Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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He Carved Space For His Dream, But Built The Way In For Me

By Seriphae on September 22, 2025 / 5,216 views

We have this completely overgrown area behind our house that was nothing but dense trees, shrubs, and foliage. My husband has been working for three months straight (digging, cutting, clearing) to carve out space for a hobbit house. He’s loved Tolkien since childhood and always dreamed of having his own. Today he finished building wooden steps down into the cleared area and came inside...

Decided To Give Away My Birthday Present. A Chic-Fil-A Gift Card

By A Friend on September 19, 2025 / 6,607 views

I’m currently sitting in the waiting room and they called me up to check in. The lady was so nice and asked me for my insurance card. I opened my wallet and saw the chic fil a gift card and went “do you like chic fil a?” and she said yes so I decided to give it to her. Chic fil a is okay but I hate how busy it is so I gave it to her and she said she was going to give it...

A Young Boy And His Random Act Of Kindness For My Mother In Law

By A Friend on September 18, 2025 / 7,496 views

My mother in law, who is now 96, loves the book sales our library holds twice a year. She takes her little book bag and fills it with some of the oddest titles but she enjoys them all and I'm happy to take her. Last year we were there and it was vey crowded. Somehow she and I got separated. I knew she would be ok on her own, she's completely mobile and able to handle herself well...

Rick-rolled In The Best Way By A Good Samaritan

By A Friend on September 17, 2025 / 7,510 views

My boyfriend and I were on a little road trip holiday, traveling from Bar Harbor to Kennenbunkport in Maine when my dashboard started beeping to tell me that my rear left tire went from 35psi to ZERO. I was so panicked and pulled over right away. Suddenly, this pick up truck pulls over and this guy didn’t just ask if we need help, he brought his tools out and started to...

I Brought Tears To An Elderly Veteran's Eyes By Buying Him A Meal

By A Friend on September 17, 2025 / 8,317 views

This happened around November of 2015 when I (21 at the time) was working as a front desk clerk at a local hotel. It was the night shift and I was the only one working the desk at the time while one of my managers was in the back room. It was late when an elderly man came through the front doors to ask for a room. After going through the regular protocol for getting him checked in, he told me his...

A Compliment That Still Warms My Heart To This Day

By A Friend on September 16, 2025 / 8,165 views

This is such a minor thing but it meant so much to me. This happened when I was around 14 and in a really bad spot in my life (teenage hormones mixed with a bad home life, diagnosed depression and anxiety and not having close friends left me quite isolated). For some context, I live in Sweden and we have woodworking classes as a school curricular, I had spent so much time and put so much effort into...

A Pair Of Jumper Cables

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 15, 2025 / 8,397 views

It was early Spring. I was driving home after dropping my son off at the sheltered workshop where he works a few days a week. I was enjoying the sight of the trees full of light, green leaves. I was smiling at the sun shining in the clear sky and the wild flowers growing along the side of the road. And I was thanking God for a blessed and beautiful day. It was then, though, that I saw them. Standing in front...

14 Years Ago A Man Made My Day On A Flight While My Mom Was Sitting With My Baby Sister

By A Friend on September 15, 2025 / 8,171 views

When this happened I was only 5-ish years old and I was flying with my mom and 18 month old sister from Texas to Massachusetts. Now this plane only had 2 pairs of seats per row so my mom had to sit with my sister while i was stuck with a stranger. I was really scared but this man did everything he could to make me happy. When we got on the flight he said hi to me before playing angry...

My Coworker Who Came In Last November And Completely Changed My Work Atmosphere

By A Friend on September 12, 2025 / 9,658 views

I had a falling out with my best girlfriends in December. By the time 2025 came around, I was always miserable. No one at work liked to talk to me, my other coworker is a bit moody and mad we do the same job and I make more. I was one of four 20-somethings in a corporate enviornment, which can get pretty lonely. I was struggling to keep up with my job because I was also new-er and thrown into it...

A Dog's Life

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 10, 2025 / 10,691 views

My new story is for everyone who has ever loved a dog. I hope you enjoy it. God bless you always. Sometimes during a hot, lazy, summer afternoon my mind wanders. The other day I was sitting in my chair and my thoughts went to what it would be like to switch places with my dogs. It seemed like a pretty good deal to me. I would love to be able lay around, eat, and play for 6 hours a day then...

Act Of Kindness For Paramedics

By Cerys EJ on September 09, 2025 / 10,395 views

I just witnessed the most lovely thing in McDonald’s by Dunelm. Paramedics were waiting for their food along with myself and a few others including two lads. The two lads got their food and left, then one came back in and handed some money to the paramedics and said "thank you for all you do, take this." I can’t lie it had me a bit choked...

A Group Of Teenagers Help An Elderly Man

By Scott C. on September 08, 2025 / 2,493 views

Massive shoutout to these lads who stopped to help an elderly gentleman this evening who was massively struggling to walk. On our walk this evening we passed them and asked if they needed any help but they had it all in hand, one lad even paid for a taxi for the gentleman. Fair play to each of them, their parents should be immensely proud. It’s seriously refreshing to see...

Caring Medical Staff Wanted To Hear About My Friend

By A Friend on September 05, 2025 / 11,437 views

My best friend died on Labor Day and as such my wife missed some doctor's appointments in supporting me. Today, we went to a make-up appointment and apologized, explaining our recent loss. The doctor said, "Tell me about him. Tell me some stories about your friend." We were very touched. --------- asked to share a favorite memory...

A Kind Stranger Made My Son’s Day At The Grocery Store

By Sam on September 04, 2025 / 11,464 views

Today at the grocery store, my little boy was absolutely exhausted cranky fighting sleep and melting down right at the checkout line. I was trying to keep it together but honestly it was one of those parenting moments where you just feel embarrassed. Out of nowhere the man behind us quietly asked the cashier to add a small candy bar to his order. He handed it to my son who stopped mid tantrum,...

A Stranger Reminded Me There Is Still Goodness In The World

By A Friend on September 04, 2025 / 11,286 views

I was standing at the checkout and realized I was a few dollars short for the total bill. I started to panic and thought about putting some items back. Then a lady standing behind me quietly swiped her card and said don’t worry I got it. The amount was small, but in that moment it felt like the whole universe gave me a hug. Sometimes strangers remind you how simple and...

I’m Giving You A $20 Donation For Your Free Bag Of Chips

By A Friend on September 03, 2025 / 11,253 views

My husband and I are highly involved in a cancer charity. MIL is a breast cancer survivor. We are part of a local team that is always setting up fundraisers and receiving donations. Recently we’ve also got our children, 5M and 2F, involved. At our last charity event a member was able to get a large donation of chips and pretzels. We sold a majority of them. Whatever was left the donor told us...

Bread For The Soul

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 02, 2025 / 11,178 views

I was a little boy sitting in church on a hard, wooden pew, trying to sit still and not squirm while listening to the sermon. Most of it went over my young mind each week, but there always came a point when we recited the Lord’s prayer. And there was a part of it that I understood very clearly: “Give us this day our daily bread.” That part spoke to me because each Sunday afternoon my beloved...