Showing posts with label Books & Writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books & Writing. Show all posts

Friday, September 16, 2016

6 ways to make people like you

According to Dale Carnegie's Book "How to win friends and influence people" there is six principles to making people like you...


Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Mona Lisa


This is me; calm, standing in the crowd knowing that everything will fall in to place.  


Like dominoes set up to get tipped over you stand unknowingly that the start is the beginning of the end. How is it possible that you do not remember me? You have seen me a thousand times before, and I have looked straight in to your eyes. Still, you call me by a name that is not mine.

I remember the city of Florence and the beautiful summers the seven of us spent running through the wheat harvest. I was just Lisa then, fifteen and the eldest of us all; unknowingly, still so young. Who would have known that between then and now lifetimes would set us apart…

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Step by Step - Short Story


Doris came home from school… She dropped her school bag off her shoulders and on to the floor.




“Hello Doris!” Said Doris’ mother; “How was school?”
“It was awful” replied Doris with a sad face… “My teacher gave us a whole load of homework, and now I won’t have any time to play this week end” 

Doris’ mother smiled at her young daughter and said: “Well, I guess you should get started on your homework then… Oh! And don’t forget you still have to tidy up your room like you promised me yesterday!”  

Doris picked up her bag and left for her room. Sitting at her desk, Doris decided to start on her homework; she emptied out her school bag and was exhausted just by the sight of the large pile of thick books that fell out. 

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Lucky Charm – Short Story





Once upon a time, at the small state fare; all the local farmers gathered proudly to demonstrate their harvest of the season.

Amongst the farmers was young Bruce the Carrot farmer; who stood behind the crowd quietly as he admired the fresh and prosperous harvest of the other farmers. Bruce looked at the baskets full of carrots he had brought to the fare and felt that his harvest was far from being as good as the rest of the farmers. 

While all the other farmers were selling loads of Corn, Radishes, fruits and other vegetables; Bruce’s baskets were still full and as the mass would pass him, they did not even take a second look. At the end of the fare, the young Carrot farmer felt sad and ashamed to not have sold any of his crops. Bruce’s farmer friends just patted him on the back and would say before leaving… “Better luck next time Bruce!”

The next morning came and the young farmer was determined to change his luck… He decided to go visit his friend Luke the Corn farmer to ask for some help. Luke had many more farming experience and Bruce was sure that he would offer good advice.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Tick tock, tick tock said the clock... Short Story

Once upon a time in a small town, lived a hard working family named the Liverdales.






The Liverdales were a family of 5 members. Mr. and Ms. Liverdale who had 3 sons: Joseph the oldest, Mathieu in the middle, and Charles who was the youngest.

Mr. and Ms. Liverdale struggled through the years to bring up their sons on one minimum wage, for Mr. Liverdale was a carpenter and every day he would wake up early to go to work where he would build wooden treasures with his own two hands. Unfortunately in such a small town the humble people that lived there were incapable of giving more than a small reward for Mr. Liverdales hard work. Never the less, all year round Mr. Liverdale would accept what he was offered with a smile and put his small reward to good use to shelter his family. 

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Magical Apple Tree - Short Story


Once upon a time...


Down by the glittery river where the birds sung and the children played, grew the strong roots of the Magical Apple tree.


Every afternoon when the children came out to play the Magical Apple tree stood tall and proud; for it was the only tree that come rain or shine, it held its branches full of the sweetest red apples. 


Day after day the Magical Apple Tree allowed all the children to climb up and pick of its fruit to their hearts content. 




One day after the children ate as much as they could eat, the Magical Tree looked down to the ground and saw a little boy. This boy was much younger than all the other children and had small arms and legs that were not able to climb the tall thick trunk of the Apple tree.  After waiting for all the other boys and girls to leave, the Magical Apple Tree lowered one of its fruit filled branches and dropped in to the little boy’s small hands an apple that was as sweet as the sun kissed apples of the tallest branches. From that day on, the little boy and the Apple Tree became best friends. The little boy would come every day to the apple tree and every day the sweetest apple would fall directly in to his hands.