15+ Strangers Helped Me Dig Through The Sand While Racing The Clock Against Sunset

By Anonymous on January 06, 2017 / 3,427 views

I was on vacation in Hawaii with my family. We were at the beach all day and at some point I took off my ring I got as a gift from my mom for graduation (beautiful, gold, inscribed, full of sentimental value) and placed it in the cup holder of a foldable chair. Beach day continues, and we pack up and go home. Once home, I realize what I've done. I realize my ring isn't on my finger. Panic ensues. You...

Puppy Wisdom

By Joseph J. Mazzella on January 05, 2017 / 7,111 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on January 05, 2017 / 7,111 views

I was lying in bed trying to work my way through a new book that I’d recently bought. The wording was difficult to read. The plot was incomprehensible. The meaning was struggling to say in two hundred pages what could easily have been said it two. After yet another difficult page I shut the book and closed my eyes. Suddenly, I felt the book being gently pushed down. I opened my eyes and saw a white,...

Loving Cop

By Rebecca on January 04, 2017 / 4,783 views

This is a true story. A few years ago I was down on my luck My husband and I had lost one of our incomes and it made our lives pretty tough. I tried to get odd jobs cleaning houses and babysitting but it just wasn't enough to make ends meet so I found myself panhandling for the first time in my life because I couldn't let my child go hungry. I was so embarrassed but kept praying to God for strength and...

Super Bike

By Sue on January 03, 2017 / 3,364 views

Our neighbours across the road have a son that has Asperger's and is getting extremely large. I work in a hospital so there are many sights that make your heart crack and I couldn't help feeling I have to help. I talked it out with my partner and said 'I've put this this wheeler push bike on layby for Louchy what do you think it's $1200 '??? He said if you want and if you get stuck...

Be A Servant

By Alex Guin on December 31, 2016 / 4,666 views

By Alex Guin on December 31, 2016 / 4,666 views

The first photo was taken right after I proposed on the coast of Barbados in June of 2016. The second photo was taken the following day. After the proposal, we went to a fancy dinner at an upscale restaurant and ran the bill up to $72. On the way back to the hotel, we began to laugh and ask each other what were we thinking. We had never spent that much on a single meal (or even two combined). We typically eat...

A Great Life

By Winner Heart on December 30, 2016 / 4,602 views

Today I woke up from my sleep with everything is fine,it's a reminder that a new beginning of the day has begun, a new blessing that we are receiving without noticing, why? 'coz not every one has given a chance to wake up and fullfill their dreams...so let's all be thankful to God for his amazing love for us. The 30th day of December has a big significance for me, it's my natal day...

I'm Getting Adopted By My Step-Dad

By Anon on December 30, 2016 / 2,365 views

I'm super excited! I know it's weird because I'm 21 years old but this means the world to me. It's not so much that this means he can officially care for me as it is that it's taking away the rights from my piece of shit father. I know I'm an adult already and I've always considered my stepdad to be my dad but this is different. This is amazing. This year I told my mom...

I'm So Proud Of My Fiancé And I Want To Share This Little Story With You

By JB on December 30, 2016 / 3,876 views

Today we were babysitting two of our nieces( 4 and 6 years old). They start screaming in the room where they were playing while my fiancé and I cooked lunch. We immediately ran into the room to see what happened and there was a small hairy scorpion that somehow got into the house. It's good they screamed because these things are nasty little demons. So my fiancé runs and...

Time Is A Choice

By Laura Vanderkam on December 29, 2016 / 7,860 views

By Laura Vanderkam on December 29, 2016 / 7,860 views

Instead of saying "I don't have time" try saying "it's not a priority" and see how that feels. Often that's a perfectly adequate explanation. I have time to iron my sheets, I just don't want to. But other things are harder. Try it: "I'm not going to edit your resume, sweetie, because it's not a priority." "I don't go to the...

Pain

By Sonia Kaur on December 28, 2016 / 2,148 views

What is pain? Pain is a reminder. It reminds us our mistakes. pain is an alarm of upcoming beautiful days. There are two types of pain in the world. First is physical pain like tooth ache, body ache, back pain, neck pain etc and second is heart pain. This pain has not any medicine yet. This pain only reduced by bearing it. Rumi says "The cure for pain is in the pain." When we forget God...

A Bigger Heart

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 28, 2016 / 5,296 views

A beautiful, young girl is smiling at me from a picture frame on my desk as I write this. She is my sponsor child from the Philippines and even though I have never met her in person she has found a special place in my heart. It doesn't cost me much to help her, about a dollar a day. Yet, millions of people in this world live on less. The joy that helping her gives me, however, is beyond price. It connects...

Terrible Situations Can Lead To Wonderful Changes In Life

By Ayayoska on December 26, 2016 / 5,663 views

A bit over a year ago my dad's health started deteriorating rapidly. he went from being a fully independent person to not being able to drive, walk or talk properly. he couldn't even think coherently, like his mind was in some other place. Last Christmas party he stayed in a dark corner all quiet and with no energy which shattered my heart like you have no idea. In the next weeks his organs...

If You Want To Hitch, Pay!

By Dadeaux on December 21, 2016 / 4,173 views

Back in 1980's I used to study in the city about 80 km (50 miles) away from my home town. I'd go home more or less every weekend, to have my clothes washed, to replenish my food supplies, and of course to spend a weekend with my loved ones. I didn't have much money, so I regularly hitched. On that Friday a car stopped, and I asked the driver if he was going to my home...

A Smile Is A Gift Worth Giving

By Kay Heitsch on December 21, 2016 / 3,299 views

I'd never really thought about giving a smile as a gift until this morning. Sometimes a smile is the best gift you can give someone. Yesterday I was in the grocery store. I saw an older man standing with a sad look on his face. I walked by and gave him a big smile. Immediately, his eyes brightened and he smiled back. I don't know why he looked so sad, but for that moment in time he...

My Husband Pointed Out My Wrinkles

By Carli on December 20, 2016 / 4,253 views

By Carli on December 20, 2016 / 4,253 views

My husband and I have been together for a bit over 10 years. We met when we were 16, it's no surprise that we've both changed over time. I've been noticing some winkles here and there, mainly under my eyes and eye corners. Nothing major but... it's there. This weekend after not seeing each other for a week, my husband takes a long good stare at me. We often do this, because you...

At Christmastime And Always

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 19, 2016 / 4,025 views

I have always loved Christmas music and I don’t just listen to it in December either. I have been known to listen to "The Christmas Song" on the first day of Spring, "Jingle Bells" during the worst heat of Summer, and "Let it snow" while the leaves are peaking in the Fall. This year thanks to the gift of a new record player I was even able to play some of my Mom’s old...

A Motherless Christmas

By L. M. Frye on December 19, 2016 / 3,523 views

My memory, my own, real memory of Christmas. You know the one that no one told you the story about or you have seen so many pictures that you think you remember it, but really you remember someone else version of it..... this is my first real Christmas memory.... I am not even sure how old I was. It is sad really, because I am sure I was about 8 or so... yet I cannot remember. I had done my...