Inspirerende verhalen
Het verhaal van de echo
Een man en zijn zoon lopen in het bos. Plotseling struikelt de jongen en omdat hij een scherpe pijn
voelt roept hij: “ahhhhh!”. Verrast hoort hij een stem vanuit de bergen die “ahhhhh!” roept.
Vol nieuwsgierigheid roept de jongen: “Wie ben jij?” Maar het enige antwoord dat hij terugkrijgt is: “Wie
ben jij?”
Hij wordt kwaad en roept: “Je bent een lafaard!” Waarop de stem antwoordt: “Je bent een lafaard!”
Daarop kijkt de jongen naar zijn vader en vraagt: “Papa, wat gebeurt hier?” Meer lees je hier.
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Cherokee wisdom
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An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life.
“A fight is going on inside me”, he said to the boy.
“It is a terrible fight and it’s between two wolves.”
“One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-
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How to defeat fear
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Once there was a young warrior. Her teacher told her that she had to battle with fear. She didn’t want to do that. It seemed too aggressive; it was scary, it seemed unfriendly. But the teacher said she had to do it and gave instructions for the battle.
The day arrived. The student warrior stood on one side and fear stood on the other. The warrior was feeling very small, and fear was looking big and wrathful. Meer lees je hier.
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Friends in the desert
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Two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand:
"Today, my best friend slapped me in the face."
They kept on walking, until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning... Meer lees je hier.
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