Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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I’m Giving You A $20 Donation For Your Free Bag Of Chips

By A Friend on September 03, 2025 / 218 views

My husband and I are highly involved in a cancer charity. MIL is a breast cancer survivor. We are part of a local team that is always setting up fundraisers and receiving donations. Recently we’ve also got our children, 5M and 2F, involved. At our last charity event a member was able to get a large donation of chips and pretzels. We sold a majority of them. Whatever was left the donor told us...

Bread For The Soul

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 02, 2025 / 325 views

I was a little boy sitting in church on a hard, wooden pew, trying to sit still and not squirm while listening to the sermon. Most of it went over my young mind each week, but there always came a point when we recited the Lord’s prayer. And there was a part of it that I understood very clearly: “Give us this day our daily bread.” That part spoke to me because each Sunday afternoon my beloved...

Just Wanted To Share My Beautiful 'work' Cat

By Jay on September 02, 2025 / 280 views

This cat was left abandoned at my work place. I work on a tugboat and our dock is right next to a park where people dump a lot of stray animals. She made her way over and has found a good life over here with us. She’ll only let 3 people out of all us near her, but I’m so happy I was one of those chosen that she loves. She has gotten to when I pull up, she will sit...

Carrot Cake Kindness

By A Friend on September 01, 2025 / 440 views

I was having a terrible day, and as a treat to try and salvage my day, I decided to order the most delicious (and expensive) carrot cake from a place like 10 miles from me. I extra splurged and decided to have it delivered, because why not? So I place my order and I wait. And like 30 min later the delivery girl messages me in the app, saying they’re out of carrot cake, but have 2 other options...

My Boss Paid Me A Full 40 Hours After I Missed Half The Week Due To My Dad’s Death

By A Friend on September 01, 2025 / 341 views

I work for a small company that I just started with in April. When I called for a wellness check and received the news that they found my dad dead, I had to leave work halfway through my shift Wednesday and didn’t return until the next week. I just got my paycheck for last week and I was shocked to see that it was my regular full paycheck! I called my boss to confirm and...

What I Saw In The Parking Lot After Putting My Phone Down

By A Friend on August 29, 2025 / 758 views

I was sitting in the Costco parking lot, doom-scrolling, when I heard a loud and clear whisper. ‘Hey’. I looked around but no one was near the car and it was definitely a voice. I didn't know what it was about, but I'm not a believer in coincidences. I decided to take this moment as an opportunity to pause and be in the moment. I put my phone down. I looked around. I...

Ocean Views With A Smile

By Hand Pan Leann on August 28, 2025 / 768 views

Today I went to the pacific view mall with two of my 3 kiddos. I homeschool my son with special needs who is a 6th grader and also my youngest who just stared kindergarten. We go to the mall to socialize a little bit as home schooling can feel isolating at times. I dropped my son off with his tutor Tom at a place called “game world “ ran by a wonderful and compassionate guy named Mike....

Cat Comes To Check On Little Girl Every Day

By A Friend on August 27, 2025 / 889 views

This is Muffin. He's not mine, but ever since my daughter hurt herself in the garden a while ago, he comes every day. He sits at the back door watching till he sees her and knows she...

From Your First Day Until Your Last

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 26, 2025 / 1,328 views

Here is my new story. I hope it reminds you of just how much you can make a difference in this world. An elderly friend wrote me recently. She was discouraged about her failing health. But the thing that bothered her the most was she was no longer able to volunteer and help her community the way she used to. At the end of the letter she asked me: “What can I do to make this world...

Random Act Of Kindness In The Emergency Room I’ll Never Forget

By Maci Nicole on August 25, 2025 / 1,502 views

About 2 weeks ago I (31 year old female) fell and heard a snap in my foot. I was screaming crying with both pain and fear. There was no one to take me to the ER as it was about midnight when this happened. I don’t have insurance so I got a ride share there hobbling along until the staff got me a wheelchair. I sat alone facing a corner crying. I had never broken a bone, been to the ER by myself, and I was...

A Stranger Helped Me Get Enough Gas To Get Home And Just Asked That I Pay It Forward

By A Friend on August 23, 2025 / 1,119 views

This happened a few years ago when gasoline was over $4 per gallon. I was on my way home from work and I noticed my gas tank was on E. I stopped at a gas station about halfway between my work and home. When I reached over to get my purse, I realized it wasn't where it's supposed to be. I searched the whole vehicle and realized that I had completely forgotten my purse in my locker at work. In...

A Story About A Random Lady At The Costco Food Court

By A Friend on August 22, 2025 / 1,846 views

I really wanted to share this with someone because it was just so amazing! For context I have a 2 month old baby. So I went towards the tables of the food court after getting my food and I notice this older lady (not like senior age but older than me), I only noticed her because she looked like one of my teachers and I brushed it off. We sit down and she congratulates us and asks how old...

The Quality Of Your Attention Determines The Quality Of Your Life

By Attentioneer on August 21, 2025 / 1,820 views

I've been studying attention for several years now, and this statement ('The quality of your attention determines the quality of your life') has become my north star. My entire thesis for practicing attentioneering. Here's why I believe it's true. Your attention is a filter. Every moment, you're bombarded with information, thoughts, feelings, impulses. What you focus on...

A Tow Truck Driver Turned A Stressful Day Into A Kindness Story

By Jennifer on August 20, 2025 / 1,670 views

My mother was involved in an incident on a motorway (in Brisbane) this afternoon. The towtruck driver who assisted her was incredibly helpful; he took photos on her phone, offered to drive her home (after dropping her car off at his holding yard), helped her into his truck, arranged and paid for an Uber when he realised he wasn't able to drive her home, gave her his phone number in case she...

A Little Goes A Long Way When You Least Expect It. Customer Made Me Cry

By A Friend on August 19, 2025 / 1,911 views

Customer made me cry. I work at a large national retail store. It was crazy busy. A family waits in my line, I concentrate on 1 customer at a time, the one standing in front of me. A family of 3 are now here, they tell me the order will be 3 transactions. Sweet. Im ring 1st lady's stuff. The 2nd lady is about 20, looks like she might a disability. Im asking her about the...

Growing Up Grateful

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 18, 2025 / 1,979 views

My new story is about the happiness that thankfulness brings us. When I was a boy growing up we didn’t have much materially. I spent most of my childhood living in my Nana’s 75 year old house with my Dad, Mom, Nana, and two brothers. It was built from two shanty cars with lots of lean-to’s, porches, and other rooms built on as the years went by. I can only remember my Mom buying me...

A Man Paid For My Pizza Last Week! Made My Day And My Week!

By A Friend on August 16, 2025 / 1,347 views

I just moved to NYC, and since I’m in grad school, I’m broke as a joke! I always eat at those $1.50 pizza spots on the corners of every street, and one day last week, my card declined cause I didn’t have the exact change for the slice. (I have groceries at home, so I’m not in as bad a position as one would think, but I digress!) As I turned to go, a random old man...