Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

If It IS Broken... Don't Fix It?

By Jodi-Ann E. M. Morgan on September 09, 2021 / 3,444 views

It has been pretty hard on all of us at some point in the last year or so, for some, way more than others. This is the reason I try my best not to complain because despite how hard I may think I’ve had it, I know there is somebody out there who would trade places with me in a heartbeat. However, if I am totally honest, these last couple of weeks have been tough for me - drama among friendships, stress at...

The Kindest Of Kind Things Happened Today

By Dani on September 09, 2021 / 3,341 views

By Dani on September 09, 2021 / 3,341 views

The kindest of kind things happened today. Last week my 4 yr old son Basti and I went for a walk and found a toy dugong just off the track. Basti was so excited by this amazing find (he loves animals), he held onto it all day and took it to bed with him that night. That evening, I stumbled across a community post from a mum urgently trying to find a lost dugong - her son’s fave toy....

A Reminder The World Is Full Of Good People

By Tom on September 09, 2021 / 4,350 views

On the weekend my daughter was tasked the shopping chore of an increasingly independent young lady to venture up the road to the local supermarket. Through the aisles of offerings she went about her list and time came to pay. The first attempt to compensate at the self serve failed. The second attempt under the now watchful eye of the supermarket attendant also met a similar...

Young, Old, Or In-Between

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 03, 2021 / 3,997 views

This life is full of amazing things. Things we can’t truly understand. Things we just have to embrace. I saw one of these things just today. I was in the grocery store picking up a few odds and ends. As I approached the cashier I noticed the person in front of me. His back was bent and he walked with a shuffle. He was no Hollywood 50. He was more like a real world 85. His ears and nose were long and...

Unexpected Answer To Prayer

By Kay Heitsch on September 03, 2021 / 3,008 views

When your child dies, parents respond in different ways. Emotional pain is hard to deal with. Bill and I reacted differently. Right away, I was offered drugs by a doctor. From experience, I knew this was not going to be good for me. Also, from experience, I knew alcohol was not going to help me either. So, I chose to give myself and Todd over to the LORD. However, my husband Bill decided to drink to...

Nurse Ends Shift And Buys Flowers For Cancer Patient To Give To Wife On Their Anniversary

By Jess on August 27, 2021 / 2,425 views

It’s our 4th anniversary, and Tommy’s nurse from last night ended her shift at 7am, walked across the street, and bought anniversary flowers for Tommy to give me with her own money. Just in case you need a reminder that people can be...

A Thousand Pennies

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 24, 2021 / 4,575 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 24, 2021 / 4,575 views

Ever since I was a boy I have been a penny picker upper. I would find them on sidewalks, on playgrounds, in the grass, along the railroad tracks, and even in swimming pools. Back then a penny was still worth a penny. If you managed to find two then you could buy a big piece of bubble gum and once you had collected a handful you could get a small bag of chips. Each penny back then was a little treasure. It was...

A Very Good Day

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 24, 2021 / 3,764 views

It was a cool, dry Summer’s morning. I had just dropped off my son at the sheltered workshop where he works two days a week. I was headed home watching the sun peek through the clouds and singing along to a song playing in the car. My croaky, raspy voice may not have been making a very beautiful noise, but it was a joyful one. Suddenly I saw two deer up ahead in the road. They were climbing...

Hand-Picked Flowers

By Meaghan on August 24, 2021 / 4,185 views

By Meaghan on August 24, 2021 / 4,185 views

There was an elderly lady standing in the cold (Melbourne weather) outside the back of the supermarket, she was holding a basket of flowers. "Would you like some flowers, they are $3?" she asked me as I was walking past and I politely responded "No thank-you" as I walked away and went inside the supermarket. I was walking around the supermarket searching for the one...

Police Officer Act Of Kindness

By Brick Township Police Department on August 24, 2021 / 2,791 views

By Brick Township Police Department on August 24, 2021 / 2,791 views

A couple days ago, Detective Brenden Barnes helped out a stranded motorist who had run out of gas. The driver was in the car with her daughter. Det. Barnes took a trip to the nearest gas station, bought a gas can and gas, drove it back and got them back on their way. It just so happened that someone saw this and snapped a picture to send it our way. A job well done,...

An Acorn

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 23, 2021 / 3,525 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 23, 2021 / 3,525 views

When I was a boy we lived 4 miles outside of town. My two brothers were 5 and 7 years older than me. For those reasons I spent a lot of time playing alone. I didn’t mind too much, though. We lived right next to the forest and I would spend hours every day playing in it with the oak and maple trees as my companions. I would climb up their limbs, sit in their shade, and soak up their peace. That...

How Much We Take For Granted

By Kathy on August 19, 2021 / 2,955 views

Today I was lucky to have met a beautiful lady who I just happened to be standing behind at the checkout at our local shops she was in a gopher and was trying to pay for her shopping. Her card kept declining, she was short by 5 dollars. I heard her apologies to the cashier and she said I will have to put something back. I told the cashier it's ok I will pay it for her. She looked at me and burst...

I Had The Most Kindest Thing Happen At My Local Shopping Center

By Abbie on August 19, 2021 / 2,548 views

I had the most kindest thing happen at my local shopping center yesterday. Me and my kids were there to get a couple of birthday presents for others, I was telling my son that we were just looking and he can wait for his own birthday to get something when a kind elderly lady came up to us with what he was looking at in her hand and asked me if I'd mind if she got it for my son. I...

Start Feeling Young

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 19, 2021 / 3,031 views

I woke up this morning after a particularly bad dream. I tried to doze back off but my aging body insisted it was time to use the bathroom again so I slowly got up. My back felt as tight as a drum. I stretched and twisted and heard the ususal “Crack! Crack! Crack!” I stumbled into the bathroom, did my business, and then went over to the sink to get a sip of water. I stared at the face in the...

Windshield Note

By Melonie on August 19, 2021 / 2,704 views

By Melonie on August 19, 2021 / 2,704 views

I was doing my shopping at a local supermarket and came back to my car to see what I thought was a fine on my windshield. I looked at the parking sign which was 1.5 hours and I knew that I was less than an hour. I picked up the envelope and looked inside to find the most beautiful act of kindness. Whoever you are out there: you made my day! Thank...

I Enjoy Exercise Tape

By Kay Heitsch on August 19, 2021 / 2,769 views

By Kay Heitsch on August 19, 2021 / 2,769 views

Years ago, I could not stand to exercise until I bought a cassette tape called "I Enjoy Exercise." I listened to it every day. I purchased the cassette tape because I wanted to run in a race and hopefully win! I had committed to our 16-year-old son Todd that I would run in a race with him. Unfortunately, however, when that race came about, he had died. So I took part in that race without...

Weeds

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 17, 2021 / 2,708 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 17, 2021 / 2,708 views

It had been hot and muggy in the mornings for this last week, but this morning the weather was better. The air was cool and smelled sweet. The sun was slowly rising from behind the trees. The moon was at 3 quarters full and looked like a smiling face peeking around a doorway. I could see 3 hummingbirds zooming around in ariel acrobatics around my daughter’s feeder. In the sky the pink and purple in the...