Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

2 Dads + 4 Kids: A Heartwarming Wedding Registry

By Carolyn Zale on July 16, 2015 / 4,008 views

When 2 gay dads from Florida get married they register for the most selfless thing of all, their 4 children's future education. When Juan Luque and Patrick Duffy fell in love in 2008, marriage and family both seemed like distant dreams. Without the legal right to marry in their home state of Florida, first came love and then the baby carriage. With IVF and the help of a surrogate,...

To The Police Officer Who Was Just Here

By Chris on July 16, 2015 / 4,190 views

You've shown a face of the police the media almost never get to see. The two times I've called the police on neighbor, who is schizophrenic, extremely delusional, and needs help because he stopped taking his medicine when he moved here, it's been you that's shown up. Even though you couldn't help me get the help he needs, you have come to visit him every day just to make sure he is...

Take A Long Run

By Akansha on July 16, 2015 / 4,408 views

Where are we stand today, where we want to see ourselves in a year? Yes, that is a quite impressive question which can help to take a big turn for our thoughts and as we all know that thought becomes our action and our action has all power to make a great life ground for us. So why are you waiting, just get up and be ready to welcome your great and wealthy life. Don't be sad because no one else...

A Presentation

By Anjali Mohapatra on July 16, 2015 / 5,438 views

Once, a math teacher was asked by her senior- in-charge, to submit a paper, relating 'Maths in our everyday life.' For a second, the math teacher was surprised at her senior's demand, but then she smiled. She politely replied her, 'As you wish'! It was supposed to be submitted within three days. Next day, early in the morning, she gave a call to her senior, saying that she had to...

Memories Stagnate Us In The Past

By Adede Owalla on July 16, 2015 / 3,746 views

In February last year, I lost one of my best friend and a fellow Poet Christine, who was popularly known as "Princess Socrates " among her Kenyan fans. Her death was a big blow to me and to those who knew her and being that it happened through a road accident, it hit us so abrupt and sudden that our hearts got no chance to rehearse for the impending sorrow. A week before her death, we attended a...

Prayers

By Joseph J. Mazzella on July 13, 2015 / 6,361 views

Over the years I have said many prayers to God, and I haven't always gotten the answers I wanted. When I was a little boy I prayed for my lost dog, Duke to come back home but he never did. When I was in high school I prayed that I would become a big football star, but God had other plans. In college I prayed to become a huge success and be both rich and famous. Thirty years later I am still waiting on that...

Forgiving

By Chandramouli Reddy on July 13, 2015 / 5,781 views

This morning, I started very late in my vehicle to office. I was in hurry to reach office as clients from other city were waiting in my room. Add to my woes I got hold off in the traffic jam at a signal point. All the vehicles stood up in bee line, everybody in the driving seat were blowing horns incessantly to get rid off their irritation over the situation they were held. I got down from the vehicle &...

Life Is All About What You Make It

By Akansha Patel on July 13, 2015 / 5,621 views

An old proverb I always heard: "If you put cactus herb on the ground, do not expect roses from it." This is very well saying proverb which describes our life in a different way (i.e give to get). We all want love, respect, attention, care, so just start to give your whole love, respect to that person whom you love. There is no second doubt that when you start to give love other person at...

The Power Of Decision Making

By Adede Owalla on July 13, 2015 / 2,563 views

Both my parents died while I was in form one ( ninth grade ) in the year 2002, and it seemed as if my future and that of my two siblings had been totally darkened and all hopes stuffed in a sack of abandonment. This was considering the fact that my immediate guardian, my grandma was also lame and there was no need depending on her because she had nothing to offer in the first place and could not even afford a...

Does God Still Speak To People

By Kay on July 09, 2015 / 7,438 views

It was a delightful morning. The birds were singing and the chipmunks were chirping in between eating their morning meal of acorns on our front steps. "Oh, life doesn't get any better than this." I said to myself as I sat in my usual spot on the sofa reading my Bible and talking to the LORD.This quiet time was a daily habit for me. I never knew when I sat down exactly how long I would be there. I...

Concentration Is A Key Of Success

By Sonia Kaur on July 09, 2015 / 9,592 views

Concentration is a key of success. It means to focus on one subject. When we concentrate the cosmic power from universe starts coming upon us. Concentration clears out our all confusion. Why our mind changes very easily because of lack of concentration. I have seen many people confused about their carrier, about their self. I wonder to see some people don't know what they...

Finding The Right Wavelength

By Joseph J. Mazzella on July 07, 2015 / 6,303 views

When I was a boy we had a small 13 inch color television set in our living room. It had a knob to change the channels on it. We rarely turned that knob, however. We lived in the country and our rusty, old antenna could only pick up one channel clearly. If it was cloudy outside, I could go out and hand-turn the antenna half way around to try and pick up a second network, but usually it was only static. When I...

Keeping The American Dream Alive

By Sonia Cabrero on July 07, 2015 / 4,224 views

At 17 years old, Valeria, a native of Peru, was working on her first international development project. As a research assistant for the Apprendre/Collaborarer/Transformer (A.C.T.) consulting firm in Miami she researched, computed and summarized data on the macro-environment job market in Haiti to be used for a report to the US Agency for International Development (USAID). When she got accepted to Northeastern...

Sunflowers 4 Soldiers

By Jane on July 07, 2015 / 3,616 views

In 2010 I fractured and crushed 5 vertebrae training for the Royal Artillery Gold Cup, a military horse race. As a result I never completed a tour of duty or fulfilled my ambition to transition from the Honourable Artillery Company to the Army Legal Service. Now it is time to do my bit for the men and women that did and all soldiers that have served our country past, present and future. Horseback UK...

An Apartment W/ No Furniture

By Vaper on July 07, 2015 / 4,301 views

I wake up everyday to an appartment with no furniture. Much like I wake up everyday to a soul with no spirit, no hope. I mean, I've got most of what I've dreamed about as a child. I have an amazing mother that sacrificed everything she had to raise me and guide me in the right direction. Even though he wasn't around in the beginning, being that he put himself in prison at such a young age, I can...

Explore Inner Self - Find True Happiness

By Chandramouli Reddy on July 07, 2015 / 6,104 views

"What is Happiness", there are various opinions and theories of people are making rounds in different media all over the Globe. But when those are concluded broadly it is the status of an individual mind at a given point of time. So mind makes us Happy or Unhappy. Every Human being has both outer physical body or Outerself and Innerself. Innerself consists of: 1) Mind 2)...

Unsung Heroes – Unnoticed Dimension To World

By Daniel Clark on July 06, 2015 / 3,539 views

How it feels when you are unnoticed for some great deed? Very negative, right? You decide not do that task again. But you would be surprised to know, there several people I would best correct it to several heroes who are unnoticed for their great deeds. They work for others, help people who are in need. They put their life in danger to save or protect other people in danger. They face many challenges to...