Mind Changing Short Stories
Berry Hootsell
The latest posts after these 4 short stories is from 2016! I know one thing stands true. This year of the Pandemic has made me realize that reflecting on the past is useful, dwelling and constantly thinking about it has no
Merit. These four short stories lend insight to what is important and how one should lean away from the past and make daily progress with the future.
These stories reminded me of a moment I experienced with my mother. My dad had passed away a few years before and we had become very close after his death. I was very protective of her and wanted to let her know that I would always be there for her. We had both grown and evolved throughout the years, and while we both experienced the highs and lows of a mother/daughter relationship, we had come to a point of mutual understanding and love. One Sunday, while I was visiting with her, we went for a stroll and then sat down at a bench that was surrounded by beautiful flowers and trees. It was one of those serene summer days when the air was sweet and calm and the sun was comfortably warm. I hugged her and felt so grateful that she had made such a difference in my life. I thought then I always want to remember this moment. My mom passed away 11 years ago, and to this day, thinking of that moment brings me so much peace and love.
Bedtime stories are part of the intimate and personal baggage of many adults who were once children. Even today, the value of the fictional stories is unchanged and fundamental for facing the small challenges of everyday life with serenity and courage. Through their heroes, a person learns to manage anxiety and not to fear difficulties. The stories remain etched in the mind of the adults and accompany them forever throughout their lives.
We all have moments of stress, deep concerns, anxiety, fear, and all kinds of thoughts and feelings that keep us awake at night. These bedtime stories are a perfect resource for anyone who is looking for some solace and comfort, a way to shut off the churning thoughts of the mind to fully relax and let go of stress.
When used in NLP and hypnotherapy, metaphors have long given insights into the difficulties of people and have shown the ways in which we can escape or improve. If the stories strike a chord with you, then they also show a way out. These short stories, metaphors, and interactive scripts will help you to eliminate negative thoughts and achieve your dreams by allowing you to relax while hearing stories that can bring about positive change.
Some of the stories will relax you, others will make you think. Some allow you to enter a light feeling of hypnosis. Hypnotherapy and hypnosis have been major users of metaphors to show different approaches to problems and their resolution. Milton Erickson, the grandfather of modern hypnotherapy used metaphors to great effect in resolving problems with his patients. Self-hypnosis allows you to enter the areas of your mind where you can become imaginative and optimistic. You can create your dreams and the ways in which you will achieve them.
Based on a huge amount of therapeutic work, these short stories, metaphors, and interactive scripts can help you to bring about positive changes, eliminate negative thoughts, and achieve your dreams.
A key takeaway from watching this short 15-minute piece is that when you place large numbers in a wider context, they become much more significant. Also, the infographics use detailed cut-outs of people to humanize them, frequently zooming in on them throughout the story to remind the viewer that they were more than just numbers.
Novels are stories, and stories are complicated objects of communication (Abbott, 2008).* Although several linguistic and literary theories describe what constitutes a story, neurobiological research has just begun to elucidate brain networks that are active when processing stories. To date, these studies have focused on the immediate response to short stories (Mar, 2011). In other words, current neurobiological theory of stories describes the network of brain regions that is active and presumably responsible for cognitive processing of stories while they are being consumed. While active tasks have traditionally been used to identify functional networks within the brain, resting-state fMRI has become a common tool to identify consistent patterns of correlated activity, termed resting-state networks (RSNs) (Biswal et al., 1995, 2010; Kelly et al., 2012; Raichle et al., 2001).
Recently I've been working on a book that incorporates short stories in every chapter. The stories illustrate concepts that would otherwise be hard to understand. Some of them taught me to be brave, while others showed me how valuable risk is. Many of these stories have completely changed my life.
There are many names for short stories that illustrate lasting lessons including fables, parables, and anecdotes. These stories all have one intent: to teach a lesson that changes the reader, and in turn, the world.
Why I love it: This is one of those short stories for high school that engages all of my students. I love to ask them what they think the most dangerous game in the world is. I like to watch them figure out what is about to happen as we read through the story.
Why I love it: One of the classic short stories for high school about what can go wrong when granted three wishes. Students also love to know that there was a Simpsons episode based on this short story.
This post is written by UK writer Robert Grossmith. His short stories have been widely anthologized, including in The Time Out Book of London Short Stories, The Best of Best Short Stories, and The Penguin Book of First World War Stories. You can collaborate with him on your own short stories here on Reedsy.
Robert Grossmith is a UK writer based near Norwich. In addition to his short stories, he has also published two novels as well as poems, scholarly articles and (as Bob Grossmith) book reviews. He has a BA in Philosophy & Psychology and a PhD on Vladimir Nabokov, and worked for many years as a lexicographer at Collins Dictionaries. He is now semi-retired and works part-time as a freelance fiction editor for authors.
His favorite collection of short stories had seen him through many difficult times, the characters and morals lifting his spirits and reminding him that a positive attitude can change everything.On days when the world felt overwhelming and bleak, he would pull the book from its place and lose himself in the stirring stories of perseverance against all odds. Though decades had passed since the book was first published, the messages of courage, kindness, and optimism remained timeless.
For any reader seeking to boost their positive mindset and find motivation, this compilation of inspiring short stories on positive attitude still shines as a beacon of light.Table of Contents
- Inspiring Short Stories on Positive Attitude
- 1. The Power of Positive Thinking: A Short Story
- 2. The Opportunity in Every Difficulty: An Inspiring Tale
- 3. The Traveler: A Story About Choosing Your Perspective
- 4. The Two Frogs: A Short Story on Maintaining an Optimistic Outlook
- 5. The Story of the Farmer and His Luck
- 6. The Story of the Elephant and the Rope
- 7. The Blind Boys and the Matter of Perspective
- 8. The Mountain Story
- 9. The Sun and the Wind: A Fable on Positive Thinking
- 10. The Optimist and the Pessimist: A Tale of Two Friends
- 11. Be the best you can be.
As Silvia and Ibrahim grow closer, they begin to witness strange events on the farm: The water turns an eerie red and frogs take over a nearby pond. Everyone except our two protagonists leave, and Silvia becomes wracked with doubt about who Cynthia really is and whether the environment around her is changing because of climate change or something else. This is a novel as much about how our minds work as the natural world that humanity is wrecking.
In addition to having participants listen or think about stories, the researchers asked subjects to watch four short, silent videos while in the scanner. The semantic decoder was able to use their brain activity to accurately describe certain events from the videos.
A collection of anecdotes about doctors and patients demonstrating that the human brain is capable of undergoing remarkable changes. Research psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Doidge (Columbia Univ. Psychoanalytic Center) calls this growing awareness of the brain's adaptability "the neuroplastic revolution," and he profiles scientists whose work in neuroplasticity has changed people's lives. He begins with Paul Bach-y-Rita, a pioneer in brain plasticity who has helped stroke victims improve their balance and walking. Doidge also interviews Michael Merzenich, a researcher and inventor who claims that brain exercises may be as useful as drugs in treating schizophrenia and has also developed training programs for the learning-disabled and the aging. The author talks with V.S. Ramachandran, a neurologist successful in treating phantom-limb pain, and he visits the Salk Laboratories in La Jolla, Calif., to report on the implications of current research on human neuronal stem cells. Some stories focus on nonscientists, such as the brain-damaged woman who developed her own brain exercises and then founded a Toronto school for children with learning disabilities, and a woman who functions well and has extraordinary calculating skills despite her brain having virtually no left hemisphere. The author draws on his own psychoanalytic practice to illustrate how the brain's plasticity can also create problems, e.g., when early childhood trauma causes massive change in a patient's hippocampus. One appendix explores the issue of how culture shapes the brain and is shaped by it; another takes a brief look at changing ideas about human nature and its perfectibility. Somewhat scattershot, but Doidge's personalstories, enthusiasm for his subject and admiration for its researchers keep the reader engaged.
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