Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

The Real Gift

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 02, 2015 / 5,682 views

I was watching some reunion videos the other day. Those are the ones where the serviceman or servicewoman returns home after many months to surprise their families. One in particular widened my smile and moistened my eyes at the same time. In it a five year old little girl was celebrating her birthday party. After blowing out the candles on her birthday cake it was time to open her presents. She seemed...

Language, No Barrier

By Anjali Mohapatra on March 02, 2015 / 5,165 views

Language, no barrier So... What do you think? Who is a real smart person? A person who is well dressed, wearing costly foot-wear, speaking English fluently, and walks smartly? Well, invariably smartness is defined in these spoken base lines. But believe it or not, a real smart person is anybody, who can manage any odd situation cleverly, without having...

Yet He Chooses To

By Kim S. Holdiman on March 01, 2015 / 5,380 views

Tonight as I cleaned out some papers on my desk, I found some old cards and letters that brought tears to my eyes. One was from an old friend that I haven't really known in years. We had a falling out of sorts a couple of decades back and just have been cordial when we run into each other. This past Christmas, she did what I should have done long ago. She wrote a heartfelt letter putting the past in the past and...

The Most Beautiful Voice

By Roger Dean Kiser on February 27, 2015 / 6,049 views

“Would you be kind enough to read something for me?” asked the old man, as we hid beneath the overpass. Slowly shaking my seven-year-old head to the affirmative, I watched as he reached down and began rummaging through his dirty old knapsack. I stood, silently watching as the elderly hobo began to remove various items from the brown gunny sack he carried over his shoulder. “Here it is sonny,” he...

Credit Can Make Or Break You

By Roger Dean Kiser on February 27, 2015 / 4,139 views

“You had best take your little snotty nose butt and get back over by that fire barrel,” the hobo told me, as he shook his large knife at me. Though only ten or eleven years old, most of the time when I ran away from the orphanage; most of the hobos and tramps I met were kind to me, always willing to share their food and coffee. This particular fellow seemed to hate everyone and everything. “How come...

Stan The Man

By Roger Dean Kiser on February 27, 2015 / 4,567 views

I must have lost my head when I agreed to go shopping with my wife this morning. Am I so retarded and is my brain so small that I have forgotten the never-ending circles she always travels, looking at hundreds upon hundreds of items which we cannot even afford to buy? Most are things we would not even buy even if we could afford them. “What’s wrong with you?” asked Judy. “Well, since you asked....

An Officer And A Gentleman

By RDK on February 27, 2015 / 4,341 views

I guess I’ll never learn, or maybe I’ll just have to learn certain lessons the hard way. It is very difficult trying to write stories with grandchildren hanging all over you. You would think with two televisions, numerous video games, Barney and Dora the Explorer videos, CDs and coloring books; the kids would have more to do than jump on top of me when I am at the computer when the inspiration sneaks upon me...

One Story Changed Her Life... Now She's Living Her Dream!

By Dalton Wiechmann on February 25, 2015 / 5,769 views

Experience the true story on how a woman's forgotten dream is brought to life! Jenny Fandel was the dean's office assistant at a local high school. After giving up on her dream to be a singer decades ago, Jenny's life changes forever when she encounters two former students, Dalton Wiechmann and Daniel Murphy, after one unexpected night that she returned to the office. Witness the struggle of lost hope and...

The One Thing You Never Run Out Of

By Joseph J. Mazzella on February 24, 2015 / 6,564 views

It was a sweltering hot, Summer's day and I was longing to go swimming at the local pool. Instead, I was riding in the back seat of the car as my parents drove to a friend's house. They were going to lend a hand to a church work camp repairing her roof and porch. As an eight year old boy I knew that there wouldn't be much for me to do and I was right. In the end I fetched a few hammers, threw away some scrap pieces...

Attitude On Life

By Kay on February 23, 2015 / 6,938 views

Attitude on Life The longer I live, the more I realise the impact of attitude on life. It is more important than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than whatever anyone might say or do. It is more important than appearances, giftedness or skill. The remarkable thing is that we have the choice to create the attitude we have for that day. We cannot change our past....

"AND UNTO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN"

By Melissa Reale on February 21, 2015 / 3,990 views

“AND UNTO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN” Ash Wednesday. It is not just some ritual that says you are Catholic. It is a reminder of our mortality and frailty. 18 days post the onset of burning, numbness and tingling in my legs. 15 days from the neurologist at Columbia Presbyterian saying the words “Guillain-Barre Syndrome(GBS)”. 11 days from my last treatment of IVIG infusions. 10 days of this process they...

Fix Your Focus

By Kay on February 20, 2015 / 1,933 views

When I first became a Christian I bought myself a Bible. Inside of the front cover I wrote "Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end." Hebrews 12:2 Of all the Bible texts I could have chosen, I chose this one. I wondered why. Over the years I've had several experiences that have shown me why I chose this text. I'd like to share my first experience. One day while I...

Path To Solace

By Bala on February 20, 2015 / 4,722 views

I have been going through a tough time recently, and have been missing work out of depression. This morning, i decided to go to a nearby temple to find some solace from all my troubles. The temple was almost empty with very few patrons so i was able to spend some time in peace and quiet. I was still brooding even when i walked out of the temple, when i noticed a ragged old lady who was crouched beside the temple...

Everything Happens For A Reason

By Brigiet on February 19, 2015 / 2,123 views

I was born in 1975, the eldest of 5. Four girls and one boy. After a while my mom took me to live with my grandmother who lived on a farm. It was more like dumping me there because my dad was totally against it, but since they weren't married, my mom did as she pleased. I lived with my grandma for four years and also started with my schooling there. I remember one cold winter morning on my way to school without...

A Father's Love

By Elaine Grajo on February 19, 2015 / 4,739 views

A father's love to his children was irreplaceable. A father's love to his children, cannot be replaced no matter what happen. My cousin Ann and I, we're bestfriends since we were born. We celebrate our birthdays together, we play together, we go out together, we buy together, and also we have something in common like clothes and some other stuffs. But one day it was gone. It was one day before my 11th birthday....

An Amazing Letter To Me.

By Anjali Mohapatra on February 18, 2015 / 5,811 views

An amazing letter to me. Dated: 30.01.2013 Dear me, Hey! How are you? Surprised? Com on, guess who am I? Wait, wait , wait a minute, let me tell you first, what I want to tell you, then I will introduce myself. Of course, I know, it is not necessary to introduce myself to you as we are inseparable. Yesterday night, I...

Quality Time

By Carli on February 17, 2015 / 5,007 views

My husband has a demanding job. He leaves the house early in the morning, before the kids are awake and will come back home a little before supper time. One of my big worries when we decided to have kids was that I'd be a "married single parent." We discussed it and he promised to be there as much as possible and that I wouldn't feel alone. He followed through his promise, he spends 90% of his free time with us....