Courage

  • Happy Hour – A Modern Day Short Spiritual Story

    “Tough day?” “No, just taking a quick break.” The two Beings of Light reclined at the bar, musing at the human soul below who glared back up at them, shaking her fist. “How long has she been at it?” the second Being asked, sipping from a tall glass. “Fourth lifetime now,” the first one replied,…

  • A Losing Baseball Game

    On my way home one day, I stopped to watch a Little League base ball game that was being played in a park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first-base line, I asked one of the boys what the score was.

    ‘We’re behind 14 to nothing…

  • The Fish, The Pelican, and The Nature of Reality – A Spiritual Story

    Once there was a little fish who lived in the sea. It swam with a great school of other fishes, living, loving, and learning in a seemingly endless expanse that provided for its every need.

    The fish was happy enough. But sometimes it struggled to find food and always it swam in fear of bigger fish – or worse the white-winged creatures that plunged down upon members of its school when they least expected it…

  • Sincere Repentance – Spiritual Story by Paulo Coelho

    The monk Chu Lai was beaten by a teacher who did not believe anything he said. However, the professor’s wife was a follower of Chu Lai, and demanded that her husband had to apologize to him.

    Displeased, but without the courage to deny his wife, the man…

  • A Bag of Hurts

    There was a sweet, wonder-filled little girl who was hurt over and over so badly that she entered adult life assuming that she was so bad that others just couldn’t be nice to her.

    What she didn’t know until much later, was that God had given her an extra dose of curiosity. This curiosity is what kept her going, seeking answers. She sought many wise people to help her understand why she was so bad that her mother hurt her.

    And why she was unable to be better so that men wouldn’t hurt her…

  • (Story) The Devil’s Dreams – by Steven Aitchison

    The street lights barley lit the empty, darkened road as yet another human slowly walked, looking around him wondering why he was there. Rows and rows of buildings with black doors lined the road. And then he appeared, the Devil, dressed in a black suit, black shining shoes and a smile as wide as the Golden Gate.

    “What is this place?” asked the human

  • Godwill

    I’ve known God’s love through its many manifestations: my husband, the myriad of other Souls who came and went in my life, even my cats. But it was never enough. I wanted to know God, up close and personal. Metaphorically-speaking, I’d shake my fists at the sky and cry for God-Realization.

    After one prolonged period of trying every technique I knew, I was given the following experience as I slept…

  • The Reflection – A Short Spiritual Story

    There was a king who presented his daughter with a beautiful diamond necklace. The necklace was stolen and his people in the kingdom searched everywhere but could not find it. The king then asked them all to search for it and put a reward for $50,000 for anyone who found it.

    One day, a clerk was walking home along a river next to an industrial area. This river was completely polluted and filthy and…

  • A Measure Of True Strength

    A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light and the Savior appeared. The Lord told the man he had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock…