Motivating Short Stories

Mel was invested and focused on her studies She was among the top three students in her class She had opted for her favorite stream, English literature and origin of modern language. She was excited to meet her new friends and was looking forward to learning a lot from her mentors. As she was a day scholar, she used to commute everyday from her rented home where she used to stay with other roommates. She also had taken up a part time job so that she could pay for her rent and university needs. Besides, her grandpa used to wire her little money every month in case she needed the extra money. Mel was very close to her grandpa as both grandparents took care of Mel since she lost her parents. The classes were smooth and years passed. It was time for Mel to graduate. She was prepared and was ready to clear all the exams with flying colors. However, one of the exams was postponed due to an incident at the university. The rescheduled dates were announced. However, Mel and her friends were gla...

  May never complain or criticize anyone. Ms. K once found out that May was throwing away scraps that were given to her as lunch. May hated the scraps and was throwing it away. However, Ms. K became so angry that she hit May. Another instance of the abuse was to kick May on her stomach as she was eating food after starving for a day. May held onto her stomach and was crying. Having no one to help her out, May gathered all the courage a fourteen year old could muster and decided to run away from the house that weekend when everyone was asleep.  Her plans didn't work out. May was asked to scrub pots and pans as Ms. K’s husband was planning to bring his colleagues home for dinner. May had to work more as she had more vessels to clean. She was also asked to clean the entire house and keep it spotless while Ms. K enjoyed her spa session and facial at the posh beauty parlor.   May was asked to sit quietly in her room while Ms. K latched the door. The colleagues visited the...

  It became tough for May to survive at that house. The woman, let's call her Ms. K, was a double faced person. She acted all lovey dovey to May if there were guests or someone important to her. When she was all alone at home, Ms. K would threaten her and ask her to keep working in the kitchen, ask her to keep it clean May knew that Ms. K’s husband was one of her best friends with her dad as she had seen the man hanging out with her father when she was young. However, the man never interfered or bothered to care about how May was being mistreated at the house. Other than the mental abuses like hurling bad words and gaslighting May saying that she was useless and would never succeed in life, the toxic Ms.K began to physically abuse her. May even wondered if Ms. K had a psychological issue as she was enjoying torturing May and loved her son with utmost care.  May wanted to try and contact her brother but was unaware of his whereabouts. The school authorities May was studying obs...

  May had lost her mom when she was too young to realize what had happened. She was just 5 years old.  Since then, her life was amongst her paternal grandparents. As unfortunate as her life was, she never saw her elder brother who was in the University. He was way older than her and they actually never had a bond after they had lost their mother. May never found out anything about her father or even saw him after being taken away by her grandparents.  Fate decided to be cruel to her as soon as she turned 13. She lost her grandparents to a car crash. She was devastated and wondered how she would survive. One of her uncles took her to a care home for orphans and left her there. It was a charity care home that managed to survive on the contributions of rich people. However, she made a few friends and most of them got adopted in a span of few months.  She was also adopted into a home where there was a man, his wife and their infant son, Harry. The woman was not that happ...

  Sam and Tom began working on the project individually as the higher authorities wanted. They wanted both Sam and Tom to come up with a great plan and suggest executing it sticking to the right budget. Sam, being a hard worker, sat all night and drafted a plan. However, Tom, being the slimy and selfish guy, decided to steal the entire work Sam had prepared. Once Tom grabbed the plan, he rushed to the office to present the same.  Sam was shocked to find out through the security cameras at his house that Tom had stolen his hard work and had presented it to the client. The client was confused and began asking questions. Tom began stuttering as he was unaware of the answers. However, Sam interjected and suggested solutions for the clients queries. Sam also pointed out how Tom had stolen his hard work from his house. Tom refused the accusations.  However, Sam came prepared. He showed the security cameras where he had worked hard at night preparing the plan. He also showed Tom...

  Trust is a very important aspect and not everyone deserves your trust. Some people are great manipulators who excel in convincing others that they know the situations others face and sympathize with them so that they could easily gain the trust of the other person. Once they gain the trust, it would be easy to achieve what they need easily from the other person or from his or her life.  We should be very careful on whom we trust as they could make use of our vulnerabilities at any point of time. Let's have a look at the life of two friends who had to turn into enemies due to the betrayal of one.  Sam and Tom were thick friends. Both of them believed in each other or that's what Sam has always thought. However, little did Sam know that he was too wrong about Tom. Both of them have been very passionate about building houses since childhood. Since, they graduated in architecture. Both of them were working at the same company and were handling the same project. They success...

  Clara was on the verge of tears and told Maybel and Shaun on how shattered she was and how badly she fell out of love with Kay. She told how Kay changed to be a different man who seemed to live his life completely in the world of social media and ignored her for the last few months. She was unable to take it anymore and decided to take a stern decision.  She decided to file for divorce. Maybel and Shaun offered to support her throughout the ordeal. The next Sunday rolled out. As a last request, Clara told Kay that he needs help desperately from a counselor to tackle his social media addiction. Kay just ignored her and continued staring into his phone. Clara angrily got up, placed the divorce papers under his car keys on the table and started packing.  Kay was unaware of the situation as he was staring into the phone. Clara called the movers for the evening and began packing all her stuff. As evening rolled out, she got her stuff loaded and transported to her new apartme...