Motivating Short Stories

The products soon hit the e-commerce stores as it was exclusively available online. In a span of few months, the products turned out to be a huge hit. Mona and Victor moved into a bigger house Victor bought in a posh neighborhood. Life was going smoothly while the doorbell rang. Victor was about to go to his home office to work and brainstorm on some new ideas for products. He decided to get the door for himself. When he opened the door, he saw Charlie standing with a younger girl with a wide grin. Charlie rushed forward to hug Victor but he was furious. Charlie's girlfriend had a smirk on her face and she decided to hug Victor and touch him inappropriately when Victor suddenly moved away.  Charlie and the girl walked inside the house as if they owned the place. Charlie made himself comfortable on the plush couch and ordered Mona to bring him and his girlfriend something chilled to drink. Victor was  in shock. Charlie was angry and asked why Victor didn't teach Mona some manne...

Many years passed and Victor grew up to be a successful entrepreneur who grew his start up to great heights. Mona was beaming proudly next to Victor during his interview. The interviewer praised Mona for her beauty and asked her the secret of looking so young. They even asked if she had Victor when she was a teenager. Mona just gave a smile while Victor held her close to him and thanked for all his success.  After Mona had moved into the rented house with Victor, she focused her attention on losing weight and caring for her body. In a span of  few months, Mona changed for the good. She began to care for herself while Victor had successfully graduated from college and had gone for a relaxing trip with his best buddies. Victor was praising his mother after seeing her transformation. Victor continued to pursue his post graduation in business studies. Mona told Victor that he had to take care of his own needs and asked him to save up some money while he earned. She also insisted t...

Victor walked into the room and told Mona that he was sorry something like this was happening to her. He apologized for his earlier rude behavior to her and told her that he realized how that might have hurt her when Charlie was also insulting her. Mona hugged her son and told that she wanted to be strong for him and asked him whether he would be willing to move out with her the next day. Victor agreed and apologized profusely to his mom for being so rude.  Johnson had arranged a rented house for Mona and Victor to stay. He visited Mona and helped her and Victor to move out of the house with all their belongings. Johnson asked Mona not to sign the divorce papers as it was drafted with different clauses that benefitted Charlie. Mona handed over all the evidence she had collected to Johnson after she showed each and every thing to him. Johnson said that the evidence was too strong and assured that Mona would win the legal proceedings. He asked her what her plan was and Mona told him ...

Her world came crashing down and she was trying to process what Charlie has told her. Charlie had a smug look on his face. He smirked and asked both Mona and Victor to get out of his house so that he could bring in his new girl home. He opened his briefcase and threw out a paper on Mona’s face. It was divorce papers.  Charlie told Mona that he would be kind and would allow her and Victor to live in the basement if she cooked food, cleaned the house and did all the maid duties for him and his new mistress. However, she would still get divorced and there was no way out from the same.  Victor got up from the couch and walked towards his father with conflict in his eyes. He asked why his father was taking such a rash decision immediately. Charlie ignored him and told Mona that he hated their son. He told Mona that she had time until the next night to make a decision on what she would do along with her son. Charlie walked towards the main door and told Mona that he won't be back un...

Many people sacrifice their happiness and even themselves for the happiness of their spouse or their families. However, the most important thing they forget here is to take care of themselves where no one else would care. Every person lives by themselves and knows very well that they will have to care for themselves, may it be their physical as well as their mental health. However, there are many people who ignore their own well-being for the sake of others to finally regret their actions.  Mona got married to the love of her life. Her husband, Charlie, had a good job with stable income and was promoted recently which helped them upgrade their lifestyle. They had a son, Victor who was in his teens. Charlie was out of the house for most of the time. He practically came back home just to sleep at night and return back to office the next day. Sundays were dedicated to his boss and team where they used to play golf for the entire day.  Victor was happy in his own world and hated b...

Her parents who were supportive of her until that point decided to take a total “U” turn. They asked her to come up with some other career prospects so that she could survive in the competent world. They even threatened to cut her off from their lives if she decided to stick to her teaching career. Joanne was determined to move forward. She moved into an apartment so that she could focus more on pursuing her teacher's degree. She was working two part time jobs that could help her fund her education as well as cover her rent.  Her parents were furious and decided to take it to social media. They shared how disgraced they were to have her with them until then and thanked God on how they realized she was a bad person. Her cousins and other relatives supported her parents and all of it became the talk of the town. However, rather than some church-goers who mocked her, other people moved on with their lives. Joanne applied for a job while continuing with her social work and part time jo...

It is a fact that society seems to be more interested in other people's lives rather than looking into their own imperfections. Most conservative parents are of the view on what the society would think if we take such an action or decision. Joanna was facing such a situation in her life.  Her parents were very conservative and God fearing people. They used to impose their ideas on Joanna so that the whole family, including Joanna, had a good image to maintain in the society. Joanna found it interesting to teach kids from her childhood and her family was supportive of her. She used to visit the orphanage near the church to teach the kids. One of the shocking discoveries she had made was on how illiterate most of them were. They were unable to even speak in an entire sentence, forget reading and writing.  Gradually, Joanna realized that there were many illiterate people around the world and needed basic education for survival.  Joanna was determined that she would become an...