Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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A Gift That Doesn't Clutter

By Nancy on November 22, 2023 / 2,494 views

My friends and I are at the age at which we're downsizing. We want "another thing to clutter the house", making gift giving difficult. I found a wonderful solution that won't create a bit of clutter. I sew an item, such as a dress or baby blanket. I donate it to charity. I write a card, "In honor of your birthday, I sewed a size 8 dress and donated it to Name of...

Shout Out To A Sydney Taxi Driver Peter...

By Michelle on November 20, 2023 / 1,801 views

Shout out to a Sydney taxi driver Peter who helped my distressed bestie out at the airport when she went to check in and realised she didn't have her passport. He got her back to her house, waited and transported her safely back to the International terminal. Then the kindess continued, with the Air New Zealand staff at Sydney airport who offered only kindness when she presented to...

To The Nice Man...

By Chloe on November 16, 2023 / 1,870 views

To the nice man who paid for my wipes and the toy car I was getting for my 3 year old and my 15 month old at Kmart today, I honestly cannot express my gratitude enough because it’s been a really mentally taxing few months with the stuff happening with my 15 month old and while we wait for the removal of his tumour and the bone graft and I actually cried when I got home. I was about to pay for...

My Mum Has Dementia

By Sasha on November 15, 2023 / 2,783 views

My mum has dementia. She always wears red and has been known to give flowers and chocolates to random people to make them smile as a random act of kindness. She is going downhill and is sleeping a lot. She’s not sure what’s going on. She used to go to the local grocery store almost everyday. The past 6 months it’s been rare and I do her...

Crying Newborn

By Amy on November 15, 2023 / 1,802 views

Our neighbours left this note at our front door along with some nappies and wipes. Thank you for your kindness and being patient with the noise of a crying...

Hiding Like A Tortoise

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 14, 2023 / 2,901 views

When I was a young father every Spring at the end of May near Memorial Day, my wife and I would take our kids to her family reunion. It always took place at a picnic area on the side of a mountain. On the top of the mountain was her family’s graveyard. The road to the top of it wasn’t too gentle either. Even when it was grated, it was a rough ride with a dirt road full of pot holes, hairpin turns,...

My Act Of Kindness Today

By A Friend on November 10, 2023 / 3,024 views

Was at a bus stop waiting for my bus with a pumpkin when I got talking to a woman next to me about pumpkins and stuff. The conversation continues for a bit until she starts telling me about her son who's 7 and autistic and struggling with English (they’re ukrainian) and how she'd love to be able to buy him a pumpkin to carve because he doesn't get to do a lot of regular kid...

These People Are The Reason Why I'm Smiling

By Stacey on November 08, 2023 / 2,859 views

Today my 2 year old son had an unexpected seizure in the store. It was a harrowing experience but one made bearable with the help and compassion from everyone involved. A huge thank you to the woman with first aid training who saw the whole thing unfold and helped my son (and us) while the ambulance came. I wish I knew her name so I could thank her personally. The staff also refused to...

I Gave Out Full-size Bars To Trick Or Treaters

By A Friend on November 06, 2023 / 2,655 views

I used coupons at my local BJ’s to buy the candy, so it wasn’t as expensive as you’d think. I did it last year and was so looking forward to doing it again. It was a bunch of combo packs, Snickers, M&Ms, Sour Patch, Milky Way, etc. I don’t know if my kids had more fun going trick or treating themselves or handing out the candy to other kids. I loved hearing the...

Doing Chores For My Next Door Neighbor Helped Her With Isolation And Loneliness

By A Friend on November 03, 2023 / 3,537 views

For the past seven years I've been supporting my next door neighbor by doing odd jobs for her. She's an 84 year old widow and a tiny woman. I think she's maybe 120lbs and about 5'0", about the same size and age as my Mom. I help her with things that are heavy, I regularly mow and edge her lawn, or change lightbulbs because she gets scared climbing on chairs or a...

It's Not The Food, It's The Love

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 02, 2023 / 3,789 views

When I was a little boy growing up I would always change out of my good clothes after church and run outside to play for a few hours. When I would come back inside the house would smell heavenly. It was my Italian Nana making our Sunday dinner. To call it a feast would be an understatement. There would be loaves of freshly baked Italian bread with butter. There would be mounds of pasta covered in red sauce...

A Big Cuddle

By A Friend on November 01, 2023 / 3,333 views

Today when I went to the self service checkout I let the person behind go first, as she had only had a few things. This lovely lady was mentally disabled and when she went to pay she got quite upset and confused that the card only machine wouldn't take her coins. So I reached over and said, "I've got this" and tapped my card. The lady beamed. Her: "Oh...

Woman Sleeping In A Hot Car

By Carolyn on October 30, 2023 / 3,543 views

We've been having a heat wave on the East Coast this summer, along with the rest of the U.S. So the absolute place you wouldn't want to be is sleeping in a hot car! That's what I thought when I saw a woman doing just that. Well, she wasn't asleep at the time, but I surmised that was her plight when I noticed that the inside of the car was piled high with her belongings from passenger seat to...

You Transformed A Feeling Of Hopelessness Into Joy

By A Friend on October 30, 2023 / 3,112 views

I’m living in a flood affected area. A lot of people are still recovering and some just surviving. I took my 4yr to the local op shop to pick up some cheap toys and books. We are financially struggling (single mum with disability, no family support) at the checkout, I noticed a lovely person behind us chatting and being kind to my son. She was buying some books and he had noticed a...

This Morning I Was The Recipient Of Some Lovely Kindness

By Kate on October 30, 2023 / 2,895 views

We were having brunch in a local cafe attached to a bigger venue. A lovely lady came with a huge bunch of roses and other flowers and said her son had got married yesterday in the attached venue and would we like these roses and flowers. They were absolutely beautiful and we all got to take some home. Unfortunately I didn't take a photo of the whole bunch, this was what I...

The Greatest Treasure Of All

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 26, 2023 / 3,346 views

God loves us all so much that sometimes He even speaks to us in our dreams in order to wake us up. A few months ago I had watched some old action movie on television where the hero was seeking a great treasure while running from a bunch of evil villains the entire time. After I went to bed that night my mind started to replay parts of that movie in my dreams with me, of course, as the hero. The dreams seemed...

Hacked

By Stacey on October 26, 2023 / 1,731 views

We had a computer repair guy come around to fix my son's computer. He got hacked, locked out, threatened and bribed for money the night before. Minutes after leaving the computer tech calls me to say instead of paying for his services, use the money to buy a good virus protection and back up hard drive for my son. He made our...