The Sue Atkins Wednesday Story – Ginger Biscuits

The stranger and the ginger nut biscuits story……… from my never ending notebook and my everlasting pencil. Today’s story made me laugh when I first came across it and is an urban legend dating back at least 30 years. At the airport after a tiring business trip a lady’s return flight was delayed. She went […]

The Sue Atkins Wednesday Story – Develop An Ant Philosophy

The Ant Philosophy by Jim Rohn   “Over the years I’ve been teaching kids about a simple but powerful concept – the ant philosophy. I think everybody should study ants. They have an amazing four-part philosophy, and here is the first part: ants never quit. That’s a good philosophy. If they’re headed somewhere and you […]

The Sue Atkins Wednesday Story To Ponder

  The Giraffe Here’s a story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil about teamwork and the “we” mentality. There was once a giraffe who was taller than his brothers and sisters – he was the tallest giraffe that anyone had ever seen. The pity of it was that, being the tallest giraffe, […]

The Sue Atkins Weekly Parenting Story

  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 […]

The Sue Atkins Wednesday Story To Ponder

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 […]

The Sue Atkins Wednesday Story To Ponder

    Here’s your Wednesday Story from my never ending notebook and everlastingcoloured  pencil  Soil and Toil  A priest was driving his car along a remote country road. As he reached the brow of a hill, he slowed down and whistled to himself. Stretched out below him, nestling in the valley, was one of the […]

The Sue Atkins Wednesday Story To Ponder !

Here’s your Wednesday story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil! Resistance An electrician who lacked confidence went to a life coach for help. He wondered why other electricians did better than he did. He wondered why many of his classmates at school and college had more successful careers and lives than he […]