Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

So Here's A Story For You

By Kimberley on November 02, 2022 / 2,028 views

Today I was driving through Nambour in 4 lane traffic. My car has no air-conditioning so I was already on fire and what do I see but a family of delightful ducks,crossing the road in a most unsuitably unsafe place. In a moment of sheer terror for the poor doggo in the backseat I pulled the best u-turn a Tiida has ever seen the wrong way into a one way street. As I alighted from my newly found rally...

Bleeding Fingers And Band-Aids

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 02, 2022 / 3,319 views

It was the middle of winter some 30 years ago. I was a young father with 3 little children counting on me. My college education, however, wasn’t helping me to find a good job in our depressed area. My work as a substitute teacher had dried up and now I was working in a saw mill for just above the minimum wage. As I got ready to go to work I wrapped band-aids around my fingers and put more in my pockets....

I Stopped On My Way Into Town Today As This Little One Was Going Alongside A Busy Road

By Ickiv on October 31, 2022 / 2,155 views

By Ickiv on October 31, 2022 / 2,155 views

I stopped on my way into town today as this little one was going alongside a busy road with not many places to go. I had pulled over to the side of the road with my hazard lights on as I also had not much room. Most people just drove around me but one gentleman pulled over on the other side of the road to make sure I was ok in the first instance. Together we worked out a plan and carried out a...

Last Week My Elderly Father Had An Appointment At The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

By Holly on October 31, 2022 / 1,790 views

Last week my elderly father had an appointment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in SA. My dads words were 'my legs just weren't working, so I couldn't walk' a very kind man who was working on a building site nearby asked my dad if he was okay and told him to stay where he was and he ran to the hospital and got my dad a wheelchair so my dads wife could push him to the hospital. After...

It Doesn't Take Much To Help Someone Out

By Amy on October 27, 2022 / 2,488 views

Last week I was on my lunch break from work and went to the nearby petrol station to buy a drink. I had left and was about to head back to work when a man asked me for money for a drink. He was carrying lots of bags and didn't seem to be having a good day. I said I didn't have any cash but let's go back into the servo and I'll buy him one. He was so relieved and...

Making Time For The Important Things

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 26, 2022 / 2,777 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 / 8,401 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 / 2,985 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 / 2,315 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 / 2,350 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 / 1,906 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 / 1,988 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 / 1,877 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 / 2,638 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 / 2,885 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 / 1,750 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 / 2,546 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...