Here are some heartening short stories to give you the burst of hope and courage to persevere and fill your heart with optimism.
Long ago, in a village lived a mother and son who were very poor. One day, mother got to know about a Sage who was very accomplished and person of great knowledge who lived far away in a forest. Mother asked his son to go to Sage and ask him, “When will these days of … Read more
Long ago, a master and his disciple used to work together to make statues. They used to make their living by selling idols. With time, disciple started making very good sculptures and idols. Soon, his work started to sell for more amount than his master’s idol could get. Disciple started feeling that he had become … Read more
Once there an announcement was made from Heaven that God is coming to distribute apples. So, everyone got ready and stood in line to recieve apple from God. A little girl was very curious because she was going to see God for first time. She was happy with thought of seeing God and getting an … Read more
Once in a Kingdom, a King had a huge fruit garden in his palace. Various types of fruits were grown there. A farmer with his family used to take care of that entire fruit garden. Daily, farmer used to pick fresh fruits from that garden, to bring them to King’s palace for King. One day, … Read more
After his wife died, Ramu was left alone in this world. His only son used to live far way and didn’t even came for his mother’s last rites. Ramu age was sixty five and losing his wife and seeing his son behaviour, he felt as if there was nothing left for him. With time, Ramu … Read more
Once in a village lived two boys who were childhood friends. As time passed, one of them moved out of village and grew up to become a saint while other friend became thief, started earning his living by stealing here and there. One day, Saint came to his town. A discourse was organized for villagers. … Read more
Seeing grandfather sitting alone and sad, his grand kids asked, “What happened? What are you thinking about? Why you look so sad?” Grandpa relied, “Nothing wrong, I was just thinking about life.” “Please tell us about it.”, insisted kids. Grandpa kept thinking for sometime and then said, “When i was young, there was no responsibility … Read more
Once a son asked his father, “What is successful life?” Father didn’t answer and took his son to fly kite. Father was flying kite and son was carefully watching him. After sometime, son said, “Father, because of this thread, this kite is not able to go up further, shall we break it? If we break … Read more
Once there was a King who had everything, a prosperous kingdom, kind wife, good children but still was sad. Once while roaming, he reached a small village where potter (a person who makes pots, dishes, etc. from baked clay) was selling pots outside the temple and at his stand, some pots were filled with water … Read more
Once upon a time, there was a King who used to respect royal Priest of his kingdom very much. Whenever he came, King would himself get up from his throne and honor him. One day King asked him, “I have a question. Tell me whether a person’s Conduct is great or his Knowledge is great.” … Read more