Personal Growth Stories

On the following pages, you will find personal growth stories to inspire change. Reading stories is one of the ways for you to understand life.

The aim of telling you the stories is to get you involved when you read them. From reading them, you might get a better understanding about life and realize that good and bad things happen to everyone.

Hopefully, these stories here will help you gain some motivation and inspiration. You may have your own collection of stories that have taught you valuable lessons and make you the person you are today.

It's my 48th birthday today. I'm proud to say that I've become stronger, happier and wiser with age. I no longer react foolishly to situations and people that used to cause me anxiety.

It was 1976. She was 39 years old and a single parent. Two years back she was a married woman whose routine was doing the household chores and bringing up her children.

There was no street light but there was a full moon. I kept on walking with tears streaming down my cheeks. I did not know where I was heading except that I have to keep on moving.

I took the $5.00 that was left on the table for my weekly allowance and walked out. After walking for about a hundred meters, I stepped into the bushes and took my jeans and T-shirt out from my bag and immediately changed.

Ju was physically abused as a child. She lived with a mother who was diagnosed with post depression and a father who was a wife abuser.

I worked hard for the past 17 years. I felt I had to. I only finished high school. Without a certificate to flaunt and yet wanting to climb the corporate ladder, I dedicated my effort and time to my work.

I looked at my father for the last time before he was finally laid to rest. And I said to myself, "I forgive you father". I have forgiven him but I have not forgotten the turmoil, terror and abuse that I went through.

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