Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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Your Job

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 14, 2014 / 6,773 views

God definitely has a sense of humor. As a writer I know this because He always gives me the deepest, most profound, and touching insights when I am far away from anything that I can write them down on. I think He must smile while I strive to keep them straight in my aging brain until I can put them on paper. Perhaps this is the way He makes sure that they settle into my soul as well. This happened to me again...

Dusty Ol' Heater

By Russell H. Glass on April 12, 2014 / 6,499 views

Dusty Old Heater I have a heart to help me remember. I remember the dust that I keep. It sounds so abnormal. Captured in the ownership and collectiveness of this dust, it is a reality and a metaphor. It is nothing and everything that may or may have not been. It sits and collects. I have found myself back home, a ‘new home’, I must say. I have seen everything today & yesterday from under this roof....

And The Beat Goes On

By Jodi-Ann E. M. Morgan on April 12, 2014 / 4,582 views

For a much needed break I am currently staying with relatives, and in their living room sits a piano. I think this is my favourite musical instrument. As a child I started lessons but unfortunately decided to stop so that I could concentrate more on my studies. This is one of my biggest regrets. Every year I would procrastinate and say, "I'm going back soon" but never reached. Some years later, my teacher died....

Break The Barrier

By Raghunandan Srinivasan on April 11, 2014 / 8,725 views

Breaking The Barrier “When an Egg breaks from outside, a life Ends .When an Egg breaks from Inside, a life Begins ” It all started when I was 10 years old. I was on a school trip to Mysore, India. I saw my friends have the time of their life when they jumped into the Cauvery river and started swimming. They called out to me “Hey Raghu .. come on .. jump into the river. It is awesome “.Since I did not...

Tennis Anyone

By Bill on April 09, 2014 / 4,491 views

My Story - Bill Davis I grew up in Harlem, which was an unlikely place to find a private Black tennis club. In 1940 at the age of ten, while walking past the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club at 149th street and Convent Avenue, a voice in the doorway said, "Hey kid, want to run balls for this match?". My answer was an immediate "Yes", for I had always wanted to see what was on the other side of that fence. It so happens...

A Simple Wish

By Belle Jose on April 09, 2014 / 6,460 views

A lot of people ask gold, of glory, of honor. But for me, only a simple wish. My heart is rapt in joyous ecstasy whenever I see the children playing under the sun, shouting and even screaming.Their voices seem like tiny bells that peal out in a symphony and every time they laugh I can hear the cherubim singing. One time I had a conversation with one little girl age of five.She tells about the things around us. The...

Life In The Slow Lane

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 07, 2014 / 6,856 views

I walked into the living room and turned on the radio early this morning. The old rock song, "Life in the Fast Lane" blared loudly out of the speakers because my son had left the volume turned up too high again. Startled, I jumped back then reached over and turned the radio back off again. "I think I prefer life in the slow lane," I said to myself. I really do prefer life in the slow lane. I decided long ago to...

Imagine What We Could Accomplish

By Siobhan Neilland on April 03, 2014 / 13,371 views

Every word we speak, every action we make impacts those around us—even when we don’t realize it. My full-time job as a consultant for Fortune 100 companies on either coast requires me to travel frequently. A few years ago I was on a layover in JFK International Airport, returning from a trip to Africa. Ridden with mosquito bites, sunburns, and more bags than any sane traveler dare carry; I looked like a hot...

You've Been Boa'd

By Meagan Ryerson on April 03, 2014 / 4,715 views

I work in cancer non-profit and though it is an immensely rewarding job it is still that a job. It comes with office camaraderie and drama, so to keep the mood light I Boa'd someone. This only started about a week ago and has been a visible mood booster in the office. We have a coworker who is leaving soon, and feels disconnected from everything, so I took a spare boa I had and left it on her desk with a sticky note...

Springtime In Our Souls

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 01, 2014 / 6,575 views

When Springtime finally comes to the mountains of my home the days feel like a preview of paradise. Spectacular sunshine arrives to bath the woodlands in its golden glow, and there is hour after hour of lovely light. The temperatures rise and wrap everything in their wonderful warmth. Winter coats are tossed aside for t-shirts, and children laugh and play outside. Red, pink, and purple tulips start to appear in...

Happiness Is Key

By Paige Stegeman on March 30, 2014 / 10,491 views

I’ve been thinking about this for a long time now. Originally, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to share my story but what I am sure of is that I want to help people feel how individually spectacular they are. The thing is, there’s always going to be SOMEONE who discourages you, lets you down, or tells you that you aren’t good enough. Well, I am here to tell you that you aren’t just enough you’re everything...

A Tribute To The Best Man I Know

By Meetal Desai on March 25, 2014 / 1,863 views

The best man I know is my father- he is quite simply the best man I have ever met. My dad is a trained cardiologist who refocused his practice on addiction medicine much later in his medical career. He was the first physician trained in how to chemically detox opiate addicts using another narcotic drug in the state of Virginia. His practice flourished but not in a financial capacity- it flourished in the...

Potholes

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 25, 2014 / 2,078 views

I found myself driving the curvy road near my home slower than usual this morning. My eyes were open as wide as I could get them and I was scanning the road as intently as I could. I was swerving my car to the left and to the right. No, I wasn't drunk, sick, or sleepy. I was just trying to miss all of the potholes. An especially brutal Winter had produced a bumper crop of them this year. As I rounded a curve I...

Childrens Hospital Patients Proving They Are So Much More Than Their Diagnosis!!!!!

By Katie Adelhardt on March 23, 2014 / 1,631 views

For Child Life Month, our Child Life Team at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore created this video to honor our patients. Each day their strength amazes us, their courage inspires us, and their laughter reminds us that they are so much more than their diagnoses.... ...

LIGHT IS WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT TO FIND IT

By DR.JAY DROSIN on March 23, 2014 / 7,755 views

When I was Managing Director of a major pharmaceutical company in Africa, we used to go to London for our annual presentation, my finance director, a man of deep spiritual quality and I were chatting in the lobby and I was recounting the days I ran a project in the Congo for malnourished children, everyday I would work in the health centers interviewing mothers and their children. One day a child was brought in with...

Finding Ones Way

By Lynn on March 22, 2014 / 7,243 views

I had a man stop me by honking his horn the other day. He was looking for a church. He looked so upset, I instinctively knew something was very wrong. So I directed him to pull over his car and I would help find the church with my cell phone. As I did so, I asked "Are you okay?" "No, I just lost my brother" "was it unexpected or sudden?" "No, it was sudden". I found the directions and a number to call and asked if...

One Choice At A Time

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 18, 2014 / 2,097 views

My dad left me a treasure when he died. It wasn't a mansion or a car. It wasn't cash or gold. It wasn't bonds or bank accounts. In the eyes of the world my Dad died a poor man. He was a simple mechanic who worked hard to support his family. My Dad's treasure rather was in a thousand wonderful memories that he gave me over the course of his life. One particular one stands out in my mind today. I was just a boy...