The little girl lived in a small, very simple, poor house on a hill and as she grew she would play in the small garden and as she grew she was able to see over the garden fence and across the valley to a wonderful house high on the hill – and this house had golden windows, so golden and shining that the little girl would dream of how magic it would be to grow up and live in a house with golden windows instead of an ordinary house like hers.
And although she loved her parents and her family, she yearned to live in such a golden house and dreamed all day about how wonderful and exciting it must feel to live there.
When she got to an age where she gained enough skill and sensibility to go outside her garden fence, she asked her mother is she could go for a bike ride outside the gate and down the lane. After pleading with her, her mother finally allowed her to go, insisting that she kept close to the house and didn’t wander too far. The day was beautiful and the little girl knew exactly where she was heading! Down the lane and across the valley, she rode her bike until she got to the gate of the golden house across on the other hill.
As she dismounted her bike and lent it against the gate post, she focused on the path that lead to the house and then on the house itself and was so disappointed as she realized all the windows were plain and rather dirty, reflecting nothing other than the sad neglect of the house that stood derelict.
So sad she didn’t go any further and turned, heart broken as she remounted her bike. As she glanced up she saw a sight to amaze her. There across the way on her side of the valley was a little house and its windows glistened golden as the sun shone on her little home.
She realized that she had been living in her golden house and all the love and care she found there was what made her home the “golden house”. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!
Author Unknown
Very good story.
I love the story
Great story with an excellent moral.
Right there in front of her nose => right there in front of her eyes
Awesome stories Stephen….very inspiring…thank you….Keep going… 🙂
I used to read this story all the time when I was a kid, I had a book filled with stories just like this, but this one always stuck to me so glad I’v came across it again!
“The house with the golden windows”: This is a nice story. My father used to tell us this story in the early 1950’s.
What do you think the girl was a dremer ?
You are on the top. Nice one.
This was read to me while I was a small child in infants school in England. I never forgot this story since hearing it at five years old. I am now 68. We all need to count our blessings!
At my suggestion a variation of this story was written as a song by tony martin and sterling whipple. They were the co-writers of “third rock from the sun” and others. Nothing came of their efforts regarding this song. Still a great story.
Very touching and thought prvoking story.
Amazing story… It touched my heart.
ah for me that ok
Accept thyself!
good one….
Hmmm wonder how far my house is of this one to see mine having beautiful golden window
Nice
Excellent story teaching about to focus on what we have at present and no dreaming , grumbling and fuming about what somenone else has.
Nice one
LOOK WITHIN TO FIND THE GOLDEN HOUSE
indeed a beautiful story…loved it..! 🙂
nice story………..very nice…….
It’s a wonderful story. We should know what we have instead of knowing what others have.
Very good story. We sometimes need inspirational stories like this to remind us to be grateful and appreciative of the things and people in our lives.
Good story and good moral
I loved your story.
Good story, whatever we dream of is near-by us. Thank you all.
Really nice story…. really good meaning.
Awesome story… heart touching story…
Very inspiring and motivating.
Well the story was awesome. It teaches us we should satisfied with what we are and dreaming is not always good. If we have little then no problem. Nothing is better then something. What you have how much it is it is yours.
Nice
Yhat was a motivating story.. 🙂 and it made me realize that I should be proud of what I have and at the same time, I should be thankful of it. 🙂
This is a very good moral story. Thank you for such a good lesson.
Very good Story, One should always keep this in mind, and remember this story,
As everone tend to achieve the things which are not with them, neglecting the things which are already with them, Belive me this attitude, will end up with a lot of unsatisfacton in ur day 2 days life,and which will directly impact on ur health.
One should be happy for what they are and what they have, and Ofcourse strive to become better than what they are comparing to themselves but not with others.
Be happy and keep ur beloved always happy.
Simple but with a great theme….very often we don’t realize what we have until too late.
Excellent story…..mind blowing..!!
Love this story….will share it wid all my friends.
Nice story showing what we have but missing it.
It’s a short and sweet inspiring story…we dream with our closed eyes and we miss things around with our open eyes..how strange but true… 😉
We must be satisfied with whatever we have.
From this story, I feel our happiness and success are not from others it is within us. Thank you for giving cute golden story.
Very nice story… motivating and inspiring… its right that all the things with us.. but we need to recognize it … and most of us are failing to do that.
Its a lovely sweet story on how we should see the brighter side of things we possess
Very inspiring story.
Great story! Inspiring and awakening.
Awesomeeeee story
This story is good.
Thanks so much. It’s really nice and I would like to translate to our language.