Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

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

By Naught on September 10, 2017 / 2,775 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 / 3,871 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 / 2,349 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 / 2,423 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 / 3,834 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 / 3,080 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 / 4,270 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 / 2,241 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 / 2,888 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 / 2,105 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 / 3,637 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 / 2,569 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...

Not Everything Is Long Lasting

By Emery Allen on August 25, 2017 / 2,732 views

Not everything is long lasting. Sometimes people come into your life to show you what is right and what is wrong, to show you who you can be, to teach you to love yourself, to make you feel better for a little while, or to just be someone to walk with at night and spill your life to. Not everyone is going to stay forever, and we still have to keep on going and thank them for what they’ve given...

My Husband Just Made Me Cry

By KM on August 25, 2017 / 2,497 views

I was sitting in our office staring at the first school schedule I've had in nearly 20 years and he came in with this stupid little smile on his face. He pulls up a chair next to me and asks me if he can hold my hand. I told him of course. He grabbed it and his smile widened. The kids loud as hell in the background. He's just sitting there smiling. I told him he was such a dork....

Never Stop Dating

By Demez White on August 22, 2017 / 2,859 views

My girlfriend told me that she'd had a bad day and needed cheering up. My bank account told me that going out wasn't an option. Sitting on my back porch I realized I had everything I needed right in front of me. Sometimes the best memories aren't about the money we spend or the trips we take. They're about putting a genuine smile on someone's face that you really care about. Money isn't...

Why Wait

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 21, 2017 / 5,951 views

When I was in college I had big dreams. I was going to be a psychologist, then a teacher, then a world renown speaker, and then a best selling author. I couldn’t make up my mind. Each dream seemed better than the last. Amongst them all, though, was my burning desire to make things better. In my young heart and naive mind I felt like I could change the world all by myself. And I couldn’t wait to get...

It Just Has To Exist

By SS Fan on August 21, 2017 / 3,133 views

"We're all so good at recognizing what's shitty about something (and how we fix it) (criticism). We are all so bad at making something, so just make something bad and then criticize it until its good." It's a strange side of human intelligence. Computers, most animals and even aliens in movies can see someone do something and copy it quite well. But for humans, it's quite...