Author Archives: Paul Harris

One day, the Farmer and the Innkeeper were talking.   “There is rain forecast,” said the Farmer.  “It will be good for my crops that are dry and thirsty. They need the nurturing power of the rain to help them grow.” “The rain is not what my guests want, replied the Innkeeper. “They come here forContinue reading “The Farmer, The Innkeeper and The Eucalyptus Tree”

______________________________________________________________________ He gripped the steering wheel tightly as they approached the first bend in the road.“100 metres, kink right severity 2,” said the Navigator. He flicked the gear shift down, and the engine roared as he accelerated into the bend, fully trusting the first instruction from the Navigator. The car bucked and slid along theContinue reading “The Navigator”

“Look Daddy – it’s snowed!”  The children ran around the kitchen demanding to be allowed out in the snow. “OK kids, let’s get some warm clothes on and go outside to make a snowman”. Everyone rushed around finding coats, scarfs, gloves and wellington boots.  Soon, everyone was ready to venture out into the virgin snow.Continue reading “The Snowman”

George was confused. His teacher at school had told him that he needed to know how to be a better person. She’d said that he needed to know how to do his spellings for the test on Friday too. But what puzzled George most was she’d told him that he needed to know how toContinue reading “The Know How Tree”

The man was puzzled. His father had told him how to be a leader and yet something resisted his fathers teachings.  It felt like he had to control the destiny of those that trusted him and this didn’t sit comfortably with his soul that yearned to find his own path in life. He walked aroundContinue reading “Divine Leadership – A new paradigm.”

There once was a Slug called Mad. He was such a happy Slug that all the other animals in the garden used to watch him and wonder why he was so happy.  He smiled all the time, despite being stuck on his belly and one of the slowest movers in the garden.  Sometimes there wasn’tContinue reading “Mad Slug”

I walked onto the sand and felt it sink beneath my feet.  I was alone on a deserted beach with just the virgin sand and crashing waves for company, shielded by the imposing cliffs on either side. “Why was I here?”, I wondered.  Or more importantly, “how did I get here?” And what was theContinue reading “Alone on the Beach”

The water feels warm today. I love the sensation as it brushes past my skin.  As I swim, the pressure of the water heightens the sensation too – it’s an amazing feeling.  Can you see how the water shines in the sunlight?  I love that. And as it runs over the stones, it shapes themContinue reading “The Great Fall”

It’s dark. Somehow, that’s inviting – a place to go where nothing can be seen and where you can’t be seen.  Warm, safe and without answers but no desire to ask questions either. Inside the cave, I can lose myself in my despair.  I can go round and round in circles with no resolution orContinue reading “Inside the Cave”

The vast machines continued their wrath of destruction through the grand forest.  They possessed the power to strip everything in their path of its beauty and its life.  The machines roared with their love of power, knowing that nothing could stand in their way. The animals fled.  They knew that they could not stop theContinue reading “The Swallow and The Hummingbird”

Click on this link for an audio version of the story below –  The Ladder of Light Once upon on a time, a woman found herself at the bottom of a deep, dark well.  It was called “The Well of Despair” and was a place that she went to when she couldn’t cope with theContinue reading “The Ladder of Light”