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Seven Wonders of the World

  • Posted: March 9, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown
    Junior high school students in Chicago were studying the Seven Wonders of the World. At the end of the lesson, the students were asked to list what they considered to be the Seven Wonders of the...
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Twenty Dollars

  • Posted: March 9, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown
    A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked. "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to...
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The Trouble Tree

  • Posted: March 9, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown
    The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his ancient pickup...
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Why Not For Man?

  • Posted: March 9, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown
    Where we live, on the Eastern shore of Maryland, the gentle waters run in and out like fingers slimming at the tips. They curl into the smaller creeks and coves like tender palms.
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I Would Pick More Daisies

  • Posted: March 2, 2010
    Storyteller: Don Herold (Adapted)
    When the late Nadine Stair of Louisville, Kentucky, was 85 years old, she was asked what she would do if she had her life to live over again. "I'd make more mistakes next time," she said....
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If A Dog Were Your Teacher

  • Posted: March 2, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown
    If a dog were your teacher These are some of the lessons you might learn... When loved ones come home, always run to greet them Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride Allow the experience...
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Stand Tall Like The Sunflower

  • Posted: March 2, 2010
    Storyteller: Tony Masiello
    I find it humorous sometimes that even the most mundane occurrences can have an impact on our awareness. My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nine years ago and we spent a lot of time and...
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The Cracked Pot

  • Posted: January 26, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown
    A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always...
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Don't We All

  • Posted: January 15, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown
    I was parked in front of the mall wiping off my car. I had just come from the car wash and was waiting for my wife to get out of work. Coming my way from across the parking lot was what...
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Winners in Skating 2006 Torino Italy - Stories of Overcoming Challenges

  • Posted: January 12, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown - factual
    Winners in Skating 2006 Torino Italy Olympics In China back in the 1970’s most of the people were isolated from the world with no outside TV or news.  China decided to enter ice...
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Why We Gave Away Our Home

  • Posted: January 21, 2010
    Storyteller: Kevin Salwen
    One family makes a dramatic decision to help others. published: 01/17/2010 The Salwens standing in front of their new house -- "the best move we ever made."
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Lucky Dog

  • Posted: January 19, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown
    Lucky Dog.... Anyone who has pets will really like this. You'll like it even if you don't and you may even decide you need one! Mary and her husband Jim had a dog named Lucky.
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The Brick

  • Posted: January 15, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown
    About ten years ago, a young and very successful executive named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his sleek, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar...
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Charles Schultz Philosophy

  • Posted: January 12, 2010
    Storyteller: Charles Schultz
    The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip.
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Child's Definition of LOVE.

  • Posted: January 12, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown
    A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have...
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Two Choices

  • Posted: January 12, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown
    Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any...
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The Carrot, The Egg, and the Coffee Bean

  • Posted: January 11, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown
    A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and...
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The Seeker of Truth

  • Posted: January 11, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown
    After years of searching, the seeker was told to go to a cave, in which he would find a well. 'Ask the well what is truth', he was advised, 'and the well will reveal it to you'. Having found the well...
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Symbol For Happiness

  • Posted: January 11, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown
    - Tom! I had just been reading an interesting article about a symbol for happiness by a life coach. She wrote we should carry a symbol with us that reminded us of a true happy moment and whenever we...
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Who you are speaks louder to me than anything you can say

  • Posted: January 11, 2010
    Storyteller: Lee Ryan Miller
    At the beginning of my 8:00 a.m. class one Monday at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not...
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Believe What You Feel

  • Posted: January 11, 2010
    Storyteller: Mitch Albom
    On this day, Morrie says that he has an exercise for us to try. We are to stand, facing away from our classmates, and fall backward, relying on another student to catch us. Most of us are...
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Helping Hands

  • Posted: January 11, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown
    A mother, wishing to encourage her son's progress at the piano, bought tickets to a performance by the great Polish pianist Ignace Paderewski. When the evening arrived, they found their seats near...
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Homecoming

  • Posted: January 11, 2010
    Storyteller: Unknown
    While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I had one of those life changing experiences that you hear other people talk about, the kind that sneaks up on you unexpectedly...
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Optimistic Spirit

  • Posted: January 11, 2010
    Storyteller: Jerry Vintinner
    The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps. She paid the driver and, using her hands to feel the location...
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