Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

A Few Cans Of Soup

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 04, 2013 / 5,758 views

I woke up a little chilly this morning. I could feel the cold air seeping through the windows and under my front door. The bitter, North wind had brought me an early taste of the Winter to come. The weather forecast called for cold, rainy days for the rest of the week too. "It is time to break out the sweaters, thick socks, and hot chocolate", I thought to myself. Later in the day I headed to the grocery store...

Walking On Eggshells

By James Marrelli on October 31, 2013 / 5,543 views

“I hope this book will give inspiration to the thousands of individuals who have suffered abuse and violence at the hands of their parents,” said Jim Marrelli at the launch of his new book, ‘Walking On Eggshells.’ Being a firefighter and paramedic involves having to make life or death decisions under very difficult circumstances. It is a job that demands a sense of calm...

Don't Call It A Comeback

By Jodi-Ann E.M. Morgan on October 30, 2013 / 4,863 views

Recently I overcame one of the biggest hurdles I ever faced. About a month prior I decided to take on a task that I had deemed daunting for some time now. You always hear that the best way to overcome your fear is to just face it. You must make up your mind to deal with it and then just do it. That's what I did, and to my surprise it started off much better than I could have ever hoped for. So much so I had...

An Honest Pre-Schooler

By Karen on October 30, 2013 / 5,971 views

Someone left this note at the library with a shiny nickel on top. Apparently the child was very concerned that someone had lost their fortune. I thought this was so sweet and might put a smile on your face, as it did mine :)...

To Dance Again

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 29, 2013 / 5,696 views

A strange but miraculous thing happened the other day. I was washing the dinner dishes in our kitchen while my youngest son was watching television in the living room. Suddenly, I heard an old song from my childhood playing in a commercial. As the sweet music drifted into the kitchen. I found myself humming along, singing a few words, and even doing a little dance step or two while I placed the plates in the dish...

Respect Has Age No Bar

By Hetal on October 28, 2013 / 8,874 views

I still remember that day.. The day I was at a complex to reach to an ATM outlet to get some cash for some minor shopping. Amongst the crowd that was around the complex, what did not go unnoticed was a small boy carrying incense sticks, 2 packets in his hand and the remaining in his small cloth bag. The boy could have been around 10-12 years wearing thick spectacles. He was roaming around people asking them to...

Scruffy's Gift

By Mark Hrubetz on October 25, 2013 / 6,738 views

Scruffy was my best friend. More than any one person or anything could ever be. More than I had experienced in a lifetime. He was a true gift of love, and that's the gift he returned to me in the all-too-brief 15 years we were able to spend together. I first met Scruff when I went out to move my Wife's car...and a strange growling issued from somewhere under it as I approached. Looking underneath, there was a...

Doctors Called It Cancer. I Called It A Challenge.

By Cancer Survivor on October 25, 2013 / 7,967 views

This was me two years ago, looking pretty haggard after a 6-hour surgery. Why did I have surgery, you ask? In Oct 2010 I was diagnosed with Stage III Testicular Cancer. I had five surgeries and three months of chemotherapy - My last round of chemo was actually on Dec 31st. In this surgery, they had to remove two teratoma tumors located between my spine & the body's two main blood vessels. Only 1 surgeon in the...

Sunset In The Mountains

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 21, 2013 / 2,341 views

After enjoying a glorious day of Autumn sunshine here in the hills and forests surrounding my home I decided to take a seat on my back porch and watch its final act. Sunsets here in the mountains are a beauty to behold. They are not as sudden as the ocean or desert sunsets where nightfall follows so quickly after Sol drops over the horizon. Here it is much more gradual. This evening it started when the sun...

Same Difference

By Jodi-Ann E.M. Morgan on October 18, 2013 / 5,047 views

I was looking at a picture recently and noticed there was something different. The frame was changed. The overall picture still looked good but I couldn't decide whether or not changing the frame made it better. From this an interesting thought came to mind. At times when I was feeling down I would go to my favourite store to spend money on clothes ... alright, alright, maybe I spent it on other things as well...

The God Retires

By Jay Shukla on October 17, 2013 / 4,580 views

I was flicking through the channels last Friday when I was mesmerized by a breaking news that the God of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar had announced his complete retirement after playing his 200th test. This news had left all the cricket lovers around the world numb as he has been the inspiration, emabassdor and great icon of the the game of cricket. The one name which has been heard in the prayers of cricket lovers...

Knot At The End Of The Rope

By Rick Ritter on October 16, 2013 / 5,091 views

I'm not sure when this idea developed but i think it was via osmosis over time - it just percolated into my awareness as i experienced life as a trauma therapist for combat veterans and their families and later in my career working with a wider range of traumatized persons. More often than not it became evident that for many of the people i worked with i was the last stop on the road of attempting to get some...

Not Existing, Living!

By Robin Marvel on October 16, 2013 / 7,273 views

Life is made of choices. We have all heard this statement at one time or another during our journey of life. This is not just a saying to me it is my way of life. I learned at a very young age that our choices determine the successes that we achieve in our lives. You can not live in a state of blame in the present for the lifestyle you survived as a child. You have the opportunity to remove yourself from a victim to...

To Daddy, With Love

By Harold R. "Scottie" Scott on October 15, 2013 / 5,214 views

To Daddy, With Love I wrote this prior to my Daddy's passing, two days after Father's Day, 2013, and in that October is Alzheimers Awareness Month, I felt I wanted to share, as a way to remember him. Alzheimers, Dementia, The Forgetting, all terms used to describe the disease that robs the mind,memory, and lives of so many. It is, and has been a fast growing illness, affecting so many families. My family is one of...

By My Dad's Bedside

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 15, 2013 / 2,030 views

It is hard to write when your heart is breaking, but something deep inside me needs to say this right now. At this moment I am sitting in a chair by my Dad's bedside in the nursing home where he has lived for the past few months. His breathing is slowly getting more labored as he sleeps. Fortunately new medications have eased the pain and seizures he was having, but it is only a matter of time until he leaves this...

Life Is Good No Matter What The Odds

By Ernest Dempsey on October 15, 2013 / 5,596 views

This fall, Special Living Magazine (http://www.specialiving.com/) chose to publish my story about Canadian author and advocate for people with special needs Jewel Kats. And they made it the cover story! Jewel Kats stands out from the crowd of writers due to her devotion to help empower young readers through her uplifting stories. Herself living with permanent physical limitation due to a childhood car accident,...

The Madman On The Mountain

By Curt Struna on October 13, 2013 / 6,131 views

There was a man who was looking for something and he searched the mountaintops. He called out, “Helloooo…” and he would hear the echo call back “Hellooooo…” He ran to the other mountain, thinking that it was what he was looking for only to find nothing. He called out again, “Helloooo…” and heard the echo and ran to the other mountain. Back and forth endlessly, never finding, always looking....