Country Boy Inspirations

Short inspirational & motivational stories from an old country boy. Stories of faith, encouragement and life lessons that I hope will touch you and help you in someway.

A collection of short stories of a country boy growing up on a rural farm in Louisiana with a few personal thoughts along the way.

While in the subway car, on the sidewalk, or at our favorite restaurant, we are surrounded by a sea of individuals who all too often become a mass ocean of humanity. While we visually see each of these individuals, how often do we dare look beneath the surface to the heart of an individual? In the spirit of classical poetic volumes like The Spoon River Anthology, Robert Mahan captures the untold stories of the silent individuals around each of us, from the child watching his parents' divorce to the brokenhearted widow. Inspirational Seasons brings to life the hopes, dreams, and fears of the people that surround us.

What stands out in this memoir is above all the work that he has treated with exceptional seriousness from the very beginning, describing himself as the "little screw that drives itself into the grand technology as all round machinist and invincible form grinder." Readers not familiar with modern technology will have to be impressed in this fascinating story by the thoroughness with which the author describes complicated production processes and high-precision items produced by his skilled hands. Also astonishing is his ability to recollect the details of social interactions in the workplace as well as among the neighbors. Besides work, the most important place is occupied by the family. A separate, but an equally important "hobby" is history and politics, both the grand one and the smaller, local one. Everywhere, whether at work, at home or social occasions, he participated in discussions, impressing everyone with his historical knowledge and his levelheaded outlook on current developments in the USA, the world, Poland, and Iraq. He also was, is, and always will be a great patriot, an "ambassador of the Polish cause." After all, as he writes in the closing sentences of his memoirs, "neither education nor wealth is important; what is important for us is to represent our country with dignity, wherever we might find ourselves." From the Foreword by Wladyslaw Sobecki

A collection of poems, quotations, and excerpts from fiction and nonfiction on the topic of boys playing outdoors and growing up, richly illustrated.

The title Verses of Inspirational Christian Exaltation (VOICE) was chosen to inspire readers to develop a closer relationship with Jesus while providing them with thoughts of faith, hope, comfort, and happiness in their daily journey through life. The human voice is the method used to spread God's Word.

Becoming a Country Boy By: Larry E. Elliott Becoming a Country Boy describes the experiences of a boy, who lived in the city, but learned, after spending time on his grandparent’s farm, he loved farm life. He loved playing in the fields, playing with the farm animals, fishing in his grandfather’s pond and living in the farm house. He learned the difference between city words and farm terms. He learned fun in the city does not compare to fun on the farm. Read the book and see how a city boy becomes a country boy.