Steve Goodier Wisdom: Spiritual Medication

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

Demographic experts are tell us that there is a general spiritual awakening among people of various faiths. Some are returning to “organized” religions. Others are seeking spiritual answers along other paths. However it is done, people are realizing the importance of a healthy spiritual dimension to their lives.

One man tells about a time when his wife suffered from a headache. She took medication and lay down, but nothing seemed to help. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: In Focus

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

In reading a mortality chart, I discovered something truly amazing. A great number of people die each year from a disease I had never heard of! Of course, there was the predictable number who died of heart attacks, cancer, stroke, accidents and the like, but at the bottom of the chart was one that surprised me. It was called “miscellaneous.” Apparently, a large number of people die of “miscellaneous” every year!

I think I understand why. I suffer from “miscellaneous” when I go in too many directions at once. When I am scattered, the disease begins to take over. Soon my self-esteem is affected and I feel as if I’m doing nothing important. Flitting here and there, I have no overriding purpose and I feel as if my life is spinning out of control. It must be a terrible way to die! Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: The Trust Factor

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

Are you aware of the TRUST FACTOR? The higher your trust factor is - your ability to trust other people and to be trusted yourself - the higher will be your level of life satisfaction. Let me explain.

We have been forced to become less trusting than just a few decades ago. Something that happened in Oklahoma in 1950 probably could not happen today. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: The Push You Need

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

Author and speaker Tony Robbins teaches that we are each motivated both by pain and by pleasure. We can change behaviors and attitudes as we utilize the pain and pleasure principles.

Here is how it works: One of the most successful American football coaches was Vince Lombardi. But he was not an easy coach to play for. One player, Henry Jordan, chuckled about Lombardi, “He treats us all the same — like dogs.” He went on to say, “I play for the love of the game, the love of the money and the fear of Lombardi.” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Are We Really That Different From One Another?

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

I enjoy a story about baseball great Joe Garagiola. He once stepped to the plate when his turn came to bat. Before assuming his stance, however, fervent Roman Catholic Joe took his bat and made the sign of the cross in the dirt in front of home plate. Catcher Yogi Berra, also a devout Catholic, walked over and erased Garagiola’s cross. Turning to the astonished batter, Berra smiled and said, “Lets let God watch this inning.”

And I suspect that God, who does not root for one team only, smiled. I likewise enjoy the story about an old Quaker who stood during the church meeting and told his fellow Friends about a young man who was not a Quaker and who lived an undisciplined life. This young man invited a pious Quaker friend to go sailing one day. A sudden storm came up and the wild young man was drowned. Having made his point, the old Quaker sat down. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Attracting People to You

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

In West Virginia folklore there is a story of a country doctor  who was called out to a holler late one night to assist a woman  about to give birth. By the time the doctor arrived at the  farmhouse, things had progressed to a point where the doctor  asked the husband to help him by holding a gas lantern up  high in order to illuminate the makeshift delivery room.

Before long, the courageous mother delivered a healthy baby boy. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Faces of Mercy

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

Do you know what an L.L.B. is?

When people traveled more often by train than by air, one mother found herself in need. She was traveling with two children, one of which was a fussy baby. It seemed that nothing she did would settle the child down.

However, seated next to her was an older gentleman who offered to take the infant so she could tend to her other child. He bounced the baby on his knee, cooed and whispered and finally stood up and paced the aisle. In a little while the infant fell fast asleep and he sat down again. The mother was amazed. “You must be an M.D.,” she exclaimed. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Decision is Destiny

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

Mommy, what happens when a car gets too old and banged up to run?” a little girl asked.

“Well,” her mother said, “someone sells it to your father.”

I think I have bought a couple of cars like that! Like most people, my life is punctuated by decisions that did not turn out the way I’d hoped. But we cannot always be expected to make the best decisions. Sometimes we simply don’t have enough information. And other times, there just isn’t a good decision anywhere to be found! All we can really do is make decisions the best way we know how and act on them. Things change only when decisions change. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: A Glorious Trip

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

An ordinance in Dallas, Texas, forbids “walking about aimlessly, with no apparent purpose, lingering, hanging around, lagging behind, idly spending time, delaying, sauntering and moving slowly about.” (PRESUMED IGNORANT, by Leland H. Gregory III).

Some of my best days were spent like that! Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: A Conspiracy of Kindness

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

My friend Randy Jessen tells this true story of love and kindness. It is a little longer than our usual fare, but I think you will find it well worth reading!

If you had to choose one word to describe Kevin, it might be “slow.” Kevin didn’t learn his ABCs as fast as other kids. He never came in first in the schoolyard races. However, Kevin had a special rapport with people. His bright smile and big heart won him plenty of friends. Read more

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