Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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A Thousand Pennies

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 24, 2021 / 4,674 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 / 3,845 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 / 4,287 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 / 2,892 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 / 3,619 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 / 3,044 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 / 2,624 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 / 3,129 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 / 2,796 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 / 2,844 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 / 2,808 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...

Vulgar Graffiti Into Art

By Jason on August 17, 2021 / 2,186 views

We live in a town called Atglen, Pennsylvania. Some vandals decided to spray paint pictures of mostly male human anatomy on the pavement on our street. All the neighbors were not pleased and wondered how we could remove the graffiti. My kids 12 and 10 decided that they wanted to turn something obscene and inappropriate into something nice. We broke out the box of sidewalk chalk...

Missing Stuffie

By A Friend on August 12, 2021 / 2,761 views

This is a heartwarming story shared from a Facebook group in Canada. A mother reached out about a missing stuffed animal that her son had lost and was hoping someone had a similar one. "Anyone have one at home willing to sell? Any colour accepted," she wrote in the post. A local grandma saw the post and responded with a photo of the exact stuffed...

I Witnessed A Real Life Angel

By A Friend on August 09, 2021 / 3,936 views

I’m a cashier at a grocery store and the other day I had a mother and her 4-5 year old daughter in my line. An elderly woman comes up to the little girl and asks if she has a doll. She says yes, and then the older woman asks if she would like a bed for her doll. She said yes, again. As the older woman is walking out to her car the mother started tearing up and told me that their house burnt down two...

Guy Gets To Feel Like A Kid Again Instead Of Being Seen As Creepy

By A Friend on August 09, 2021 / 2,580 views

I live in an apartment complex that has a bunch of little kids. During the original lockdowns I would go outside to walk around and get out and one day one of the kids launched a soccer ball my direction and without thinking I headed the ball back to them and they said something like “WHOA! Do it again! Do it again!” And I was hesitant at first because I’m bald 31 year old with a large beard...

Fro-Yo

By A Friend on August 03, 2021 / 3,786 views

I was crying pulling into a parking spot to treat myself to fro yo because I was having a day. I caught a glimpse of a teenage girl and dad in the car next to me while I was crying. When I came back after eating the fro yo, their car was gone but this was in my door...

Meeps

By Helen on August 02, 2021 / 3,041 views

I am lucky enough to have a beautiful neighbour called Chloe Rose . She recently put a shout out on local fb pages, we live in the Macedon Ranges near Melbourne, asking if anyone would like one of the gorgeous "Meeps" she has crafted herself. Chloe doesn't want money in return, all she asks is that the receiver passes the kindness on. Her aim is to spread cheer and brighten...