Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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

By A Friend on November 03, 2025 / 1,792 views

By A Friend on November 03, 2025 / 1,792 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 / 1,292 views

By A Friend on October 31, 2025 / 1,292 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 / 1,391 views

By A Friend on October 31, 2025 / 1,391 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 / 2,231 views

By Victoria on October 30, 2025 / 2,231 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 / 1,280 views

By Kualaco on October 29, 2025 / 1,280 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 / 1,515 views

By A Friend on October 29, 2025 / 1,515 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 / 1,401 views

By A Friend on October 28, 2025 / 1,401 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 / 1,911 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 27, 2025 / 1,911 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 / 1,437 views

By A Friend on October 27, 2025 / 1,437 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...

Caught In The Claws

By Leann Freedom on October 25, 2025 / 1,416 views

By Leann Freedom on October 25, 2025 / 1,416 views

Frequently we go to a shopping mall with the view of the mighty pacific ocean. A half empty mall that contains many good memories of my childhood. My son with special needs loves this mall and asks to go here often. I bring him to his favorite place and then go with my little girl to explore the fun shops and kid friendly places that dot the mall. Our newest favorite is Kawaii Klaws....

I Love My MIL And Pecan Pie. I Promise Those Two Things Are Connected

By A Friend on October 24, 2025 / 1,361 views

By A Friend on October 24, 2025 / 1,361 views

I've been married for 12 years and my MIL is the sweetest person. I've always complained that its expected for the in law relationship to just automatically be toxic. I could go on for awhile about all the kind things she does for me (and the family as a whole). So side not I love pecan pie, always have. Unfortunately my family always thought it was gross so I never got to have it growing...

A Customer Apologized For Overreacting And Hugged Me

By A Friend on October 23, 2025 / 1,817 views

By A Friend on October 23, 2025 / 1,817 views

This actually happened to me a while ago, but it's something I think about often, and it's been especially on my mind tonight, so I really wanted to share it. It starts out a little rocky, but I promise, it has a happy ending. When I was working alone at a small laundromat, an elderly man came in and tried to request a wash rag from me (to clean his hands before handling his clothes). The...

'You Must Have Dropped This' A.k.a. A Little Help With The Pretense Of Dignity

By A Friend on October 23, 2025 / 1,462 views

By A Friend on October 23, 2025 / 1,462 views

While I'm not wealthy, I'm finally in not-constantly-panicking financial shape and occasionally able to help people. Today I was at the bank, noticed the customer next to me was having some difficulties... had been overdrawn, was depositing a money order, distressed that she couldn't get any of that money for several days. So I slid some money to her on the counter, saying,...

This Little Girl Made My Whole Week

By Temporary_Royal_2260 on October 22, 2025 / 1,487 views

By Temporary_Royal_2260 on October 22, 2025 / 1,487 views

A little patient I cared for last month came back today for a check-up. When I entered the room, she ran up to me with a drawing she had made of us together — me with my scrubs and her holding a stethoscope. She said, “I made you a nurse superhero!” 🥹🥹🥹🥹 I nearly cried right there. Sometimes nursing is exhausting and chaotic, but then...

Three Smiling Faces

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 21, 2025 / 1,556 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 21, 2025 / 1,556 views

My daughter gave me the most wonderful birthday present this year. She took 3 pictures of her and her two brothers when they were just babies. Then she sent away to a place that printed them on 3 large refrigerator magnets. Now each time I open the freezer to get some ice cubes I get to see the 3 beautiful faces of my babies smiling at me. It is funny that each time I look at these pictures I feel...

A Flat Tire

By A Friend on October 20, 2025 / 1,324 views

By A Friend on October 20, 2025 / 1,324 views

Not only did this father and daughter help my girlfriend with her flat tire, he used it as an opportunity to teach his daughter how to do it. Wouldn’t accept cash, just said he was happy to help two people at the same...

Helping My Elderly Neighbor After She Hurt Herself And Couldn't Move

By Kiwi on October 20, 2025 / 1,451 views

By Kiwi on October 20, 2025 / 1,451 views

My sweet 80-something year old neighbor called me earlier today, unfortunately I didn't reach it in time so she texted "I've hurt myself and can't walk, will you please come and help?" My thoughts immediately went to her falling or something, so I yelled for my boyfriend and we ran.. 💨 When we got inside, she sat quietly in her chair, looking tired and sad. Turns...