Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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

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 / 6,112 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

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 / 4,798 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...

This Morning I Saw A Boy, Probably About 5 Years Old, Taking Out The Trash

By HW3 on May 12, 2017 / 6,003 views

I live in an apartment complex and was driving through the parking lot this morning when I saw a boy around 5 years old. He was carrying a trash bag over his shoulder while walking along the sidewalk on the way to the dumpster. He looked back at me about to pass him then looked forward and started running. I pulled up alongside him and he looked over to see if he was winning our spontaneous race. I put my car...

What's Your Secret To A Happy Life?

By Sunny Skyz on May 10, 2017 / 7,051 views

Someone asked "What's your "secret" to a happy life? What makes your days blissful?" on a forum. We thought this response was wonderful: I'm not annoyinglyI think I've got a higher level of life satisfaction than a lot of my friends. There are four things that I can put my finger on that I think I do a little differently than them (and a lot of people). Hope they...

When God Does Not Make Sense!

By Perez Okezuonu on May 10, 2017 / 2,431 views

My elder sister Ijeoma is my best friend. We've been through a lot together. Though some years apart, we grew up like twins. Growing up, she was my guardian Angel and defender; I was a delicate child. During our university days, she was a mother away from home. We shared the same housing facility. Ijey (as we fondly call her) got married after graduation, when she became pregnant, we were all...

You Alone Are Good Enough

By Annie G on May 10, 2017 / 4,990 views

I don't deal with change well. Actually, I would rather stay in the same place, with the same people for the rest of my life. Kind of in my own bubble. But life just doesn't work that way. I don't like to be pushed out of my comfort zone. It scares me to even fathom trying new things. But when I finally do, I find this new sense of identity and direction every time. It's a feeling I can't...

Most Alive

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 08, 2017 / 4,537 views

Spring had come to the mountains of my home. Fresh green grass was coming up in my yard. Yellow dandelions and buttercups were blooming in the meadows. Tulips and purple Phlox were growing in the flower boxes. Bumblebees and butterflies were dancing among them. In the woods white, purple, and pink blossoms were rapidly turning to green leaves on the trees. It was the most alive I had seen the world in a long...

Potatoes, Eggs, And Coffee Beans

By Evileeina on May 08, 2017 / 5,324 views

Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn't know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed. Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to...

The Lion And The Mouse

By Aesops Fables on May 08, 2017 / 13,975 views

By Aesops Fables on May 08, 2017 / 13,975 views

A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion's nose. Roused from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her. "Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse. "Please let me go and some day I will surely repay...

The Accident Left Me Partially Blind. But My Path Is Clearer Than Ever

By Selma Khan on May 08, 2017 / 2,117 views

This happened many years ago. I was at home and training using the elastic band. It’s meant for resistance training. While doing this, it slipped from its place and hit my right eye. Right in the center of my eye. It felt as if someone had punched my eye with full force. My head instantly started to burst and it felt like my heart was pounding within my brain. I pushed my face into the sofa...