Motivating Short Stories

  There are many things that make people happy. Making people happy needs a lot of patience and one should understand very well how people could be happy. Some might become very happy if they get an ice-cream while some would require more materialistic things to become happy.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ Mina was a customer care executive who was working in a home appliance store. She was used to seeing happy faces after they purchased a home appliance for their loved ones or mostly for themselves. She also used to see disappointed faces of certain people as they would enquire about a particular product but couldn't find them in the store. Some might settle for other appliances while some are insisting that they are looking for one specific product that is unavailable in the store.  Once, a small family consisting of parents and a cute little girl had visited the store. They were looking to purchase a home theater sy...

Cary admired every time her mom used to shop for beauty products and use them. She loved watching her mom wear makeup . She was so interested in wearing it from childhood that once she tried using makeup only to find that she messed up the entire set. Her mom was so furious with her spoiling the makeup set.  As Cary grew up, she understood that makeup should be used under limits and one should have a good daily face and skin care routine to remain beautiful. Hence, she decided to take care of her body and face by doing beauty treatments at home. She preferred diy beauty treatments rather than waiting at a beauty salon for her turn to take care of her face and body.  She used to work and take care of her skin. As she was aware of using less beauty products, her skin was almost flawless and many people admired her. Some women even asked her the secret of her beauty and wanted to achieve the facial tone she had. Some women were so jealous that they ignored and bad-mouthed her but...

  Mike admired photography and cameras since his childhood. His grandpa had a camera that used to take photos with film rolls fixed on it. His grandpa had even custom-made a "dark room" so that he could develop the photos by himself from the negatives. Mike always wished to see how the photographs were developed.  Grandpa knew how passionate Mike was when he accidentally broke an old camera tripod and started crying inconsolably. Mike broke the tripod as he was trying to take a photo in an old camera that used to be kept on tripods. Grandpa had fixed the tripod and asked Mike to click a photo. Even Though he was unsure, he ended up clicking a photo. Grandpa asked Mike if he was interested to know how to develop a negative into an actual photograph.  Mike was very excited and for the first time, he visited the dark room. As the name mentions, the room was dark and grandpa had a red light inside where anyone could hardly see around. There was a rectangular tray, some bottle...

Shaun loved taking care of dogs since his childhood. He used to take his dogs and travel around, exploring various places. He has had two dogs at his home since he was a child. However, as years passed, he lost both of them due to their old age.  Shaun never gave up on having a loyal companion with him. He knew very well about the loyalty of dogs and used to train them. He always wanted to train his dogs so that they could easily sense danger and help out people in trouble.  Once, he took his dogs, Rex and Ray, two healthy labradors with him as we wanted to go hiking. They were well-trained and loved to explore and go on adventures with him. Shaun had visited a less explored area and had help from one of his friends' brothers, Rick, who also loved adventures. Rick had found a unique and less explored location where Shaun and Rick could hike and enjoy nature.  Shaun, Rick and his dogs started walking and soon found themselves amidst deep and thick forest. As they explored,...

  The most exciting thing for Simon in his life was to travel around by taking a break from his work. However, he had just two days off from work and was wondering how he would travel around by being a tourist.  Suddenly, an idea struck him. He thought about how to be a tourist in your own city. Yes, he wanted to explore the local tourist attractions and have some good time. As he moved into the city for his job, he rarely had time to explore what the city had to offer.  After doing a small research, he found out that he could plan out and visit a few places within the city limits. He had a chance to visit the local museum, a park by the lakeside, war memorial and enjoyed walking by the seashore during the evening. The next day, he had planned to visit a famous amusement park where he could spend the whole day and then return back to his place.  He enjoyed going on rides, playing games by the stalls, eating candies and other food. However, what made him more happy wa...

  Carlos loved cars, may it be vintage ones or modern machines. He loved speed and knew very well that supercars are very powerful and could attain great speeds within a matter of a few seconds. Even Though this was the case, Carlos loved collecting vintage cars as it gave him the nostalgia of olden days and reminded him of the origin of motor car parts.  He owned a mechanic shop and used to repair supercars and vintage cars and also used to purchase them when the owners intended to sell the cars.  Carlos, like usual, decided to go on a drive with his latest Ferrari from the collection. It was a windy day and Carlos had already made plans for the Ferrari ride for a few days. Even though the weather conditions seemed dangerous, Carlos had already made up his mind on going for a drive with his Ferrari.  He sprung into his Ferrari and sped away from his garage. Unfortunately, the car couldn't gain control over the harsh weather conditions that were growing worse after e...

Sally had a tough life since childhood. Her parents used to do odd jobs to earn money for daily bread. Sally managed to complete her school education but had no financial help from anyone to enroll in university. She always believed that staying strong and working hard would help her as well as her family in surviving the hardships of life.  She started working as a janitor in a hospital as well as a restaurant. However, what she earned merely helped her in taking care of her parents and in feeding them. They were growing old and were unable to work as they had various minor health problems.  Her mother used to bring her leftover soft bread and pastries. Her mother used to bake it at the house where she had worked. As the people were kind, they used to allow her to take leftover pastries and bread to her home so that she was able to feed both Sally and her dad.  Sally's mother had told her once about her dream of preparing such bread and pastries and selling them for mone...