Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

Rejection

By Amber on March 01, 2016 / 6,654 views

Hi, my name is Amber. I'm a 18 year old senior, and this is the story of how rejection literally turned my life around. Ever since I was in the fourth grade, I've had a crush on a boy, (let's call him Jack). When I was in the sixth grade, I befriended Jack, in hopes that he would become my boyfriend. I was so shy, that I never got around to asking him about a...

My Struggle

By Antonietta Gutierrez on March 01, 2016 / 5,384 views

My life was picture perfect for the first 10 years up until my dad was diagnosed with cancer. Those following two years were hell for my family. With in and out hospitalizations, chemotherapy and a lack of financial support I was slowly breaking as my dad's fight was deteriorating. I hid my pain and destructive thoughts from the world but overtime I broke. I still have a constant feeling of being lost in a...

Marty And The Mighty Hospital

By Mac on March 01, 2016 / 1,737 views

Recently I had to euthanize a pet rat who was very near and dear to my heart as she was very old for being a rat, and has been through some of my most turbulent and trying times in life. My rat had begin to show signs of deterioration in the last few months. I took her to the vet to have her checked and they essentially told me even with all of the recommended treatment I may not extend her life at all or it...

White Paper

By C M Reddy on February 28, 2016 / 6,197 views

"Forgetting and Forgiving both are the natural Human instincts" But we are tend to forget easily and it is hard for us to forgive quickly. Everyone wants the other people to think or behave as they expect, if not they don't accept those people as their friends or closed ones. But we seldom think that the other people also expect the same attitude and behaviour from us. We...

Who I Am, Who I Was, And Who I Will Be

By Alaeja Koons on February 26, 2016 / 4,289 views

“Life is not out to get you despite the things you have been through.” Do you know what depression is? Is it just another word for sadness? Sure, it’s that feeling you get when your childhood dog passes away, or that sting in your heart when the person you love most turns their back on you. But what is it really? Most people only view “depression” as a temporary...

Living The Dream In Hollywood!

By Freddy De'Ath on February 26, 2016 / 3,826 views

My name is Freddy De'Ath and I am a Personal Trainer, Children's Fitness Coach and FA Level 2 Football Coach. I am from a small town in Cambridgeshire called Huntingdon and recently moved out to Los Angeles with my wife and 2 children to work as a Soccer Coach for a British company called GB Soccer School. At 16 years old I gained a football scholarship at Professional Soccer Club...

Miami Marathon Dance For ALS

By Yossi Berkowitz on February 24, 2016 / 4,060 views

By Yossi Berkowitz on February 24, 2016 / 4,060 views

I live in Brooklyn in an apartment building. Everything was nice and peaceful until a newlywed couple moved into the apartment adjacent to ours. Now don't get me wrong, they are both wonderful people, but they happen to head the local chapter of an international organization called Friendship Circle, an organization that assist adults and children with special needs and their families. Being...

Focus On

By C M Reddy on February 24, 2016 / 2,606 views

Everyone has one or more aspirations and objectives in their lifetime to fulfill or reach. Sooner the seeding of dreams occurred in our mind then we immediately plunge into the action. But attaining the desired objective involves not only precise planning, rigorous discipline and stern hard work but also undeterred confidence and indomitable determination. During the course of our journey towards...

Make Smile Your Habit

By Sonia Kaur on February 24, 2016 / 6,343 views

What is SMILE? Smile is a beautiful gift by god given to only human being. Neither trees, plants can smile nor animals, birds can smile only we can smile. Smile makes you beautiful. Smile attracts people. With Smile one can face life's big problems. With Smile you can make lots of friends. Smile can make you famous. You like smiling people so people will like you...

Helping An Elderly Man Today

By Rossputman on February 24, 2016 / 1,837 views

Today I was on my way to a meeting in town with a college of mine, we had already parked the car and we were walking into town. Out of the corner of my eye an old man with a walking stick tripped up some steps to a building about 20 feet in front of us. We promptly rush to him to sit him up and check he was okay, he'd broken his glasses and bashed his nose a little too which was bleeding....

I Found The Missing Part

By Michael Acera on February 23, 2016 / 4,778 views

Many people in the world is trying to seek beyond what they have in life. At first, I'm one of them. I don't know how to be contented. I always seek for more. But there is always missing and I don't know what it is and I can find it. I have no Idea. I set goals and make plans and achieved those I have set. I am happy for a moment of this achievements but they don't last. I am seeking for the...

Give Your Light

By Joseph J. Mazzella on February 22, 2016 / 2,909 views

The first time I saw Kai, she was sitting in my front yard hugging my dog. I had just pulled into my driveway and there she was. She stood up, smiled, and waved. She introduced herself as my new neighbor while she continued to pet my black Lab, Harley. I liked her immediately but didn’t know then what an impact she would have on my life. Soon we were not only neighbors but good friends as...

This Boy Will Be A Great Man

By Clarence W. Stephens on February 22, 2016 / 6,290 views

By Clarence W. Stephens on February 22, 2016 / 6,290 views

Leaving a store, I returned to my car only to find that I'd locked my keys and cell phone inside. A teenager riding his bike saw me kick a tire and say a few choice words. "What's wrong?" he asked. I explained my situation. "But even if I could call my wife," I said, "she can't bring me her car key, since this is our only car." He handed me his cell phone....

Starbucks Cashier Learns ASL For Deaf Customers

By Ibby Piracha on February 22, 2016 / 4,870 views

By Ibby Piracha on February 22, 2016 / 4,870 views

Oh, I gotta love this place. Starbucks woman cashier, she wrote it to me and she knew I am deaf. I am surprised she learning sign language because I attend to Starbucks three times in a week. She asked me "what you want drink?" in sign language. I am so blessed with her. I think she realized Leesburg, VA has deaf people. Please share this post to everyone. I want hearing people...

Be Yourself. Nothing Else

By Antonietta Gutierrez on February 21, 2016 / 6,335 views

Sometimes I have moments where I think about all my sleepless nights, dark days, misery and when I thought nothing to make of myself. But the one thing that I always remember was my secret insecurity with who I was. I never wanted to stand out for anything. I thought that if I blended in with others, conformed to other's expectations/beliefs, and followed everyone else, I would be perfect. I didn't...

Making A Life

By Joseph J. Mazzella on February 19, 2016 / 6,083 views

I have had a lot of jobs over the last 30 years. I have bussed tables and washed dishes. I have mopped floors and carried out garbage. I have chopped wood and stacked lumber. I have shoveled sawdust and pushed a broom. I have substitute taught every grade from seniors to kindergarteners and every subject from English literature to Algebra. I have cared for the handicapped in first a group home and then in my...

Who Wins The War

By C M Reddy on February 17, 2016 / 5,604 views

One of the admirable evolution in the God's Creation is "Human Mind", the prominent attribute of Human mind is "Thinking. This very "thinking" makes human beings stand apart from all creatures on this planet. Animals also do think about their survival, they think to hunt, eat, mate and for all other natural urges. The human thinking has peculiar significance that we not...