Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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Surprised A Stranger A While Ago And Ended Up Ugly Crying

By Akillustrations2025 on May 08, 2025 / 2,005 views

I do custom pet portraits as a side gig. A while ago, I saw a heartfelt post by someone grieving their British Shorthair cat. The photos they shared and the way they described the cat’s personality just stayed with me. I couldn’t stop thinking about it. (I have also lost a cat in the past so could relate). So I decided to draw their cat. I didn’t tell them,...

Sharing Our Daily Bread

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 07, 2025 / 2,138 views

Funny how a memory from 50 years ago can still shape your life and touch your heart. I was 7 or 8 years old. We were spending a week visiting my Aunt Charlotte and Uncle Richard at their home in Tennessee. My older brothers were off playing with neighborhood boys their own age and I was left alone. One day, though, I noticed a boy about my age playing outside of a worn, old house down the street...

He Thought A Group Of 'Scary Teens' Was Mocking Him, But They Were Doing The Opposite

By Sunny Skyz on May 07, 2025 / 2,197 views

This heartwarming story was submitted to The Guardian by a man named Richard for their "Kindness of Strangers" series. He shared how a painful injury led to an unexpected bond with a group of teenagers he had once...

Working At An Elementary School And The Kids Will Be Alright

By Ekt1509 on May 06, 2025 / 1,535 views

I work at an elementary school and yes kids can be terrors, but they also set an example of kindness that I think some of the adults here should follow. Just today we had a fifth grade boy stop in the middle of his recess game to help a first grader tie his shoes. A fourth grade girl brought me a crying injured kindergartner and took care of him and volunteered to take him to the nurse. A fifth...

The Sweetest Surprise: One Quarter At A Time

By Sunny Skyz on May 05, 2025 / 2,026 views

Here’s a heartwarming idea that proves small gestures can make a big impact — and bring big smiles. Someone online shared a simple habit that’s been spreading joy to random kids: leaving quarters in candy machines at stores or restaurants. “I like to leave quarters in the candy machines for little kids,” they wrote. “I’ll do it on the way into a...

The Simplest Act Of Kindness Can Often Be The Most Profound

By A Friend on May 02, 2025 / 2,256 views

Today I had an interesting interaction in the restroom at Walmart. I was coming out of a stall, and a very elderly lady (assume late 80's, early 90's) was coming in. I simply said, "Good morning." She took my hand in both of hers, and said, "Thank you for speaking to me." If you see an older person, don’t be shy—say hi. It might seem small to you,...

I’m A Custodian, And I Just Found This On My Closet Door

By A Friend on May 01, 2025 / 2,273 views

This person has an uncanny ability to walk through my stairwell whenever I am mopping or just finishing up. She’s always way more upset about it than I am lol. I always say something along the lines of, “this thing is made to be walked on” or “I’m just happy it was clean for 5 minutes”. This can be a thankless job, which is totally ok. I dont mind being in the...

Help Me Find The Lady Who Paid For My Groceries Tonight

By Randall Alexander on May 01, 2025 / 1,609 views

This wonderful act of kindness was posted to the Colwood Community Page on Facebook: Help me find the lady who paid for my groceries tonight at Save-On Foods on Sooke road at about 6:30 I'm pretty much a single...

A Million Miracles

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 30, 2025 / 2,193 views

I woke up before the alarm went off this morning. I reached over to grab my clock and see what time it was only to have a furry head with a long nose get in the way. I petted my dog, Hank while he happily licked my hand. I decided to check the clock with the other hand only to have my other dog, Sweetie intercept it. I leaned down and touched my head to hers and she licked my nose through her under bite. I...

My Random Act Of Kindness Ended Up Being Just As Healing For Me As It Was For Her

By A Friend on April 30, 2025 / 1,908 views

Today at my workplace, a woman was buying some pink shorts. My boss and I were ringing her up and during chit chat we comment how pink was her color (she had a bright pink purse too) and she told us how pink was her mom’s favorite color. Then she got quiet and told us how her mom had just passed and she didn’t get to see her before she passed….. she started crying while trying to...

Accidentally Said 'Love You!' At The End Of A Call

By A Friend on April 28, 2025 / 2,365 views

Accidentally said "Love you!" at the end of a call with an important client yesterday. I heard him giggle as I hung up, and I was mortified. Today, I saw he emailed me...

The Dumbest, Silliest Random Act Of Kindness I Ever Performed. Pretending To Steal A Boys Breakfast At A Waffle House In Alabama

By A Friend on April 28, 2025 / 1,835 views

Man I love the Waffle House. Closest one to me is 45 min away, so when I'm road-tripping through the South (as currently), I stop there every morning. This morning I got my usual black coffee, Pecan Waffle and double order of smothered-covered-chunked-scattered. And I don't even eat Waffles, unless it's at the WH. Black coffee is all the breakfast I need. For the record, I am a white-haired man in...

Taking The Time To Donate

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 25, 2025 / 1,581 views

The Red Cross called me the other day to cancel my next appointment to donate blood. It seems that you can only donate blood six times a year not every 56 days like I thought. I never knew this before. I had always missed at least one blood drive a year because of snowy roads or car trouble or being sick or appointments I couldn’t break. I felt a little better knowing that I probably wouldn’t have...

A Random Stranger Gave Me A $100 Bill And Disappeared

By A Friend on April 24, 2025 / 2,038 views

I (44 Female) went out to eat for lunch with my son, DIL and grandbaby on Saturday. We'd finished our food and we're just sitting around talking. My back was to the room so I didn't see this guy coming. He walked up to my table, laid down a folded $100 bill and said quickly, "Here I wanted you to have this." And literally ran away. I spun around and yelled "What?!...

I'll Never Forget Her Kindness

By A Friend on April 23, 2025 / 1,922 views

I was at the vet, waiting to be called to put the family lab down. We had her for 10 years and I was kind of her favorite- we had a real bond. Here I am, a 50 year old man, and I just start bawling. Everyone pretended not to notice as I audibly sobbed and hugged my girl. Some random lady came over and sat with me, held my hand and struck up a conversation about the t-shirt I was wearing....

I Got Ding-Dong Ditched By Angels

By Erin C on April 22, 2025 / 2,181 views

I just wanted to share something amazing that happened not too long ago and I hope it puts the biggest smile on your face like it did mine. It's mid-afternoon and my mom and I were in the kitchen making homemade sushi and jamming out to The Cranberries when we hear the doorbell ring. We both look at each other in confusion for a brief moment because neither of us were expecting anyone.. So I...

How A Small Gesture Of Kindness Helped Change Years Of Neighborhood Tension

By A Friend on April 21, 2025 / 2,239 views

I live in a suburb of Charleston, West Virginia. My partner and I have lived in our home for 20 years and have built good relationships with our neighbors. One of our neighbors, who has been here for about 15 years, has had a contentious history with the people living on either side of her. There have been several incidents over the years, including police being called due to disputes with one neighbor, and...