Here’s another weekly story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil. If you have a story please send it into me so I can pass it on 🙂 A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year old grandson. The old man’s hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and […]
FEELING GUILTY This week’s theme is the ” BIG G” – GUILT so here is a story today from my never ending notebook and everlasting pencil ~ “I don’t know quite how it came to be, but I got talking to a person overwhelmed within a situation, with guilt over mistakes made and messy chaos […]
The Quarryman My Wednesday Story is a magic metaphor for life – it helps us ponder , reflect and connect to what’s important in our lives and I hope that you enjoy reading them each Wednesday. Here is a story from my never ending note book and ever lasting pencil about a Quarryman today. A quarryman’s work […]
Here’s today’s story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil In your hands Once upon a time there was a mother. She was a very good and conscientious mother and she did her very best to look after her two little boys and feed them, clothe them, clean them and answer all […]
Well, I remember the old Hollies hit “Silence is Golden” and today’s story from my never ending notebook and everlasting pencil is along this theme. Silence is Golden A young man joined a group of Buddhist monks after listening to their message and prayers. The father of the young man went to the Buddha […]
Belief is all you need A man was lost while driving through the country. As he tried to read a map, he accidentally drove off the road into a ditch. Though he wasn’t injured, his car was stuck deep in the mud. So the man walked to a nearby farm to ask for help. […]
Making up your own mind and being happy with it Here is your Wednesday story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil. “On a certain day in 1456 a farmer entered the great city of Norwich with his son and a donkey. The man was riding the donkey, and his son was leading […]
Here’s another story from my never ending notebook and ever lasting coloured pencil. The Porcupine The porcupine was a strange looking creature because although he had a small little body, it was covered from head to foot with long fierce looking quills which stuck up all around his body even when they were lying down. […]
Here’s today’s story from my never ending notebook and my everlasting coloured pencil . The Three Little Wolves The pioneering biologist Bruce Lipton found that the cells in your body are always in one or two modes: protection or growth. Basically, in fear–mode or in love-mode. Whenever we feel threatened or judged we immediately go […]
Here’s today’s story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil. Belief Is All You Need A man was lost while driving through the country. As he tried to read a map, he accidentally drove off the road into a ditch. Though he wasn’t injured, his car was stuck deep in the mud. So […]
I use stories when I’m giving talks as I think they are a lovely way to teach, motivate and inspire. Every Wednesday I write my Magic of Metaphor – Stories with Themes to Ponder to get you thinking about the bigger picture to your parenting. They are discovered from my travels and reading or from stories […]
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