Customer Blows Everyone Away In Bed, Bath And Beyond

By Lauren on April 06, 2015 / 6,847 views

So, my faith in humanity was restored last night while working my part-time job at a local Bed, Bath & Beyond. I was in the process of ringing out a female customer who had a rough time of it recently in their life. She had been in the night before and was back again to determine what she could afford to purchase. She was trying to buy comforters for herself and her two young sons. She had decided to purchase...

Father Makes Short Film For His Daughter And You Wont Believe What Happens Next....

By Kurt Dettbarn on April 06, 2015 / 4,768 views

By Kurt Dettbarn on April 06, 2015 / 4,768 views

Crazy story that's actually true… Dad (me) makes short film (Sad Monster) for his 3 year old daughter as a birthday present and ends up winning 7 Best Film Awards including BEST FILM at Comic Con!!! as well as 18 official film festival selections, a book deal and a meeting Stan Lee!!!!! My daughter (Maja) was growing up too fast and I wanted to capture this moment in her life before it was over. So I wrote a...

From Nine To Now

By Vivian Lewis on April 05, 2015 / 4,534 views

“From Nine to Now” A shy young girl nine years old was scorned with physical and emotional sadness due to being picked on by students at school. She began to feel unequal because of her size. She then developed a lack of self worth. After years of being bullied by her peers she felt discontent with her life. At time she felt life was not worth living. During the time of her disarray she knew her mother...

Aspiration Of A Child

By Anjali Mohapatra on April 04, 2015 / 5,657 views

A child's aspiration. The train was moving fast, leaving behind the platform far away. Almost all the passengers had settled down, keeping their luggages in proper places. I kept my suitcase just below the lower berth seat. Obviously, I preferred two-tier AC for a little comfort, only because the air ticket price for one side journey was too high. A...

Patching Potholes

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 02, 2015 / 6,501 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 02, 2015 / 6,501 views

There is an old joke that I hear every Spring here in the mountains of my home. A police officer sees a car swerving erratically on the road ahead. After pulling the car over he walks up to question the driver. The man looks out his car window and says: "I know what you are thinking officer, but I am not drunk. I was just trying to miss all of those potholes." That joke rang true to me today as I found myself...

Get Out There!

By Drew on April 01, 2015 / 4,474 views

Humans are far different from anything ever observed. We have the amazing capability to perceive the world around us, and use what we know to make something from nothing, either in our mind, or in reality. Our minds have an endless capacity for knowledge, and there is no limit to how much we can learn and create. We are always overlooking the advanced capabilities of our own minds, never imagining the important...

Meaning Of Happiness

By Ken on March 30, 2015 / 6,087 views

Happiness, what does it exactly mean? All my I have been working hard for my family. Having thought that this will make me happy, and I was the strongest among my brothers, i did stand up give up my studies, and landed on a job. I financed their education and leave my dreams behind. Within these past years I started to get tired. I was mad at my eldest brother who got married right away forgetting...

It's Not The Critic Who Counts

By Chris on March 30, 2015 / 4,487 views

This is from a power speech by Theodore Roosevelt "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error...

UNDERSTANDING

By Anjali Mohapatra on March 27, 2015 / 5,449 views

UNDESTANDING Samarth, the first Indian to get a million dollars cash prize for his fine art. This was his welcome ceremony. The gallery was full of audience. It was pin drop silence as if everyone was completely hypnotised by his speech. He began his speech, ‘ I am...

Rain

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 26, 2015 / 5,686 views

I was driving home in a gloomy rainstorm on a cold, March morning in the mountains of my home. Part of me was enjoying the rain thinking that it would clean the slush, salt, and grime that covered my car from weeks of Winter driving and save me a trip to the car wash. Another part of me was keeping a watchful eye on the creeks and rivers hoping that the melting snow and freshly falling rain wouldn't lead to any...

You Have A Friend In Me

By David Musser on March 26, 2015 / 5,114 views

There is a direct link between our mind and our immune system. Do all you can to stay positive, never give up hope and never lose faith in the future. If you have a reason for existing then you will have the ability to endure anything life throws at you. If you are down or confused, feel lost or unappreciated then search deep and uncover that reason for you to exist. Woe to those who saw no more sense in their...

Inspiring Egg Crack Challenge Goes Viral For Type 1 Diabetes!

By Type1toTypeNone on March 26, 2015 / 3,943 views

I want to start off by saying that I don't do this very often. I don't often share with people some of the things I've gone through in the past because I'm terrible at receiving sympathy and because I know a lot of people have life so much harder than I do. However, I would like to share my story in honor of the people that have shaped me into the person that I am and have been my motivation for helping to...

First Encounter

By Sherri Silesky on March 25, 2015 / 4,241 views

I just read and watched the story of Oscar the cat (on this site) who visits those who are dying. It reminded me of something that happened to me a while back and I thought I’d share it. One day in 1988 I awakened at about 5 a.m. Trust me, what happened next was no dream. Suddenly, there appeared before me three people who were laying down. They appeared in a kind of holographic form, on a screen that was...

The Power Of Words

By Norman Dagle on March 24, 2015 / 7,155 views

There is an old saying that states, "You are what you eat." While this might be true, I think a better and more true statement would be, "You are what you say." Words have power that is matched by few things in this world. A few simple words strung together can lift someone up or knock them down. The words we choose to speak, I feel, have very real implications on our lives. If we choose to go around saying positive...

The Cracked Pot

By Kay on March 24, 2015 / 1,870 views

A Water Bearer in India had two large pots; each hung on each end of a pole, which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master's house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a...

A Beautiful Way Of Encouragement

By Anjali Mohapatra on March 23, 2015 / 5,539 views

A beautiful way of encouragement. It was still raining. The bright light of the day, had already faded in the presence of twilight, welcoming the night. Amy got up from her chair next to her ailing mother's bed in the hospital, and slowly walked towards the glass window. Holding the window curtain to one side, she peeped through the glass, just to make sure,...

Life's Storms

By Kay on March 22, 2015 / 5,757 views

A pastor had been on a long flight between church conferences. The first warning of the approaching problems came when the sign on the airplane flashed on: Fasten Your Seat Belts. Then, after a while, a calm voice said, "We shall not be serving the beverages at this time as we are expecting a little turbulence. Please be sure your seat belt is fastened." As the pastor looked around the aircraft, it became...