How Are You Getting You Bearing? Story

Story title: How Are You Getting ? 
By: Robert Schuller

      Two little boys went fishing and caught nothing. Discouraged, they decided to try again the next day. Again they caught nothing. Finally, on the third day they caught a fish. Soon they were both pulling them in one after another. "Hey, it's time to go home, "one little fellow said. "We'll come back tomorrow now that we know where the fish are," And he began to mark a big "X" on the bottom of the boat.

The Night Walker Story

Story title: The Night Walker Story
By: Christian Science Monitor

      I take a walk every evening for physical, mental and emotional benefits. But the main reason is to keep my motive before my eyes. Here is how it works.
     As I turn the last corner, I see my house standing there in the dark. I stand there for a moment and

Be Patient With our kid Story

Story title: Be Patient With our kid Story

          This is a true story which happened in the States. A man came out of his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three year old son was happily hammering dents into the shiny paint of the truck. The man ran to his son, knocked him away, hammered the little boy's hands into pulp as punishment. When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital.

The Cross Room Story

Story title: The Cross Room Story

    A young man at the end of his rope groaned in distress as he prayed."Lord, I can't go on. My cross is too heavy to bear."  

Finding Happiness in Tibet Story

Story title: Finding Happines in Tibet Story

   A bright young premed student from Harvard University journeyed to the mountains of Tibet during the summer following his sophomore year. There he met a monk who said to him, "Don't you see how you are poisoning your soul with your success-oriented way of life? Your idea of happiness is to stay up all night studying for an exam so you can get a better grade than you friend. Your idea of a happy marriage is not finding a woman who will make you whole, but winning the girl that everyone else wants. That's not how people are supposed to live. Life is not a competition. Give it up. Come join us in an atmosphere where we share, live in harmony, and love one another. Here you can find true happiness."

The Graduation Gift Story

Story title: The Graduation Gift Story

About to graduate from high school, a young man from a wealthy family was anticipating his gift. It was the custom in that affluent neigbhor hood for the parents to give the graduate a new car.

You Can't Hide Happiness story by Reader's Digest

Story title: You Can't Hide Happiness
By: Reader's Digest
Writer Nina Fischer
    My dad was a carpenter and he never liked to get dressed up into nice clothes. But when my mother died, Dad bought a handsome suit and was dressed to the teeth as he went heart broken to her funeral.

Story of Where Did I Come From?

     A little boy had to write a report for school, so he went to his mother and asked,"Mom, where did I come from?"

STORY: Gambling by Fifth Wheel

Song title: Gambling
By: Fifth Wheel

     Any person who bets on the horses follows inspirations that come. One race track classic is the story of the perfect inspiration which came to a bettor when he visited the track on his birthday. It happened to be the fifth day of the fifth month. On the program he found a horse named Quintuplets, which means

STORY: Proposing Diplomatically by B.T. Botkin

Story title: Proposing Diplomatically
By: B.T. Botkin


      The man from the outback was very shy; the maiden was beautiful and seemed to him too wonderful to be asked for. He went on loving her silently for ten years. He built a fine home, with garden and barns, but he had not dared to propose.
       When everything was finished and furnished, he invited the maiden and her family over to see his

STORY: Solving Troubles by H. Middle Swarth

Story title: Solving Troubles
By: H. Middle Swarth

   A barefoot boy of four was walking along the street eating an ice cream cone. Suddenly some bigger boys rushed around a corner and knocked the boy and his ice cream to the ground. The boy sat there glaring at the tragedy before him. Just then an old lady, who had seen it all happen, walked over to the child and said, "Laddie, the very worst thing has happened to you. But stand up, and I'll show

STORY: Happy Family Life by Willi Hoffsuemmer

Story title: Happy Family
by Willi Hoffsuemmer


     A poor woodcutter lived contentedly in a little house at the edge of the forest. He earned his daily bread by chopping down trees. But no matter how tired he was, he and his family always ended the day with laughing and singing.
     Every evening the king passed by this happy household as he was walking back to his castle. It

Story: Rash Judgement by Willian Barclay

Story title: Rash Judgement
By: William Barclay


     One day, we boys were flying kites on an open lot in town. Mine took a dive into a garden surrounded by a high fence. I had heard all kinds of weird stories about the wicked old man who lived in the big house behind the fence. They said that if he caught children in his garden, he would torture them and lock them in a cave.
    Despite it all, I decided to go over that fence and get my kite. So my friends helped me to climb

STORY: Marriage Problems Solved by B.A.Botkin

Story title: Marriage Problems Solved
by: B.A.Botkin


I have a neighbor in Kentucky who is 99 and still going strong. Some year ago, when he was a young man of 92, he was vigorous physically and mentally, did a full day's work, and walked as straight as a Red Indian. So I asked him, "What makes you so healthy and strong?"
    "Well, " my old friend answered, "before my wife and I were married, we entered into an agreement. Anytime I got angry with her or scolded her, she would take up here knitting, go out to the

STORY: A Home Is Where

Story title: A Home Is Where

    A real estate agent met a very modern woman, who had grown up in a big city. He tried to interest her in buying a new home.
    "A home!" she snapped."Why do I need a home? I was born in a hospital, grew up in boarding schools, was educated in a college, did my company keeping in automobiles, and was married in a church.

STORY Fatherhood by Edgar Guest

Story title: Fatherhood 
by Edgar Guest

Someday the world will need a man

of courage in a time of doubt,

And somewhere as a little boy,

that future hero plays about.

Within some humble home, no doubt,

that instrument of greater things

No climbs upon his father's knee

of to his mother's garments clings.

And when shall do God's mission here

may be your little boy or mine.

Free Story Of Love Defeating Temptation by William Barclay

    A man sat at the door of his house smoking his pipe. His neighbor sat beside him, tempting him, "You are poor, " said the neighbor. "You are out of work. Here is a little deal that will help you. It will be an easy job: we only work at night.. and it will bring you money. and it's no worse that what lots of respectable people do every day. How about coming along right now?"
 

Free Story : Fullfillment by Renate Sprung

    It was a beautiful day in spring. The lawns were a fresh green, the trees were flowering, the birds were singing and chirping. Along the sidewalk a woman was slowly shoving a baby buggy. Every now and then she would stop and speak some soft tender words to her baby. There was a material pride and joy all over her face.
  

Story: Fairness by Jessimine Paret Knight

      My brother and I always came home from school hungry. One day when we asked for something to eat, Mum set a little cake before us on the kitchen table. Placing a knife beside the cake, she said, "Now, one of you divide it. And the other gets the first choice."
    

Story : No Time For Children by William Barclay

    A young man stood before a judge to be sentenced for cheating and forgery. The judge had been a great friend of the boy's father, who was famous for his books on the law.