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9 Short Stories Worth Reading and Feeling

9 Short Stories1. FALL and RISE

Today, when I slipped on the wet tile floor a boy in a wheelchair caught me before I slammed my head on the ground. He said, �Believe it or not, that�s almost exactly how I injured my back 3 years ago .

2. A FATHER'S ADVICE

Today, my father told me, �Just go for it and give it a try! You don�t have to be a professional to build a successful product. Amateurs started Google and Apple. Professionals built the Titanic

3. The POWER of UNIQUENESS .

Today, I asked my mentor � a very successful business man in his 70�s � what his top 3 tips are for success. He smiled and said, �Read something no one else is reading, think something no one else is thinking, and do something no one else is doing.

4. LOOKING BACK

Today, I interviewed my grandmother for part of a research paper I�m working on for my Psychology class. When I asked her to define success in her own words, she said, �Success is when you look back at your life and the memories make you smile.

5. TRY and YOU shall KNOW

I am blind by birth. When I was 8 years old, I wanted to play baseball. I asked my father- "Dad, can I play baseball?" He said "You'll never know until you try." When I was a teenager, I asked him, - "Dad Can I become a surgeon?". He replied "Son, you'll never know until you try." Today I am a Surgeon, just because I tried!

6. GOODNESS & GRATITUDE

Today, after a 72 hour shift at the fire station, a woman ran up to me at the grocery store and gave me a hug. When I tensed up, she realized I didn�t recognize her. She let go with tears of joy in her eyes and the most sincere smile and said, �On 9-11-2001, you carried me out of world trade centre.

7. LOOKING BACK

Today, as my father, three brothers, and two sisters stood around my mother�s hospital bed, my mother uttered her last coherent words before she died. She simply said, �I feel so loved right now. We should have gotten together like this more often.�

8. AFFECTION

Today, I kissed my dad on the forehead as he passed away in a small hospital bed. About 5 seconds after he passed, I realized it was the first time I had given him a kiss since I was a little boy.

9. SHARING

Today, I was traveling in Kenya and I met a refugee from Zimbabwe. He said he hadn�t eaten anything in over 3 days and looked extremely skinny and unhealthy. Then my friend offered him the rest of the sandwich he was eating. The first thing the man said was, �We can share it.�

Cheers to life

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