Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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Patience And Good Intentions

By Diya R on June 06, 2017 / 2,465 views

The best and most amazing thing about life is that no matter what happens or how hard it may get, or how useless you feel, stay patient. All you need to focus on is doing good even if it maybe the smallest thing like greeting someone with a smile it goes a long way, it can brighten up anyone's day, and you will have made the smallest yet biggest difference to someone's life they may carry on...

Happiness: A Letter From Richard Branson To A Fan

By Sunny Skyz on June 05, 2017 / 8,070 views

Dear Stranger, You don’t know me but I hear you are going through a tough time, and I would like to help you. I want to be open and honest with you, and let you know that happiness isn’t something just afforded to a special few. It can be yours, if you take the time to let it grow. It’s OK to be stressed, scared and sad, I certainly have been throughout my 66 years....

Just Feeling Good About My SO

By Harryinthetardis on June 02, 2017 / 4,405 views

So this is kind of silly but I just need to tell someone how happy I am. I am Mexican and have CRAZY curly long hair. I have always been kind of self conscious about it because there is no taming it. No matter what I do, its too thick and curly and long! When I was little, everyone found it adorable that it was so crazy. I'm 24 though so it has stopped being cute and now just looks ridiculius if I try...

Today I Am Cured! 5 Years Cancer Free!

By Chefgir1 on June 02, 2017 / 1,523 views

Five years ago today I was officially in remission for astrocytoma brain tumors. After five years, with no new cancer cells and I no longer in remission but cured. Astrocytomas are the cells up the supportive tissues of the brain and I was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. It was a really hard diagnoses and I was terrified. I had an amazing team and got the best possible care with gamma radiation,chemo and...

Yes You Can

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 01, 2017 / 6,966 views

A friend who was down in the dumps wrote me a letter a few weeks ago. His life was full of problems. His heart was full of worries. He was low on hope. He ended his letter to me with this question: “We can’t really change this crazy world we live in, can we?” I answered him immediately and started my own letter with these words: “Yes, we most certainly can!” I can still...

ALCOHOLISM - The Beautiful Gift Of Knowledge We Can Give Our Children

By Jodee Prouse on May 30, 2017 / 4,578 views

Inspiration comes in many forms, from many topics. It is estimated that there are over 250 million people worldwide that struggle with alcohol use disorder. That translates into over 1 billion loved ones directly impacted. People like you. People like me. A few weeks ago, celebrity Ben Affleck had the media going wild. While most people go to great lengths and efforts to hide the truth,...

Understanding Life! Part 2: Understanding Yourself!

By Anant Suri on May 30, 2017 / 4,852 views

Understanding yourself helps you Understand life better! We all spend so much of our time in knowing about Living and Non-Living things around us, for instance we know so much about our phones, we also spend time in knowing and reading about fictional characters in Game of thrones...' What we miss out is knowing the most important thing in our life..That is "YOU".. how many...

Smile Please

By Sonia Kaur on May 27, 2017 / 2,542 views

Smile please!!!! Because you look beautiful and everybody wants to look beautiful. Girls spend a lot of time and money in beauty parlor to enhance their beauty but become stingy in smiling. Who explains that smiling is the real beauty? The smiling face does not need a make up. You are beautiful, you are blessed, you are flourished, you are happy etc all the positive thoughts bring smile on the face. Smile...

Achieving Your Goals

By Job Lazarus Okello on May 27, 2017 / 5,326 views

Imagine a football match in which two teams are competing for a trophy, but there are no goal posts. Which of the teams will take the trophy? Obviously none! This can be likened to having no goal in life. The absence of the goal posts means the players cannot know the direction in which to kick the ball; because normally the ball is kicked in the direction of the opponents’ goal post. Like the...

The Starfish Story

By Loren Eiseley on May 25, 2017 / 12,897 views

One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking up and gently throwing things into the ocean. Approaching the boy he asked: "Young man, what are you doing?" The boy replied, Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don't throw them back, they'll die. The man laughed to himself and said,...

A Higher Love

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 23, 2017 / 6,111 views

I can still remember the first time a girl broke up with me. I was just a teenager. I was riding that hormonal high that a young love brings. The sky seemed brighter. The clouds looked whiter. I went through my days with a silly grin on my face. I held up my Mom’s phone line with calls to my girlfriend that lasted for hours. Then suddenly she said that she didn’t want to see me any more. I was...

Dear Myself

By Sumyat Swezin on May 21, 2017 / 8,487 views

Dear Myself, Life is scary. One day you wake up feeling like you can take over the world, and the next day you wake up feeling like all you want to do is to lay in bed and hide from everything. People walk into your life, grab your hand, and lead you the most beautiful path you've known, but sometimes the same people let go of your hand without warning, and you become stranded at a place where...

Break Into Greatness

By Princewill Iliya on May 17, 2017 / 1,847 views

You cant change your condition until you start to get out of your comfort zone, change the way you think and change the way you do things. you are greater than where you are now , you can be better refuse to settle for less, think outside the box. There's greatness in you. Stop having excuses to want more or aspire to be successful, think big, try again and keep trying until you...

1000 Days Free From Heroin

By DisregardThisOrDont on May 17, 2017 / 4,533 views

Okay, so I know I have shared my recovery story before. However, 1000 days is a bench mark for any recovering addict and I want to celebrate. Now, it's not been exactly 1000 days sonce I've last quit heroin, but actually a bit more. Personally I feel as though my 36 days in jail and my time in rehab are "cheat days". So I'm officially celebrating my 1000 days free from heroin on my own...

God's World

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 16, 2017 / 5,377 views

For a long time I wanted to live in a world of my own making. I carried this world around in my mind like a secret treasure and did all I could to bring it into reality. In my world I was famous for the things I wrote. I was on television, gave speeches, and was respected by all the great minds of this world. In my world I was rich beyond belief. I had money, mansions, cars, and boats. I went on vacations and...

Mother's Day Surprise

By Kay Heitsch on May 15, 2017 / 4,793 views

It was the day before Mother's Day. I was sitting in my usual spot spending alone time with the Lord. I looked up and noticed the little Mother's Day statue Todd had given me many years before. I had it on a shelf along with other memories of days gone by. It was hard to believe it had been 25 years ago that Todd had died in a car accident. As I sat in my chair lost in my memories I thought,...

All Roads Lead Home

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 12, 2017 / 2,923 views

When I was a boy there were no smart phones, computers were something you saw on STAR TREK, and our television only got one channel clearly. Still, I was never bored. The fields, hills, and woodlands around my home were the perfect playground whose adventures were only limited by my imagination. I can remember once hiking to a nearby lake and slowly walking around it. At the backside of it I was amazed to find...