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I'm Still Here!

By Mary Kennedy on January 09, 2017 / 3,639 views

As a recent Stroke Survivor and Author of You Will See God’s Miracles If Only You Believe (available for purchase on Amazon.com), I am here to share some crucial life-lessons I learned in recent years concerning well-balanced lifestyles, how to divert personal disasters, and the art of listening to what your body and mind is trying to tell you. As an executive, my plate was filled to overflowing. I...

Divine Intervention

By Kay Heitsch on January 09, 2017 / 6,563 views

Yesterday at Planet Fitness I sat down on a machine next to a new member. Right away he started to talk to me. He asked, "Do you believe in God?" I assured him I did. He went on to say he wanted to share something that had happened to him. Here's his story. George* said he was home alone and was about to get into bed. He had the TV on. As he was sitting on the edge of the bed he felt...

We Make A Living By What We Get, But We Make A Life By What We Give

By Anonymous on January 07, 2017 / 49,385 views

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." - Winston Churchill "If you always give, you will always have." - Chinese proverb "The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own." - Lao Tzu These quotes say it all. The best way to feel motivated, energized, and feel a...

One Summer Night

By Janelle on January 06, 2017 / 6,288 views

It was my girlfriend's birthday one hot summer weekend in July, Phoenix hot! All of us girls treated her to a weekend at the casino resort! We decorated the room, bought fun treats, swan at the pool! She is an amazing friend to everyone! Anyway, I end up meeting a gent from London that night! I wasn't dressed to meet anyone and he was on a working trip to the dessert. We end up talking and...

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

By Anonymous on January 06, 2017 / 3,600 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 / 7,360 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 / 4,931 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 / 3,612 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 / 4,872 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 / 4,822 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 / 2,566 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 / 4,022 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 / 8,067 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 / 2,473 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 / 5,502 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 / 5,897 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 / 4,364 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...