If you're feeling bored or down, consider reading short stories. Storytelling offers incredible benefits for both adults and children, promoting relaxation, joy, and a sense of inner peace. Bedtime stories, in particular, are a powerful way to reduce stress, uplift your mood, and cultivate a sense of psychological well-being. Below, we’ve curated a selection of relaxing bedtime stories for adults to help you unwind and drift into a deep, peaceful sleep.
One morning, an old man, over eighty years old, went to the hospital to have some stitches removed from his hand. The old man said to the nurse: "Please hurry. I have an important appointment in an hour."
The nurse thought he wanted to meet the doctor, so she said to him, while removing the stitches: "The doctor is not here today. You will need to come back tomorrow if you want to meet him."
The old man said: "I am going to have breakfast with my dear wife at the nursing home."
The nurse wondered and asked, "Why is your wife in a nursing home?"
The old man replied: "She has been living in the nursing home for 10 years because she suffers from memory impairment."
The nurse was amazed and asked him again: "Will anything happen if you are a little late for your wife?"
The old man said: "No, nothing will happen; she hasn't remembered me and doesn't know who I am!"
The nurse asked him: "And you still go to have breakfast with her even though she does not remember you and does not know you?"
The old man smiled and said to her: "She doesn't know who I am, but I know who she is. ❤️"
{calming sleep stories for adults}
This is a true story that happened in Egypt. The story tells of an old man who entered a car park and got into a car that was missing one passenger.
The old man said to the driver: "My son, I don't have any money. Can anyone pay the fare for me?"
The driver said: "Don’t worry, father; your fare is paid."
After that, the driver collected the money and found the fare for 13 people extra, which means that all the people in the microbus had paid the fare of an additional person.
The driver laughed and said: "I thought I might find the extra fare of one or two people, but all of you paid double the fare for this good man."
The driver took out the entire extra fare, gave it to the old man, and said to him: "This money is your livelihood, father."
{relaxing stories for adults}
The story tells of a good father named Zakaria whose wife died, so he lived with his only son, Fares. After a while, Zakaria wanted to marry a pious woman to raise his son.
Zakaria married a widow who had a son of the same age as Fares. The new wife treated Fares very harshly because he was better than her son, and he always got higher grades than her son in school.
Days passed, and Zakaria died, and Fares lived with his father’s widow and her son in a very difficult situation. The woman treated Fares badly; she made him do all the housework, and she gave him little food. As for her son, she did not deprive him of anything.
Fares left his father's house and went to live with his aunt. Fares' aunt was a good woman, so she welcomed Fares into her home and did not differentiate between him and her sons. At this time, Fares was in secondary school, so he studied hard until he entered medical school, and his aunt helped him in that because she prepared a calm and comfortable atmosphere in her home.
On the other hand, his father's widow lived with her only son, gave him all her money, sold her gold, and gave him its price so he could start a project. But her son took his mother's money and traveled outside the country.
The widow lived alone and sad until she became seriously ill. No one asked about her, not even her son! Fares heard about the illness of his father's widow, so he did not hesitate for a moment to visit her. When he went to her, the woman was very surprised by Dr. Fares's visit to her, despite what she had done to him.
The woman thanked Fares very much and apologized profusely for her bad treatment of him. As for Fares, he never blamed his father’s widow but rather treated her, bought medicines for her, and followed up on her health condition until she overcame the disease. Fares continued to visit his father's widow to compensate her for the absence of her son.
Days and years passed, and the woman died. After her death, her son came from abroad to inherit the land that his mother inherited from her father. The son was waiting to know what his mother wrote in the will.
After the funeral was over, the lawyer opened the will, and it was written:
Relaxing Sleep Stories For Adults
1- Short Story About Loyalty
The nurse thought he wanted to meet the doctor, so she said to him, while removing the stitches: "The doctor is not here today. You will need to come back tomorrow if you want to meet him."
The old man said: "I am going to have breakfast with my dear wife at the nursing home."
The nurse wondered and asked, "Why is your wife in a nursing home?"
The old man replied: "She has been living in the nursing home for 10 years because she suffers from memory impairment."
The nurse was amazed and asked him again: "Will anything happen if you are a little late for your wife?"
The old man said: "No, nothing will happen; she hasn't remembered me and doesn't know who I am!"
The nurse asked him: "And you still go to have breakfast with her even though she does not remember you and does not know you?"
The old man smiled and said to her: "She doesn't know who I am, but I know who she is. ❤️"
{calming sleep stories for adults}
2- A True Story About Compassion
The old man said to the driver: "My son, I don't have any money. Can anyone pay the fare for me?"
The driver said: "Don’t worry, father; your fare is paid."
After that, the driver collected the money and found the fare for 13 people extra, which means that all the people in the microbus had paid the fare of an additional person.
The driver laughed and said: "I thought I might find the extra fare of one or two people, but all of you paid double the fare for this good man."
The driver took out the entire extra fare, gave it to the old man, and said to him: "This money is your livelihood, father."
{relaxing stories for adults}
3- Calm Bedtime Story For Adults
Zakaria married a widow who had a son of the same age as Fares. The new wife treated Fares very harshly because he was better than her son, and he always got higher grades than her son in school.
Days passed, and Zakaria died, and Fares lived with his father’s widow and her son in a very difficult situation. The woman treated Fares badly; she made him do all the housework, and she gave him little food. As for her son, she did not deprive him of anything.
Fares left his father's house and went to live with his aunt. Fares' aunt was a good woman, so she welcomed Fares into her home and did not differentiate between him and her sons. At this time, Fares was in secondary school, so he studied hard until he entered medical school, and his aunt helped him in that because she prepared a calm and comfortable atmosphere in her home.
On the other hand, his father's widow lived with her only son, gave him all her money, sold her gold, and gave him its price so he could start a project. But her son took his mother's money and traveled outside the country.
The widow lived alone and sad until she became seriously ill. No one asked about her, not even her son! Fares heard about the illness of his father's widow, so he did not hesitate for a moment to visit her. When he went to her, the woman was very surprised by Dr. Fares's visit to her, despite what she had done to him.
The woman thanked Fares very much and apologized profusely for her bad treatment of him. As for Fares, he never blamed his father’s widow but rather treated her, bought medicines for her, and followed up on her health condition until she overcame the disease. Fares continued to visit his father's widow to compensate her for the absence of her son.
Days and years passed, and the woman died. After her death, her son came from abroad to inherit the land that his mother inherited from her father. The son was waiting to know what his mother wrote in the will.
After the funeral was over, the lawyer opened the will, and it was written:
"I write this land that I inherited from my father and grandparents to my son and beloved Fares."
{sleep stories for adults calm}
4- The Story of The Twins
The father put the gifts in their rooms and installed cameras to see the reactions of his children. When the pessimistic boy entered his room and saw the gift, he opened it and said loudly:
"I do not like the color of this computer, and this car is small. My cousin has a car bigger than this!"
The child sat complaining because he didn't like the gifts.
As for the optimistic child, he opened the gift and found inside it a few grams of rose seeds. The child was very happy and jumped on the bed with joy.
He placed the seeds on the window and balcony of his room, and he placed some of them next to his room and said:
"My room will be more beautiful than before after the flowers have bloomed."
5- Relaxing Bedtime Story For Adults
One day, the student went with some college classmates to eat at a restaurant in Alexandria. After they had eaten, they went out one by one, leaving this young man alone in the restaurant.
The student sat alone for a full hour, and his classmates did not return. After a while, the young man realized that his classmates had done this on purpose to put him in an embarrassing position. However, he did not doubt their intentions at all and did not know if this happened because of his excessive kindness or because of his naivety!
The young man got up and asked the cashier: "How much is the bill?"
Cashier: "250 pounds."
The young man felt very shocked and embarrassed because he only had 35 pounds in his pocket. He then asked the cashier to meet the owner of the restaurant.
When the restaurant owner came, the student explained what had happened, took out his ID card, handed it to the man, and said: "Keep the card with you to guarantee your right, and I promise you that tomorrow I will bring you 250 pounds."
The restaurant owner smiled and said: "Keep your card with you, and when you have the money, give me the amount. If you don’t return it, I will forgive you."
The student thanked the restaurant owner profusely. The next day, he returned as promised and gave him 250 pounds. At first, the owner of the restaurant refused to take the money, but after strong insistence, he accepted it. The young man thanked him again for his respectful behavior and left.
A year passed. The young man graduated from the Faculty of Engineering and traveled to Germany. After ten years of success and work in Germany, he returned to Egypt.
While walking through the streets of Alexandria, he passed by the street where the restaurant was located. Remembering what had happened to him ten years earlier, he decided to enter and greet the owner of the restaurant. However, he found the restaurant closed. He inquired about the restaurant owner's address and went to his house.
The engineer met the restaurant owner, who did not initially recognize him. The engineer reminded him of what had happened years ago and recounted the noble act of kindness. The restaurant owner finally remembered him, thanked him for the visit, and invited him in for tea.
The engineer asked: "Why is the restaurant closed?"
Man: "The restaurant has a lot of debts and taxes. I couldn't pay the workers’ salaries, so I closed it for a while to settle my debts."
Engineer: "How much do you owe to reopen the restaurant?"
Man: "It's a large sum, about 120,000 pounds."
Engineer: "Can we have lunch together tomorrow?"
The man replied, "You can come anytime; this house is your house."
The next day, the engineer came. After they ate together, the engineer gave him more than 120,000 pounds and said: "Next week, I will eat at your restaurant."
The man was astonished by the engineer’s generosity and completely refused to take the money, but the engineer insisted.
The man cried and said: "Yesterday, I prayed and asked God to send me the money. I cannot believe that God responded so quickly."
The man then took out a trust receipt to guarantee the engineer's rights. The engineer smiled and said: "Do you remember ten years ago when you refused to take my ID card and told me, 'When you have the money, give me the amount, and if you don’t return it, I will forgive you'? Today, I am telling you that I will not take a trust receipt from you under any circumstances."
The man cried, hugged the engineer, thanked him sincerely for his noble gesture, and agreed to reopen the restaurant within a week.
{relaxing stories to help you sleep}
6- A True Story About Trust
The man woke up at night to find the dog standing in front of his room, watching him while he slept. This situation repeated itself many times, with the dog staying awake all night watching the man and only sleeping a little during the day. The man felt uneasy and put a barrier in his room so the dog could not enter, as shown in the picture.
The man decided to play with the dog all day to tire him out, hoping the dog would sleep at night. However, the dog still stayed awake, watching the man. Concerned, the man took the dog to the vet. After examining the dog, the vet assured him that the dog was healthy and did not suffer from any illnesses.
Finally, the man went back to the dog shelter and explained the situation to the owner, hoping for an explanation.
The shelter owner said:
"When the dog’s previous owner wanted to get rid of him, he put a sleeping pill in the dog’s food. Once the dog fell asleep, the owner took him and left him here. When the dog woke up, he searched for his owner but couldn’t find him. He felt scared when he found himself in a strange place among strangers."
To regain the dog’s trust in humans, the man removed the barrier he had placed at the door of his room and allowed the dog to sleep next to him.
The dog finally slept deeply, and from that night onward, he slept through the night every day, having found a sense of safety and trust.
{calm bedtime stories for adults}
7- Short Story About Integrity
A few meters before the end of the marathon, the Kenyan runner stopped, thinking that the race was over and stood to celebrate the victory.
The Spanish runner had a great opportunity to win the race, but he quickly went to the Kenyan runner and said to him: "Brother, you have not reached the finish line yet."
My dear,
To climb to the top of success with your personal effort is better than climbing on the mistakes of others.
{bedtime stories for stressed out adults}
8- The Story of the Argentine People and the Eggs
When the citizens learned of the new prices of eggs, they refrained from buying them and left the eggs to spoil in the stores. When the cars that distributed the eggs arrived, the store owners refused to accept any new quantities.
The entire population refused to buy eggs at the new prices. The merchants returned the unsold eggs to store them in their warehouses and waited three days for people to start buying eggs again, but nothing changed. The people were firm in their stance.
After several days, the merchants agreed to sell eggs at the previous prices before the increase. But something unexpected happened: the Argentine people still refused to buy eggs, even though the prices had dropped, so that the merchants would learn a lesson and not raise the prices of eggs again.
Losses accumulated for the greedy merchants, and in the end, they made an official apology to the Argentine people in all the newspapers, promising not to repeat what had happened. They announced that they would sell eggs at a quarter of their original price.
The people won their battle against the merchants and were able to buy eggs at a 75% discount from their original price.
The Argentine people are conscious, cohesive, and united. They govern themselves, and no one can control them.
9- Calming Sleep Story
A few minutes later, the teacher took the papers and went to her house to review what the students had written. After reviewing the papers, she found many wishes, such as:
I want to become a doctor.
I hope to travel to Spain.
There were many wishes like these, but what caught the teacher’s attention was a paper with a big wish. As soon as she read it, she cried. Her husband entered and asked her why she was crying. She gave him the paper and asked him to read it, and it was written on it:
Lord, I ask you to turn me into a television! I want to take the place of the television in our house. I want to have a special place in the heart of my father and mother. I want my family to gather around me and hear me when I want to tell them something. I want my father to sit with me like he sits in front of the TV for long periods. I want my mother to follow me and take care of me like she follows the series. I want my family to leave everything to spend some time with me, and finally, I hope that they are happy with me being with them!
The husband was affected by this strange wish and said to his wife:
"It seems that this child is sad and that his parents are negligent towards him. They are the main reason for his sadness and unhappiness. But why are you crying? This matter is not worth all this crying!"
His wife replied to him and said: "The writer of this wish is our son!"
{bedtime stories for adults relaxing sleep}
10- Relaxing Sleep Story
The next day, the rich man opened the door of his office and waited for people to come to him. Many people came and found the rich man’s office open, as he said, but none of them entered. Some said, There is certainly a trick in this matter, and others said, This is a lie; this man could not pay all these debts.
After a while, an old man came, passed in front of the people, entered the rich man’s office, gave him a piece of paper, and said to him: "Sir, these are all my debts. I tried to pay them off, but I could not because of my extreme poverty. I hope to God that I die free of all these debts."
The rich man gave the old man a large sum of money to pay off his debt. The old man thanked him very much and said to him: "I must go out now and tell everyone standing outside that you are honest in your promise."
The man said: "Slow down, Father. Please stay here until two o’clock. Anyone who enters, I will pay their debt as I promised, and if they do not enter, I will not pay their debts."
During this period, people were saying: If the rich man had paid the old man’s debt, he would have come out and would have told us about it. The people continued to mock and complain in front of the rich man’s office until two o’clock came. The old man came out with the money in his hand, so people rushed to enter the rich man’s office. But one of the security men locked the door and told the people: The specified time is over.
People deeply regretted that they missed a great opportunity to pay off their debts, and only the old man benefited from this generous offer.
Here's the end of the stories.
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