Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

I Was On The Train And Someone Handed Me This Note

By A Friend on November 07, 2025 / 47 views

By A Friend on November 07, 2025 / 47 views

I was on my way home from a long day at work. I heard paper tearing, but I kind of tuned it out as one does on public transportation. When the train door opened, a guy handed me this and bolted. I looked around confused before reading it and it immediately brought a smile to my face. The note reads: "You look nice. It's clear you take pride in your appearance, keep it...

The Store Did Me A Favor Today. So I Do A Favor For You

By A Friend on November 06, 2025 / 217 views

By A Friend on November 06, 2025 / 217 views

I’m sitting here on my lunch break writing this as I just witnessed it. For context, I’m a Shift Supervisor for a retail drug store chain in the USA. Currently the USA government has shut down, unfortunately it’s impacting people who are on government assistance. One form of government assistance in the USA is food stamps. A certain amount is put on a card, called an EBT card, and...

My Neighbor Shovels My Driveway Every Time It Snows

By SunshineLD on November 05, 2025 / 361 views

By SunshineLD on November 05, 2025 / 361 views

I live alone and have a bad back, so winters are rough. Last year my neighbor started clearing my driveway before I even woke up. I’ve tried paying him, baking cookies, everything-he just laughs it off and says “just pass it on.” People like that make me believe in community...

Growing Up Little

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 04, 2025 / 569 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 04, 2025 / 569 views

Here is my new story. It is for anyone who has ever felt little and afraid. I hope you enjoy it. God bless you always. When I was 4 years old my parents entered me in Kindergarten. Because I was born on September 29th they were given the option of letting me enter early or wait a whole extra year. I was a good reader and eager to go to school so Mom agreed. This led to me always being the...

Fixed A Kid’s Broken Toy Today And It Weirdly Made My Day

By A Friend on November 03, 2025 / 568 views

By A Friend on November 03, 2025 / 568 views

My neighbor's little kid (maybe 5 or 6) came to the gate this afternoon with a broken plastic robot. One leg had snapped off and he looked ready to cry. I didn't have glue or tools, just random junk in a drawer, so I grabbed a paperclip and some tape and tried to make it stand again. It looked stupid but somehow worked the robot could walk in a wobbly way. He tested it, stared for...

Brief Exchange Of Kindness In The Grocery Story When I Needed It Most

By A Friend on November 03, 2025 / 682 views

By A Friend on November 03, 2025 / 682 views

So within the last couple weeks, my wife of 10 years told me she wants to separate and it's been very hard. I've had a rough couple of days and on my way home from work today I stopped by the grocery store. As I was heading to checkout, a man stopped me and out of nowhere started to talk to me. I forget how it started but basically he said "Hey keep it going, I believe in...

I Just Finished This Year's Halloween Rocks

By A Friend on October 31, 2025 / 602 views

By A Friend on October 31, 2025 / 602 views

I posted about a month ago about how I have been painting rocks for Halloween and leaving them out in public for people to find because I saw that this year someone else had done the same. I wasn't sure if this year I was going to get them done in time and considered passing the torch on to the mysterious stranger who had also painted some jack-o'-lantern rocks; however, some in the comments encouraged...

Dr. Brown's Made My Year

By A Friend on October 31, 2025 / 678 views

By A Friend on October 31, 2025 / 678 views

My child is autistic and has an extremely limited diet. They also refuse to drink out of any cup except the one pictured. Dr. Brown's recently changed their manufacturing process, and the lids to these cups took on a rougher, more frosted looking appearance as opposed to the shiny finish my child is used to seeing, so my replacement didn't pass the vibe check and they won't drink from...

Flying Kites

By Victoria on October 30, 2025 / 1,225 views

By Victoria on October 30, 2025 / 1,225 views

Just a quick story, a few years back my partner and I had his son a the park and I decided to bring out the kites I had stashed in my trunk. Just thought it would be fun for the kid. Then we get his son going and were just watching on the side and my partner (35y/o) tells me he's never flown a kite before. He had a extremely rough childhood so I could understand why. But I still felt so sad to...

Three Things

By Kualaco on October 29, 2025 / 838 views

By Kualaco on October 29, 2025 / 838 views

Sometimes we all need a pick-me-up. One thing I like to do, when I’m out taking a walk, is to challenge myself to look for three things in my environment: something surprising, something beautiful, and something kind. It gives me a sense of accomplishment once I check off everything on the list. A friend of mine always looks for birds wherever she...

A Stranger On The Train Let Me Stay At Her House Overnight

By A Friend on October 29, 2025 / 869 views

By A Friend on October 29, 2025 / 869 views

Around 2 years ago, when I was travelling home from London, I was sat on the train which was delayed. I was starting to get worried about missing my connecting train as it was the last train of the night back to my town. The train was busy and full so a random woman sat next to me and we started chatting about the delay. I mentioned I was worried I wouldn’t make my connection and then we started talking...

My Grandpa Felt Lonely After My Grandma Passed. I Bought A Second PS3 Now We Play Minecraft Every Night

By A Friend on October 28, 2025 / 874 views

By A Friend on October 28, 2025 / 874 views

My grandpa has been really lost since my grandma died last year and it also affected me in a really bad way. He lives alone and i could tell he was super lonely, he would just sit and watch old tv shows all day. I was at his house playing minecraft on my old ps3 a few months ago and he just sat and watched me for like an hour. He finally asked "what are you building? it looks...

Body And Spirit

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 27, 2025 / 1,330 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 27, 2025 / 1,330 views

Here is my new story. I hope it reminds you of who you really are. God bless you always. When I was a teenager I used to lift weights in the morning, then jog two and a half miles to the local swimming pool and spend the whole afternoon swimming. Well last night I slept crooked and woke up with my back hurting and twisted up like a pretzel. While I stretched, popped, moaned and groaned...

I Run A Buy Nothing Group... And They All Came Together

By A Friend on October 27, 2025 / 934 views

By A Friend on October 27, 2025 / 934 views

As the title says, I run a local buy project nothing group and I've been battling brain cancer and I survive on my military pension since I haven't been able to work since July. So I'm very food insecure, and I am not eligible for EBT. I ended up in the hospital yesterday and I asked if someone in my group could pick up my prescriptions for me today. It turns out my...

Caught In The Claws

By Leann Freedom on October 25, 2025 / 1,023 views

By Leann Freedom on October 25, 2025 / 1,023 views

Frequently we go to a shopping mall with the view of the mighty pacific ocean. A half empty mall that contains many good memories of my childhood. My son with special needs loves this mall and asks to go here often. I bring him to his favorite place and then go with my little girl to explore the fun shops and kid friendly places that dot the mall. Our newest favorite is Kawaii Klaws....

I Love My MIL And Pecan Pie. I Promise Those Two Things Are Connected

By A Friend on October 24, 2025 / 1,022 views

By A Friend on October 24, 2025 / 1,022 views

I've been married for 12 years and my MIL is the sweetest person. I've always complained that its expected for the in law relationship to just automatically be toxic. I could go on for awhile about all the kind things she does for me (and the family as a whole). So side not I love pecan pie, always have. Unfortunately my family always thought it was gross so I never got to have it growing...

A Customer Apologized For Overreacting And Hugged Me

By A Friend on October 23, 2025 / 1,308 views

By A Friend on October 23, 2025 / 1,308 views

This actually happened to me a while ago, but it's something I think about often, and it's been especially on my mind tonight, so I really wanted to share it. It starts out a little rocky, but I promise, it has a happy ending. When I was working alone at a small laundromat, an elderly man came in and tried to request a wash rag from me (to clean his hands before handling his clothes). The...