Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

Lend An Ear

By Tom on March 12, 2015 / 5,297 views

So, I was up in the Phoenix Park today taking photos of the Bambi's (deer) when I wandered into a bit of a mad scene, to say the least. A man was sobbing uncontrollably and was clearly distressed. Families out walking and others in the park scuttled past him awkwardly trying to avoid him. I watched this for 10 minutes before going over to him and asking if was he okay. He clearly wasn't. His name was Derek, and...

The Man On The Bus

By Sherri Silesky on March 12, 2015 / 2,721 views

He moved slowly down the aisle of the bus after depositing his coins in the box up front. Though heavily clad in a long dark overcoat and hat, his disfigured face from bulbous tumors was in plain view, as were his hands once he removed his gloves. People stared then looked away, though whatever force it is that makes people want to watch a disaster made them look again and again when they thought he wouldn’t...

The Date With Mom

By David Musser on March 12, 2015 / 3,302 views

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, "I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you." The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally. That night...

You're Not Broken

By David Musser on March 12, 2015 / 4,609 views

Ladies: He didn't fall in love with you because he hoped you would change and be more like him. He loves you for who you are and he will be a source of strength and encouragement to see you become all that you want to be. Don't beat yourself up. Don't consume yourself with worry that you all together forget to enjoy and invest into your amazing relationship! You're not broken so you definitely don't need fixing. If...

The Long View

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 10, 2015 / 2,115 views

I had just finished shoveling out my driveway, my porches, and a walk path over to my daughter’s house after yet another heavy snow. It was the fourth time I had shoveled out in a week and I was wondering if my sore back was going to make it through the Winter. During two of the times the wind chill had been so cold that my breath had frozen into ice on my glasses and mustache. As I leaned my aching arms on my...

Lessons On LIfe

By Kay on March 10, 2015 / 2,933 views

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had...

God Is Good

By William on March 10, 2015 / 2,428 views

Two years and three months ago my life was turned upside down. Three days before Christmas my wife and I noticed something strange with my two year olds left eye. Being the protective parents that we have always been we immediately took him to the children's ER. Are fears grew when we were referred to a specialist. After a agonizing couple of weeks we finally were at Duke. My two year old son was diagnosed with...

It Must Be Along The Course!

By Marck Andrei on March 05, 2015 / 2,498 views

It is not on how it started, nor how it is ended… It must be along the course! Life has many facets and the facets are a mix of all bads and goods here on earth. So, let me start my story. I am a privileged woman having the chance to be a wife of a military officer of my country. Well, woman like me is so proud for I am loving and is loved by one of those true heroes of the nation. It had been a good...

Beating The Odds

By Petak on March 04, 2015 / 2,209 views

This story is to tell people that you CAN beat the odds and you CAN make your life better. I was born into an air force family. I am the youngest of 5. I have 3 older sisters and 1 older brother. My parents met through one sister, who was friends with my other sisters in school. Thus, my parents met, fell in love, got married and had me. Somewhere along the way, things went wrong and they were divorced by the time I...

A Letter To Myself

By K Fitz on March 03, 2015 / 10,669 views

Dear Self, Don't be afraid to allow yourself to be ambitious. They will note your failures, belittle your accomplishments, and misunderstand your truth. They are flawed. Remember that you are also flawed. They are lost in a mundane routine, while you are riding the highs and lows of a dreamer. You will find a social resiliency that allows you to connect without being harmed. Focus. Push through the haze, and...

The Real Gift

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 02, 2015 / 5,722 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 / 5,219 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 / 5,419 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 / 6,091 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 / 4,180 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 / 4,625 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 / 4,386 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...