Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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Had Small Talk With A Stranger At CVS About Squirrels

By A Friend on January 28, 2025 / 3,292 views

Recently, I was in CVS waiting for my prescription. I used to work in service, so I’m especially polite and patient, but tbh it was taking forever. After a second, a man sat next to me and started talking to me. Again, I used to work in service, so talking to strangers is kind of fun and nice for me. He started telling me about how there’s not enough squirrels around and how...

Strangers Helped Me Find Some Renegade Shoes And Left Me Feeling Deeply Touched And Grateful

By A Friend on January 27, 2025 / 3,108 views

This happened today. Two friends and I had spent the weekend together and we were departing to return to our respective homes in different cities. One friend and I got into my car and the other friend got into hers and we went our separate ways. I had gone a mile or two down the road (a lightly trafficked two lane highway) and was stopping at a light when all of a sudden a dark blue van pulled up...

Two Sweet Strangers Saved Me From Being Stranded In A Foreign Airport Past Midnight

By A Friend on January 27, 2025 / 3,065 views

Long story short, I (solo female traveler) was stuck in an airport for over an hour struggling to get a taxi to accept my ride request to the city center. I was trying my best not to panic when I overheard two women who had been sitting near me say that they finally got a taxi. I asked them what app they were using, and when they saw I couldnt get the app to work on my phone, they invited me to join...

My Husband Surprised Me In The Best Way Possible!

By EA on January 24, 2025 / 1,381 views

My lovely husband randomly took the day off work this week. He said he could see I'd been stressed as I had a lot on so he had taken the day off and would take our daughter to school (So i could sleep in if i wanted), take the car to the garage and clean the house ( all things which I was going to do on top of working too.). What a...

Vets Are Good People, I Had A Look Behind The Scenes Today

By A Friend on January 24, 2025 / 2,152 views

Due to a temporary disability at the moment, when I need to "go" I REALLY need to go. Whilst on the bus, suddenly I had the urge, and knew I had maybe 5 minutes. I immediately jumped off the bus and unfortunately, the stop was largely residential, with only a vets and a Subway. I knew the Subway from a previous experience and they're not friendly, so ran into the vets, explained myself...

I Dream Of Spring

By Joseph J. Mazzella on January 23, 2025 / 2,615 views

In the midst of Winter I often dream of Spring. In my mind’s eye I see the days lengthening with the sun rising earlier each day in the pink morning sky, bathing the world in it’s golden light. I see the snow rapidly melting under its wonderful warmth. I see the grass turning green again as killing frost turns into gentle rain. I see the first dandelions and buttercups peeking their heads through...

Stranger In The Snow…I Was Helped Last Night By An Actual Angel At Least In My Eyes!

By A Friend on January 22, 2025 / 2,604 views

I do random acts of kindness all the time and I can count on one hand how many times it’s been returned. Honestly I don’t do it for any reason other than making someone’s life a little better even if only for a minute. Last night I was trying to go to the store to grab a couple cases of water (and wine) because it was supposed to snow where I live. The Walmart is three...

I Give Compliments Literally Every Time I Get The Chance To

By A Friend on January 22, 2025 / 2,117 views

I just love it. It makes others feel good and it makes me feel good. I know it is such a small act of kindness, but I know how amazing I feel when I get a compliment or if someone compliments me back. I've had people tell me I made their day. A woman once told me I was pretty and delightful. My boyfriend's employer actually started wearing the style of hat that I complimented him on a lot...

The Kindness Of A Stranger's Finger In The Parking Lot

By A Friend on January 21, 2025 / 2,238 views

There is a hospital parking lot that is always full. They do have a parking garage but it was super cold today and I was just waiting for my husband to pick up his prescription. Should have been a circle the parking lot thing but it wasn't. Anyway, a random dude with his hands full of chic-fil-a pointed down a row that had an open spot! This has never happened to me and now I...

This Was Over 45 Years Ago, But It's Still With Me

By A Friend on January 20, 2025 / 2,469 views

I was fleeing my abusive husband. My son was just 2 (I was 23), and we left without much money in my pocket (the rest was in our bus tickets). Halfway through the trip (NC to OR), we stopped for a couple hours in Grand Junction, Colorado, at a tiny station with a tiny diner at night. I didn't have my glasses (husband had destroyed them), so that meant going far into the restaurant to see the...

She Told Me She Ugly Cried Because Of How Much She Needed To Hear It

By A Friend on January 18, 2025 / 2,396 views

I wanted to try to do something kind today and I had an appointment with a nutritionist I recently started working with who has been absolutely incredible. She let me know we'd need to skip next week and while chatting after the session she shared that she is going through a very challenging time at home. I left the session and felt so bad for what she's going through. I thought of what a...

What Are You Going To Teach

By Joseph J. Mazzella on January 16, 2025 / 3,086 views

It was over 30 years ago. I had graduated college with a degree in Education but hadn’t been able to find a full time job as a teacher. Instead I was working as a substitute. One day I would be called in to work in an elementary classroom, on another day I would be at the high school, and on another I would be working all day in the special education classroom. Through it all, though, I tried my best to...

Found Out Yesterday, My Random Act Of Kindness Meant Something To A Random Stranger!

By A Friend on January 15, 2025 / 2,224 views

I crochet to keep my mind and hands busy. Probably have undiagnosed ADHA. Anyway, I keep a ball of yarn and a hook in my purse and make roses whenever I have to wait anywhere. Grocery lines, doctor's offices, as a passenger in a car... I like to hand them out to random strangers to give someone a smile. Last year I was at my dentist, I had just finished a rose, so I gave it to the intern...

A Woman Saw Me Scraping Ice Off My Car With My Bare Hands

By A Friend on January 14, 2025 / 2,203 views

A woman saw me scraping ice off my car with my bare hands and keys in store parking lot. The fact that she asked multiple people in the store who was doing that til she found me was above and beyond. She said she had an extra one. I almost cried as I was in the store trying to figure out how to afford medicine and an ice scraper. It made my day to say the...

He Had No Idea It Was My Birthday - And That It Had Been A Tough Year

By A Friend on January 13, 2025 / 2,383 views

My husband and I had had a rough year - new baby, new puppy (yes, we were ambitious/clearly don’t like to sleep), new jobs, and a big cross-country move. We were stressed, money was tight, and we had no time to ourselves. But my birthday was upcoming, and I wanted to feel a little special. My husband reserved a new, hip restaurant at 5pm so baby could come, but we were nervous we might have...

A Woman Bought Me A Water To Make A Bottle, And Held My Baby While I Actually Made It

By A Friend on January 13, 2025 / 1,940 views

Yesterday I went sledding with some friends and family at golf course that had a restaurant/bar inside. My daughter is 6 months, and when she was starting to get cold I brought inside to warm up. When we sat down on a single chair, a woman offered to move off of a couch so we would have more room. After she warmed up, I called my husband to bring in the diaper bag so I could make her a...

The Most Heartwarming Random Act Of Kindness I've Witnessed At Work

By A Friend on January 10, 2025 / 2,814 views

This happened years ago, but it still warms my heart. I’m a bartender at a restaurant, and a lady comes in by herself and is having a drink before her meal. She says she wants to pay for a specific drink, but doesn’t want me to make it for her. She had me add a dirty grey goose martini with blue cheese olives to her tab. She then told me this is her first time in without her husband who...