The woman holds her right arm out at the driver and chops at it a few times with her left hand. 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. Without saying a word, she gestures to the bus driver by sticking her thumb on her nose and waving her fingers at the driver. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone.Ī lady gets on a public bus. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me something more precious. “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.

But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. I find that good stories don’t get tired… We can read or hear them over and over again, and they hold our attention, convey their wisdom or humor as if for the first time…Ī wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The best stories often linger in our minds and demand that we retell them their message often incisive, strong, true. All of us love to hear stories because we can take the moral of the story shared, make it our own, and retell it with added nuances or modified words. With a story, you can cut through the need for excess verbiage in a presentation, and in one fell swoop, deliver a pithy or funny missive to a captive audience.

Stories are a very powerful way to communicate and convey messages. On Wisdom & Humor: Short Stories to Make You Think & Smile…

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