Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

Certified Ride Operator

By A Friend on May 10, 2018 / 3,305 views

By A Friend on May 10, 2018 / 3,305 views

Obsessed with theme parks my whole life, my dream of being a ride operator ended when I was confined to a wheelchair; well, thanks to some amazing people and hard work, my dream came true as I am now a certified ride operator! I know it's nerdy but means the world to...

Got Busted For Violating The 'no Pets' Clause In My Lease. Now My Sweet Old Landlord Brings Treats For Him Every Day

By A Friend on May 08, 2018 / 3,786 views

By A Friend on May 08, 2018 / 3,786 views

This is at my rented studio/workspace. I figured that if I kept the dog quiet, I'd be able to bring him to work with me. That secret lasted about a day. When I dropped by the landlord's place to give her a "let's have a good relationship" gift, the first thing she said was "Did I hear a dog barking yesterday?" I told her that, yeah, I had a dog but that he wasn't...

A Growing Heart

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 07, 2018 / 5,035 views

I was selfish as a teenager. This I freely admit. I usually spent my time thinking about myself and taking care of my own needs. I let my older brother do most of the chores around the house until he left for college. I let my Mom and Dad worry about our bills and problems while I read books, played, and lost myself in my own imagination. This didn’t change even when I went to college either. I studied...

My Boyhood Dog Shad

By Jay Abington on May 07, 2018 / 3,433 views

I grew up in the mountains of CA on my tenth birthday my mom got me a Shepard pup I named Shad. He grew to be quite large and was fully devoted to me. This particular day Shad an I walked to the store a few miles away to get a soda, we were sitting on some crates out side drinking my soda and this truck pulls in with a man and a woman in it. I noticed they were arguing. The woman gets out of the truck and...

Back To The Square One!

By Anjali Mohapatra on May 03, 2018 / 3,389 views

It is not far away from the city, but a little away like two and half hours journey from the main city. In fact, it is granted as a place, where people can constrain themselves by practice, from all the evil effects of anger, lust, jealous etc. In one word, we can say 'Self meditation Centre'. Truly, the institution is located in the lap of nature's stunning beauty. Every year, hundreds...

A Few Minor Repairs

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 30, 2018 / 4,361 views

The frame of my 23 year old car had finally become so rusted that it was unsafe. Sadly, I decided it was time to trade it in for a less old one. I found myself then at a local used car lot looking at a 12 year old sedan. There was no way I could afford a new car, but this one seemed in fine shape. I made the deal and drove it home. It wasn’t long, however, before I noticed a squealing when I...

My Boyfriend Brought Me Tampons To Work While Wearing His WoW Robe

By Kris10amanda on April 30, 2018 / 4,161 views

I am a nurse and had an unexpected period today (I normally don't have them at all) and called my boyfriend to bring me some tampons and new underwear he instantly said okay, even after he had just brought me a Starbucks coffee on his way home from work (he worked last night), and ~15 min later I see him walking up the hallway in full view of every one I work with wearing his geeky AF World of Warcraft...

You Write Your Own Story, It Is Up To You What Others Remember You By

By 10MinuteMotivation on April 30, 2018 / 4,182 views

In life, something that is very certain is that you write your own story. You are in charge of all the things you do and all the things others remember you by. This means that all of your actions will eventually write your story. It is important to know what you want your story to be, how you want you and others to perceive you during your life. Do you want to be known as a lazy person who has...

Things That Happen On My Yearly Camping Trip 1

By Jay Abington on April 28, 2018 / 3,737 views

One day I was siting on my bike outside of a little store in Bute Falls and this car pulls up with three kids a guy about my age and this old man that had to be in his late 70s. The kids and the driver get out and go into the store, a minute later the old man gets out and comes over and starts up a conversation. We talk for a bit about nothing and I see the kids and the other guy come out of the...

In Spite Of Everything - A Teaching Of Overcoming Adversity

By Jocelyn Bishop on April 26, 2018 / 4,758 views

"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come...

Mom Of The Year

By Kady on April 26, 2018 / 3,866 views

By Kady on April 26, 2018 / 3,866 views

I asked my bar guest what she was writing. Turns out she has 3 daughters and she writes 5 lines a day to each of them. These will be gifts when they get married one day. Mom of the...

Do Your Best

By Jay Abington on April 23, 2018 / 4,444 views

One of the reasons it was such a great summer was because of school.You see I had failed to pass the second grade and the chance to do the year over without any of my new friends knowing well as you can imagine that was a relief like no other. This brought back a memory that I had forgotten about till just now. After a pause of about ½ an hour to recall the details I have returned...

Just Say Something

By Jay Abington on April 23, 2018 / 4,858 views

Yesterday on my way back home from Jeff's house I decided to stop at Basken Robins. As I walk up not really paying attention this woman comes blasting out past me obviously disturbed about something. I wasn't going to be long before I knew why. I walk in and behind me another woman followed. Sitting at a table were two kids, a boy about 13 or 14 and across the table his sister 12 maybe they...

Sometimes It's Worth Doing

By Jay Abington on April 23, 2018 / 3,531 views

Yesterday I was told something I have to share with somebody. We were talking about the struggles of work and their ambitions she said that today she was reminded of why she does what she does. The young lady is a personal teacher to 3 separate autistic kids, 2 boys and a 13-year-old girl. The young teacher just started in this field after graduating collage 7 months ago. The two boys can...

Family Reunion

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 23, 2018 / 3,464 views

Epiphanies often come to us at the strangest times and wisdom often awakens in us in the most unusual places. It was a late Friday afternoon and my family and I were at the grocery store. We usually shop on Saturdays but the early Spring weather forecast had predicted a Winter snowstorm. Thus, here we were grabbing groceries in time to beat the storm. Unfortunately everyone else in town had the same idea. The...

Dog Pills

By Kmdash on April 21, 2018 / 3,433 views

By Kmdash on April 21, 2018 / 3,433 views

Opened my dog's prescription and discovered the vet tech broke the pills in half for us to make sure we didn't accidentally overdose...

Email From Grandma

By Manicam on April 19, 2018 / 4,986 views

My grandma turned 90 last year. She sends an email to the family every night to let everyone know what she's up to. This was the end of her email tonight. "I was going to sort some papers and discard, well, I started reading some letters and clippings, and the afternoon was gone and I still didn't pitch much. Also, ended up being depressing as they were stuff with square dancing and to...