Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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I Was Just Minding My Own Business While Playing Xbox

By A Friend on November 21, 2025 / 51 views

There I was, playing Xbox when I got a message. I don't know who or why, because I don't play online. But I responded. It was a kid having some personal issues and didn't have anyone to talk with. So we chatted a few hours and then he said he had to go. I wished him a great day and that was it. Then last year I get a message. This is verbatim from the...

Big Stretch

By A Friend on November 21, 2025 / 117 views

My dad was never really great to my mom. He wasn’t very present and I don’t think he valued her like he should’ve. Well mom got remarried a few years ago to a man that she actually knew back in elementary school. They reconnected and he’s been so good to her. He really takes care of her. Well I was sitting with them one day and I was telling them how I told my...

Sometimes, You Just Have To Share The Goodness!

By J.A. Nice on November 20, 2025 / 188 views

My friend has a bad hip, and she fell, when we were eating at Amigos. This customer (his name is Ashton) ran, with the speed of light! Helped her off the floor, hugged her, helped her to our table, told her that he loved her, and if she needed any help at all, just to let him know. There is goodness out there, and this is a picture of Ashton, who is absolute goodness! Yes, I...

I Knit Little Hearts To Give To Strangers

By A Friend on November 20, 2025 / 268 views

Several years ago, I found this nifty pattern for making little hearts. It’s just technical enough to be interesting and knits up very fast. I made the first ones while I was on a work trip to kill time while traveling. As I was getting off the plane to go home, a woman behind me in the aisle tapped my shoulder. She said, “I’ve been watching you since the terminal, and I have to...

Saw A Kid Crying Alone At A Bus Stop And Couldn’t Ignore It

By A Friend on November 19, 2025 / 402 views

This morning I noticed a small kid sitting alone at the bus stop with tears rolling down his face people were walking by but something told me to stop and check. Turns out he had lost his way trying to get to school I sat with him, helped him call his parent, and waited until they arrived. His mom hugged him so tightly almost crying herself I’m glad I stopped sometimes the smallest...

A Single Act Of Kindness

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 18, 2025 / 688 views

My new story is about how a single act of kindness can change a life. I hope you enjoy it. God bless you always. When I was a young man just starting college I began to write my first articles for a local county newspaper. I hadn’t been doing this for long when I received a letter from a young woman who got the paper out of state. She had been in grade school with me many years ago....

Risking My Job As A Lunch Lady By Feeding Kids With No Lunch Money

By A Friend on November 17, 2025 / 568 views

I work as a lunchlady in a high school. Our school does not get free lunch unless you are approved for it. For that paperwork has to be filed for the student to receive it. Many times that does not happen and many times the kids do not have lunchmoney. Protocol is to give them an alternative meal that consists of a cheese sandwhich and all the sides that we offer plus milk. We always have two...

A Wholesome Note At A Bus Stop

By A Friend on November 17, 2025 / 496 views

"I was on my way to work and found this note taped to the bus stop... My first thought was instantly how wholesome is that!" Location: Auckland, New Zealand. The note reads: To: the guy with red backpack. I always see you on the 66 bus and I think you're kinda cute. I hope to see you this week too in the morning. From: the brunette girl...

A Dog's Approach To Life

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 14, 2025 / 875 views

Our minds are weird things sometimes. My mind can often handle crisis with a calmness and coolness that is amazing. But when my days are going good and problem free, it will create fear and drama in my dreams. This happened last night. I was in the middle of a particularly nasty dream when suddenly I felt my dog, Sweetie licking my face and her brother Hank licking my hand. Both must have sensed that I was in...

Thanking The Local Sandwich Manager Who Went Above And Beyond

By A Friend on November 13, 2025 / 887 views

I am a full-time caregiver to my mom is handicapped from 3 strokes, and has stage 4 cancer so she us often times in a wheelchair that I push, but when she has strength she uses her walker. She is left side paralyzed, so she moves and thinks slowly. We often time get a sandwich and split it because it's cost effective because she can't eat a whole sandwich by herself, and I'm not a huge...

My Mom Wrote This On The Wall

By Liv on November 13, 2025 / 753 views

My mom wrote this on the wall next to my dad’s tool bench 25 years ago and he still has it up. They’ve been married 30 years now and my dad brings a bouquet back every time he goes to the grocery store. My mom dries them if they’re roses and stacks them above the shelves to decorate the kitchen (which is common in France) and there are roses EVERYWHERE. Note reads:...

A Story To Share

By A Friend on November 12, 2025 / 1,119 views

Hi. I've been looking for a place to share this story, because I often think about it and when I do, it makes me happy. Around 15 years ago, I was working at a care home in a small town. It was a nice residential home and everyone was treated well. We had an elderly gentleman, John, who had been a WW2 soldier. He was lovely but a little lonely. His wife had passed and he had no children. We did...

To The Beautiful Strangers Who Paid For My Massage At 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay

By Jane on November 12, 2025 / 718 views

I took a vacation I couldn’t really afford. I did it with a Costco vacation package. But still. I’ll be paying off this credit card bill for quite awhile. I don’t even care. It was so freaking worth it. Best vacation I’ve ever had and most beautiful (and swanky) hotel I’ve ever stayed at. Kaua’i is now calling me and all I can think about is how to come...

Ryder's Friend, Mike

By Leanne on November 11, 2025 / 884 views

I have an amazing special needs son named Ryder. He is 11 and on the autism spectrum. As a parent to a child with special needs you carry certain worries and insecurities sometimes.. like will my kid ever fit in ? Will he make friends? Can he find his happy place in this world? Through our adventures we have discovered a place in the mall in our town called “Game World”. It is...

A Cute Note I Got From A Stranger On A Flight

By A Friend on November 10, 2025 / 1,166 views

So this story if from May 2024, I was returning from a family trip In Turkey enroute to Mumbai, India. There was this girl sitting behind me on flight and asked me for my power bank because her phone was dead, I gave it to her but unfortunately it did not have enough juice to get it on. I felt bad, I immediately got up got my bag from the overhead, got a USB A to USB C cable from my bag (...

Stopped To Help A Stranded Mom With Two Kids On The Highway. Added An Hour To My Commute After A 12-hour Shift. No Regrets

By A Friend on November 10, 2025 / 1,014 views

Was driving home after a 12-hour shift, dead tired, when I saw someone on the side of the highway with their hazards on. It was getting dark and starting to rain. Should've kept going. I was exhausted, still had a 40-minute drive ahead of me, and honestly just wanted to collapse on my couch. But I pulled over. It was a woman with two kids in the back seat. Flat tire, no...

I Was On The Train And Someone Handed Me This Note

By A Friend on November 07, 2025 / 1,211 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...