Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

Finding My Father Who Disappeared 64 Years Ago

By Rex Beach on January 02, 2019 / 4,722 views

When my parents separated in 1954 I was only 2 years old and I never saw my father again. My mother and her family kept information about my father and his family a secret from me for over half a century. In 2010 I began to search for my father through Ancestry.Com. However I learned he had died of cancer on August 6, 1999 in a hospital in Dallas, Texas. When I got my father's death...

Christopher Robin

By Rosinna Black on January 02, 2019 / 3,655 views

I lost my husband just over 2 years ago. He was older than me but gave me security and love for my two young children, after I had been through a horrendous marriage and divorce. We bought a thatched cottage, something we discovered we both had dreamt of. The name of the cottage was Christopher Robin, not after "Winnie the Pooh". We lived there for 25 years...

To Those Who Helped My Family In New Mexico

By A Friend on December 31, 2018 / 3,213 views

My family lives in Las Vegas, where I can barely remember the last time it snowed. We also didn't get the names of the men who helped us. In my parents BMW (my mom got a great deal on it) we had been driving to Albuquerque, New Mexico from Texas after a week of visiting family and friends after 15 years of not seeing them. On the road, we had begun to notice snow flurries and soon, as we got...

Sweet Seasons

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 27, 2018 / 4,795 views

Beep! Beep! Beep! I rolled over and turned off my alarm clock. It was still dark outside so I felt my way to the wall switch and turned on the light. I got dressed quickly because I knew both of my dogs would be eager to get outside for their morning walk. I reached over to grab a coat and stopped. It was technically still Fall but the weather here in the Appalachian mountains of my home didn't follow a...

HUGE Shootout To The Guy Who Paid For My Gas

By A Friend on December 27, 2018 / 3,599 views

I feel like I should tell you my entire life story and everything that happened in the last two months to completely understand how just amazing this is to me. But I won't, after my card got declined, I called my dad, who took the phone away from his face and cussed and yelled. I kept my cool in the gas station. This went on for a bit, causing everyone to look at me, I smiled and acted like I had...

Be Your Own Hero

By A Friend on December 24, 2018 / 4,613 views

Once you decide to do something, be unstoppable. Be your own hero. Think clearly and carefully before making a calculated decision and react accordingly. Always act cautious and levelheaded. Do not let your emotions get the better of your behavior. You've got this. Every day you're better than the next. Every day, you're the greatest version of...

Wait For Your Meal And Relax

By A Friend on December 24, 2018 / 7,061 views

I walked into a restaurant and after going the menu, I ordered some food. After about 20 minutes a group of guys and ladies walked in and ordered theirs. To my dismay, these folks got served first. I watched as they began to eat and laugh heartily. I even overhead one of them bragging about how he's connected to everyone in the hotel and I felt mocked. I decided to leave. Unable to...

Hey, You. Keep Fighting

By J-E-S on December 24, 2018 / 4,076 views

I know it's hard. I understand. You hate yourself. You're tired of looking at yourself in the mirror and not seeing a different person. You don't feel attractive. You hide yourself from the world. You care too much about what other people think about you. You look at other people and wish you were them. You want to change,...

Afraid To Sing

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 24, 2018 / 4,038 views

It was the day after Thanksgiving. I wanted to take it easy and nap off the extra turkey I had eaten the day before, but my son wanted to put up the Christmas tree. To him the day after Thanksgiving always meant the beginning of Christmas. He had struggled with Autism all of his life and having a set schedule always made him feel more comfortable. I agreed then to get our tree and decorations out while he put...

We All Need To Lean On Something Or Someone At Times

By Beth on December 20, 2018 / 3,657 views

After posting my pay-it-forward story from Trader Joe's, my friend sent me this. I was in Trader Joe's yesterday hobbling around with a cane (having just had some surgery on my leg) and ended up with too much stuff in my little hand carry basket. I was really struggling. A woman came up to me who had a wheeled cart and said, "I have a lot less then you - let's...

Hold On Champ And Have Faith

By Dr Suvio Reddy on December 20, 2018 / 3,611 views

Hi all, have faith and hold on champ you will get there... We all have dreams and goals and at some point in time we do get stuck and question ourselves around it.If you are serious about your dreams and goals than one thing is for sure *It will come true*.At times we will want to quit and give up but do not be that person who had the chance to turn their dreams into reality but due to distractions...

Sticking To Even The Tiniest Routine Can Do Wonders

By A Friend on December 20, 2018 / 3,279 views

I've always journaled pretty regularly, but even more so the last six months or so as I have quite a lot going on and writing it down helps to shake it out of my head and make space for processing. About three weeks ago, I woke up with a couple minutes to spare before going to work, and I wrote down a few goals for the day. Don't be an a**hole. Be patient. Don't be unnecessarily argumentative. I...

What Are You Waiting For?

By Kay Heitsch on December 17, 2018 / 4,381 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...

I Have To Pay This One Forward

By Marah Cefyne on December 15, 2018 / 3,586 views

I was at Trader Joe's with my granddaughters helping load the back of my car with groceries. We drove off. While driving on a curvy road a car manages to come to the side of my car. I'm wow what's up with this. The driver rolled down his window and showed me my phone wallet with my phone, money, driver's license, credit cards etc. They found the phone in the Trader Joes' parking...

Christmas Brings Out The Good

By A Friend on December 13, 2018 / 4,333 views

My wife lost her wallet last night Christmas shopping, had about $150 in cash, checkbook, drivers license, her credit card, and a credit card from her employer (with no limit). She does not realize it's missing till 4-5 hours after shopping. Calls all the stores " nope sorry". I know $150 isn't a lot but at this time of year, and the inconvenience of losing cards etc,...

To The Man Who Stopped...

By A Friend on December 13, 2018 / 4,046 views

I want to say thank you. Today was my wife's Papas funeral, he was in the military for the Vietnam war, so we had a lot of veterans in the procession. A lot of people were stopping on the road, but there was also a number of people who didnt or stopped until the police passed and then kept going. Well there was one man, upon seeing the procession, stopped his car, stepped out and gave...

Off The Ledge

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 12, 2018 / 4,313 views

It was a hot, Spring day. I was 25 years old and babysitting my two children while my wife was out. My son was 4 years old. He had been diagnosed with Autism a year earlier and had no real sense of danger. His sister was 2 years old and followed him around the apartment wherever he went. We lived on the second story of an old concrete building with high ceilings and long, narrow windows. The inside of the...