Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

A Sweet Old Man And His Dog Bought Us Groceries Just Because

By A Friend on July 09, 2025 / 3,914 views

By A Friend on July 09, 2025 / 3,914 views

Six years ago, when my daughter was just a few months old, my husband and I went grocery shopping the week before Christmas. As we were walking in we noticed an older man and his dog sitting outside, watching us. We thought nothing of it, assuming he was probably just people watching, and did our holiday grocery shopping in preparation for a week full of Christmas potlucks that we really couldn't afford...

Helped A Mom With A Treat For Her Daughter And Ended Up Feeling Amazing

By A Friend on July 07, 2025 / 1,884 views

By A Friend on July 07, 2025 / 1,884 views

I'm in line for the cafe at Sam's. There's a mother in front of me with a special needs daughter. The daughter kept asking for a pretzel and the mom patiently told her soon it will be there turn. Once it was their turn order, the employee stated they had no pretzels ready and didn't know when they would. I could literally see this mom's shoulders drop in defeat. They ordered and...

Doing Good And Being Kind

By Joseph J. Mazzella on July 04, 2025 / 3,599 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on July 04, 2025 / 3,599 views

One of the most beautiful signs of Summer here in the mountains of my home isn’t the flowers, or the trees or the early morning sunrises. It is instead the return of the work camps. These are week long trips that church groups make into our area to help people to make home repairs that they couldn’t afford to do themselves. They are mostly kind-hearted teenagers giving up part of their summer...

I Have The Grill Fired Already, Want A Hot Dog? You Are A Nurse And Keep Going. Thank You!

By A Friend on July 03, 2025 / 2,745 views

By A Friend on July 03, 2025 / 2,745 views

My next door neighbor is an RN and has been pushing herself for years, 12 hour shifts and overtime to be present. Recently, she took in her sister and niece to help them get out of an abusive relationship. My partner and I do what we can to help her (ex. cleaning her gutters, mowing the lawn in summer, shoveling in winter and such). I had just fired up the grill earlier and her sister was...

Thanked A Lady For Not Giving Up On Her 3-legged Dog

By A Friend on July 01, 2025 / 3,582 views

By A Friend on July 01, 2025 / 3,582 views

Almost every day, when driving through my development, I see a young woman walking a 3-legged Golden Retriever. The dog is missing the left rear leg. You would think it would be a sad scene, but I see the inspiration in it each time I see them. Yeah, the dog is hopping along, but the dog 100% looks just as happy as any dog you've ever seen on a walk. Last week, I saw two people walking 3-legged dogs! It...

Lady In The Airport Bought Me Chocolate Because I Was Crying

By A Friend on June 30, 2025 / 3,591 views

By A Friend on June 30, 2025 / 3,591 views

Been meaning to post this for a while because I will never forget this lady and her kindness towards a complete stranger. I'm in a long-distance relationship and last August I met my girlfriend in-person for the first time. We attended a friend's wedding in Germany (neither of us live there). Her flight home was several hours before mine so I went with her to the airport to see her off and...

Karma Finally Came Around

By A Friend on June 27, 2025 / 3,567 views

By A Friend on June 27, 2025 / 3,567 views

I do my best to put good vibes out there. I donate what I can, buy food for people less fortunate, give my coworkers chocolate if they’re having a bad day, cover the bill if someone’s short for groceries or something. Years of doing my best to make someone smile. And with family and close friends, it works. But finally, after years of very little feedback (not complaining, I didn’t...

Little Bouquet Of Flowers

By Hand Pan Leann on June 26, 2025 / 3,718 views

By Hand Pan Leann on June 26, 2025 / 3,718 views

Recently I had a terrible experience at a Trader Joe’s grocery store. The cashier was remarkably rude to me.. in a place that is typically known for having great customer service. I came away from the experience first thinking “what did I do to deserve this treatment “… then after some thought I came to the realization that this person was more than likely having a bad day...

Small Yet Immeasurable

By A Friend on June 26, 2025 / 3,226 views

By A Friend on June 26, 2025 / 3,226 views

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share some wonderful acts of kindness that my 20 month old granddaughter experiences everyday. We love to just sit together in our driveway and as people drive by she vigorously waves her hands to them. The joy this brings my beautiful granddaughter as people slow down to wave with a huge smile on their faces also is priceless. To us this small yet...

What I Know Now

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 25, 2025 / 3,525 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 25, 2025 / 3,525 views

It is funny how so many commercials these days steal the lyrics from old rock and roll songs. I can turn the television on and suddenly I am back in my childhood again. I usually don’t pay attention to the commercial itself. I just close my eyes, listen to the music, and sometimes even sing along. One of those songs was playing today as I did the dinner dishes in the sink. “I wish that I...

The Ripple Effect Of Kindness

By Exciting Quotes on June 23, 2025 / 4,217 views

By Exciting Quotes on June 23, 2025 / 4,217 views

It was a rainy afternoon, and I had just finished a long, exhausting day. I found myself at my local café, trying to unwind with a cup of hot tea. As I sat there, I noticed a young woman at the counter. She was clearly struggling, going through her purse frantically, trying to find enough change to pay for her coffee. Without a moment's hesitation, an elderly man, who had been waiting in...

A Person I Formerly Rented From Asked Me For My Current Address

By Chris R. on June 21, 2025 / 3,809 views

By Chris R. on June 21, 2025 / 3,809 views

A person I formerly rented from asked me for my current address recently. This person rented me a space in their house that was the first place I had to actually call home when I had to leave my house after I got divorced. I paid a completely fair amount of money for my accommodations and really enjoyed my time there, and like all rental situations, I figured that was that. Yesterday I got this in...

Helped A Person In Need At The Grocery Store Today

By A Friend on June 19, 2025 / 1,980 views

By A Friend on June 19, 2025 / 1,980 views

I love this community! It always lifts my spirits! Yesterday I had my chance to randomly help someone with a random act of kindness. I was in line to get some items for our hot dog cook out. A young lady seemed to be having trouble with her EBT SNAP card for her food purchase. She started to remove a few items. The cashier was getting flustered and asked for a manager. After a few more attempts it...

Nice Old Lady Helped Me Out When I Was Struggling

By A Friend on June 17, 2025 / 2,064 views

By A Friend on June 17, 2025 / 2,064 views

I remember this moment, it was sometime 2016 i guess. I was a student at Uni and on the way home, hungry, decided to stop by the Farmers market to get some stuff to cook. I had not originally planned for this and bought more than I could reasonably stuff into my bag with my laptop. Where I'm from it is not usual to get bags at Farmers markets, you bring your own. So, I stopped at a...

An Empty House

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 16, 2025 / 3,630 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 16, 2025 / 3,630 views

I grew up across the road from a 4-H camp. During the summer months it was always busy with various camps coming in for a week at a time. During the rest of the year, though, it was largely empty and I would ride my bike along its roads and shoot basketball at its courts, but I was always home by the end of the day. Then came the time when I was finally old enough to go to 4-H camp myself. It was a...

I Work At A Casino, And A Sweet 30-something Non-verbal Man Comes Every Friday

By A Friend on June 14, 2025 / 3,338 views

By A Friend on June 14, 2025 / 3,338 views

I’m a beverage server at a casino that rocks in the Midwest, and have only been there a month or so. There’s a guy who is mentally impaired and barely verbal who tracks me down every Friday (I’m easy to spot,) and I’ve picked up on what he wants (water and a juice mix with cherries.) He doesn’t want a hi-five when he holds his hand up, but what I’ve...

Kindness When I Needed It The Most

By A Friend on June 13, 2025 / 3,645 views

By A Friend on June 13, 2025 / 3,645 views

I’m going through a tough time. My mother is unwell, my salary has been delayed, and I’m in a lot of debt. On top of that, I found out I can’t get pregnant, something that’s been really hard to come to terms with emotionally. It’s been a lonely, heavy phase of life. Today, while commuting back home from work in a shared taxi (a common ride-share system in Mumbai,...