Here are some heartening short stories to give you the burst of hope and courage to persevere and fill your heart with optimism.
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Once upon a time, in a village lived a lazy man who didn’t like to work and would always look for an easier way to feed himself. One day, while searching for his food, he saw a fruit farm. He looked around and didn’t see anyone guarding that farm, so he decided to steal some … Read more
Once a Guru had three main disciples. As Guru ji was getting old, he decided to chose one of them as his successor. To test the intelligence of three, one day he called them and said, “Listen, I am going to a pilgrimage for a few months. Here are three bag with seeds inside them. … Read more
Long ago, in a village lived a Sage who was very famous and had many disciples. One day one of his disciples came to him and asked, “Guru Ji, who is your Guru(Teacher)? From whom did you gain your knowledge?” Sage smiled at disciples question and replied, “I have thousands of Guru! If i start … Read more
One day, a little boy asked his father, “What does word Great means?” Boy said, “I have read many time that this person is great, he did this and that. Please explain me who are these great people and how they become great?” Father said, “Okay.” Father thought of a idea to teach his son … Read more