Steve Goodier Wisdom: What Do You Need?

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

Do you know what you really need? I’m not talking about material things. I mean, what do you need to make your life all you want it to be?

Author Stephen Covey says that people all share four basic needs: the need to live, to love, to learn and to leave a legacy. Read more

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

Everlasting Arms feat. Dr. John

From the Playing for Change YouTube channel: “You can lean on me brother, I can see you’ve carried too long…” This lyric is something we can all relate to. Sometimes life gets to be too much or too hard and we need somewhere positive to put our troubles so we can move on. Music is one of best places to put your problems and lay down your burdens, and when you hear Luke Winslow-King, Vasti Jackson, Dr. John, and Roots Gospel Voices of Mississippi sing these words, you know everything is going to be alright.
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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

Bing and Bowie: a Holiday Classic

A classic moment in television history when famed crooner, Bing Crosby, and rockstar David (Ziggy Stardust) Bowie collaborate on a magical duet of The Little Drummer Boy and Peace on Earth. This was apparently Bing’s last Christmas special, recorded in September of 1977. Bing passed away the next month.

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

Christmas Truce of 1914

Beautiful movie about the Christmas truce of 1914. You will have a deeper appreciation watching this video about the making of this movie. Enjoy!

The Candy Bomber Story (by Tom Brokaw)

Tom Brokaw tells the story of Gail Halvorsen (The Candy Bomber) during the 2012 Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert. With the Orchestra at Temple Square and the Choir providing musical accompaniment, Brokaw chronicles Halvorsen’s efforts to share candy and gum with the children of war-torn Germany.

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