his house and keep his school bag on table and leave the house through back door. At first, Rabbi didn’t gave it much thought. But when it continued for weeks, Rabbi got concerned. Everyday, his son would leave from back door and would return back after an hour….