This is a short story to remind you to give yourself permission to just be happy! Cheers~

Just Be Happy!

A short chapter taken from my book titled "Your Simple Path." Allow it to remind you of what the sages, gurus, and the enlightened have told us for 1,000's years. The more that you can slow down and settle into any moment - the better your life will be. Image by Jon Tyson @unsplash

"Your Simple Path" reminds readers to slow down and settle into the present moment to improve their lives, as taught by sages and gurus for thousands of years.

Your First Step To Self Care

We find ourselves complaining about our problems so many times. Hear what the wise old man has to say about that.

The wise old man offers advice on excessive complaining about problems.

Wise Old Man

We tend to search for peace and happiness externally. We just have to realize that it's not about going somewhere to get it. It's right here within you.

Peace and happiness are within you, not external, realize it.

Finding Peace

We often miss to see that happiness is present, right here in this moment. This story demonstrates just that.

The story illustrates how happiness is often overlooked despite being present in the current moment.

Stop Chasing Happiness

If you are feeling down in the dumps or like life has been working against you - This is a quick little reminder to stay hopeful and keep going. Love Trish www.trishbianco.com ALOHA

"Stay hopeful and keep going" - Trish Bianco offers a reminder to those feeling down or defeated.

3min Story For Hope

We can often judge events in our life as good or bad. This Chinese proverb is a gentle reminder to take all things in stride as only time will tell the whole story.

"Chinese proverb reminds us to take life in stride as only time reveals the whole story, regardless of whether events seem good or bad."

Letting Go of Desired Outcomes

Do you struggle to find meaning and balance in your life? Enjoy this short fable about a rabbit who ponders these same existential questions and seeks advice from a wise owl on how to better live its life.

A rabbit seeks advice from a wise owl on how to find meaning and balance in its life in this short fable.

The Existential Rabbit (A Short Story)

Learn about the power of searching in silence through this story of a simple farmer trying to find a very valuable lost possession as narrated by Zach Pincince.

A farmer discovers the power of silence while searching for a lost possession in a story narrated by Zach Pincince.

The Power Of Silence (A Short Story)

Appreciation, gratitude, and cherishing each breath are wonderful seeds for love and happiness to grow each day!

Nurturing appreciation, gratitude, and cherishing each breath can cultivate love and happiness daily.

Short Story For Love And Happiness

Listen to this classic Aesop's fable of the vain stag getting carried away admiring himself in the water.

Aesop's fable of the vain stag admiring himself in water.

The Lion and the Stag

Sometimes to move forward in life and learn something new, we need to let go of what we think we know.

Letting go of what we know is essential to learning and progressing in life.

The Philosopher And The Monk

Many feel that we are broken when we face challenges but often we find those are the moments where we grow stronger.

Challenges can make us stronger, despite feeling broken in the moment.

Broken Vase

Listen to this classic tale from Aesop about the importance of staying focused...

Aesop's classic tale emphasizes the value of staying focused.

The Goat and the Wolf

How would you like to go for a coffee with a friend? When we want to catch up with our friends we want the environment to be fun and laughter not controlling. This story demonstrates a metaphor about how we try to control our mind no wonder it wants to be away from us. Be friend your mind dear ones then you can begin to enjoy being with yourself.

Don't control your mind, befriend it and enjoy your own company; a metaphor about catching up with friends over coffee.

Becoming your own best friend

We often feel ashamed of our flaws however they can be blessings in disguises.

Flaws can be blessings in disguise, despite societal shame.

Cracked Pot

Learn to take a different perspective in life and enjoy this short story about a professor who gives his students a surprise pop quiz and uses "the black dot" to teach them all a very valuable life lesson.

Professor teaches valuable life lesson through surprise pop quiz using "the black dot."

The Black Dot (A Short Story)

Sometimes we all need a little reminder that all is well and everything is unfolding beautifully for you! Cheers!

A reminder that everything is unfolding beautifully for you.

Magical Moments All is Well

This is a Zen story about destiny. There is a strong tradition of telling stories as a way of opening the listener to new ideas and perspectives on their own lives.

A Zen story explores destiny and the tradition of using stories to encourage new perspectives on one's life.

Destiny

How much is enough? What are you working for? What is your life really about? Ponder these questions as you enjoy a modern re-telling of the classic parable of the Mexican fisherman as narrated by Zach Pincince.

Reflect on life's purpose with a modern interpretation of the Mexican fisherman parable narrated by Zach Pincince.

How Much is Enough? (A Short Story)

This brief guide to accepting and ultimately loving yourself is inspired by the words of Charlie Chaplin. May it be of benefit.

A guide inspired by Charlie Chaplin to help you accept and love yourself.

As I Began to Love Myself

Based on true story heard in a monastery. You can find beauty in everyone including yourself. Try this task

Discover beauty in every person, including yourself - a lesson from a monastery.

Finding Beauty in Everyone

This is a Zen story about separating sense of self from anger.

Zen story teaches how to detach oneself from anger by separating the sense of self.

Taming a Temper

Prayers hold a lot of power and that behind that power is our faith.

Faith fuels the power behind prayers, as they hold significant strength.

The Power Of Faith

Moving past the tower, the obstacles, and the energy of fear. Moving past the brings in courage to complete goals. You are meant to accomplish and move towards growth.

Overcoming fear and obstacles brings courage to accomplish goals and achieve growth.

Moving Past The Tower

Why do we set the bar so high for others to celebrate us on our birthdays and so low for celebrating ourselves? Why can’t we believe that we deserve to be celebrated the other 364 days of the year? How can we expect others to celebrate us if we don’t celebrate ourselves- every day. This short story will help reframe situations where we are attached to an outcome and remind us that life is truly what we make it.

Celebrate yourself every day, don't set the bar too high for others to celebrate you, and remember that life is what you make it.

Life Is What We Make It

This story demonstrates that we can't do anything about the situation but we can change the way we see it.

Change perspective to cope with situations beyond control.

Reaction Matters

The more we appear to be dancing or “doing” on the outside, the less we truly dance inside. The age clock ticks loudly as it threatens to run out and sets off an alarm as we race against time to “dance as much as we can” before our bodies fail us. Join me for this reminder of the great importance of dancing to our own rhythm in our lives. Find out more about the work I do and check out resources at https://www.wideopenstages.com/

Dance to your own rhythm: a reminder of the importance of inner dancing. Check out https://www.wideopenstages.com/ for more resources.

The Syncopated Rhythm Of Life

In this story, we follow a young lady who has lost her hope. Her self-doubt is in control of her journey so she embarks on a quest to overcome the self-doubt that plagues her mind. Embark on a wonderful, inspiring adventure.

A young woman battles self-doubt and embarks on a quest to overcome it, leading to a wonderful and inspiring adventure.

Choosing Hope

Listen to this heartwarming story of how even our smallest actions can make a difference.

Tiny actions have the power to create a big impact - a heartwarming story.

Starfish

Listen to this story from Aesop's fables - with its clever moral at the end!

Aesop's fable with a clever moral at the end.

The Wild Mountain Goats & The Goat Herd

Don't let your value decrease because you're going through though time. You are special and you are valuable, no matter what.

Your worth remains unchanged during tough times, remember that you are special and valuable.

You Are Valued No Matter What!

Learn how a difficult person can be an opportunity for learning and growth.

Difficult people can be an opportunity for learning and growth.

Learning From Difficult People

A story about our habitual pattern of judging mind. Step out of the trance and live for now.

Break free of judgmental thinking and live in the present moment.

Box Full of Kisses

Short, funny conversation with God. Good time to reflect on how we can be humble.

Reflect on humility with a short, humorous conversation with God.

Funny Conversation with God

Open up to any situation and thinking out of the box to get the best out of the situation. It doesn't have to be as bad as we think.

Think outside the box to maximize any situation, as things may not be as bad as they seem.

Thinking Out of the Box

This Zen story is about humility and finding what one needs. Zen has a rich tradition of telling stories so that the listener gathers their own understanding and then apply it to their own life.

"Zen story teaches humility and self-discovery through storytelling tradition."

The Wise Man

This Zen story reminds us of how our perspectives are limited.

Zen story highlights the limitations of our perspectives.

Blind Men & the Elephant

This parable is about receiving and being open to support. It also invites questions around faith.

Parable on receiving support and questioning faith.

The Man and the Flood

This is a somewhat humorous Zen story about attitude and happiness. Zen has a rich tradition of telling stories so that the listener gathers their own understanding and then apply it to their own life.

Humorous Zen story teaches about attitude and happiness through storytelling tradition, allowing listeners to apply lessons to their own lives.

Two Words Story

We try to prove ourselves right to others. Why is that so important to do so. Can we sit with ourselves and be content? When we are content with ourselves there is no need to prove anything to anybody.

Proving ourselves to others is unnecessary when we are content with ourselves, eliminating the need for validation.

The Four Candles

Most precious things in life do not have a price. Be kind, be open :)

Priceless things in life are kindness and openness.

Be Kind Even When You Are Impatient

Story that allows us to reflect our own conditioning.

Reflection on personal conditioning through storytelling.

Shark, Bait Fish and You

This Zen story is about perspective. Zen has a rich tradition of telling stories so that the listener gathers their own understanding and then apply it to their own life.

A Zen story emphasizes the importance of perspective, with its tradition of storytelling allowing the listener to draw their own conclusions.

The Other Side Story

What is your cup filled with and what will you do about it?

Questioning the contents of one's cup and taking action based on it.

Zen Story - a Cup of Tea

This Zen story is about taking care of yourself first. Zen has a rich tradition of telling stories so that the listener gathers their own understanding and then apply it to their own life.

Zen story emphasizes self-care through self-understanding.

Watch Yourself Story

You may not be able to make a difference in the world but you can make a difference in someone's world.

Make a difference in someone's world, even if you can't change the world.

Making a Difference in the World

Learn how we can choose to focus on what's really important, and let go of small and unimportant matters.

Focus on what really matters and let go of trivial matters.

Burnt Biscuits

This is a Zen story about expectations, pressure, and letting go.

Zen story teaches about releasing expectations and pressure.

The First Principle

To achieve our goals, it's not always about work hard as we tend to think. Learn to be patient.

Success isn't just about hard work, but also requires patience.

Working Hard - Impatient

A story about our mind and different ways of experiencing it.

Exploring the mind and its diverse experiences.

The Moving Mind

Zen teachers has profound skills to teach their students. This heart warming story demonstrates to the extent these teachers can go to bring their students out of their misery.

Zen teachers possess profound skills to uplift their students from misery, as shown in a heartwarming story.

Heaven & Hell

A story about how our old beliefs can limit us from freedom. Be open to upgrading our beliefs. What once served us may no longer be useful.

Old beliefs can restrict freedom, upgrade beliefs for growth. What worked in the past may not work now.

An Elephant and a Rope

How to be kind and use your resources so others don't take advantage of you

Be kind while preserving resources to prevent exploitation by others.

Silly Snake in Search for Wisdom

Listen to this classic tale by Hans Christian Anderson, about the changes we go through in life and how to have a really great attitude to them.

"Hans Christian Anderson's classic tale teaches how to embrace life's changes with a positive attitude. Listen now."

The Flax Plant

Story about honesty. Don't do to others what you do not wish on yourself.

Be honest & treat others as you want to be treated.

A Pound of Butter

Good teachings for those who are super hard on themselves and for those who are impatient. Enjoy!

A helpful read for the self-critical and impatient.

Running After Enlightenment

This Zen story demonstrates the steady presence of neutrality.

Zen story showcasing the constant existence of neutrality.

Neutrality

Listen to the classic tale of Rumpelstiltskin who can spin straw into gold

Rumpelstiltskin can spin straw into gold in the classic tale.

The Tale of Rumpelstiltskin

This story demonstrates how great Zen masters have used skillful ways to help people attain enlightenment. There is hope for everyone :)

Zen masters help people attain enlightenment through skillful means - there is hope for everyone.

Zen & Chess

Learn how important it is to appreciate those around us who support us, often in ways that we take for granted and forget about completely!

Appreciate the support of those around you, often taken for granted and forgotten.

Who Packed Your Parachute?

Listen to this charming story of the enchanted watch and how a young man's friendship with a cat and a dog brings him everything he wants.

A young man's friendship with a cat and a dog is key to obtaining everything he wants in the charming story of the enchanted watch.

The Enchanted Watch

Friendships are very precious, please take care of them.

Value your friendships, they are priceless.

Know your boundaries with friends

This Zen story is about humility and the impermanence of life. Zen has a rich tradition of telling stories so that the listener gathers their own understanding and then apply it to their own life.

Zen story teaches humility and the fleeting nature of life through storytelling, allowing the listener to apply it to their own life.

The Inn Story

A story about how we never really get away with cheating.....even though we think we do! honesty is always the best policy.

Cheating never goes unnoticed; honesty is the best policy.

The Tale of the Baker and the Farmer

It's so easy to think we do better alone, but so often we need the help of another, who can do something we can't.....and then we can help them in return. We are so much stronger working together!

Collaboration is key - we are stronger when we work together and help each other.

Strength in Unity

Story about how we are all stuck in comfort zone. We want to help our dear ones but if they also have to be ready to receive. Enjoy :)

We are all stuck in our comfort zones and can only help those who are willing to receive our help.

Friends for Ever - Earth Worm

Listen to this classic tale from the brothers Grimm about how wits and courage get you where you want to be!

Classic Grimm tale teaches the value of intelligence and bravery in achieving success.

Inspirational Stories