Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

Cheers To Evening Rain

By Chandramouli Reddy on June 18, 2015 / 1,995 views

Today evening, I experienced the first showers of Southwest monsoon. So enthralling ... so charming. The sky poured it's happy tears on my tiny town. After the scorching heat that squeezed out our water from trees and human bodies, the first rain brought with it, the refreshment, vigour and quenching the thirst of all living organisms in and around. I came out on my two wheeler and did not wear a coat -...

I've Failed And Been Rejected So Many Times, And I Have Never Been Happier In My Life

By Saeed Mobayed on June 17, 2015 / 3,581 views

Growing up as a kid, I was always scared of my own shadow. I lived in a constant state of self-consciousness and as a result repressed my human expression in all its rawness and uniqueness. I was always calculating in my mind the most appropriate thing to say in social situations to avoid being judged and made fun of by other people. The fear of rejection by society was eating me up from inside out leaving...

Goodbye Max, Our Sweet Boy

By Zopa on June 17, 2015 / 2,408 views

Yesterday morning we had to say goodbye to the sweetest, goofiest, most lovable, most devoted dog anyone could ever hope to know. They found an inoperable tumor, and we were forced to let him go. For 11 years he kept us company, made us laugh, loved us, guarded us, worshiped the ground my children walked on. He grew up and grew old wanting nothing more than to be part of the family he loved so...

The Best Birthday Gifts You Give To Yourself

By Chubby Cheeks on June 16, 2015 / 1,908 views

27 candles will be on my cake next month. To me it means a number of things and I intend to celebrate my descent into my thirties with the vigour of the entire carnival in Brazil. I've survived self sabotage and short selling myself on things I truly wanted because of thinking its way above me. I'm finally watering my own garden, owning my stilettos and believing they look best on me. I'm no longer...

The Starfish

By Chris on June 15, 2015 / 2,627 views

By Chris on June 15, 2015 / 2,627 views

One day after a high tide, many starfish were brought to the shore. They started drying up in the sun. A boy, walking down the shore, started placing the starfish back into the sea one by one. A stranger who saw what he was doing walked up to him and asked: "Why are you doing this? Look around! There are millions of starfish; the shore is covered with them. Your attempts won't...

Why To Love God

By Sonia Kaur on June 15, 2015 / 2,152 views

God is omnipresent. Everything is under his control. He is truth. We realize the worth of God when we are in hard days and feel that we are helpless and only god can help us out. God is the best listener, he listens us patiently without interruption our all prayers, foolish talks. He talks with us through our intuitions, messages, dreams etc. God is generous and compassionate. He takes...

One Of My Students Made Me Cry

By Teacher on June 12, 2015 / 1,916 views

I teach in a brilliant school in the UK - not a private school, but somewhere the kids are almost universally excellent. I realised that something was wrong very quickly with you. You were once a happy, radiant girl. You were top of the school academically, friendly, popular. Even now, in your last year of school, you had dreams of being a doctor. But every now and again I'd see your...

Be The Candle

By Bob Dailey on June 12, 2015 / 2,479 views

By Bob Dailey on June 12, 2015 / 2,479 views

There’s a place in Baja, on the Sea of Cortez side, about 100 miles south of San Felipe called Gonzaga Bay. You can drive there pretty easily (by Baja standards) nowadays. But, 30 years ago, it was quite an adventure to get there. Your reward for all that off road adventure (other than the journey itself)? An off-the-grid community of small “houses” on a beautiful bay with whatever supplies...

Second Chances

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 11, 2015 / 2,476 views

I was in fifth grade and about to take a science test. Since first grade I had always been good at school. I loved to read and remembered things easily. Simple math was a breeze for me and I always did well on tests. When it came to fifth grade science, however, I was struggling. I couldn't seem to understand it no matter how hard I tried. I was scared. Mom and Dad had always been so proud of my good...

Think Of Fear As Your Friend

By Papa Cado on June 10, 2015 / 2,095 views

By Papa Cado on June 10, 2015 / 2,095 views

Life was so good, so simple, when I was a child. Mom was born in Montgomery, Alabama, and Dad was from Los Angeles. They met when he was in the Coast Guard, stationed in Mobile. Dad loved Mom and the South like crazy. So after they married, we lived in Mobile. When I was five, we moved into a small house right off Mobile Bay. I think the name of the street was Dearborn. We lived across...

A True Story

By Anjali Mohapatra on June 09, 2015 / 2,376 views

Sometimes, we become so emotional in our life that we interpret the existence of God in a wrong way. I do believe that God always leads us in the right path, but unfortunately more than half of our life time, we become blind with greediness, power and money. I always try my best to carry the positive attitude, but still then I lose my track sometimes and do wrong things. Anyways, I want to share one of my own...

Trucks And Momma Ducks

By Kellan on June 09, 2015 / 1,644 views

While driving into work this morning, I came up on one of the great big FedEx trucks - the double trailer kind - stopped in the right hand lane. No blinkers, no turn signal, nothing. I thought he had broken down. There was a sedan in the left lane and it came to a stop as well. I had the windows open and I could hear the truck driver very, very softly blowing the air horn. I was so confused! Then I saw them....

The Young Guy Who Didn't Get The Job

By AJ on June 08, 2015 / 6,643 views

Steven knows he's a good but not great web designer and is about to go on an interview at a marketing firm in the city. He prepares his resume and goes over the checklist needed to make a good first impression. Steven puts on his suit, says a prayer and leaves for the train. As he gets into the tall office building, Steven looks in awe as all of his expectations were met. He is appointed the 3rd opening in...

Cleaning Can Wait

By Stephanie on June 06, 2015 / 1,667 views

My son Christopher did something that really hit home today. As he is laying there watching a movie while I'm tending to his baby sister, I ask him if he would like to play Wii with me when the baby takes a nap. He looks over and says, "Really?" as this is something I rarely do because I always seem to use nap time to clean something, cook, etc. plus the fact that I really hate video...

What Happens When You Fall In Love Too Often, And Too Fast

By Kevin Wood on June 06, 2015 / 7,113 views

By Kevin Wood on June 06, 2015 / 7,113 views

There I was again. My back pressed against the wall. My head hung so low it looked like my neck might snap. The weight of lost love bared down again. Why could I never learn? Why did I always have to fall in love so quickly? My old belief was that love was simply unicorns and butterflies. It was only pleasant - pleasurable, and should work, without any work. This was naive and...

Beyond The Surface

By Pooja on June 04, 2015 / 5,749 views

So many unsaid feelings, So many unsaid thoughts, So many unsaid emotions, Such are our minds like a deep ocean Because there is so much beyond the surface. We laugh with the people we love, We cry for the people we care, We spend our lives with the dearest ones, Still we wait till losing them to realize their real worth Which makes me...

The Little Things

By Samantha T on June 04, 2015 / 6,117 views

Recently I've been enjoying going to get a sub from Subway on my way home from school, and just about every time I go it's the same man working there. I'm not exactly sure but I think he is autistic or has something along those lines but either way he's very nice. So the other day when I stopped in he asked me, as always, how my day was and then he preceded to make my sub, then just...