Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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The Intelligence Of Dolphins

By BrandoAngro on May 03, 2021 / 4,059 views

I see lots of comments about the intelligence of dolphins. I'll share a personal story of how amazingly smart these creatures are. I was on vacation in Cuba a few years back and during an afternoon my family and I went to a dolphin cove where you could have lunch and swim with dolphins. Now my expectations were quite mid level/low for this, I've never been a fan of captive animals so I...

UPS Man's Act Of Kindness

By Mary on April 29, 2021 / 2,920 views

Today I was on Witzel and Lake Pointe Drive in Oshkosh Wisconsin. It is a very busy street and I saw an awesome act of kindness. An elderly lady with walking assist was trying to cross. The UPS driver stopped and assisted her in the crossing. Let’s make this guy famous by sharing. There is kindness still out there. Thank you whoever you are, you made my day much...

Change

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 20, 2021 / 3,513 views

I was walking our new rescue puppy, Sweetie this morning. After we finished we came back inside. As soon as we walked through the door Sweetie grabbed my daughter’s new tennis shoe in her mouth and started prancing proudly down the hall with her new chew toy. I took a moment to laugh before snatching the shoe back and putting Sweetie in her crate with the four chew toys we had already bought...

I Rescued A Stray Cat In My Neighborhood

By A Friend on April 20, 2021 / 3,067 views

Here's a feel good story that will brighten your day. "I rescued a stray cat in my neighborhood. At night his brother would come visit him. I really had no other options." That's what the person wrote, along with the photo of the two cats. And this is what someone shared in the comments of the same post. "When I was 16 I worked at a pizza...

Kindness At A Pedestrian Crossing

By A Friend on April 12, 2021 / 3,776 views

At a pedestrian crossing today...there was an old man on a walking frame, struggling to cross He had to take roughly ten small steps to equal one normal step... The crossing had an island in the middle. He was about 3/4 across one side ... all the drivers were waiting patiently for him to cross... Then a young gentleman going the opposite way pulled over and parked and went to...

Kind Soul

By A Friend on April 12, 2021 / 3,956 views

Today my son aged 11 was on a bike ride with his friends. He had a brief issue with his bike which caused him to lose sight of his mates. He took a wrong turn and got lost in the suburban streets. His moochie watch decided not to work as he tried to call me to help find him, and feeling very overwhelmed with anxiety he approached a man (who was riding his bike with his two kids) and asked him if he...

What Are You Waiting For?

By Kay Heitsch on April 09, 2021 / 3,852 views

You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. Ralph Waldo Emerson How many times have we said, "Oh, I'll do that tomorrow." Sometimes tomorrow never comes, and we find ourselves saying, "Boy, I wish I hadn't put that off." Our family has been friends with Betty for many years. Over the years, we shared phone calls and...

An Incredible Gift To My Family

By Laura on April 07, 2021 / 3,249 views

Hi all, thought I would share what has been an incredible gift to my family. My older brother has severe autism and learning disabilities and lives in an ever expanding village. He always waves, smiles and asks how everyone and anyone is and if you're driving past you'll always get a wave and a thumbs up. It makes him so happy to see others smile, give a little acknowledging beep, wave back...

Ice Cream

By Dale on April 07, 2021 / 4,086 views

Just wanted to share a little story about my daughter. Yesterday she was working at McDonald’s when a lovely older couple brought their grandchildren in for a meal. She served them the first time round and when they finished the grandfather walked back and asked how much 2 ice creams were. She advised him it would be $1.40. He sighed and said that’s ok I don’t have enough and the...

Leftovers

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 01, 2021 / 4,366 views

When I was a boy growing up I can not once ever remember either my Mom or my Nana wasting food. Anything we didn’t eat at one meal was saved, stored, and served as leftovers later on. I can remember my Nana making a huge pot of brown beans with a large cake of cornbread. We would all eat until we were stuffed but there was always about half of the beans left over. A few days later Nana would take those...

The Chemist

By A Friend on March 31, 2021 / 3,913 views

I just had a genuine act of kindness by a complete stranger, and it's hit me right in the feels.... I went to the chemist to take out my antidepressant script, and was served by a new girl who checked my details and checked my dosage, she was clearly concerned seeing how high of a dosage I am on, all I said was "it's needed to be that high"... while waiting for the script I checked...

Buried Coins

By A Friend on March 31, 2021 / 3,001 views

Thank you to the kind lady who buried a few coins in the sand today at Inverloch here in Victoria so my 3 year old son could find them with his make shift metal detector (a stick) and dig them up with his spade as he was being like his daddy who was metal detecting. My partner said our son was so excited and kept hanging on to his pocket so he wouldn't lose them, he was so excited to show me...

Birthday Flowers

By A Friend on March 29, 2021 / 3,271 views

My Mom and I went to Trader Joe’s and she mentioned in passing it was my birthday and our cashier ran off and came back with flowers for me. My heart is...

The Race

By Kay Heitsch on March 25, 2021 / 4,208 views

After watching my son Todd run in a race, I made my usual comment, "Todd, I could walk faster than those women run." Todd laughed as he knew I wasn't a runner. "Listen, Mom, I want you to put your money where your mouth is. How about you run with me next year at this race?" Without thinking, I quickly agreed to this challenge. I felt this was going to be a piece of...

Carrying Items For A Stranger

By Kym on March 25, 2021 / 3,331 views

Today as I stood in line at Chemist Wearhouse picking up some medicine for my unwell 1 year old.. I overheard the conversation of an elderly lady at the counter next to me. This lovely old women appeared to be buying up half the shop and said to the shop assistant "can I leave half of my items here and I’ll collect the rest when I can as I can’t carry all my items they are far to heavy for...

Chain Reaction

By Leanne on March 25, 2021 / 3,282 views

I'd just taken a ticket at the deli counter of the local supermarket and was waiting. A few people were at the machine behind me, taking turns to get their ticket also. As my number was called, an older man at the counter looked disappointed when he realised he'd forgotten to get one. I gave him mine, then almost immediately the lady who had followed me gave me hers, which started...

Butt Lady

By A Friend on March 21, 2021 / 3,047 views

This is the Butt Lady! She has been cleaning up cigarette butts in my town every day for 6 and a half years. 1 million butts and counting! Said she already picked up 423 in this parking lot. I saw her madly clicking her...