The Two Lions (Inspiring Short Story about Life)
An old Lion sat down to teach his grandson about life.
“There’s a fight going on inside me,” he tells the young boy, “a fight between two lions.”
“One wolf is evil. It’s full of malice, anger, greed, self-pity and false pride. The other is good. It’s full of peace, love, joy, kindness, and humility.”
“This same fight is going on inside you and everyone else on the face of the earth.”
The grandson was quiet, pondering this revelation for a moment before asking, “Grandfather, which lion will win?”
The old man smiled and replied, “The one you feed.”
Moral of the story:
Good and evil exist within each of us. It’s our responsibility to own that reality and do whatever we can to nurture the good.
The Story of the Grateful Fishes (Inspiring Story about Attitude)
One morning, an elderly man was walking along the beach when he noticed a young boy picking something off the sand and throwing it into the sea.
As he got closer, the man realized the child was throwing stranded fishes that had washed up on the shore back into the breaking waves.
Approaching the boy, the man asked what he was doing.
“The fish will die if they’re still on the shore when the sun rises,” he replied.
Perplexed, the old man said, “But that’s pointless! There are countless miles of beach and thousands of fish. It doesn’t matter how many you return to the water, you can’t make a difference.”
Unfazed, the boy bent down, picked up another fish, and tossed it into the sea.
“It matters to this one,” he said.
Moral of the story:
No matter the odds of success or the scale of the challenge, your actions can make a difference. It’s better to light a candle than curse the dark.
Every little counts. Doing something to make a positive change is always better than nothing!
The Elephant and the Rope (Best Inspirational Short Story about Life)
One day a man walked past a camp of elephants.
Looking closer, he was surprised to see that these mighty animals weren’t held in cages or kept in chains.
The only thing stopping them from escaping?
A thin rope tied from one of their legs to a simple pole in the ground.
Confused as to why they didn’t use their strength to break the rope, he asked the trainer why they weren’t attempting to run away.
To this the trainer replied,
“As baby elephants, we use the same system. But, at that age, the rope is strong enough to stop them from escaping. They grow up like this, believing they can never break the rope, so even as adults they stay put.”
In other words, these powerful, magnificent and intelligent elephants didn’t believe they could free themselves, so they never tried.
Moral of the story:
Our personal beliefs are powerful beyond measure and often dictate our outcomes. They can work for or against us.
Identify your limiting beliefs so you can push against them.
To Be Continued…
