Making Time For The Important Things

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 26, 2022 / 2,577 views

Earlier this year the phone companies stopped supporting the software for my old 3G flip phone so like the rest of the modern world I was forced to buy a new Smart Phone. I didn’t use it much at first, only to get a call from my daughter or to play a game or two. Soon, however, I found it far easier to surf the web or check out facebook on the smart phone than my computer. Even with my limited time I...

One Small Act Of Kindness Towards My 6yo Son. And His Entire WEEK Was Made!

By Tee on October 24, 2022 / 8,230 views

On a long trip to Brisbane from out west we stopped into a service station in Kilcoy for a bathroom break and some fuel. Went into the shop to the bathroom first then the counter to pay. My sons a little eccentric and life loving so as he usually does, he is dancing as he walks twirling his hips and singing to his own moves. Totally accustomed to his moves now it didn’t...

Noah

By Kay Heitsch on October 24, 2022 / 2,796 views

When our first grandchild, Noah, was born, we didn't know what to expect. We thought he would be healthy and developed like most babies. Unfortunately, however, that was not the case. Noah had a lot of health problems from the very beginning. As a result, he had several labels put on him, one being failure to thrive. We take a lot for granted when we have children, one being their...

Bill From Ohio

By Phyllis on October 21, 2022 / 2,156 views

We were at Dollar General on the 2000 block of N. King’s HWY (Myrtle Beach). A friend was having trouble getting a new card to work at checkout. They had about $118 worth of stuff. He was on the phone trying to fix the situation and the empoyee was patient but it was keeping him from ringing any one else up so they had to open another register. A man approached and said, "I...

Chopping Wood And Carrying Water

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 20, 2022 / 2,153 views

It was the end of Summer and the cool breezes of Fall were in the air. I was a twelve year old boy: skinny, gangly, and in the midst of puberty. Before me was a truckload of wood my Dad, brother and I had unloaded the day before. Now I needed to take it one wheelbarrow load at a time around the house to where we were stacking the chopped wood into cords and covering it with tarp to keep it from getting wet. We...

Sushi

By Gemma on October 18, 2022 / 1,734 views

Tried to grab some sushi on my way home from work - my card declined. After my card declined. I said "Sorry, I'll have to leave it". The lovely young gentleman who was also waiting said "It's okay, I'll pay for it." I was in shock! Asked if he was sure "Yes, it's fine". Bless that sweet young man. I...

Nature In Its Incredible Way Bringing Us Closer Together

By Karen on October 18, 2022 / 1,812 views

Last week I was travelling to my PT session by Uber and I had the window down. Suddenly, coming up to a set of lights, a rainbow lorikeet flew IN THE WINDOW and up right to the back of the car! We stopped at the lights and I told the driver! He stopped the engine and we opened the door to try and get the poor bird out. Both of us were in shock- we weren’t sure what to do. The disorientation...

I Made The Truly Wise Decision To Do My Job

By Glory Fu on October 18, 2022 / 1,697 views

I have two options to carry out my job: calculatingly or devotedly. To do my job by calculation is to sit down, look at the numbers, and decide whether it is worthwhile to do so. If I do my job calculatingly, I'll prioritize my own benefits over the people I serve. This working attitude will definitely restrict my passion, extinguish my belief and keep me stuck. Why? Because if I don't have...

An Act Of Creation

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 17, 2022 / 2,422 views

It was Autumn here in the mountains of my home. Although the morning sun was out and the sky was clear the temperature hovered just above freezing. The cold nights had accelerated the changing of the leaves too and although we were still a few weeks away from peak colors the hills looked like Heaven. I was walking over to my daughter’s house when her black cat, Alice greeted me in the road,...

My Grandma Annie

By Jenifer DSouza on October 14, 2022 / 2,607 views

Born in 1938, to a moneylender and landlord in Mangalore, she was the youngest of 4 siblings. She was so naughty as a child that her father married her off by Age 16 in 1955 on a trip to Coorg to an Anglo-Indian Family he just met. My Grandpa whom she married was a complete opposite in nature; astutely scholastic Anglo-Indian who spoke fluent Portuguese and English at home. He could not understand a...

Would Like To Shout Out To The After Hours Security Guard

By Jodi on October 12, 2022 / 1,611 views

Would like to shout out to the after hours security guard who warmly welcomed us to our holiday destination after hours by not only giving us a lift to our cabin (with 3x kids & luggage in tow) but also letting us borrow his car to buy groceries before the local shop closed as it was super late & we didn’t have transport organised - it was such a nice gesture that was greatly appreciated in...

A Cathedral

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 11, 2022 / 2,308 views

Isn’t it amazing how you can hear or read a story a hundred times and yet when you hear it again you learn something new? That happened to me recently when I reread the story below. In the Middle Ages a man journeyed to where they were building a new church in a distant city. He saw the many people laboring on it. He walked up to a man cutting rock and asked what he was doing. “I am a...

Monday Morning Made!

By Gabrielle on October 10, 2022 / 1,787 views

I stopped in to my local IGA for a banana because my son wanted one for his lunchbox. I was next in line to an older gentleman. He went to put his basket away and when he returned saw that I only had one item and said 'if I'd have known that's all you had I would have let you go first'. He then told me to put it with his groceries and he'd pay for it. I politely...

Aunty

By Angela on October 10, 2022 / 1,820 views

My son and I have had an extremely hard couple of months and are slowly trying to get back on our feet and restart/build our lives again after leaving a very toxic and abusive relationship and then having a very serious car accident in which we were extremely lucky to only sustain minor injuries. After hearing of our personal issues a beautiful mum from my son's kinder reached out to me and gave...

Today I Took My 9 Year Old Daughter Ice Skating For The First Time

By Chris on October 07, 2022 / 1,898 views

Today I took my 9 year old daughter ice skating for the first time. She is such a sweet girl but very nervous, and determined- a tricky combination. We laced up and she took to the ice with the support frame. As she shuffled along the edge, a young boy approached and asked me if she needed some help. I explained this was her first time. He explained he played ice hockey and just loved to...

We Have Just One Life To Live

By Glory Fu on October 07, 2022 / 2,363 views

In this uncertain time, can we still control the controllable? I lost my job during the pandemic's outbreak in 2020. Not knowing what to do for my next step, I just waited for the pandemic to end. For nearly 6 months, I had been living an aimless life and felt my inner strength leaking as time passed. Until one day, while reading the Bible, I came across Proverbs 24:10, which says, " If you...

Driving Into The Sunset

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 06, 2022 / 1,959 views

While getting a degree in English Literature had seemed a great idea in college it didn’t prove to be a wise choice when searching for work after I graduated. I was a young father with a wife and baby at home and another on the way. The only work I was able to find was as a busboy at a restaurant and I was barely making enough to eke out a living. This would get even worse one day when for no reason I...