Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

Ryder's Friend, Mike

By Leanne on November 11, 2025 / 1,306 views

By Leanne on November 11, 2025 / 1,306 views

I have an amazing special needs son named Ryder. He is 11 and on the autism spectrum. As a parent to a child with special needs you carry certain worries and insecurities sometimes.. like will my kid ever fit in ? Will he make friends? Can he find his happy place in this world? Through our adventures we have discovered a place in the mall in our town called “Game World”. It is...

A Cute Note I Got From A Stranger On A Flight

By A Friend on November 10, 2025 / 1,534 views

By A Friend on November 10, 2025 / 1,534 views

So this story if from May 2024, I was returning from a family trip In Turkey enroute to Mumbai, India. There was this girl sitting behind me on flight and asked me for my power bank because her phone was dead, I gave it to her but unfortunately it did not have enough juice to get it on. I felt bad, I immediately got up got my bag from the overhead, got a USB A to USB C cable from my bag (...

Stopped To Help A Stranded Mom With Two Kids On The Highway. Added An Hour To My Commute After A 12-hour Shift. No Regrets

By A Friend on November 10, 2025 / 1,357 views

By A Friend on November 10, 2025 / 1,357 views

Was driving home after a 12-hour shift, dead tired, when I saw someone on the side of the highway with their hazards on. It was getting dark and starting to rain. Should've kept going. I was exhausted, still had a 40-minute drive ahead of me, and honestly just wanted to collapse on my couch. But I pulled over. It was a woman with two kids in the back seat. Flat tire, no...

I Was On The Train And Someone Handed Me This Note

By A Friend on November 07, 2025 / 1,508 views

By A Friend on November 07, 2025 / 1,508 views

I was on my way home from a long day at work. I heard paper tearing, but I kind of tuned it out as one does on public transportation. When the train door opened, a guy handed me this and bolted. I looked around confused before reading it and it immediately brought a smile to my face. The note reads: "You look nice. It's clear you take pride in your appearance, keep it...

The Store Did Me A Favor Today. So I Do A Favor For You

By A Friend on November 06, 2025 / 1,623 views

By A Friend on November 06, 2025 / 1,623 views

I’m sitting here on my lunch break writing this as I just witnessed it. For context, I’m a Shift Supervisor for a retail drug store chain in the USA. Currently the USA government has shut down, unfortunately it’s impacting people who are on government assistance. One form of government assistance in the USA is food stamps. A certain amount is put on a card, called an EBT card, and...

My Neighbor Shovels My Driveway Every Time It Snows

By SunshineLD on November 05, 2025 / 1,438 views

By SunshineLD on November 05, 2025 / 1,438 views

I live alone and have a bad back, so winters are rough. Last year my neighbor started clearing my driveway before I even woke up. I’ve tried paying him, baking cookies, everything-he just laughs it off and says “just pass it on.” People like that make me believe in community...

Growing Up Little

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 04, 2025 / 1,820 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 04, 2025 / 1,820 views

Here is my new story. It is for anyone who has ever felt little and afraid. I hope you enjoy it. God bless you always. When I was 4 years old my parents entered me in Kindergarten. Because I was born on September 29th they were given the option of letting me enter early or wait a whole extra year. I was a good reader and eager to go to school so Mom agreed. This led to me always being the...

Fixed A Kid’s Broken Toy Today And It Weirdly Made My Day

By A Friend on November 03, 2025 / 1,565 views

By A Friend on November 03, 2025 / 1,565 views

My neighbor's little kid (maybe 5 or 6) came to the gate this afternoon with a broken plastic robot. One leg had snapped off and he looked ready to cry. I didn't have glue or tools, just random junk in a drawer, so I grabbed a paperclip and some tape and tried to make it stand again. It looked stupid but somehow worked the robot could walk in a wobbly way. He tested it, stared for...

Brief Exchange Of Kindness In The Grocery Story When I Needed It Most

By A Friend on November 03, 2025 / 1,872 views

By A Friend on November 03, 2025 / 1,872 views

So within the last couple weeks, my wife of 10 years told me she wants to separate and it's been very hard. I've had a rough couple of days and on my way home from work today I stopped by the grocery store. As I was heading to checkout, a man stopped me and out of nowhere started to talk to me. I forget how it started but basically he said "Hey keep it going, I believe in...

I Just Finished This Year's Halloween Rocks

By A Friend on October 31, 2025 / 1,310 views

By A Friend on October 31, 2025 / 1,310 views

I posted about a month ago about how I have been painting rocks for Halloween and leaving them out in public for people to find because I saw that this year someone else had done the same. I wasn't sure if this year I was going to get them done in time and considered passing the torch on to the mysterious stranger who had also painted some jack-o'-lantern rocks; however, some in the comments encouraged...

Dr. Brown's Made My Year

By A Friend on October 31, 2025 / 1,430 views

By A Friend on October 31, 2025 / 1,430 views

My child is autistic and has an extremely limited diet. They also refuse to drink out of any cup except the one pictured. Dr. Brown's recently changed their manufacturing process, and the lids to these cups took on a rougher, more frosted looking appearance as opposed to the shiny finish my child is used to seeing, so my replacement didn't pass the vibe check and they won't drink from...

Flying Kites

By Victoria on October 30, 2025 / 2,267 views

By Victoria on October 30, 2025 / 2,267 views

Just a quick story, a few years back my partner and I had his son a the park and I decided to bring out the kites I had stashed in my trunk. Just thought it would be fun for the kid. Then we get his son going and were just watching on the side and my partner (35y/o) tells me he's never flown a kite before. He had a extremely rough childhood so I could understand why. But I still felt so sad to...

Three Things

By Kualaco on October 29, 2025 / 1,315 views

By Kualaco on October 29, 2025 / 1,315 views

Sometimes we all need a pick-me-up. One thing I like to do, when I’m out taking a walk, is to challenge myself to look for three things in my environment: something surprising, something beautiful, and something kind. It gives me a sense of accomplishment once I check off everything on the list. A friend of mine always looks for birds wherever she...

A Stranger On The Train Let Me Stay At Her House Overnight

By A Friend on October 29, 2025 / 1,585 views

By A Friend on October 29, 2025 / 1,585 views

Around 2 years ago, when I was travelling home from London, I was sat on the train which was delayed. I was starting to get worried about missing my connecting train as it was the last train of the night back to my town. The train was busy and full so a random woman sat next to me and we started chatting about the delay. I mentioned I was worried I wouldn’t make my connection and then we started talking...

My Grandpa Felt Lonely After My Grandma Passed. I Bought A Second PS3 Now We Play Minecraft Every Night

By A Friend on October 28, 2025 / 1,448 views

By A Friend on October 28, 2025 / 1,448 views

My grandpa has been really lost since my grandma died last year and it also affected me in a really bad way. He lives alone and i could tell he was super lonely, he would just sit and watch old tv shows all day. I was at his house playing minecraft on my old ps3 a few months ago and he just sat and watched me for like an hour. He finally asked "what are you building? it looks...

Body And Spirit

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 27, 2025 / 1,948 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 27, 2025 / 1,948 views

Here is my new story. I hope it reminds you of who you really are. God bless you always. When I was a teenager I used to lift weights in the morning, then jog two and a half miles to the local swimming pool and spend the whole afternoon swimming. Well last night I slept crooked and woke up with my back hurting and twisted up like a pretzel. While I stretched, popped, moaned and groaned...

I Run A Buy Nothing Group... And They All Came Together

By A Friend on October 27, 2025 / 1,475 views

By A Friend on October 27, 2025 / 1,475 views

As the title says, I run a local buy project nothing group and I've been battling brain cancer and I survive on my military pension since I haven't been able to work since July. So I'm very food insecure, and I am not eligible for EBT. I ended up in the hospital yesterday and I asked if someone in my group could pick up my prescriptions for me today. It turns out my...