Steve Goodier Wisdom: Your Resilient Self

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about our resiliency. Enjoy!

I often come back to a story about two men who came from similar backgrounds. They both grew up in “dysfunctional” homes. An alcohol-addicted parent raised them both. They both endured numerous hardships as a result of the many problems brought about by their unstable home lives.

As adults, however, their lives looked quite different. One man held a steady job. He was married with a happy home life. He was involved in his children’s lives. He felt productive and useful. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Write the Other Way?

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about our creativity. Enjoy!

Henry L. Mencken said it first: “For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat and wrong.” Several 7-Eleven stores learned the truth of that statement. According to a New York Times article, a number of the convenience stores had a problem with teenagers hanging out in their parking lots at all hours of the day and night. Not that they didn’t like kids. But the teens were noisy. Customers had to walk around them to get into the stores. And they left discarded wrappers, cigarette butts and paper cups on the grounds.

Managers tried various methods to solve the problem. They asked the young people to move elsewhere. They asked them to pick up their trash. They even spoke to the police, but nothing worked. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: You’re Gifted for Something

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about our abilities. Enjoy!

I heard of a woman who operated a daycare for children from her home. As she transported children in her car one day, a fire truck zoomed by. The kids were thrilled to see a Dalmatian on the front seat.

They began a conversation about the duties of the “fire dog.” One child suggested that they use the dog to keep the crowds back. Another said the Dalmatian is just for good luck. But young Jamie brought the argument to an end when he said, “They use the dog to find the hydrant!”

He reminds us that we all have useful abilities. Some of our skills are apparent. Some are hidden. Some can be improved with work. Some have yet to be developed. But all of us can contribute, and usually in more ways than we realize. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Cool Heads and Warm Hearts

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about making good decisions. Enjoy!

If you’ve ever struggled making the right decision, you may appreciate this story:

A young man seemed to take an unusually long time to place his order at the flower shop. When the clerk asked how she could help, he explained that his girlfriend was turning 19 and he couldn’t decide whether to give her a dozen roses or 19 roses — one for each year of her life.

The woman put aside her business judgment and advised, “She may be your 19-year-old girlfriend now, but someday she could be your 50-year-old wife.” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Be Still

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about stillness. Enjoy!

I have noticed that the best way for me to get a few minutes of solitude at the end of the day is to start washing the dishes. And a few minutes of solitude is something I need frequently. A time to be alone. A time to reflect.

There is a difference between aloneness and loneliness. Aloneness is necessary for the soul to thrive — even to come alive! Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Passionate Living

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about passionate living. Enjoy!

One man quipped: “It’s not that I’m afraid of dying. It’s just that I’ve been alive for as long as I can remember, and I’m kind of set in my ways.”

Some people ARE afraid of dying. Others are not concerned about their death … but they worry about how they’re going to get there. Will illness linger? Or will it be sudden?

I can’t even guess how or when I might die, but knowing this present existence will end has actually helped me to live passionately. Others have discovered the same phenomenon. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Admitting Our Schnozzles

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about the benefits of laughter. Enjoy!

A humorous story has it that many generations ago, a soldier was sentenced to be flogged. As if something hilarious were about to happen, he chuckled as they led him away and laughed uproariously throughout the whipping.

When the painful punishment finally ended, the officer in charge demanded,  “What’s so funny about a flogging? I don’t think it’s a joke.” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Wondrous Mystery

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about mysteries. Enjoy!

Sometimes fact is more mysterious than fiction! The “Denver Post” printed an article December 23, 1981 about a stranger-than-fact event that occurred in Colorado.

Stan Sieczkowski heard in church about a Denver family facing a rather bleak Christmas holiday. Medical bills robbed them of any extras; they would not even have a tree.

So Stan and his son Jay determined to get them that tree. They headed up into the Colorado Rockies in the family pickup. However, the truck skidded off the icy road and hit a boulder that shattered the windshield. Jay was showered by glass slivers and suffered from shock and crash trauma. Stan was uninjured, though somewhat shaken. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: True Love

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about strength. Enjoy!

How easy it is to confuse love with passion! One father said of his teenaged son, “I don’t know if he’s in love or in heat!” Feelings of attraction can change more quickly than the seasons, but love, in its truest form, is greater than feelings.

Love is what Mr. and Mrs. Strauss shared. Mrs. Isadore Strauss was one of the few first class women passengers to go down with the Titanic in 1912, and she drowned because she could not bear to leave her husband. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Just In Time

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about strength. Enjoy!

Do you ever worry about what might happen in the future? Or do you find yourself anxious about things over which you have no control? If so, then a teaching from author and lecturer Corrie ten Boom may help.

She learned a powerful lesson as a little girl. Having encountered the cold, lifeless body of a baby, she realized that the reality of death would someday strike her family, too. Perhaps her father or mother or sister, Betsy, would soon die.

She anxiously worried about these possibilities until her father came in one night to tuck her into bed. Corrie burst into tears and sobbed, “I need you. You can’t die. You can’t!” Read more

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