Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

Powerful Things

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 18, 2020 / 4,691 views

After being closed for so long due to the Carona virus, I heard yesterday that the local thrift store will be opening again. I have always enjoyed shopping there not so much for the bargain prices on used clothes and books as for the unique experiences I have had there. One such experience has a special place in my heart, mind, and soul. I was at the store browsing through the book shelves looking...

I'm Finally Getting Better

By A Friend on June 14, 2020 / 3,263 views

So as a small explanation of what I mean, since October of last year my back and left leg slowly started getting worse and worse. By Christmas it got to the point where I could go through my day but the pain would still faintly be there. I succumbed to the pain and decided to lay down all day and night and not do as much physical work. In the next month I gained 10 pounds and lost so much of my...

Comfort In The Storm

By Jess Beckham on June 09, 2020 / 3,919 views

There is the famous poem/song that goes along the lines of: This is a story of a dream I had last night, walking down a sandy path, G-d was at my right. Two sets of footprints were formed in the sand, one set were my very own and the other was G-d's. But only one set were present when troubles did drew near, He stood and watched me suffer, no part of Him was there. But then He said to me,...

My Mother's Teaching: Integrity Leads To A Life Of Honor

By Glory Fu Yu-Liang on June 08, 2020 / 4,496 views

When I was little, I was taught to be a person of integrity. This means that I maintain high moral standards, and do the right thing even when no one is watching. After I grew up, I started applying this principle to every area of my life, but in doing so, I encountered opposition. Whenever I told the truth, I was told, “You take things too seriously.” Whenever I worked hard, others...

Grow!

By Lettie on June 04, 2020 / 3,640 views

My husband and I bought a house when we were in our 50's. One reason the small fixer-upper (which we knew we'd never have money to fix!) was so attractive, was a massive Japanese Red Pine which looked like a giant bonsai in its front yard. For 20 years it was a a beauty to all who passed by, raccoons who climbed its trunk, and squirrels who ate in its branches. It shaded the bright sun over my small...

Greed

By Anjali Mohapatra on June 04, 2020 / 3,824 views

Once, there lived a man who was very foodie. His only interest was, how to eat varities of delicious food. But his problem was - he never liked to spend money. So, he was always in search of a person to whom he could make a fool. He made a time-table of visiting his relatives, including his friends house. One day, he went to one of his friends house. They talked a lot about their childhood days,...

I Used To Be Racist But I'm Changing

By A Friend on June 01, 2020 / 3,216 views

I'm so sorry to the people I automatically looked at and judged. I was raised in a racist household but Im realizing theres no reason to hate every group of people that is different than me. We bleed the same color of blood. I just don't have a reason to hate people I don't know. Most of the problems I have encountered in my life were by my own race. There's literally no reason for...

What Do You Want For Yourself?

By A Friend on May 28, 2020 / 4,017 views

At age 23, Tina Fey was working at a YMCA. At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job. At age 24, Stephen King was working as a janitor and living in a trailer. At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school. At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a suicidal single parent living on welfare. At age 30, Harrison Ford was...

Your Health Is In Your Own...mind

By Nata Fox on May 28, 2020 / 3,497 views

How to live without any diseases? Choosing good news in the chaos of the Internet is in some way the path to health! The good news is that to protect your health from any viruses and diseases is very easy using this method that Shakuntali Siberia brings to the world. Energy has been prior to everything. Prior to everything on this Earth there was energy. Energy formed a...

To Be Loved

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 26, 2020 / 4,085 views

I was in college and was sleeping deeply in my dorm room bed after a rough day of classes. Suddenly, I heard the door open and light from the hallway streamed in. My best friend and roommate was standing there unsteadily. His girlfriend had broken up with him earlier that day and he had spent the evening downtown in a bar trying to drown his sorrows with 13 whiskey sours. I got up and helped him to climb up...

Age Limit On Success

By Achie Kubhayi on May 23, 2020 / 3,441 views

I am writing this piece after reading a tweet from a celebrity that was encouraging young people to take their lives seriously between the age of 18 and 25 because (as she suggested) at the age of 30, anyone must have something to show as an achievement. I felt the inspiration but I further felt an unnecessary pressure as soon as she brought the 30 years age in tweet, I felt like it is the root...

My Views On Confidence

By Glory Fu Yu-Liang on May 20, 2020 / 3,913 views

What is confidence? Many people define confidence through materialistic images, such as one's job, money, social status, education, or features. My views on confidence have nothing to do with outward appearances. On the contrary, I believe that confidence comes from within. In other words, confidence is a positive attitude within us that makes an outward reflection through our...

Appearances

By Lettie on May 16, 2020 / 4,124 views

I had been retired for five years; the first two years I volunteered a lot; the next two years doing part-time work; and the fifth year I spent completely at home with my husband and dog. No work, no make-up, no schedule! Cosmetics had especially been a "need" of mine (I've been cursed with "allergy shiner"...dark circles under red-rimmed eyes!) Nice clothes and hair styles were also...

What Has Really Made Not Only Me Happy, But Also Many Of My Neighbors, Even In Isolation

By Natalie Baker on May 16, 2020 / 3,223 views

My spiritual mentor Shakuntali Siberia once said: "Material things do not give us true happiness." I thought, "Is it really so? I love beautiful and expensive things, and they make me happy". Today I am sharing the good news about what has really made not only me happy, but also many of my neighbors, even in isolation. We live in a new, strange world. My new dress hangs in my...

I Cant Believe I Am Where I Am Now

By A Friend on May 07, 2020 / 3,858 views

I think It would be fair to say that my upbringing has not been the most typical. Without getting in to too much detail I have had A few hills to overcome. Some have been of my own making and some I have just been unlucky. I was the only child of color in the town I grew up In, This was the cause of a significant amount of ostracization and general racism growing up. My biological father was in...

God Had Other Plans

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 05, 2020 / 3,942 views

I was a Sophomore in High School and I dreamed of being a football star. During my Freshman year I had been a skinny and scrawny boy who barely weighed 120 pounds. I had played some but spent most of my time on the bench. But over the Summer I had planned to change that. I had bought a set of free weights and found a special diet that body builders used to bulk up. Drinking a lot of whole milk and lifting...

World Prayer For Healing From Above

By Gladys on May 02, 2020 / 3,062 views

If you let my Love Could Carry you If my love could carry you through, there is no end to what my heart could do. If my hugs could make it all disappear I would hug you forever and take away all your fears. To heal you, to make you well again...