stories are one of the most powerful way to
communicate and convey messages.
MOTIVATIONAL STORY
1 The Wise Woman’s Stone
A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains
found a precious stone in a stream.
The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food.
The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation.
The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime.
But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman.
“I’ve been thinking,” he said, “I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious.
Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me something more precious.
Give me what you have within you that enabled
you to give me the stone.
2 Lady Gets on a Bus
A lady gets on a public bus. Without saying a
word, she gestures to the bus driver by sticking
her thumb on her nose and waving her fingers at the driver.
The driver acknowledges the lady, turns to her and uses both hands in the same type of gesture and waves all his fingers at her.
The woman holds her right arm out at the driver and chops at it a few times with her left hand.
Then the driver puts his left hand on his right bicep and jerks his right arm up in a fist at her.
The woman then cups both of her hands under her breasts and lifts gently. So the driver places both of his hands at his crotch and gently lifts up.
Then the woman frowns, runs a finger up between her derriere, and gets off the bus.
There is another woman sitting in the front row of the bus who witnessed the whole exchange.
She speaks up, “That was the most disgusting thing I have ever seen on a public bus! What the
hell were you doing?”
“Listen lady,” states the gruff bus driver, “the lady that got on the bus before was a deaf-mute.
She asked me if the bus went to 5th Street. I said no, we go to 10th Street. She asked if we make many stops. I told her that this was the express.
She
asked if we go by the dairy, and I told her we go by the ballpark. She said
“Shit, I’m on the wrong bus!” and got off.”
3 Socks and Shoes
A little boy about 10 years old was standing
before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted,
peering through the window, and shivering with
cold. A lady approached the boy and said,
“My little fellow, why are you looking so
earnestly in that window?” “I was asking God to
give me a pair of shoes,” was the boy’s reply.
The lady took him by the hand and went into the
store and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy.
She then asked if he could give her a basin of
water and a towel.
He quickly brought them to her. She took
the little fellow to the back part of the store and,
removing her gloves, knelt down, washed
his little feet, and dried them with a towel.
By this time the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy’s feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes.
She tied up the remaining pairs of socks
and gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said, “No doubt, my little
fellow, you feel more comfortable now?”
As she turned to go, the astonished lad caught her by the hand, and looking up in her face, with tears his eyes,
4 My Name’s Joe
There once was a farmer whose wife had died and
left him with three beautiful teenage daughters.
Every weekend, when they went out on
dates, the farmer would stand at the door with his shotgun,
making it clear to their dates he wanted
no trouble from them.
Another Saturday night came around. About 7 p.m., there was a knock on the door. He answered and the young man said, “Hi, my name’s Joe.
I’m here for Flo. I’m taking her to the show.
Is she ready to go?” The farmer thought he was a clever boy and wished them a
good time.
A few minutes later, another knock was heard. A second boy appeared and said, “Hi, I’m Eddie. I’m here for Betty.
I’m taking her for spaghetti. I hope she’s
ready.” He thought that he must know Joe, but bade them off as well with his
best wishes.
A few minutes after that, a third knock was heard.
“Hi, I’m Chuck…” The farmer shot him.
5 Ticket Excuse
A man was driving home late one afternoon, and
he was driving above the speed limit. He notices a police car with its red
lights on in his rear view mirror.
He thinks “I can outrun this guy,” so he floors it and the race is on.
The cars are racing down the highway — 60, 70,
80, 90 miles an hour.
Finally, as his speedometer passes 100,
the guy figures he can’t outrun the cop and gives up. He pulls over to the
curb.
The police officer gets out of his cruiser and approaches the car. He leans down and says “Listen mister, I’ve had a really lousy day,
and I just want to go home. Give me a
good excuse and I’ll let you go.”
The man thought for a moment and said,
“Three weeks ago, my wife ran off with a
police officer.
When I saw your cruiser in my rear view
mirror, I thought you were that officer and you were trying to give her back to
me!
6 Two more aisles . . .
A man observed a woman in the grocery store
with a three year old girl in her basket.
As they passed the cookie section, the
little girl asked for cookies and her mother told her no.
The little girl immediately began to whine and
fuss, and the mother said quietly, “Now Monica, we just have half of the
aisles left to go through; don’t be upset. It won’t be long.”
Soon they came to the candy aisle, and the little girl began to shout for candy. And when told she couldn’t have any, began to cry.
The mother said, “There, there, Monica, don’t
cry–only two more aisles to go, and then we’ll be checking out.”
When they got to the check-out stand, the little girls immediately began to clamor for gum and burst into a terrible tantrum upon discovering there’d be no gum purchased.
The mother patiently said, “Monica, we’ll be
through this check out stand in 5 minutes and then you can go home and have a
nice nap.”
The man followed them out to the parking lot and stopped the woman to compliment her. “I couldn’t help noticing how patient you were with little Monica,” he began.
Whereupon the mother said, “I’m Monica . . . my
little girl’s name is Tammy.”
7 A Boy and a Frog
One day, a boy was walking down a road when a
frog called to him, “Boy, if you kiss me, I will turn into a beautiful
princess.”
The boy picked up the frog, smiled at it, then placed the frog into his pocket.
A few minutes later, the frog said, “Boy, if
you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, and I will stay with
you for a week.”
The boy took the frog from his pocket, smiled at it, then put it back into his pocket.
A few minutes later, the frog said, “Boy,
if you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will do ANYTHING
you want!”
The boy took the frog from his pocket, smiled, and put it back.
Finally, the frog cried, “Boy, what is the
matter, I have told you that I am a beautiful princess, and if you kiss me, I
will stay with you and do ANYTHING you want!”
The boy took the frog from his pocket and said,
“Look, I am an engineering student, I have no
time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog is cool!”
8 Life Sentence
A woman awakes during the night to find that
her husband was not in bed.
She puts on her robe and goes downstairs
to look for him.
She finds him sitting in the kitchen with a cup
of coffee, and he appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the
wall.
She watches as he wipes a tear from his eye and
takes a sip of coffee.
What’s the matter dear?, she whispers as she steps into the room.
Why are you sitting down here this time
of the night? The husband looks up from his coffee,
Do you remember 20 years ago when we were
dating, and you were only 16? he asks solemnly. Yes, I do she replies.
The husband paused, the words were not coming easily.
Do you remember when your father caught us in
the back seat of my car making love?.
Yes I remember, said the wife, lowering herself
into a chair beside him.
The husband continued. Do you remember when he shoved the double barrel shotgun in my face and said,
“Either you marry my daughter, or I’ll
send you to jail for 20 years.” Yes I remember that too. She whispered softly.
He wiped another tear from his cheek and said,
“I would be getting out today”!
9 A Diner Quickie
A man goes into a restaurant and is seated. All
the waitresses are gorgeous.
A particularly voluptuous waitress
wearing a very short skirt and legs that won’t quit came to his table and asked
if he was ready to order,
“What would you like, sir?”
He looks at the menu and then scans her
beautiful frame top to bottom, then answers, “A quickie.”
The waitress turns and walks away in disgust.
After she regains her composure she returns and
asks again, “What would you like, sir?”
Again the man thoroughly checks her out and again answers, “A quickie, please.”
This time her anger takes over, she reaches over and slaps him across the face with a resounding “SMACK!” and storms away.
A man sitting at the next table leans
over and whispers, “Um, I think it’s pronounced ‘QUICHE.'”
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