Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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I Felt Special

By A Friend on May 31, 2024 / 3,168 views

I, (29f), had a hard time sharing the things I liked with people. I grew up feeling looked over and wasn't sure anyone noticed if I was there. Family, friends, later coworkers... I just felt invisible. It's no surprise that I never really enjoyed my birthdays. They were all generic, just another day, nothing special. No one asked about my favorite color, or themes, or cake flavor,...

I Could Never Thank Them Enough...

By A Friend on May 31, 2024 / 2,105 views

Today, me and my class went on a field trip to a museum, and we had to eat lunch in the cafetaria in the museum. There were other classes from another school, and they had taken over almost all the tables, there were only 3 left. The girls went to the bathroom, while the boys and I went to the cafetaria. They sat at a table that wasn't big enough for all of them, and even though they could just...

What A Beautiful Man!

By Emma on May 30, 2024 / 2,267 views

Today my eldest daughter was on a bus to UWA. The weather was terrible and she said there was an older man asking the bus driver where to get off the bus. The passenger went to get off and the driver said "no wait, you can stay on a couple more stops". When it was the right stop my daughter was confused. The bus driver put on his high vis wet weather jacket...

A Day Spent In Appreciation

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 28, 2024 / 3,225 views

It was a day in late Spring that felt like a day in early Summer. The sun had risen in the morning and the temperatures were rising into the eighties. The sky was blue sprinkled with a few white clouds here and there. Golden sunlight was falling on the earth making the green leaves of the trees glow. Outside the songs of a dozen different birds filled the air and those that weren’t singing were...

A Knock At The Door

By Wendy on May 26, 2024 / 2,682 views

With a recent string of hospital runs and minor difficulties, I was feeling pretty tired, overwhelmed and at the end of my strength. A knock at the door brought an unexpected gift of meals for our family from some very thoughtful friends. Can’t thank them enough, it helped more than they could...

One Of The Best Parts Of My Job

By Cheryl on May 23, 2024 / 2,979 views

While working at my job today, I served a lovely young man maybe in his thirties. He had a young boy with him, as I scanned his groceries I wasn’t sure if I heard correctly, hearing the words "Do you want to go and pay for that lady’s Shopping?" I noticed he handed the boy a $50 note and the young boy went over to the register with the note in his hand waiting...

A Heart Of Gold

By Arch on May 22, 2024 / 2,684 views

This wonderful act of kindness was posted on Whanganui Chronicle in NZ. While Arch Roebuck was standing in line to pay for his groceries at a store in Whanganui, he was pleasantly surprised to find out that the woman in front of him had already covered the cost. "I went to pay for my shopping, and the checkout lady said 'It's all paid for'," said...

Living Simply In A Complicated World

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 21, 2024 / 3,114 views

We switched phone providers recently and we were given a new phone number. Only it wasn’t so new. Since the day we got it we have been getting three times as many robot calls here, all seeking to sell us something. It is quite annoying. Plus it seems like every time I dare buy something online my email inbox is suddenly flooded with ads trying to get me to buy more. In addition to this I have grown...

Ordered Wings At 7-Eleven

By A Friend on May 20, 2024 / 2,339 views

At 7-Eleven, I asked the cashier how much for 8 wings, she says 10.50, then I asked how much for 6 wings, she says 7.50. I said then I will take the 6 wings. She smiles at me and says, "I think I understand" then she charged me for 6 wings. And when I got home, I realized she gave me 8 wings. I almost teared...

My Friend And His Mom Were Scammed

By Shelly on May 17, 2024 / 2,591 views

Recently, my friend and his Mom were scammed by people who thought were going to help them to fix their gutters. Those people ended up destroying the whole roof. My friend put up a GoFundMe link on his Facebook to raise funds. He and his mom couldn’t afford to get their roof fixed as both are pensioners. I reached out to a roof restoration business near me as I am not familiar with...

A Blanket

By A Friend on May 16, 2024 / 2,320 views

I was nine years old, waiting for the school bus in Wisconsin winter. I had a thin coat, no hat or gloves. A woman driving past saw me and stopped, giving me a blanket from the back of her car. It was a long skinny one, so she wrapped it around my head and shoulders like a big scarf. I remember thanking her, but being confused. I told her I didn't know how I...

Who We Are Supposed To Be

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 15, 2024 / 3,443 views

I turned my television on after breakfast this morning. The news was the usual every single horrible thing that is happening in the world. That wasn’t the worst of it, though. This being an election year the commercials were all the most venomous, hate-filled, political attack ads I had ever seen. It turned my stomach listening to them. And my heart felt weighed down with sadness. “Is this who we...

My Daughter Was Planning To Visit From Pittsburgh To California

By Denise on May 14, 2024 / 2,372 views

My daughter was planning to visit from Pittsburgh to California with my grandchild, and I wanted a backpack to carry him on the beautiful hikes we have here in Southern California. I posted on a neighborhood app asking to borrow one, promising to return it in the same condition. Almost immediately, a neighbor responded. She came over, handed me a backpack, and insisted it was a gift. I...

Mother's Day Kindness

By Natalie on May 13, 2024 / 2,356 views

A kind lady put a post up in our estate, asking if there are any single parents (moms or dads). Today I woke up with this at my front door. She did this for numerous others too. Amazing and...

Bad Tires

By A Friend on May 10, 2024 / 2,265 views

Neighbors asked to borrow my truck. Told them I could not trust my truck because the tires were bad. Next day my neighbor called and said he was getting new tires for his Suburban and I could have his old ones. Told me to just show up at this certain tire shop and they would put them on Get to tire shop and they put on brand new Goodyear tires. I asked what happened to the old tires I was...

The Judgement Mind

By Ram on May 09, 2024 / 3,268 views

"When you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all...

Seasoning Your Life

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 07, 2024 / 3,128 views

I posted something about our Italian style Sunday dinners on Facebook recently and got several requests for my Nana’s recipe for her spaghetti sauce. I gladly sent it out to them, but kind of felt bad about it. It wasn’t that I didn’t think my Nana would mind. She loved sharing her sauce with everyone. It was just that I didn’t think people would get it right. You see, I...