Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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Keep Giving With Your Heart

By Kim on November 29, 2024 / 2,615 views

I read this some years ago and put it in the memory bank for future use. It said that a mother was short on her grocery money and had to put things back and her child was upset as it was the special extras that had to go back. The person said they bent down (with $20 in hand) and said to the mum....oops it looks like this fell out of your purse onto the floor and gave her a wink. I've...

Playing It Safe Is The Riskiest Strategy

By Unknown on November 27, 2024 / 2,351 views

Playing it safe is the riskiest strategy. The biggest regret of people on their deathbeds isn’t failing - it’s not having the courage to live authentically. Imagine spending 80 years on this planet, following a script someone else wrote for you, only to realise you were a supporting character in your own life. Forget that. Go big. Take the...

An Angel Tree And The Child In Me

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 26, 2024 / 2,975 views

It was late December many years ago. I had saved money for several months so my children could have some nice things for Christmas. Just as I was starting to shop, though, something caught my eye. It was an “Angel Tree.” It was put there by a local charity so children whose parents couldn’t afford toys could get some. On the plastic Christmas tree hung paper angels with a child’s name...

Small Gift Card Makes A Big Difference

By Meg on November 25, 2024 / 2,649 views

Hello I am 21-yeas-old and I have a son, I was a teen pregnancy and it was hard but I have a lot of support where I can go back to school and work full time at the same time. I love my job but sometimes it can be a lot mentally and physically (retail). Today was a very hard day crazy pre Black Friday busy. Towards the end of my shift I had a costumer that was complaining a lot to me. Instead of just...

An Act Of Kindness I'll Never Forget

By A Friend on November 22, 2024 / 3,437 views

My cat (Max) escaped from the house one night, and I didn't even realize he got out until the next morning. I had just gone through an awful breakup, and I was sick with worry and guilt. At about 7pm that evening, I got a knock on the door. A man asked if I was missing a cat. It turns out the man found Max after he'd been hit by a truck. He saw my cat laying in the road on the way to work,...

Picking Up The Trash

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 21, 2024 / 3,204 views

Near my home there is a small lake with a walk path that goes all the way around it. When my children were younger we would drive to it a few times a week and walk the path. It always felt so good to be that close to nature and the beauty of God’s creation. One Autumn day, however, I noticed that the path wasn’t looking so good. It was full of trash that other walkers had dropped along...

Aldi Worker Leaves Woman In Tears

By Aldi on November 20, 2024 / 2,812 views

This feel-good story was posted by Aldi on Facebook: Today’s customer story is all about our lovely Store Assistant, Lisa from our Cannock store. Local customer, Joe had been having a tough time recently, dealing with illness and the loss of a loved one. As such, leaving the house had become quite difficult. On a trip to the Cannock branch for the weekly shop,...

Kindness To Animals In Need

By Websters on November 19, 2024 / 2,490 views

We want to give a huge shoutout to Alex, a compassionate and inspiring young girl in our community! Alex has been offering pet sitting services and instead of keeping the money for herself, she uses it to donate essential items to animal shelters like ours! Thanks to her generosity, we've received so many things for our babies, which make a world of difference for the animals in our care....

Choose Light

By Prince Ea on November 18, 2024 / 2,578 views

"In a world where negativity can seem louder than kindness, choosing to be a light is a powerful act. The best response to harshness and cruelty isn’t to match it; it’s to rise above it, to be a model of compassion, empathy, and resilience. Every day, we have the choice to spread positivity instead of dwelling in negativity. Let’s strive to be the person...

Thanksgiving In July

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 15, 2024 / 3,409 views

My daughter wanted to try out a new turkey recipe before Thanksgiving this year so we did a trial run the other day. It was just the turkey and potatoes without all the other sides. As I was drowning my turkey and potatoes in gravy, however, my mind flashed back to another special Thanksgiving 44 years ago. This Thanksgiving took place in July. We had driven 6 hours to visit my Mom’s sister...

This Changed Me

By A Friend on November 13, 2024 / 3,526 views

I have this little bracelet that my dad gave my mom when they first started dating. Since my dad died before I was born, I have always cherished this bracelet. Well one day while working at a big financial institution this bracelet broke. I placed it into my desk drawer and forgot about it overnight. Turns out the janitors cleaned out all the drawers and accidentally threw my bracelet away. When I...

Instant Karma!

By A Friend on November 11, 2024 / 2,082 views

I had an opportunity yesterday at the supermarket to show some kindness... and instant karma stepped in as well. As I was collecting a trolley on my way in I heard a conversation between a young lady and her grandmother, neither of them had a gold coin for the trolley and Nan was getting upset as she wanted to get her shopping done. I offered them a $1 coin which was a tiny gesture from...

A Case Full Of Cassettes

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 11, 2024 / 2,959 views

I can still remember it like it was yesterday. My children were still young and we had all gotten into the car to go grocery shopping. Our car was a beat up, old, Ford Escort with a cassette player in it. We had a case full of cassettes behind the gear shift that we would listen to when the radio didn’t come in clear. This day we arrived at the store, went in to get another week’s worth of...

Highway Angel

By Newark Advocate on November 08, 2024 / 2,122 views

Rick Thomas, a trucker from Akron working for ABF Freight, was recognized by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) as a "TCA Highway Angel" for assisting a driver who was stranded on the roadway. After spotting the female motorist on the side of Seasons Road in Peninsula, Ohio, with a blown tire, he acted quickly to repair the SUV's flat tire. “She was kind of...

Proud Dad Moment

By A Friend on November 07, 2024 / 2,930 views

Proud Dad moment. Today my daughter was at work when a mother with two young children had her card fail after ordering food. She rang her partner and he was berating her on the phone. My daughter seeing the woman upset stepped up and bought the food for the mother and children. So...

A Random Act Of Kindness At A Pizza Restaurant

By Christine on November 07, 2024 / 3,273 views

I co-ordinate a weekly social dinner group for young people who experience mild intellectual disability. Tonight we were at a Pizza restaurant in Hawthorn. We were celebrating a participant’s birthday and the couple at the next table started chatting to me. We spoke about how the group runs and how we choose the venues etc. They asked lots of questions and were...

How I Stopped My Own Excuses And Made Daily Life Easier

By A Friend on November 07, 2024 / 2,987 views

Let’s be real — stopping my own excuses has been a long, bumpy road. I used to be that person who could talk myself out of almost anything. “I’ll work out tomorrow,” or “It’s just not a good time”—I had a mental library of these little excuses that kept me from actually doing what I wanted. The turning point came when I realized that these small...