Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

A Prime Example Of Why One Shouldn't Judge People

By Laura B. on December 04, 2013 / 2,013 views

Sometimes it pays to be nice. I just had a client that I'm sure no one in their right mind would have taken (I'm a hair stylist). He had long knotted hair, no teeth, carrying his life basically in bags with him. Immediately I think he's homeless or on drugs and isn't going to pay, but he caught me on a good day. So I said let me just be nice to this poor man and fix his hair up. After a few uncomfortable...

Learning What Life Is

By C. Joybell on December 03, 2013 / 2,170 views

Growing up means learning what life is. When you're little, you have a set of ideals, standards, criteria, plans, outlooks, and you think that you have to sit around and wait for them to happen to you and then life will work. But life isn't like that, for anybody; you can't fall in love with a standard, you have to fall in love with a person. You can't live in a criteria, you have to live your life. You can't wait...

A Glass Of Eggnog And A Heart Full Of Memories

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 02, 2013 / 2,126 views

It was a white Thanksgiving. I looked out my window at the 4 inches of snow that had fallen the day before and smiled. It made the meadow and woodlands look so beautiful. It felt like it was Christmas already. I poured myself a glass of eggnog and walked quietly into my bedroom. My daughter was cooking most of our Thanksgiving dinner this year so I had some time to relax and thank God for all of the blessings in my...

Payback Painter

By Todd Spaur on December 01, 2013 / 1,963 views

I am writing a very personal account that tells the whole true story from being a record setting athlete, my near death experience, being paralyzed in a wheelchair as a single father of three children. And How I overcame the physical and mental struggles. Until the book is finished this is a sample that was shown on American Story with Bob Dotson as it appeared on the Today Show July 4th 2012. ...

People Are Placed In Your Life For A Reason

By Amanda87 on November 27, 2013 / 2,234 views

I came from a home where my mother has always loved me unconditionally. She was a mom that would do anything to makes her kids happy. My dad was not as attentive as she was but through the years we always had some sort of connection. I always wished our connection was as strong as my mothers and mine. When I grew up and got married, the relationship between my dad and I, seemed to diminish even more. Now he truly...

Are You Happy?

By Nick on November 26, 2013 / 2,812 views

What is success? Is it money? Is it a good job? These questions never really crossed my mind until recently. I’ve been through twelve years of school and four more years of college. Throughout high school, classes began to feel like an annoyance, and just a road bump for my life to get started. I figured I would just keep my head down and push through. I couldn’t wait to get out. After all the exams and standard...

One Good Day

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 26, 2013 / 2,633 views

I had one good day today. It started out with a morning walk with my dogs under the starlight before dawn. It was so beautiful. Looking up I thanked God for the stars, the Earth, and my life. After the walk it was time for a warm breakfast followed by some exercises and prayer. Then I headed out to the office. The sun was out and glistened off the melting snow. The sight made me smile and since I was alone with...

Glimpses Of Heaven

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 20, 2013 / 8,847 views

I have always loved watching the sunset. I do so every chance I can. There is something about it that stirs my soul. I sit on my back porch and watch as the sky becomes a tapestry of ever changing colors. Blue, white, yellow, gold, red, orange, pink, and purple all weave together to create something so beautiful and so glorious that it is transcendent. When you look at it for a brief instant it is like you are...

You Never Know Where Life Is Going To Take You

By Kathleen Neuman on November 18, 2013 / 6,505 views

I was separated from my first husband when I was 27, I joined parents without partners, and I met a man there that made me feel happy and laugh, which is something I had not done too often wit my first marriage of 10 years. Well we started dating, and after about awhile we found we just was not ready for a long term relationship so we went our separate ways. I did not know that another man there, named Tom, told...

A Letter From Heaven To A Grieving Mother

By Christian on November 18, 2013 / 7,563 views

She jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She said: 'How is my little boy? Is he going to be all right? When can I see him?' The surgeon said, 'I'm sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn't make it.' Sally said, 'Why do little children get cancer? Doesn't God care any more? Where were you, God, when my son needed you?' The surgeon asked, 'Would you like some time...

God Is Good All The Time...

By Jodi-Ann E.M. Morgan on November 13, 2013 / 6,601 views

... and all the time God is good. Today proved to me, more than ever, that God is working with us and for us when we need Him the most. I did a costly and extremely difficult exam today; only thing is I nearly missed it! Due to a very unfortunate incident I had to leave out for the exam much later than I would have liked. Okay, this is a grave understatement for at that time it was to start in less than an...

Do Good And Good Things Will Come Back To You

By Kera W. on November 13, 2013 / 3,548 views

As I was leaving the grocery store this afternoon, I saw a family a mother and her four kids sitting in the cold and it brought back memories from when I was a child. The little girl, about 13, tells me she likes my Under Armour sweater. I said thank you and as I'm walking to my car I start feeling sad putting the groceries in my car thinking to myself all the kids at her school that are wearing Under Armour and her...

Pass It On

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 12, 2013 / 5,749 views

Growing up in my Grandma's house as a boy was an experience that would shape me for the rest of my life. We were poor in everything but spirit, yet I learned so much about life there. My Mom, Dad, Nana, two brothers, and I were crowded into a home made from two old shanty cars and several built on rooms. I always knew what my next set of clothes would look like because I had seen my older brother wearing them the...

Catching My Dreams

By Melissa on November 12, 2013 / 5,609 views

After almost 3 months of crying, loans from loved ones, missing home, wondering if ill ever make it out here, wondering if id ever get a job that was right for me, wondering when i would be able to buy fish oil, or get a bottle of wine, wondering if id be able to spend over 30$ on groceries this week, go to yoga, or dance outside of school (and many other things I am forgetting because of the 3 glasses of wine I...

Never Give Up

By Thomas on November 06, 2013 / 9,855 views

In 2005 i was having the best time of my life i was 20 drinking recklessly parting everyday i was in my gap period in life. The following year i was to go off to university in another country and i was so excited, life could not be better than this. On new yrs eve in the morning like every new yrs eve i was in happy mood, planning with my friends, for the evening ahead everything was going great. Normally i would...

A Few Cans Of Soup

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 04, 2013 / 5,848 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 / 5,632 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...