Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

First Time I’ve Gotten A Drawing From A Kid

By A Friend on November 26, 2025 / 160 views

By A Friend on November 26, 2025 / 160 views

I practice Karate, and while one class is happening I practice in my own section of the school. Often when I practice, one of the students younger sisters likes to watch me. She enjoys the karate atmosphere but is naturally a more shy person (and too young), so she likes to mess with equipment and such and watch me as if she was doing it too. One time she said hi to me when I was taking a quick...

A Lovely, Unexpected, Act Of Camaraderie Made My Day

By A Friend on November 26, 2025 / 192 views

By A Friend on November 26, 2025 / 192 views

I was on a 4 hour bus journey and everyone had gotten off for a rest stop, rushing to go and buy overpriced coffee nearby. I was in the front seat and just stood up to stretch whilst waiting…the bus driver and I got talking about how insane the price of a lot of drinks are now - and I mentioned I regretted not bringing my thermos of tea with me but hadn’t had room - he immediately...

My Childhood Cat Found Me

By A Friend on November 25, 2025 / 309 views

By A Friend on November 25, 2025 / 309 views

I had a childhood cat named Charlie. He was a tom cat, he'd disappear ever few months, be gone for a while then come back. Well during one of his adventures, i moved. Not far, just more into town. A few years later (today) my brother comes into my room and said theres a cat outside, I opened the door and it started meowing at me. And I immediately said Charlie. The same scars, the...

Your Last Five Dollars

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 24, 2025 / 464 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 24, 2025 / 464 views

Here is my new story. It is for anyone who has helped or been helped along the way in this life. I hope you enjoy it. God bless you always. It was over 30 years ago. I was a young Dad with a wife and 3 kids at home. I was working at a local saw mill just trying to make ends meet. We had been working most of the day when suddenly the main machine broke down. The foreman told us to go home...

My Girlfriend Surprised Me With A Coffee Cart At Her Place

By A Friend on November 24, 2025 / 325 views

By A Friend on November 24, 2025 / 325 views

For context, I have been staying mostly with my girlfriend recently because I can't return home due to personal reasons. Coffee is one of my biggest interests and I've been talking about how much I miss making my coffee in the morning but I know my espresso machine would be too loud at her house. After I got back from work last night I came home to this personalized coffee cart she made...

I Was Just Minding My Own Business While Playing Xbox

By A Friend on November 21, 2025 / 616 views

By A Friend on November 21, 2025 / 616 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 / 457 views

By A Friend on November 21, 2025 / 457 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 / 435 views

By J.A. Nice on November 20, 2025 / 435 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 / 756 views

By A Friend on November 20, 2025 / 756 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 / 811 views

By A Friend on November 19, 2025 / 811 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 / 1,213 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 18, 2025 / 1,213 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 / 944 views

By A Friend on November 17, 2025 / 944 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 / 834 views

By A Friend on November 17, 2025 / 834 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 / 1,237 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 14, 2025 / 1,237 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 / 1,283 views

By A Friend on November 13, 2025 / 1,283 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 / 1,067 views

By Liv on November 13, 2025 / 1,067 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 / 1,594 views

By A Friend on November 12, 2025 / 1,594 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...