Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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Mom's Ashes

By A Friend on April 12, 2025 / 1,503 views

My Mom died and I spread her ashes here in my yard and these flowers grew a few months later. They weren’t planted. A google search led me to a website that states the following: “In the Victorian Flower Oracle, Calendula represents sympathy. It’s depicted with the Scabious and a weeping willow, marking the death of a sweet soul. When the Wheel of Life turns, we often...

Being Anonymous Is The *best* For Random Acts Of Kindness

By A Friend on April 11, 2025 / 1,875 views

Many years ago sitting next to a woman in the car repair shop, we chatted and she shared how her car had broken down and she was a teacher and didn’t know how she would be able to pay for the repair. It struck me. My car was ready first and I paid for her repair ($500+) as well. I never looked back at her and to this day it makes me smile, beyond that I helped her that day but she...

Random NE Commuter Shared His Umbrella With Me At The Bus Stop

By Jules on April 10, 2025 / 1,705 views

This happened two days ago, when it was a gross day out in my city; it’d been raining overnight, and was overcast and spitting light rain at the time. I (a 25-year-old female) work remote, but had gone to cafe to work for the day. On my way home, I had to wait for the bus for about 15 min. I was in a zip up hoodie, but no umbrella (not looking at the weather in the morning is an unfortunate...

Scared Of Mammogram Results And The Run-in Of A Kind Stranger

By A Friend on April 09, 2025 / 1,610 views

I got called back to have a second look on my Mammogram results and this is only the second time I’ve ever had a mammogram so I’m not familiar at all. They kept bringing me back and and did a scan at least three or four different times because they weren’t getting a clear enough image to OK me and this scared me. I was sitting next to an older lady who just came in and out of her...

Created With LOVE

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 07, 2025 / 2,276 views

The first signs of Spring are finally arriving here in the mountains of my home. The days are gradually lengthening. The air feels cool and comfortable instead of cold and bitter. The sun feels warm on your face as you go outside. Flowers are blooming in spite of the yellow grass and frosty mornings. And the air is full of songs of love sung by dozens of different species of birds. I even saw a Finch and a...

Something That Happened To My Wife And I On A Vacation A Few Years Ago

By A Friend on April 04, 2025 / 2,793 views

My wife (fiancee at the time) and I were taking a trip from Charlotte to Hot Springs, NC for a little cabin, hot tub, ski time. I had a 2006 Mazda 6 that I had been driving for about 3 years at the time. It was a sunny Friday midday when we made it close to Asheville and I started hearing a thump from my car. "Is that dirt or mud?" inquired my wife, but considering we had been on the...

My Mom Was So Much Kinder Than I Knew (And That Says A Lot)

By A Friend on April 03, 2025 / 2,123 views

When I was a kid, I went to a very expensive private school. Most of the families were very wealthy, but some were barely scraping by to afford the tuition, and some were on scholarships in families that could barely afford rent. My family was one of the fairly well off ones. The school also had field trips, some were just $5-10, but some were $50-100 per kid. None covered by...

My Dog's Cancer Removal Surgery Is Fully Funded In Two Days

By A Friend on April 02, 2025 / 1,542 views

I started a fundraiser for my dog's tumor removal. Insurance won’t cover the pre existing condition. And my friends and family have basically funded her GoFundMe in two days. I know every person who donated, I feel so loved and so grateful to everyone in my life. Its not every day your community shows up in such a visible and impactful way. I am so lucky, and appreciative. Not...

My Trash 2.5 Year Old Work Shoes, Her Needed Treasure…

By A Friend on April 01, 2025 / 1,679 views

Early this morning I was donating multiple bags of clothes to the thrift. This thrift leaves bins out front so it’s super easy to drop and go. I pull my old work crocs out (server) because I just bought a new pair after 2.5 years of use I needed a new size and just a fresh pair. Anyway, a lady is walking past, in her fast food uniform, and asks me if she can have my crocs I’m...

The Lady In The Ugly Minivan Who Just Needed To Get Home To Jackson, Mississippi

By A Friend on March 31, 2025 / 2,189 views

Recently, I pulled into my HOA's 'personal gas station' (I say this because it's 200 feet outside of my HOA's entrance, and we all use it.) I was pumping gas and cleaning my windshield, when i heard an 'Excuse me, sir?" behind me. I turned and saw a large woman in a sort of muu-muu tentatively approaching me. Her hair was greasy and stringy, and one of her tires was obviously a...

Library Angels

By Hand Pan Leann on March 31, 2025 / 1,546 views

I have a son who is on the autism spectrum. He is partly non verbal and gets hyper focused on certain things. His current obsession is ice age dvds. We recently had some appointments for a school assessment at a local library, I have not tried to take him to the library for quite a while since he was not able to stay very quiet last time we went. At the assessment he did great for about 7 mins then...

Living With Joyous Abandon

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 28, 2025 / 2,239 views

If you don’t know the top speed for a toddler, it is a lot faster than you think. I witnessed it first hand just recently. I had pulled into the parking lot of a grocery store to get some fresh fruit. As I got out of the car I saw a Mom hold her toddler boy’s hand while she talked on her phone. She finished her call and let go of her son’s hand for a second to put her phone in her purse. At...

Lighting Candles At The Pet Cemetary

By Sunny Skyz on March 27, 2025 / 1,483 views

We recently came across a beautiful post on a cat forum that truly touched our hearts. After recently laying their beloved 18-year-old cat to rest at a pet cemetery, a couple decided to honor all the feline companions in the cemetery. "We recently buried our 18 year old cat at the pet cemetery, so my wife and me started fixing up the neglected graves, tonight on her bday she...

I Hand Out Tiny Ducks To People Whenever I Can

By A Friend on March 26, 2025 / 2,238 views

I needed some tiny ducks for a project a few months ago, so I bought a container of over 200 glow in the dark resin ducks. I had a lot left over and decided to challenge my anxiety by handing them out to people. So far I've given them to hairstylists, bank tellers, cashiers, pharmacists, a little girl out shopping with her grandma (with grandma's permission), librarians, and even...

Arrived At Work To This Surprise

By A Friend on March 25, 2025 / 1,705 views

I turned 30 over the weekend and got surprised by my colleagues with this sweetest gesture. I’ve been working here for two months after harrowing conditions at my previous job. Still getting used to having coworkers who actually care about- and for...

A Kindness Story That Happened To Me Yesterday

By Dayle on March 24, 2025 / 2,457 views

Here's a kindness story that happened to me yesterday: I was at a small grocery store, about to step up to the cashier when another lady was about to as well. It's open plan area, no rows of registers. We smiled, I joked that I'd better let her go first or she'd whack me with the bag of potatoes she was carrying, and she laughed and stepped up to the register. She then...

I Want To Thank This Honest Man

By Abdi on March 21, 2025 / 2,235 views

I want to thank this honest man who found and returned my wallet. After I finished work in Sunshine this afternoon. He drove 30 minutes to my house. Your kindness is greatly appreciated, and I am so grateful for your honesty and integrity. I had my driver’s license, bank cards, my Working With Children card and US and Australian dollars cash. I have sent people their wallet and IS...