Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

Didn’t Think Buying One Cup Of Coffee Would Make Me Cry Today

By Bella on October 13, 2025 / 1,543 views

By Bella on October 13, 2025 / 1,543 views

So this morning I went to my usual coffee shop before work. An old man in front of me was counting coins and didn’t have enough money. The barista was about to cancel his order, so I said, “I’ll pay for it.” He smiled and said, “You don’t know how much I needed this.” His wife passed away last week, and they used to come there together every...

Saved From Being Stranded At The Airport, After An Awful First Ever Flight

By Serena on October 10, 2025 / 1,710 views

By Serena on October 10, 2025 / 1,710 views

This happened maybe ten years ago. I (16F at the time) went to accompany my dad to his wedding out of the country. Complicated story, but I was to go with him to be his witness (turned out I was too young, but that's not relevant). We went by plane and I was pretty nervous since I'd never flew before. My dad can be.. kind of a jokster, and found it hilarious to tell me stories...

Working In The Cafeteria

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 09, 2025 / 1,916 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 09, 2025 / 1,916 views

This story is for all of the hard working people in this world. I hope you enjoy it. God bless you always. It was 40 years ago and I was in college. Although I had signed up for all of the financial aid I could possibly get and chose one of the least expensive colleges in the state I was still struggling to afford it. I signed up for work study jobs each semester then to have at least a few...

Flat Tire, In A Cellular Dead Spot, On Christmas Day

By Eana34 on October 08, 2025 / 1,681 views

By Eana34 on October 08, 2025 / 1,681 views

This was several years ago, with my two younger brothers. I was around 27, brothers were 21, and 17. We were spending the holiday at the grandparents place 1.5 hours away from my parents place. Something was needed all the way back at our folks place. (Don't remember, and the whole thing would have been forgotten had it not been for the flat.) We get past the old back dirt roads and down the...

An Older Lady Who's A Regular At The Store I Work At Surprised Me With Cookies For My Birthday

By A Friend on October 07, 2025 / 2,001 views

By A Friend on October 07, 2025 / 2,001 views

I've worked at a small local grocery store in the town I live in three separate times. The first was from October 2023 - June 2024, the second was from February 2025 - April 2025, and I'm currently working there now. The first time I worked there, I became familiar with an older lady (in her 70's) because on the colder days, she'd wear a big fluffy jacket with cats all over it when...

Dropped Off My Dry Cleaning Today. Owner Fixed My Favorite Cardigan On The Spot For Free

By K on October 06, 2025 / 1,840 views

By K on October 06, 2025 / 1,840 views

It was a small act of kindness that made my day. I picked up and dropped off my dry cleaning earlier. I had a nice cardigan for work I was hoping they could fix because a button popped off and there weren’t extras provided. She tested different buttons for some time until she found the perfect one, sewed on the spot and refused to charge me for it. It’s my favorite...

My Best Ever Decision To Bring Random Joy To People: A Pocket Full Of Tiny Ducks

By The Duck Lord on October 03, 2025 / 2,003 views

By The Duck Lord on October 03, 2025 / 2,003 views

So a long time ago when I was a kid, I read about people getting tiny figurines of something and hiding it in places for others to find. I really liked that idea. Although I didn't want to hide it in places as I didn't cause a disturbance by accident I started to plan and always have something on me to give to people at random times. At the start of this I used origami cranes, I couldn't...

Random Girl Sang To Me To Soothe My Panic Attack During PE

By A Friend on October 02, 2025 / 2,485 views

By A Friend on October 02, 2025 / 2,485 views

When I was a freshman in highschool with hella anxiety I had a pretty bad panic attack (no idea why but back then it was horrible to me). It was PE we were outdoors on the black top and the senior teacher's assistant named Olivia told me to come sit by her cause she probably saw I was hyperventilating. She had me put my head in her lap and she softly rubbed my hair/arm/something while...

Birthdays

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 01, 2025 / 1,171 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 01, 2025 / 1,171 views

September 29th was my 59th birthday. I’ve lived 59 full years on this earth and just began day one of year 60. It feels strange because the person inside this wrinkled, aging body certainly doesn’t feel 60. But I do have so many memories: memories of love, memories of joy, memories of pain, memories of fear, and even memories of regret. I wouldn’t change any of them, though. They...

Gave My Food To A High School Kid Who Didn't Have Any

By A Friend on September 30, 2025 / 2,185 views

By A Friend on September 30, 2025 / 2,185 views

It's been a few years now but one day I visited a Taco Bell around 4 pm or so. I had eaten what I could of my meal and had a few extra food item I would normally have shared with my own teen but he wasn't with me. I had noticed a small group of teen boys and a few of them had food but one boy didn't. He was kind of glancing at the others then checking his phone. My take was,...

I Was A Checker For Sam's And Did A Random Act Of Kindness Years Ago

By Kittygies on September 29, 2025 / 2,714 views

By Kittygies on September 29, 2025 / 2,714 views

A few years ago I worked part time as a checker for Sam's Club. I'm by no means wealthy, but my kids are grown and my 2nd husband and I are comfortable. I remember there was a time in my life when my kids were very young and we were poor. My first husband and I divorced and it was tough raising 2 little girls on my own. Gosh how we looked forward to going grocery shopping on payday. I could...

When A Humiliating Moment Becomes Unforgettable Kindness

By A Friend on September 26, 2025 / 4,151 views

By A Friend on September 26, 2025 / 4,151 views

I was at the store yesterday with my son trying to buy our groceries, it wasn't a lot just rice, oatmeal, apples and beans. At the last minute I told my son to grab a candy bar for himself. He hadn't gotten a treat in such a long time because things are really tight financially at the moment. He was silently looking at it so longingly and it was really nice seeing his face light up when I told him he...

The Tram Driver Gave My Autistic 4 Year Old A Shout Out On The Speaker

By Laushee on September 25, 2025 / 4,653 views

By Laushee on September 25, 2025 / 4,653 views

My son was having a little meltdown getting onto the tram which the driver saw as he made his way to the drivers cabin. He stopped to ask what was wrong and what his name was. I explained he had autism and gave his name. He told me not to worry. He then got into the cabin and just before we departed he went onto the tannoy to give him a special mention by name. When we got off, I told my son to go...

A Life Well-Lived

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 24, 2025 / 4,478 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 24, 2025 / 4,478 views

My Aunt Charlotte is soon going to be 100 years old. When I was a boy we used to take a week each Summer to travel 7 hours to where she lived and visit her and my Uncle Rich. She and my Mom acted like best friends more than sisters and I always delighted in seeing how happy Mom was when we visited her. Even though I probably spent only a few months of my life visiting her at most, my Aunt Charlotte...

Pink Hair

By Bron on September 23, 2025 / 4,058 views

By Bron on September 23, 2025 / 4,058 views

Yesterday my daughter and I were having a coffee and babycino in a shopping centre when we spotted a girl in a shop with pink hair. My daughter who is 3 was delighted as that’s her favourite colour. I told her when we’d finished our drinks we would go and tell her we like her hair. We walked in and I said we don’t need to buy anything, we just wanted to let you know we...

He Carved Space For His Dream, But Built The Way In For Me

By Seriphae on September 22, 2025 / 4,957 views

By Seriphae on September 22, 2025 / 4,957 views

We have this completely overgrown area behind our house that was nothing but dense trees, shrubs, and foliage. My husband has been working for three months straight (digging, cutting, clearing) to carve out space for a hobbit house. He’s loved Tolkien since childhood and always dreamed of having his own. Today he finished building wooden steps down into the cleared area and came inside...

Decided To Give Away My Birthday Present. A Chic-Fil-A Gift Card

By A Friend on September 19, 2025 / 6,387 views

By A Friend on September 19, 2025 / 6,387 views

I’m currently sitting in the waiting room and they called me up to check in. The lady was so nice and asked me for my insurance card. I opened my wallet and saw the chic fil a gift card and went “do you like chic fil a?” and she said yes so I decided to give it to her. Chic fil a is okay but I hate how busy it is so I gave it to her and she said she was going to give it...