Steve Goodier Wisdom: Choose It!

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

Two men fell on hard times. Try as they might, they couldn’t find work. They heard that a museum was willing to pay $50 apiece for live rattlesnakes so, in desperation, they decided to catch snakes.

Outfitted with a net and basket, they hiked to a remote area renowned for its large snake population. But as they scaled a steep ledge, the rock gave way and they tumbled down the slippery bank — into a deep pit crawling with angry, hissing rattlesnakes! Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Lessons From the Court

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

Life lessons can come from unexpected places.

I have learned much about myself from the game of racquetball. In fact, I have learned a great deal over the years about all aspects life and living on the racquetball court. Here are some of the more important lessons that have come from the court:

1.    People play better when they are encouraged. It’s true in          life, too. People do better when they are encouraged, rather than criticized, condemned and judged. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: From the Heart

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

Columnist Erma Bombeck once said, “It seems rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.” Perhaps that is because many of us suffer from what communicator Nido Qubein terms “agenda anxiety” — the feeling that what we want to say to others is more important than what they might want to say to us. Sometimes we try to impress rather than express, not realizing that two monologues do not make a dialogue.

Relationships work when communication works. And communication works when we listen as well as speak; when we relate from the heart as well as the head. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Forget the Duck!

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

Richard Hoefler, in his book WILL DAYLIGHT COME?, tells about two young children visiting their grandparents for the summer. Johnny was given his first slingshot. He practiced shooting in the woods, but missed everything he aimed at.

As he returned to Grandma’s back yard, however, he spied her pet duck. It wasn’t the only duck she kept, but it was her favorite. On an impulse he took aim and let it fly. This time he didn’t miss. His stone struck and killed the duck. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Face of Love

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

Milton Berle once quipped that “all the world loves a lover — except people who are waiting to use the phone.”

Love has many faces. The faces we see so often are ones of infatuation and romance. We speak of “falling in love” and feel, too, as if we are in free fall. But the face of love I appreciate the most is not romance, as much as I am drawn to it, but one I can always count on to be there. It is the face of devotion. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Needless Worry

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

A story worth dusting off is about a man who bragged: “I only worry about two things — whether I am sick or well. If I’m well, I have nothing to worry about! And if I’m sick, I’ve only got two things to worry about — whether I get better or whether I die. If I get better, I have nothing to worry about! And if I die, I’ve only got two things to worry about — whether I go to heaven or hell. If I go to heaven, I have nothing to worry about. And if I go to hell, I’ll be so busy greeting my friends I won’t have time to worry! So why worry?”

Regardless of how you feel about his view of life after life, he makes a good point about worry! There is really no room for needless concern about the future. I like what Ralph Waldo Emerson said about worry: Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Embarrassing Moments

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

You’ve had one of those embarrassing moments. One of mine occurred a few years ago.

I was driving through a seedy side of town one day and spotted a young woman hitching a ride. (I honestly believed she just wanted a ride!) So I stopped the car to let her in. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: The Gift

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

A story about an old Bendix washing machine helped one man get through the valley of loss.

His parents acquired the washer when John Claypool was a small boy. It happened during World War II. His family owned no washing machine and, since gasoline was rationed, they could ill afford trips to the laundry several miles away. Keeping clothes clean became a problem for young John’s household. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Can’t Help But Be Happy

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

Some people never need help. One man’s got his foot caught in some railroad tracks. He tried to get it out but couldn’t.

He heard a noise and turned around to see a train coming. In a panic he prayed, “Dear God, please get my foot out of these tracks and I’ll stop my heavy drinking and smoking!” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Shot of Enthusiasm

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

Enthusiasm is something I can get excited about!

I remember a story told about playwright and U.S. Ambassador to Italy, Claire Booth Luce. She became a Roman Catholic late in life and, like many others converted to something new, she seemed to possess limitless enthusiasm and energy about her new faith.

A reporter once spotted her engrossed in deep conversation with the pope. He crept within earshot, all the while wondering what important issues the ambassador and the pope could be discussing. Finally, he was close enough to hear the pope say to Ms. Luce, “But I already am a Catholic!” Read more

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