Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

Sandpaper

By Rod Williams on August 14, 2017 / 4,533 views

I talk often about people being put in our lives for a reason, and there is always a lesson to be learned by or from them. Some of those people put in our lives are there to make us question why they are there. They are annoying, sarcastic, rude, hurtful, aggravating, and simply drive us crazy. I heard a minister describe them as sandpaper because, God uses them to form and shape us. Of course, some people...

Giving Life A Second Chance: Believing In Yourself And The Power Of Love

By Annie G on August 08, 2017 / 7,300 views

I often think about how I got to where I am today and how somehow everything that has happened, big or small in my lifetime have made me a better, happier, wiser and stronger person. Now this is coming from someone who's lost a parent, struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts among a boatload full of other things. If you've ever heard the saying, "you can learn and grow from...

From Hell To Harvard

By Norman Willis on August 08, 2017 / 6,836 views

My name is Norman K. Willis and my journey has been one filled with achievement, pain, and a positive attitude. I wrote my first book at 18, sold an app years later, and now I speak and teach for a living. I come from a single parent house hold, my grandparents aided in raising me until about eleven. My mother was stabbed when I was younger by my own father and he spent eleven years in jail because of it....

Parenting Done Right

By Kalynne Marie on August 08, 2017 / 4,152 views

I just witnessed a boy, maybe about 6 or 7, accidentally spill a Slushee everywhere in Target. I didn't get a photo but I'm including one of my son and I. I'm talking blue and red goop all over the floor, the table, everywhere. The boy looked up at who I assume was his father, and immediately apologized. Instead of getting angry, his father just said 'Hey, it happens. Let's go get napkins...

Life Is Like A Journey On A Train

By Unknown on August 07, 2017 / 40,412 views

Life is like a journey on a train with its stations, with changes of routes and with accidents! At birth we boarded the train and met our parents, and we believe they will always travel on our side. However, at some station our parents will step down from the train, leaving us on this journey alone. As time goes by, other people will board the train; and they will be significant i.e. our siblings, friends,...

Learning Is A Good Thing

By Rod Williams on August 04, 2017 / 4,192 views

Some of the best lessons I’ve learned were when I was on the ground looking up. Something put me on my butt, and it was up to me as to what to do with the event. I could stay on the ground and flounder in the emotion that put me there, or I could stand up, brush myself off, assess the situation, and learn from it. Here are a few of my favorite lessons. 1. There are things that happen in my...

Something More

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 04, 2017 / 6,160 views

“Na-Nee!” The words jarred me from the book I was reading as I lay on my bed. I put the book down and looked up. My youngest son, Casey was smiling down on me. He was 24 years old but his severe Autism had left him with the mind of a very small child. His words were limited so every time he said something it was a joy to hear. He was pointing to the picture on my wall of my Italian Grandma’s...

Wow Attitude

By Kay Heitsch on August 03, 2017 / 7,751 views

When Ken walked out of his home last Friday he had no idea what this day would hold. Ken had worked at this job in the steel factory for 30 years; so walking out of the door had become something he, no doubt, took for granted. Ken started to work that morning in a part of the factory where no other people were working. All of a sudden the steel i beams began to shift. The next thing Ken knew 25,000...

Best Day Of Your Life

By Jazmine on August 03, 2017 / 3,140 views

"The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours, it is an amazing journey, and you alone are responsible for the quality of...

2 Years Of Saying Yes To Life

By Derin Emre on August 01, 2017 / 2,277 views

For the last two years, we have been getting out of our comfort zones and encouraging others to do the same. What has started out as a summer project has blossomed into a full time job with a growing YouTube channel and a show on Snapchat. We have met the Prime Minister of Canada, thrown a massive party $0, modeled at one of the biggest men's fashion shows in the US, and kidnapped...

Love Has No Limits

By Author Vivian D. Lewis on July 31, 2017 / 2,794 views

Showing compassion for others is the main ingredient for love and respect. ~ Author Vivian D. Lewis The weather was cold and the skies were gray, I drove down a long narrow road with Boris, my old high school buddy. He lived alone in a wooded area with no neighbors within close distance. I could not understand why he lived in a secluded area when he was an outgoing person and loved being with people...

To Do Lists

By The Chronicles Of Motherhood on July 31, 2017 / 4,509 views

You know the days where you have a To Do List as long as your arm? A pile of laundry that could warrant its own zip code? A kitchen that looks like a tornado went through it? Yeah, today was one of those days. She came up to me so sweetly and said, "Mommy, how 'bout you paint my nails, and then I paint yours?!" "How about Mom just paints yours...

Free From Fear And Full Of Love

By Joseph J. Mazzella on July 26, 2017 / 5,146 views

As I write this we have been disconnected from the electric grid for 4 ½ weeks now. On a routine inspection, the meter boxes that ran our home and the homes of seven of our neighbors were found to be a safety hazard and had to be taken down. It has been a long wait for the replacement parts to come in so the work can be done. My daughter lived in one of the other houses and has had to move back in with...

Never Give Up On Your Life

By Trel on July 26, 2017 / 3,269 views

Life can make you feel powerless But never give up People can make you feel worthless But never give up Friends can make you feel hopeless But never give up Family can make you feel hapless But never give up Life can be very vicious But never give People can be very capricious But never give up Friends can be...

17 Years Later I Still Remember

By Melissa on July 21, 2017 / 2,964 views

When I was in elementary school my paternal grandfather passed away of a heart attack in the waiting room of an ER. Fast forward a few (maybe a few plus) years to 2000 when I was a senior in high school. My family received the call that my maternal grandfather had a heart attack and was being rushed to the ER. We did what we thought you do when someone has a heart attack; we packed our funeral clothes and...

A Powerful Thought

By Rick on July 21, 2017 / 2,955 views

There are two kinds of power, power over others and power over yourself. We automatically assume that having power means having power over others. Those who crave this sort of power have little personal power and most likely a large ego master whose whims they must satisfy. They do not realize that no one can ever have power over another. Many dictators have lead short lives believing this. The best you can do...

You Are Precious

By Glory Fu on July 20, 2017 / 4,410 views

Lots of people are dissatisfied with themselves in many ways. Even though they have a good career, a good marriage, and a good income, they still feel as if something is missing from their lives. What makes them feel negative about themselves? One of the reasons is that they find it hard to love themselves. If we cannot accept who we are and be ourselves, our feelings about ourselves won't...