Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

Body And Spirit

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 27, 2025 / 1,650 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 27, 2025 / 1,650 views

Here is my new story. I hope it reminds you of who you really are. God bless you always. When I was a teenager I used to lift weights in the morning, then jog two and a half miles to the local swimming pool and spend the whole afternoon swimming. Well last night I slept crooked and woke up with my back hurting and twisted up like a pretzel. While I stretched, popped, moaned and groaned...

I Run A Buy Nothing Group... And They All Came Together

By A Friend on October 27, 2025 / 1,244 views

By A Friend on October 27, 2025 / 1,244 views

As the title says, I run a local buy project nothing group and I've been battling brain cancer and I survive on my military pension since I haven't been able to work since July. So I'm very food insecure, and I am not eligible for EBT. I ended up in the hospital yesterday and I asked if someone in my group could pick up my prescriptions for me today. It turns out my...

Caught In The Claws

By Leann Freedom on October 25, 2025 / 1,239 views

By Leann Freedom on October 25, 2025 / 1,239 views

Frequently we go to a shopping mall with the view of the mighty pacific ocean. A half empty mall that contains many good memories of my childhood. My son with special needs loves this mall and asks to go here often. I bring him to his favorite place and then go with my little girl to explore the fun shops and kid friendly places that dot the mall. Our newest favorite is Kawaii Klaws....

I Love My MIL And Pecan Pie. I Promise Those Two Things Are Connected

By A Friend on October 24, 2025 / 1,188 views

By A Friend on October 24, 2025 / 1,188 views

I've been married for 12 years and my MIL is the sweetest person. I've always complained that its expected for the in law relationship to just automatically be toxic. I could go on for awhile about all the kind things she does for me (and the family as a whole). So side not I love pecan pie, always have. Unfortunately my family always thought it was gross so I never got to have it growing...

A Customer Apologized For Overreacting And Hugged Me

By A Friend on October 23, 2025 / 1,599 views

By A Friend on October 23, 2025 / 1,599 views

This actually happened to me a while ago, but it's something I think about often, and it's been especially on my mind tonight, so I really wanted to share it. It starts out a little rocky, but I promise, it has a happy ending. When I was working alone at a small laundromat, an elderly man came in and tried to request a wash rag from me (to clean his hands before handling his clothes). The...

'You Must Have Dropped This' A.k.a. A Little Help With The Pretense Of Dignity

By A Friend on October 23, 2025 / 1,269 views

By A Friend on October 23, 2025 / 1,269 views

While I'm not wealthy, I'm finally in not-constantly-panicking financial shape and occasionally able to help people. Today I was at the bank, noticed the customer next to me was having some difficulties... had been overdrawn, was depositing a money order, distressed that she couldn't get any of that money for several days. So I slid some money to her on the counter, saying,...

This Little Girl Made My Whole Week

By Temporary_Royal_2260 on October 22, 2025 / 1,305 views

By Temporary_Royal_2260 on October 22, 2025 / 1,305 views

A little patient I cared for last month came back today for a check-up. When I entered the room, she ran up to me with a drawing she had made of us together — me with my scrubs and her holding a stethoscope. She said, “I made you a nurse superhero!” 🥹🥹🥹🥹 I nearly cried right there. Sometimes nursing is exhausting and chaotic, but then...

Three Smiling Faces

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 21, 2025 / 1,365 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 21, 2025 / 1,365 views

My daughter gave me the most wonderful birthday present this year. She took 3 pictures of her and her two brothers when they were just babies. Then she sent away to a place that printed them on 3 large refrigerator magnets. Now each time I open the freezer to get some ice cubes I get to see the 3 beautiful faces of my babies smiling at me. It is funny that each time I look at these pictures I feel...

A Flat Tire

By A Friend on October 20, 2025 / 1,190 views

By A Friend on October 20, 2025 / 1,190 views

Not only did this father and daughter help my girlfriend with her flat tire, he used it as an opportunity to teach his daughter how to do it. Wouldn’t accept cash, just said he was happy to help two people at the same...

Helping My Elderly Neighbor After She Hurt Herself And Couldn't Move

By Kiwi on October 20, 2025 / 1,257 views

By Kiwi on October 20, 2025 / 1,257 views

My sweet 80-something year old neighbor called me earlier today, unfortunately I didn't reach it in time so she texted "I've hurt myself and can't walk, will you please come and help?" My thoughts immediately went to her falling or something, so I yelled for my boyfriend and we ran.. 💨 When we got inside, she sat quietly in her chair, looking tired and sad. Turns...

Cashier Paid For Our Drinks So We Bought Her Chocolates

By A Friend on October 17, 2025 / 1,411 views

By A Friend on October 17, 2025 / 1,411 views

So this happened a few years ago, sometime during Covid. Since there was nothing much to do during the pandemic, me and my friend often walked around our town to hang out after school. We would typically get food and then wander around outside. One time as we were nearing winter break, we stopped by a gas station for some hot chocolate and some snacks. When the cashier told us our total,...

I Offered To Help A Lost Tourist And Ended Up Getting Invited To Dinner

By A Friend on October 16, 2025 / 1,324 views

By A Friend on October 16, 2025 / 1,324 views

Yesterday i saw a couple at a bus stop looking totally confused so i stopped to help turns out they were visiting from another country and couldn’t figure out the bus routes. I showed them around a bit and we started chatting.They insisted on taking me out for dinner as a thank you and honestly it turned into such a wholesome evening full of laughter, stories and good food. Kindness...

Empty Closets And Full Hearts

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 15, 2025 / 1,530 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 15, 2025 / 1,530 views

I hope this new story of mine inspires you to clean out any clutter in your own lives. God bless you always. When my children were in school, each year at the end of Summer my wife and I would buy them all some new clothes for the coming school year. It was a habit that I kept up over the years even though my Special Needs sons are now both in their thirties and wear sizes larger than me....

New Family Moved In And Became Friends In No Time

By A Friend on October 13, 2025 / 1,424 views

By A Friend on October 13, 2025 / 1,424 views

I love to garden and I always grow waaay too much. I give away the extra to my friends and neighbors. Well, some new neighbors moved in and we talked across the fence. I told him if he ever sees a bag hanging on the fence that it’s veggies from my garden. I hung a bag over the fence about a week later. A few days later he came buy with a jar of homemade pickled eggplant....

Didn’t Think Buying One Cup Of Coffee Would Make Me Cry Today

By Bella on October 13, 2025 / 1,581 views

By Bella on October 13, 2025 / 1,581 views

So this morning I went to my usual coffee shop before work. An old man in front of me was counting coins and didn’t have enough money. The barista was about to cancel his order, so I said, “I’ll pay for it.” He smiled and said, “You don’t know how much I needed this.” His wife passed away last week, and they used to come there together every...

Saved From Being Stranded At The Airport, After An Awful First Ever Flight

By Serena on October 10, 2025 / 1,742 views

By Serena on October 10, 2025 / 1,742 views

This happened maybe ten years ago. I (16F at the time) went to accompany my dad to his wedding out of the country. Complicated story, but I was to go with him to be his witness (turned out I was too young, but that's not relevant). We went by plane and I was pretty nervous since I'd never flew before. My dad can be.. kind of a jokster, and found it hilarious to tell me stories...

Working In The Cafeteria

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 09, 2025 / 1,953 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 09, 2025 / 1,953 views

This story is for all of the hard working people in this world. I hope you enjoy it. God bless you always. It was 40 years ago and I was in college. Although I had signed up for all of the financial aid I could possibly get and chose one of the least expensive colleges in the state I was still struggling to afford it. I signed up for work study jobs each semester then to have at least a few...