Stress Relief

Stress Stories

Enjoy our inspirational stories about stress that we have gathered and written as we journey to a simple life. Some of the stories are fables, others are new. But all have a message in them.


Reading other peoples accounts, and the events in others lives sometimes helps us see that our situation is not as bad as we think, or it helps us look at our situation in a different light bringing us stress relief.

We hope you enjoy these stress stories, tales, and thoughts and find reflections of stress relief in them.

You will find some stories are chronicle events in people's lives. Many times and at different times in our life we can all relate to these events.

Each month we will feature a different story for you to reflect upon.

This Month's Featured Story

Each Day Is A Gift
This is a story of an elder lady who now at the end of her life has more than her share of challenges.

However, her attitude towards life is one that we all need to be reminded of!


One of the best stories to help relieve our stress is the story about how an individual was upset because he had no shoes, he then met a man who had no feet. The moral of this story there is always someone worse off than you. To relieve your stress, count your blessings. There is a saying that we like, it goes like this:

"Write your troubles in dust,
your blessings in marble."

New inspirational stories will be added on a regular basis. We hope you enjoy the different featured story for the month.


We hope you enjoy the stories, that you find positive thoughts on stress and stress relief and that by reading them and they bring you will find stress relief. A new story is shown each month.




Stress Relief ........ Stress Stories ........ Stress Thoughts ........
Voluntary Simplicity ........ Frugal Living ........ Inspirational Quotes ........
Inspirational Poems ........ Our Journey ........ Recycle, Reduce, Reuse ........ Country Crafts, Craft Project ........
Our Friends ........ Positive Daily Quote….. Thought for the Day........ More Thoughts for Your Day



Past stress story of the month:
What is The Good in This? - I truly believe there is good in everything that happens to us.
Ideal Environment Means Adaptation - There are always changes in life. No matter who you are
FREE Food - It was early Saturday morning.
When Dreams Get Shattered - Picking Up the Pieces
Happiness and Work - Your Life Depends On It
My Grandfathers Collection - My Grandfather, Alan Beyea, lived into his 90's.
I'm Always Busy, But Nothing Much Gets Done! - I decided to finally clean out the shed in our back yard.
Wanna Do's=Less Stress Living - Growing up, we lived in the country.
Trapped and Stressed! - Aron had a passion for hiking and mountain climbing
People in our Lives - I sat reflecting on the past year
Words Without Actions - Not long ago, I was interviewing two people.
Balance of Life - Mary and Susan were friends for years
Life is a Do-It-Yourself Project - An elderly carpenter was ready to retire.
A Negative Experience an Opportunity? - I could have taken the attitude I had failed.
Busy Fish - Tips for Changing Your Day from Chaos to Calm
Life, The Greatest Ride of All - Life is the greatest roller coaster ride we will ever take.
What is the Most Important Body Part? - My mother used to ask me
Life is Not a Hardship To Be Endured - Life is always here, ready to teach us a "special" lesson
The Power of Words - A group of frogs were traveling through the woods
Oops! I Did it Again - I tried to cram too many projects into too little time.
Lifestyle Choice - What do the words simplicity, frugal, and recycle all have in common?
What do You Perceive - as the Seven Wonders of the World?
Our Lives in Money - A well-known speaker started off his seminar
Life and Things There Of - I learned a lot about myself and my life about 7 years ago.
Dear Bertha - This letter was written by an 83-year-old woman to her friend.
My Story - - We all have a story, the difference is ...
A Wake Up Call - A true story that happened in September. ...
A Car Accident…then came Success - Have you ever wondered how some of the worst things
Changing Lifestyles - We stood in the kitchen talking.

Visit with us again for a new stress story.