What is Love? Our Shortest Story. From Our Youngest Contributor. Jesse, aged 8, when asked what is love:- “Love is an emotion that makes your heart beat faster and your eyes go wide and you think of them; a lot! That’s love.” “Now, over to you. What is love? YOUR THOUGHTS? WHAT DID YOU ENJOY MOST […]
This is the story of a tiny yellow flower expressing herself willfully, reaching out to the Universe, wanting to share her Beauty, her Light and her Love for All… This morning,Being out thereIn NatureFor my daily walkI am Blessed withA Meaningful EncounterOh, you couldn’t guess…Neither was ITo suspectSuch a Sacred MeetingIn between blades of grassHidden […]
One early mid-October evening a romantic beach walk turns into a foot-stomping fight. In this short story, we highlight the positive side of being able to argue with the ones we love.Beyond the horizon, over the Mediterranean sea, a softening sun shone ethereal love over angel wings spread across the sky. Feathery clouds played about, […]
A beautiful piece about letting love into our life … this story is an extract from Sheri Salata’s memoir “The Beautiful No: And Other Tales of Trial, Transcendence, and Transformation”Love. Specifically, sexy, romantic, passionate, real soul-to-soul love. This is tough. Embarrassing. And tinged with what feels like genuine shame. Love is my unsolved mystery—one of the great […]
Sonam Akther, from Bangladesh, grew up feeling ugly and insecure, unable to meet the beauty standards placed upon her and other women around the world.Today, Sonam, as an educated woman completing her PhD in neuroscience, shares a new story – one of self-love, where women praise other women for their work, for their ideas and […]
Janine never imagined using 3 simple words “I love you” could influence her family to change. That is until she meets a special friend, who sends Janine on a love crusade that ripples out, creating a profound generational change. At my first big job in New York, I met a friend named Lori. She had a […]
This powerful and touching story shows us how we can continue the legacy of our lost loved ones while drawing inspiration to live a more meaningful life. “Wherever life takes you, there is always someone waiting for you here. This place will always be your first home.” As I recall my grandmother’s words, a sad smile […]
Simon didn’t think he had any issue with being adopted. That was until he found out his childhood teddy bear had been a gift from his birth mother … I never knew I had an issue with being adopted. That was until my 40th birthday. That evening my parents arrived to take my wife and I out […]
How you treat another person can impact their life forever. Be inspired by Elana’s heart-warming story of experiencing her first hug. My first summer at sleep-away camp, I was only nine years old and stayed three full weeks, 21 holy days, the blackjack of my youth. I swam, ran relay races and sang folk songs […]
A short story about finding love, facing your fears, and discovering who ‘The One’ really is. Six years ago, I moved to Germany to be with a guy who I thought was ‘The One’. Crazy in love, I boarded a plane to move to an unfamiliar land where I didn’t know anyone except ‘The One’. As […]
One year after discovering her husband’s cheating messages, Jessi turns her fears of being a single mom into her own single mom success story.I sat on the couch, my two dogs lounged across my lap. My three children played in the background, while I watched the six o’clock news, simultaneously scrolling Facebook. My husband […]
Marguerite, volunteers to work on a Kibbutz, where she falls deeply in love with a handsome Jewish man. They plan to spend the rest of their life as husband and wife… but it seems the great divide between religion and race may keep them apart forever … or will it?Five weeks into my seven-week stay […]
