Inspirational Short Stories

Reflective short stories about kindness, courage, and what truly matters. Each story carries a lesson waiting to be discovered.

• Solita and the Power of Sunshine
• The Pomegranate Society
• The Enchanted Gourd
• A Day with Edna
• Lunita
• Seek the Higher Peaks
• Dreamarium
• The Acorn
• The First Gift of Christmas
• The Smallest Diamond
• Rich Man
• An Old Man's Wish
• Grandmother Sun
• Kindness
• Unspoken Language
• Lunch Lesson
• Alien to Alien
• Careful What You Wish For
• Big Stuff, Little Stuff
• Garden of Dreams
• Lake House
• Carriage Ride
• Big Bear, Little Bear
• Last Breath
• Armrest Hog
• The Pointer
• Two Hats
• Falling
• Some Idea of Human Kindness
• Mop
• Paul the Penguin
• Richard the Tenth
• Oh, Honey
• Blueberry
• First Train Ride
• A Fast Man
• Trophy
• The Happy Mzungu
• More Than Words in Boston
• Yogis
• Guard
• Two Day Hero
• The Mother of All Lines
• A Wedge in the World
• The Ball Player
• A Night to Remember
• The Professor
• The Old Daddy and His Coins
• The Old Daddy and the Supper Scene
• The Man Who Loved Everybody
• Cro-Magnon Man
• Confession Before Marriage
• Mountain Girl
• Train Feast
• Red, Blue, and Green People
• A Jewish Woman, a Palestinian Man
• Opportunity to Live
• The Valley of a Thousand Faces
• Rose
• Shoes
• Dirty Laundry
• Unity Force — Unexpected Turn
• The Luckiest Girl in the World
• Careful
• Questions for Daddy
• Abigail and Abe
• Ant Philosopher
• Ice Cream
• Weird
• Captain Dusty’s
• The Art of Boredom
• The Sweet Prince
• Sunflower Smile
• Madness by Midnight
• The Greatest Compliment
• Kingfisher
• Baobab
• Leaving School
• Trumpet Fish
• Hard Shell Day
• White Shirt
• Zen Master
• Who Will You Be?
• Little Defeats
• Try
• Dawn
• Beijing Billy
• Orange Penguins
• Green Bliss
• Silent Child
• Matcha!
• Jasper the Cloud Above Kiribati
• Red Delicious
• Hydrant
• Appleman