Steve Goodier Wisdom:Love Without Measure

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

Freda Bright says, “Only in opera do people die of love.” It’s true. You really can’t love somebody to death. I’ve known people to die from no love, but I’ve never known anyone to be loved to death. We just can’t love one another enough.

A heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary. All day she felt nervous and apprehensive. Late in the afternoon she summoned the courage to approach her employer. To her delight, the boss agreed to a raise. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: When Others Suffer

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

People should never have to suffer loss alone. Yet, how do you comfort those who mourn? It is no doubt one of the most important things we can do for one another. And sometimes one of the most difficult.

Experts tell us, among other things, to simply say, “I’m sorry” or “I  love you.” They warn us against trying explain away the death or loss; against theologizing or philosophizing about it. Often, the less said, the better, so long as you are present, you care and you listen. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Setting Your Outlook

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

A man who fell off a skyscraper was heard to say as he passed the 12th floor, “So far, so good!” One might say he was an optimist.

I believe in optimism. I believe that there is great power in an optimistic attitude, especially when it is grounded in reality. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: When the Message Light Doesn’t Blink

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

Seeing one of her neighbor’s children playing alone, a woman asked him where his brother was. “Oh,” he said, “he’s in the house playing a duet. I finished first.”

Too many people find themselves playing a duet alone. Too many people are lonely. They rise alone in the morning, they eat meals alone, they watch television alone and retire alone in the evening. They have too few friends and family to share their lives with. It feels as if they should be playing a duet or an ensemble and everyone else finished first. They are more than alone; they are lonely. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Won’t Power

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

A certain man was on a diet to lose weight. He even changed routes to work in order to avoid a particular bakery, which displayed scrumptious looking pastries in its window. But one day he arrived at the office carrying a beautiful, large coffee cake. His colleagues teased him about slipping off the diet.

In reply, he smiled and said, “Today I accidentally drove by the bakery and looked in the window and saw a host of goodies. Now, I felt it was no accident, so I prayed, `Lord, if you want me to have one of these delicious coffee cakes, let me find a parking space in front of the bakery.’ And sure enough, the eighth time around the block, there it was!” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Painted With a Different Brush

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

One man who loved the color yellow had yellow carpet, yellow furniture, yellow drapes, yellow walls and even yellow appliances in his yellow kitchen. He slept in a yellow bed with yellow covers and wore yellow pajamas. He got sick. You guessed it … yellow jaundice.

He called a doctor who came to his apartment building. The manager told him he’d have no trouble finding the right one. “You just go down the hall and come to a yellow door,” he said. “That’s the one.” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Love Life

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

A man had just taken his annual physical exam and was waiting for the doctor’s initial report. After a few minutes the doctor came in with his charts in hand and said, “There’s no reason why you can’t live a completely normal life as long as you don’t try to enjoy it.”

One of the great keys to successful living is to ignore the doctor’s recommendation and enjoy life as much as possible. Living is difficult. Learn to enjoy it. Decide to be happy. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: The Meaning of Success

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

One man began a speech to his fellow college alumni with the statement, “Some of you are successes, and some of you are failures — only God knows which are which!” There are many kinds of successes, many kinds of winners; and which is which may not at first be apparent.

Esther Kim is a true champion with a heartwarming story. She competed against her childhood friend, Kay Poe, in the U.S. Olympic Trials for her sport — Taekwondo. Esther lost the match, but she went on to win all her other fights, which still qualified her for the finals. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Getting Up When You’re Feeling Down

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

Do you ever feel blah? Ever wish you had a permanent “picker-upper”? If so, this may be for you.

In the 1920s, if you were looking for a little pick-me-up with your mid-afternoon snack, you might have reached for a cold, refreshing glass of 7-Up. Well, it wasn’t called  back then, it was called “Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda.” (Say THAT three times fast!) Inventor C.L.Grigg’s original recipe included the antidepressant lithium until the 1940s as a “picker-upper” (www.cadburyschweppes.com) That’s also probably why the original Coca-Cola formula included the stimulant cocaine. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Losing the Dead Part

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

I am discovering that many people want, above all else, to live life fully. But sometimes the past prohibits our living and enjoying life to the utmost in the present.

A schoolteacher entered his room a few minutes early and noticed a mealworm laboriously crawling along the floor. It had somehow been injured. The back part of the worm was dead and dried up, but still attached to the front, living part by just a thin thread. Read more

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