Today’s Wednesday Story from my never ending notebook and my ever lasting coloured pencil, is a true story by Kent Nerburn. The Last Cab Ride “Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. One time I arrived in the middle of the night for a pick up at a building that was dark […]
The Echo Here is today’s story from my never ending note book and everlasting pencil. A man and his fine young son were walking in the forest. Suddenly the young boy trips and feels a very sharp pain and he screams out, “Ahhhhh.” Surprised, he hears a voice coming from the mountain, “Ahhhhh.” Filled with curiosity, […]
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 […]
Helicopters and boats I love Michael Neill and I really enjoyed being trained by him on my NLP Practitioner course many years ago. His recent blog has just reminded me of a great story. So here is a story today from my never-ending notebook and everlasting pencil in keeping with my money theme today. […]
Here is today’s story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil ! The cocoon, the butterfly and leaving well alone……….coping strategies A woman was in the habit of taking her dog for a walk twice a day in her local park. She noticed a cocoon hanging from the branch of a bush. She […]
Here’s today’s story from my never-ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil. The Hat Trick The speaker had arrived at the village hall to give a talk that people had eagerly awaited for many weeks. The talk was on a particular contentious issue that touched on the lives of everybody in the village. There were many […]
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 […]
The Magik of Metaphor…… I love metaphors as they are a great way to pass on our values, our beliefs and our ethos and philosophies for Life to our kids through telling simple stories. I use them to get the parents I coach pondering and reflecting and even musing! That’s why every Wednesday […]
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. […]
Today’s story from my never ending notebook and everlasting pencil is called The Princess and the Crown “There was once a beautiful and powerful princess whose every whim and desire was immediately satisfied by a legion of attentive servants. One starlit night the princess was reclining in the garden, gazing down into a serene clear […]
Here’s your Wednesday story from my never ending notebook and everlasting pencil called The Logs. One Friday morning a couple of months ago the log man came to our house and delivered our winter pile of logs for our open fire but he dumped them outside my neighbour Helen’s door instead and she sent me […]
Here’s today’s story from my never ending notebook and ever lasting 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 […]
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 […]
Today my best friend slapped me in the face Here’s your Wednesday Story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil. TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING THROUGH THE DESERT. DURING SOME POINT OF THE JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE IN THE FACE. THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED […]
