A Black Baloon!

Only Your Inner Beliefs, Core Values, And Principles Will Make You Fly High

Wishing You All A Very Happy And Prosperous New Year

I want to dedicate my first story for the year 2022 to my friend Pene Hodge whom I met through another wonderful person Jeofrey Ogire

Pene Hodge does not need any introduction; she is a wonderful woman and always tries to make the world a better place to live through her articles.

I am incredibly fond of inspirational stories with morals, and I try to adopt them in my life, so I started writing these stories of self-improvement. These inspirational short stories are part of all the cultures across geographical boundaries.

Such Inspiring stories communicate a powerful message in straightforward language, which impacts your mindset and way of thinking.

Learning from short stories makes you see things from a different perspective. This changes your life altogether. Since stories with moral plays such a critical role in our life, I tried my best to write Motivational and inspirational short stories about life.

This story is about a little boy and the Black Balloon’s balloon seller.

The conversation between the balloon seller and little boy will force you to rethink how we look at the things around us. So, let’s go through this powerful story full of positivity.

There was a man who made his living selling balloons at a beach. He was the center of attraction for the small kids, coming to the beach along with their families to spend quality time. The balloon seller used to sell balloons of many different colors, including red, yellow, blue, orange, pink, violet, and green. He knew how well the different colors attract the children.

Whenever the business used to get slow, he had a great strategy to boost his sales. What the balloon seller used to do is to release a helium-filled balloon into the air. When the children saw the colorful balloon go up, they all wanted one. They would come up to him with his parents, buy a balloon and his sales would go up. All-day, he continued to release a balloon whenever sales were slow.

One day, when his balloon sales were low, he adopted the same strategy. He released a helium-filled blue-colored balloon into the air. As expected, the balloon man felt someone tugging at his jacket. He turned around and found a little boy smiling towards him.

The balloon seller asked him, “Which color balloon do you want?” The innocent little boy looked towards a helium-filled balloon into the air and asked with curiosity, “If you release a black balloon, will that also fly?” Moved by the cute little boy’s concern, the balloon man replied gently, “My dear son, it is not the color of the balloon, it is what’s inside that makes it go up.”

Moral of this Short Story

If you try to analyze and correlate this short story, the same principle applies to our lives: It’s what’s inside that counts. Your inner beliefs, core values and principles, personality, character, and attitude define how successful you will be in life.

Do you know, among these what’s the core inner or inside characteristic of us which accelerates our velocity to go up? That is our attitude. Yes, our attitude is most important; it applies to every sphere of life, including professional as well as personal life. The great part of attitude is that we can design our lives by changing our attitudes of mind.

It’s inner beauty that counts not the outer one. The caste, skin color, or religion does not matter in success. People may show off and manipulate their outer presence and behavior, but if they are not positive from the inside, they will not go up high in life. Always remember – You are made to fly high. If you have a positive attitude and an optimistic approach towards life, you will definitely achieve your goals and get success in life.

“It is your attitude, not your aptitude, that will determine your altitude” ~ Zig Ziglar ( More Zig Ziglar Quotes)

Thanks to Our Souls in Words team to publish this story in their publication.

Thanks for reading Shameem Anwar and your precious time!

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