Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

Behind The Disguise

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 30, 2022 / 2,397 views

My two adult sons still live with me. Both of them have Autism and other mental disabilities. My oldest boy works a few days a week at a local sheltered workshop. His younger brother, however, isn’t as high functioning. He speaks only a few words and stays home with me full time so my daughter and I can care for him. The other day I was walking into a fast food restaurant holding his finger so...

Wholesome Barber

By Dan on September 29, 2022 / 2,003 views

So I'm getting married on Wednesday and my barber was the first person to cut my hair for my first date with my future wife. 4 years later I booked online and saw he wasn’t working so I decided to get my hair cut by someone else who worked there. Super bummed about it because I’ve been going to him for 4 years but I’m pressed for time so I had to get it cut today. I rock up to...

Mary Poppins In Disguise

By Jae on September 28, 2022 / 1,810 views

As a mum of 2 beautiful young girls with little family support, I’ve been looking to hire a nanny for a few hrs a week for months only to be let down at the last minute time and time again. I finally found a lady who sounded great and she turned out to be Mary Poppins in disguise. She was booked in today for 3hrs - she came over 10mins early for a chat with a coffee for me, treats...

Two Moths

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 26, 2022 / 2,046 views

My Mom would have been 85 years old this year if she had lived. She gave birth to me 3 weeks after her 30th birthday but passed away when she was only 55. It was heartbreaking losing her when I was only 25 years old. I felt like I had just started to grow up and get to know Mom as a real person and not just a mother. I had hoped for many years of loving friendship with her but it was not to be. Now...

Giving Feels So Good

By Shane on September 23, 2022 / 2,002 views

Don’t usually post but yesterday at our show we had a pre paid show rides card which still had credit when we were leaving so our daughter who is 13 years old gave it to a large family group . They were delighted as we were. On the car trip home we all got to say our favourite thing about the show. Our daughter said giving the family the show ride card was the best part...

My Daughter Is The Kindest Person I Have Ever Met

By Nicole on September 23, 2022 / 2,021 views

My daughter, Grade 2, is the kindest person I have ever met. On the last day of Term 3, she was playing on the school ground with a friend. She noticed on two separate occasions that there was a child upset on their own. She went up to them to make sure they're ok. She said she couldn't play when she saw someone upset. Her friend was like, it's the last day of school we should be...

My Dad Experience Such Generosity Last Night While Out Dining At An Italian Restaurant

By Natalie on September 22, 2022 / 1,868 views

My dad experience such generosity last night while out dining at an Italian restaurant, in Wollongong. My dad was there with a 10 member team of Ukrainian cyclists - here in Australia for the UCI World cycling event being held in Wollongong. He got talking to the person at the table next to him, a man who had a son (the son is an Australian team junior motorcross member). At...

God Surprised Me

By Kay Heitsch on September 20, 2022 / 2,133 views

When we moved back to Michigan, I looked up a friend from high school I had lost touch with online. I was surprised that Vicki only lived a few miles from me. I found her phone number and called. It wasn't long, and we were back together. From that day on, we stayed in contact. I spent a lot of time at the lake with her and her husband, Gary. Almost every day, we sent each other text messages....

Tonight I Went To Our Local And A Couple Were There Trying To Have Dinner And Their Baby Was Crying

By Sharon on September 19, 2022 / 1,966 views

Tonight I went to our local and a couple were there trying to have dinner and their baby was crying. I looked over at the mum frantically trying to quieten the baby and thought to myself as a Nana whose been there before with my own children, should I help? A total stranger? Well, it got the better of me and I went over to the parents and offered to take their child for a walk in the prom, in the...

Amazing Big Bro

By Leanne on September 19, 2022 / 1,806 views

I have a family of 5,2 boys one girl. My oldest son is 12 and his name is Siddhartha. He is so amazingly kind, especially to his little bro. Ryder is 8 and has moderate autism. Time and time again I see Sidd, literally willing to take the shirt off his back for his little brother.we were at the beach the other day and when Ryder gets out of the water he wants to instantly get out of wet...

Wholesome Boss

By A Friend on September 16, 2022 / 1,862 views

By A Friend on September 16, 2022 / 1,862 views

Let my boss borrow my car for a quick drive. Had maybe less than a quarter left. Without saying a word he filled my entire tank. I am pretty skimped on money and wanted to...

I Saw The Gentleman Walk To His Car Wiping His Eyes

By Michele on September 14, 2022 / 2,311 views

Last night whilst shopping at my local Woolies I was standing at a self serve checkout paying for my shopping, when I overhead an elderly gentleman tell one of the checkout girls that he may not have enough money to pay for his items. Once I paid for my shopping I waited around to see if the gentleman was able to produce enough change for his shopping and unfortunately he couldn’t. I would have paid the...

I Honestly Don't Even Know How To Express The Gratitude I Feel After Something That Happened To Me Today

By Sarah on September 14, 2022 / 2,233 views

I honestly don't even know how to express the gratitude I feel after something that happened to me today. I was admiring a beautiful but very expensive dress in a store. I got talking to a lovely woman about how I'd recently lost a lot of weight and we interacted for a while about our children and recent things we had been through etc. After some time i heard a voice behind me say...

I Was Gobsmacked

By Gail on September 14, 2022 / 1,771 views

This afternoon when I finish work I had got in my car to leave, when a co-worker was looking at my front left tyre she said to me do you know you have a chunk out of your tyre , no I didnt you need to go and get a new tyre. I drove to the tyre shop and asked a employee could you have a look at my tyre. He said that I needed two new tyres. I said to him can I buy one this...

Forgiveness

By Letty on September 12, 2022 / 2,358 views

When we bought our small house many years ago, there was an enormous Japanese Red Pine in the yard, close to where our neighbors parked their cars. One day I looked out the window and saw four black crows surrounding a baby squirrel, as if hunting it. I went outside, the crows flew to a branch of the tree, and the squirrel froze. So I picked up a large rock, and making certain to aim in the opposite direction...

A Hawaiin Shirt

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 10, 2022 / 2,241 views

The first time I met Kai she was sitting in my front yard petting my dog, Harley. Harley was a big black Lab and Husky mix and his bark was intimidating but Kai had turned him into a little puppy wanting only to be petted by her. She seemed to radiate a loving-kindness that rippled out to touch us all. She and her husband Sean had just moved into our neighborhood and in no time Kai had befriended everyone. She...

Simple Gesture, But Meant The World

By Jan on September 08, 2022 / 1,928 views

Feeling pretty crappy today, and then this lovely lady stopped me in the middle of the shopping centre and told me how lovely my dress is and how it matched my glasses. She then went on her way, saying “you have really got it all together.” Simple gesture, but meant the...