What's Your Inspirational Story?

Growing up, we all have our own inspirational shortSo when he went home, he opened his closet and
stories to tell. Well, I have this inspirational story tolooked at his Transformers robot with melancholy. One
share with you and this is just a simple tale (not aboutday, he can no longer contain his excitement that he
love, or relationship or seeking your therapist blah-blah).got his robot and played with it. While playing with it, he
Today's blog is all about simplicity in happiness-a simplewas more even conscious of protecting and guarding
yet meaningful inspirational story about asking yourselfit than enjoying with it. He just has a fear of scratching
if you're feeling good with what you're holding on...or is itit that he forgot to enjoy his play time. This inspirational
making you sad? This inspirational story I readstory is teaching us not to miss out on the whole
somewhere is about a young boy who was given apurpose of the blessings that come in our way. The
toy robot for his birthday. This kid thought that it wasthings that give us happiness-enjoyment! If we think
the toy he was ever going to have all his life so heabout it, the more we place some emotional
guarded it with his life.attachments or keep holding on to some material
Day in and day out, he looked at it lovingly coupled withthings, the more we fail to experience their entire
a longing he never had before. Because as much aspurpose.
he wants it so bad, he also have a fear of losing orWe spend most of our time (and energy) guarding our
destroying it that he never played with it. So what hematerial possessions that we fail to use them for their
did was keep it in safety-in his closet. He can onlyfunction, let alone enjoy them. This inspirational story
enjoy it when he opened the closet and look or touchmakes us realize that when we learn to finally
it. One day, he saw some of his classmates in hisunfasten ourselves from the things that we hold on
school playing and some of them brought their toysand try to enjoy them, only then can we learn to be
and two of his friends brought their toy robots. Thefree and enjoy life more! Everyone's got an
boy saw how happy these kids playing with their toysinspirational story of some sort. How about
and in contrast, he felt sad.you---what's your inspirational story?