Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

What I Learned From Five Months Of Travel

By Cliff Hsia on February 09, 2015 / 2,119 views

Five months of extended, slow travel taught me valuable life lessons that I never could have learned from a one week vacation or a weekend getaway. Once I got past the initial lure of traveling to new places (including Guatemala, Taiwan, Australia, and Ethiopia), seeing new things, and doing different activities, the time spent traveling really became a deeper, personal experience; travel became introspective and a...

The American Flag: 13 Folds Of Honor

By Coach Muller on February 09, 2015 / 7,139 views

The history, rituals, and the customs of the United States Military has always fascinated and intrigues me. I hold in highest esteem and respect, all people who has sacrificed their time and/or their lives for their country. A military tradition that has always been deeply moving to me, is watching the person of a fallen spouse or child, receive the folded American flag during a funeral ceremony. I often...

How To Make Now A Good Place To Be

By Sandra Hughes on February 08, 2015 / 2,232 views

All we have is this one single moment. The moment before has gone. The next moment is yet to be. We have no idea if we will even be here for one more moment. There is only now. If we can make now, this moment, a good place to be then we pretty much have things sorted. Our life is lived in moments. It's no mistake that 'now' is known as 'the present'. It's only by being present, by being mindful of this...

One Dollar And Eleven Cents

By Coach Muller on February 06, 2015 / 9,394 views

Every once in a while, I come across a story that renews my faith in miracles. The following true story is an example of how miracles just “don’t happen” but come from a higher being. ------------- Tess was a precocious eight year old when she heard her Mom and Dad talking about her little brother, Andrew. All she knew was that he was very sick and they were completely out of money. They were moving to an...

Two Sisters Have A Bake-Sale To Save Local Barn Cats

By Lily Morgan And Laney Brind on February 05, 2015 / 4,042 views

In the summer we were told by our friends, that the barn next to their house was full of cats and the barn was closing down. We felt very bad for those poor cats. A couple week later we went for a family walk, my sister and me rode our bikes while our mom pushed our baby sister in the stroller, my sister heard a noise in the bush next to her. We all stop to listen and sure enough there was a faint cry in the bush....

The Sisters

By Kay on February 05, 2015 / 4,085 views

Over the years I have met some very interesting people. Two of the most interesting were two elderly sisters, Joan and Bernice, who lived in Dover. I'm not really sure how I became acquainted with them to be honest, but their way of talking about people inspired me. It was always a pleasure to visit these two sisters. Just being greeted at the door was a joy. I remember well how happy they were when I came to...

3 Simple Words

By Guinea Pig Lover on February 04, 2015 / 5,568 views

My school go's from kinder garden to 6th grade. I am a 6th grader. Because of that, The younger kids look up to me and my fellow classmates. This is the story about when I used my power to make a kid feel empowered: One day, some of my friends and I, were walking to our lunch period. We were a little late, so the halls were empty. Then a little disabled boy(he needs a walker to walk) in kinder garden, comes from the...

Connected

By Chris on February 03, 2015 / 5,774 views

"Sometimes you meet someone, and it’s so clear that the two of you, on some level belong together. As lovers, or as friends, or as family, or as something entirely different. You just work, whether you understand one another or you’re in love or you’re partners in crime. You meet these people throughout your life, out of nowhere, under the strangest circumstances, and they help you feel alive. I don’t...

The Snowsuit

By Kay on February 03, 2015 / 4,181 views

"Can you tell me if anyone in our store does community service?" Bill asked. A person spoke up and said," I know that Rose does. She helps the homeless at her church." Bill, my husband, had recently been transferred to this store as the Store Manager. Bill liked to recognize employees who worked in community service. He met with Rose and found out about the outreach program operating out of her inner-city church....

The Mower

By Kay on February 03, 2015 / 4,201 views

It's interesting how everyday happenings can make you think. I was in a hurry. I wanted to get the yard mowed before it got dark. I opened the garage door and drug out the mower. I did my usual push the little red button routine a few times and gave the cord a yank. Yippee it started right up. I walked back and forth over the yard a few times when the mower started to act weird. "What on earth is wrong with...

My Desire To Heal Was Greater Than My Fear...

By Kirsty Spraggon on February 03, 2015 / 5,227 views

It's the anniversary of my TEDx talk going live. I can't begin to tell you all the ways that day, month and year have changed my life. The year of X. Cause that is what I used to call my secret. I couldn't even say the word. It was quite a joke by the universe then to have me share it at TedX yes X lol. Sweet divinity in action. I look back now at the girl who stood on that stage and she was still so full of fear of...

My Backup Alarm

By Joseph J. Mazzella on February 02, 2015 / 4,300 views

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! I sat up groggily as my alarm went off. The bedroom was still dark and I fumbled for the alarm clock and switched it off. My body and mind just weren't ready to get up yet. I groaned, laid back down, put my head on my pillow, and closed my eyes. It was then, however, that my backup alarm went off. It jumped up on my bed, put its paws on my chest, and started to rapidly lick my face. It was my...

I Didn't Just Give Him Money

By Mike on January 30, 2015 / 2,262 views

A homeless man walked up to me today in Memphis and told me he was hungry and needed money. Instead of giving him money, we walked a block down and enjoyed a couple of hotdogs and sodas together. He teared up during our chat, thanking me a hundred times. The craziest thing was that it was one of the best conversations I've had with someone in a long time. He taught me not to judge, and I'm thankful for that....

Little Acts Of Kindness

By Kay on January 29, 2015 / 6,054 views

"Could you come in here for a minute?" I heard Martha ask as I rounded the corner. "Sure, what do you need?" I replied. Opening her closet this 80+ year-old lady pulled out an outfit. "I'd like you to take this. I think it would look cute on you." I didn't know quite what to say. As you might well imagine, this outfit was not something I would ever think of wearing. However, I took it and thanked Martha very...

Don't Let Your Inner Life Die

By David Musser on January 29, 2015 / 2,278 views

Whatever trials you are going through today I would implore you to avoid a state of depression as if it were the plague! Don't let your inner life die! If there is a meaning to life than there is also meaning to the trials we experience. Never give up the last of human freedoms; to choose one's own way...the ability to respond positively to life's experiences. Do not close your eyes and try to live in the past when...

Ida Lee & Me

By Tom Froehlich on January 29, 2015 / 2,444 views

Ida Lee & Me Tom Froehlich “My name is Ida Lee and I’m ninety years old. Who the hell are you?!” That was how I met Ida Lee. She was a regular and long-standing member of the writing group I attended on Tuesday nights. Ida was writing a book about her adventures as a Los Angeles city cab driver. Ida began driving cab when she was sixty-three while pursuing her acting career and continued to do so...

The Chicken Bus

By Tom Froehlich on January 29, 2015 / 4,855 views

My family has a cottage, built by my grandfather over eighty years ago that lies on the peninsula of Door County Wisconsin. Door County is known as the “Cape Cod of the Midwest” and is dotted with cherry orchards who’s summer fruit is transformed into jams, jellies and pies and sold to tourists throughout the summer. The land is surrounded by water on three sides allowing the air to hold a kind of ethereal,...