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 […]
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 […]
Hot Buttons Here’s your Wednesday story from my never-ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil. Mole was driving along a motorway with his good friend, Badger. Mole was enjoying the drive and feeling good about the world until another car, driven by Rat, cut aggressively and dangerously in front of him. Mole was furious. He […]
Here’s The Donkey in the Well Story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil! “There once was a little donkey that worked on a very large farm. This donkey was a very hard worker, and was very much appreciated by his master who knew he could count on him do any manner of […]
Here’s a story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil called “Not Cheese Sandwiches AGAIN !” “I once knew a person just like you: I met him on a construction site in Manchester. When the lunch bell rang: all the workers would sit down together to eat. And every day, Sam would […]
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 […]
Comfort Zones Here is your Wednesday story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil. Two seeds lay in a shallow depression in the field where the farmer had thrown them. As the autumn days passed, birds searching for worms, and the wintry wind, loosened the earth, which slowly began to cover them. Patiently […]
Here is my Wednesday story from my never ending notebook and everalsting coloured pencil ! A horse with no identifying marks wandered into a farmyard. The farmer’s young son said he’d take the responsibility for returning the horse to its owner. The boy mounted the horse, urged it towards the road and let it choose […]
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 WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING, WROTE IN THE SAND: […]
I love stories! My Dad used to be a brilliant storyteller making up endless stories for me to fall happily asleep to last thing at night. He also used to tell my children “true lies” as he had run out of true stories about growing up in Balham during the war, learning how to […]
Here’s your Wednesday story from my never ending notebook and everlasting pencil! 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 a vitriolic text […]
Leadership and being a role model Here’s your Wednesday Story from my never ending notebook and everlasting pencil. The Apprentice just managed to arrive in time for the class. Her cheeks were flushed from running and her heart was pumping hard. The topic for the day was Leading by Example. The Apprentice put up her […]
Here’s your Wednesday story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil. An armada of the US Navy was engaged in naval exercises off the coast of Canada when the following radio exchange was recorded: “Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid danger of a collision” “Recommend that you divert […]
