Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

Second Chances

By Maya Angelou on November 17, 2015 / 5,559 views

I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life. I've learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life. I've learned that life sometimes gives you a...

Storing Up Ammunition

By Kay on November 16, 2015 / 3,479 views

I've known people who store up ammunition. I'm not talking about ammunition for guns, but negative ammunition to use on people. Why anyone wants to keep this negative stuff stored in their minds is beyond me, but they do. I've done it myself. Whenever someone does anything that they don't like they get their ammunition out and let them have it. "Well, I remember this, that, or...

The Decision

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 16, 2015 / 1,938 views

I can still remember the first time I truly felt my heart break. I was 25 years old, sitting in a hospital room with the rest of my family. My beautiful Mom was in the last day of her courageous 4 year fight with Cancer. I looked down on her withered body lying on the bed and saw the sadness in her eyes. She could no longer speak but we all still felt her love for us. Together we waited while her breathing...

You Think You Know, But You Don't Know

By Kay on November 16, 2015 / 2,287 views

Have you ever noticed how some trees take forever to drop their dead leafs? I was thinking how these trees were a lot like me. Why on earth did I hang on to things that were dead for so long? We all know that worry, anger, bitterness, jealously, etc. do not add one thing to our lives. They are draining. When some unhappy thought (dead leaf) would come to my mind, either tears would fill my eyes or I...

What You Don't Feed Dies

By Kay on November 13, 2015 / 2,359 views

What you don't feed dies! Now that's a fact. Over the years I've had to think, "What you don't feed dies!" more than a few times in regards to some thoughts and behaviors I wanted to get rid of. Years ago I could get myself in a real panic over something just by the wrong thoughts I would think about it. For instance, I gave Todd, our 15 year old son an allergy...

Home

By Lovely on November 12, 2015 / 3,829 views

The greatest love affair of my life isn't with a person, but a house. It may seem shallow, but really it's far from it. My great grandfather built this house with his bare hands in the late 1930's. The living room I sit in while I write this is the same living room I sat in when my grandfather brought me here to visit his mother, my great grandma. She always kept a candy dish full of candy on her...

Changing

By C M Reddy on November 11, 2015 / 1,924 views

"Unless we change ourselves, we cannot change anything or anyone in this world " Once there was a billionaire having amassed so much of wealth, got a severe eye irritation. He got the eminent doctor to treat his eye, after treatment the doctor advocated the patient to avoid bright light for one month so as to have natural healing and also it could add to the treatment for ensuring speedy...

Thanksgiving Mode Activated

By Azumdialu on November 11, 2015 / 3,814 views

I'm feeling truly grateful to God today particularly because this year has been a very tough year. For me, today is another day of reflection, realization and acceptance of my life's journey. The last time I embarked on soul searching activity was during the festive period of Easter 2015. Sometimes I wonder how I still keep a smile on my face and look reasonably okay. I have learnt to...

Roots Of Relationship

By Sonia Kaur on November 10, 2015 / 8,468 views

Why we guys fail to make a healthy relationship? Because every relationship has different roots and we fail to understand this and our relations end. Every plant has same roots but the care demanded is different I.e some want extra water and some want less water, some need extra sunlight and some less. So if we give equally water and sunlight to every plant then what will happen? Some plants start...

God Heard My Prayer

By Anita on November 10, 2015 / 4,534 views

I couldn't bear the heartache that was inside me.... I felt all alone. All are there but i'm alone. The person whom I felt would never use me... had. I couldn't tell anyone but my pain was unbearable... I wanted to tell my pain... make it go away but I didn't have anyone whom I could trust...... I prayed all night to give me someone to just tell how I felt... In the...

Simple Pleasures

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 10, 2015 / 4,769 views

When I was a boy I didn't have a smart phone, home computers were unheard off, and our 13" television could only get one channel in clearly. Yet, I was never bored. When Spring arrived I would pull out my trusty bike and ride. I would pedal for hours, feel the wind on my face and laugh with joy as I rode down the hills. When Summer came I would find myself swimming every day at the local pool or the...

Life's Journey

By C M Reddy on November 09, 2015 / 4,631 views

"I felt humiliated, insulted & above all some invisible force from zenith of the sky suppressed deep in to the earth. There was no other go, I have to bear with the pain, the stoic silence & the feeling of deserted. Complete darkness around me" Nevertheless now I am searching for a vent to come out & the farthest light that show at least a direction for my journey. I am deep...

When Dawn Breaks Beyond The Lighthouse

By Harvey Kay on November 09, 2015 / 5,319 views

When dawn breaks beyond the horizon over a shimmering sea, casting first light upon a lighthouse, the rays of light appear, to me, to be the hand of God. For more than thirty years lighthouses have fascinated me. I have travelled along the east coast of the North America from Peggy’s Cove Light in Nova Scotia to the tip of Key West to stand at the base of these lighthouses and be fascinated by...

On The Other Side

By Kay on November 09, 2015 / 4,794 views

A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side." Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know." "You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the other side?" The doctor was holding the handle of the door; on the...

A Cute Incident I Witnessed Last Night

By Lucky on November 07, 2015 / 4,854 views

My boyfriend and I live in Texas and recently they built this massive furniture store called Nebraska Furniture Market. Last night, we decided to walk around the place and look at all the things we couldn't afford. We were walking into the lights/chandelier section and noticed an elderly couple slow swing dancing to the Christmas music that the store had playing. It was absolutely adorable and...

Dealing With The Difficult

By Mariah on November 06, 2015 / 4,650 views

It's the same day everyday. Fear envelops me - the fear of being rejected and being worthless. However, I manage to get through everyday because of my faith. I always believe that everyday despite how ugly, how heartbreaking the situation I am in, there is always a light. The light that to me is a sign of hope, a rainbow after the rain which tells me that all these hardships will pass and I, in time will...

I'm A Changed Person

By Ladybug on November 05, 2015 / 3,216 views

There is no use looking back at yesterday. I am no longer the person I was back then. Every morning when the sun rises, I am a changed person. Changed by the experiences I've had, the lessons I have learned, and the love I have received. It's time to move forward and embrace the life that I've been given, be grateful for the many blessings that have been bestowed upon me, and start living a life of...