Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

I Am Both

By Liz Petrone on September 14, 2017 / 4,087 views

By Liz Petrone on September 14, 2017 / 4,087 views

I am both. I'm both "I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT THIS SECOND" and "I hope you don't expect me to put that bra back on and go anywhere." I am at once "why do my friends never invite me places anymore?" and "oh great, how am I going to get out of this one?" I am "for the love of all that is holy if one more person touches...

Red Light Myles

By Katy Marx on September 13, 2017 / 3,144 views

I'm sitting at my desk looking at a picture of "my friend Myles" and know I need to share our story. Myles is not really his name, just what I call him. That’s him though. The blur across the street, dancing and waving at cars roaring past. He changed my life. He is an important part of my day, five days a week. I think of that blur as my friend. This is how that came to be. For...

Do You Want To Get Well?

By Kay Heitsch on September 13, 2017 / 3,426 views

"Do you want to get well?" This was the question I kept hearing every morning when I spent my quiet time with the Lord. I wondered why the Lord kept asking me the same question. Of course, I wanted to "get well," or did I? These last few months since my son Todd's death had been unbelievable. The pain of losing Todd was unbearable. Because of the tremendous pressure I had on my chest,...

Your Happy Place

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 11, 2017 / 4,167 views

I was reading a book in my chair in the living room while my son watched an old comedy show on TV. Suddenly, I heard someone yell, “Go to your happy place! Go to your happy place!” I looked up to see the television characters panicking while my son laughed at the silliness of it all. Hearing those words, however, made me put my book down and think of all the happy places I have had over the...

Attitude

By Omotoso Folorunso Oluwole on September 10, 2017 / 1,989 views

Sister people are taking their time to advise you but you refuse to change your wrong attitude please have you forgotten that attitude is the greatest thing in every females life. woooo if you haven't heard let me tell you that #money which you are boosting of will surely finish, that # cloth of us will definitely tore then what will remain it's attitude so my sister work towards your attitude because...

Don't Give Upon Your Dreams. When Someone Tells You You Cant, Prove Them Wrong

By Naught on September 10, 2017 / 2,292 views

I am not sharing this story in order to brag and if it sounds like it then I apologize in advance. I am only hoping that my story will encourage someone out there who is struggling like I was to step up and take their life and their health into their own hands. No one should listen to the negativity of others. If someone says you can't, then prove them wrong. My entire childhood, doctors told me...

The Untapped Potential

By Job Lazarus Okello on September 10, 2017 / 3,459 views

When I, together with a friend, visited a professor of Gulu University in early August 2017, he took us to a cemetery bordering his home. It lies a few meters away from his home, in the South-West. At first both I and Angel, for that was my friend’s name, were astonished by what the Professor was doing. We were fearing to step into the cemetery; however, he told us to be bold enough to walk into it with...

Tree-trimmers Taught Me A Lesson In Random Acts Of Kindness

By Distillit on September 08, 2017 / 1,959 views

I knew that the trees in my neighborhood that were near utility lines have been under assault for the last couple days. I live in a low-medium income neighborhood where most people own their homes. It's a diverse neighborhood in a city in the South (of the U.S.) that is well known for a high crime rate for its size, but to my neighbors and I it feels very welcoming. People of many colors, cultures, and...

Treasured Memories

By Kay Heitsch on September 06, 2017 / 2,102 views

It's funny how little things can bring back a treasured memory. When our son Todd died his friends came over and chose things that had meaning for them. Much to my surprise several chose a spike out of his running shoes. These spikes had no value except for a treasured memory attached to it. One of Todd's friends carried this spike in his book bag for years. One day the book bag was stolen....

Truck Stop Restroom

By Kay Heitsch on September 06, 2017 / 3,481 views

Several years ago I took a trip with my husband in a big 18 wheeler. This was a trip I will never forget! One very special memory took place in a truck stop restroom of all places. We were parked and I was relaxing, knitting some cell phone bags. I looked up from my knitting and noticed a woman carrying some shirts on hangers going into the truck stop. I knew she must be traveling with...

Old Country Church

By Kay Heitsch on September 06, 2017 / 2,602 views

Many years ago I was asked to share my testimony at an old country church out in the middle of no where. I had no idea where this church was located, but since I was asked to speak I didn't turn down the invitation. This was quite an experience. This was before GPS and I started out not knowing where I was actually going. I had some written directions, but found myself lost a few...

Wow!

By Podge Brady on September 05, 2017 / 3,815 views

The doorbell rang early one morning, just as I was about to take a shower. Oh no , I thought,and tried to ignore it. Three times the bell went, someone obviously needed me so I gave in reluctantly put on a dressing gown and went to answer the door. To my surprise it was my daughter, holding an hysterical two year old in her arms and with her five year old obviously upset at her brother's state. It turned...

Here And Now!

By Anjali Mohapatra on September 05, 2017 / 1,844 views

I was overwhelmed by the sight of Shimla, when we landed! Wherever I looked, I could only see a layer of pure, white, snow! The scenery was captivating! It was beyond my imagination for that was first time I could feel the cool breeze of the great Himalayan range! I had never been to any hill station! It was simply incredible for me! I was so fascinated that immediately I asked my wife,'Hey, how you feel?...

Don't Judge A Book By It's Cover

By Kay Heitsch on September 02, 2017 / 2,457 views

How often do we judge people by the way they look? This week I was talking to some guys at Planet Fitness. They told me about their boss who went in to buy a new car. Little did the sales people know, but this man was worth a lot of money. The day he decided to buy his new car he walked in looking like a bum off the street. The first dealership he stopped in totally ignore him and treated...

My Father Holds No Ground

By Sam on September 01, 2017 / 1,619 views

I've always felt like he has never loved me so I don't love myself. I don't deserve to feel that way. I've built amazing things, have great relationships, my step dad and I have reconnected, and everything is falling in place. I just have to seize it in the moment. Realize I can do it and do it. Words mean nothing. Actions mean everything. Show up, be there for yourself and...

She Is 80; She Is Active

By Glory Fu on August 29, 2017 / 2,945 views

By Glory Fu on August 29, 2017 / 2,945 views

A student of mine called Su-May came to my ESL class to learn English in her 70s. For many senior people, 70 is the age to take things easy, and they feel it’s too late to learn. But Su-May doesn’t think so. Time is so valuable to her that she particularly cherishes any opportunity to learn the things that she missed on when she was young. Seven years have passed, and she is still in my class. She...

The Bathroom Encounter That Led To A Hug

By Carolyn K Erwin on August 29, 2017 / 2,142 views

I had an odd experience in Wilmington, Delaware— I walked into the ladies bathroom at the train station, and saw a woman standing in her underwear at the sink. She appeared to be in her 20's. Not wanting to stare, I moved quickly into a stall thinking to myself, "Wow, what's that all about?" When I emerged from the stall, I noticed that the young woman was now dressed in a...