Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

A Choice For Kindness

By Joe on May 15, 2012 / 20,254 views

It was a beautiful, sunny, Spring day. I had just finished driving my daughter to the airport to catch an early morning flight. My sons and I then went to a fast food place for breakfast before heading back home. After eating we all got into the car and pulled out of the parking lot. The restaurant was at the very...

Pocket Surprise

By Chris on May 10, 2012 / 14,369 views

I have visited plenty of self improvement blogs and inspirational blogs these past few months and most of them all tell you that you need to wake up and state positive affirmations. When you wake up, you need to think that something great is going to happen today, and that you are going to have a great day. This positive energy is supposed to attract more positivity throughout your day. So this morning I woke up...

A Happy Holiday Bummer

By Deidra Rooski on May 09, 2012 / 4,297 views

A Happy Holiday Bummer On the afternoon of November 11th Veterans Day a cocker spaniel came running happily up to me as I stepped out of my car. I noticed this dog was different, he only had three legs. I checked his collar and found that he had three tags. One tag read Bummer E. and was followed by a phone number. I tried that number but it was according to an automated voice “disconnected or unavailable at this...

Planting Potatoes

By Joe Mazzella on May 08, 2012 / 33,859 views

When I was a boy growing up we had several gardens around our old house. The largest one of all was used just for growing potatoes. I can still remember those potato planting days. The whole family helped. After my Dad had tilled the soil, my Mom, brothers, and I went to work. It was my job to drop the little seed potatoes in...

I REALLY Care About You

By Bryan on May 04, 2012 / 4,237 views

I stopped at my bank last week to deposit a check. I could have used the ATM, but I am so glad that I didn’t because if I had, I probably would not have met Harold. There were 3 or 4 people ahead of me in the line-up, so knowing that it would take a few minutes, I amused myself by simultaneously watching three different cooking and home improvement shows on three wall mounted TVs. There was no sound of course,...

I Love Cats!!

By Kathleen Carlson on April 26, 2012 / 3,751 views

Hi. If your a cat lover like me, this will be good. My mom is staying at a hotel. She is on a fixed income. A stray cat came into her life shortly after she moved in the hotel. At first, she didn\'t want anything to do with him. but he wiggled his way into her heart and life. When I come over to visit, she would tell me about this crazy and lovable cat. He was abandoned by his previous owners when he was young...

Finally Writing My Book!

By LoriAnn Garner on April 23, 2012 / 3,536 views

I am offically starting the process of writing my book!! I am organizing my chapters and getting the content to flow! It doesn't seem possible but it IS! I have a Quote in my office... Nothing is IMPOSSIBLE, because the word says it... I'm Possible! My story is about the triumph of overcoming the tragic car accident that killed my parents 30 years ago. I have been writing this book for 6 years now! Well I...

Man's Best Friend

By Ilan Herman on April 19, 2012 / 39,668 views

Short and bald, with a paunch and thick-rimmed glasses, Bill was a quiet man who welcomed solitude and enjoyed the company of books. Social activities that most people found exciting, he considered tedious. The only girlfriend Bill had ever had, accused him of fearing intimacy in his quest for solitude, and warned that if he continued behaving that way, he would die "a lonely old man." In self-defense, Bill insisted...

May Your Only Competition Be With Yourself

By Joseph Mazzella on April 17, 2012 / 4,387 views

I was running a few errands in my car the other day. The sun was out, the radio was playing, and I was singing along. The song was a joyful one and even my weak voice sounded good singing it. Then it happened, however. The sweet sound of the music ended and was replaced with the dreaded news break. I drove on while the announcer droned on. Gas prices were going higher again because of the competitive speculation on...

Do You Believe In Love At First Sight?

By Until... on April 16, 2012 / 3,995 views

I have to say for me, I've always believed it, in a fairy tale kind of way. You know, like the way you believe in Santa Claus or the story of Cinderella, etc..., and I have to admit that though I've become older, I gotta' tell you that I, in a small way still believe in those dreamy fairy tales, call me crazy, but I do! I mean even though I learned that my family was the actual (Santa Claus) I still believe, in that...

Peace Of Mind (For The Moment)

By Until... on April 16, 2012 / 3,092 views

Whenever I began to clean the house my routine is to turn on my husband's PS3 and play my music folder (which contains a great variety of artists, might I add) but just a moment ago I grabbed a seat to take a little break and as I was sitting, Chris Botti came on, the song, "Embraceable You" and it relaxed me and I had become so comfortable in my seat that my mind drifted away to a beautiful scene of a moment of...

Kane, A Lesson In Love

By Charles Steed on April 15, 2012 / 3,006 views

Long ago I learned a profound lesson about love. That lesson was powerful and it has stayed with me. The experience that held the message didn’t appear to be all that special – at least I didn’t think it was until much later, when I realized that it helped to shape who I’d become. The lesson came from a jumble of human emotions that included joy and remorse and tragedy and loyalty and sorrow and honor and...

Our New Family Member

By Laurie on April 15, 2012 / 3,110 views

We have a pit bull. We found him a few weeks ago, walking along the road in a rural area. He was jumping on cars, and we thought maybe his family was camping somewhere nearby, so we passed him by. A few hours later, on our return trip, he was still in the same place, again, trying to get folks to stop for him. When he saw us, he laid down in the middle of the road, so we were unable to get around him. We...

Life Is A Journey

By Sarah Freeman on April 15, 2012 / 5,485 views

Resting in the cold, stark, waiting room with a Band-Aid covering the vein on my arm, I watched the doctor mumbling words I could not hear to my mom. I assumed the results were in from my latest round of blood tests. It was the third time that week I had been in that waiting room, and I was getting both nervous and scared. No one likes to watch twenty-three vials of blood flowing from their veins. It gives one...

True Story

By Mir on April 14, 2012 / 8,652 views

A doctor entered the hospital in hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery. He answered the call asap, changed his clothes & went directly to the surgery block. He found the boy's father pacing in the hall waiting for the doctor. On seeing him, the dad yelled: "Why did you take all this time to come? Don't you know that my son's life is in danger? Don't you have any sense of responsibility?" The doctor...

My Barber

By S.t..mann on April 13, 2012 / 10,344 views

My Barber At the appointed time on the appointed day, my brothers and I went down to the barber. Wise. Handsome. Tall. Athletic. Strong, yet with the gentle touch and dexterous hands of a surgeon. To cut the hair on the far side of my head, he didn’t spin the stool, and he didn’t walk around the chair either. Rather, he snuggled my head over against his chest so he could reach over to the far...

Sense Of Time: Two Minutes To Quality Life

By Kimberly Burnham on April 13, 2012 / 2,361 views

Today a friend sent me a link to DoNothingFor2Minutes with a picture of a beautiful sunset. A little timer on it said, "do nothing for 2 minutes." A few seconds on the automatic timer had already counted down by the time I thought, "I meditate and do qigong so this will be easy." A peaceful and exquisitely calm feeling came over me as I felt my breathing deepen. Then I thought, "breathing deep is not doing...