Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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Karma Finally Came Around

By A Friend on June 27, 2025 / 1,354 views

I do my best to put good vibes out there. I donate what I can, buy food for people less fortunate, give my coworkers chocolate if they’re having a bad day, cover the bill if someone’s short for groceries or something. Years of doing my best to make someone smile. And with family and close friends, it works. But finally, after years of very little feedback (not complaining, I didn’t...

Little Bouquet Of Flowers

By Hand Pan Leann on June 26, 2025 / 1,456 views

Recently I had a terrible experience at a Trader Joe’s grocery store. The cashier was remarkably rude to me.. in a place that is typically known for having great customer service. I came away from the experience first thinking “what did I do to deserve this treatment “… then after some thought I came to the realization that this person was more than likely having a bad day...

Small Yet Immeasurable

By A Friend on June 26, 2025 / 1,132 views

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share some wonderful acts of kindness that my 20 month old granddaughter experiences everyday. We love to just sit together in our driveway and as people drive by she vigorously waves her hands to them. The joy this brings my beautiful granddaughter as people slow down to wave with a huge smile on their faces also is priceless. To us this small yet...

What I Know Now

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 25, 2025 / 1,316 views

It is funny how so many commercials these days steal the lyrics from old rock and roll songs. I can turn the television on and suddenly I am back in my childhood again. I usually don’t pay attention to the commercial itself. I just close my eyes, listen to the music, and sometimes even sing along. One of those songs was playing today as I did the dinner dishes in the sink. “I wish that I...

The Ripple Effect Of Kindness

By Exciting Quotes on June 23, 2025 / 1,838 views

It was a rainy afternoon, and I had just finished a long, exhausting day. I found myself at my local café, trying to unwind with a cup of hot tea. As I sat there, I noticed a young woman at the counter. She was clearly struggling, going through her purse frantically, trying to find enough change to pay for her coffee. Without a moment's hesitation, an elderly man, who had been waiting in...

A Person I Formerly Rented From Asked Me For My Current Address

By Chris R. on June 21, 2025 / 1,736 views

A person I formerly rented from asked me for my current address recently. This person rented me a space in their house that was the first place I had to actually call home when I had to leave my house after I got divorced. I paid a completely fair amount of money for my accommodations and really enjoyed my time there, and like all rental situations, I figured that was that. Yesterday I got this in...

Helped A Person In Need At The Grocery Store Today

By A Friend on June 19, 2025 / 1,430 views

I love this community! It always lifts my spirits! Yesterday I had my chance to randomly help someone with a random act of kindness. I was in line to get some items for our hot dog cook out. A young lady seemed to be having trouble with her EBT SNAP card for her food purchase. She started to remove a few items. The cashier was getting flustered and asked for a manager. After a few more attempts it...

Nice Old Lady Helped Me Out When I Was Struggling

By A Friend on June 17, 2025 / 1,581 views

I remember this moment, it was sometime 2016 i guess. I was a student at Uni and on the way home, hungry, decided to stop by the Farmers market to get some stuff to cook. I had not originally planned for this and bought more than I could reasonably stuff into my bag with my laptop. Where I'm from it is not usual to get bags at Farmers markets, you bring your own. So, I stopped at a...

An Empty House

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 16, 2025 / 1,770 views

I grew up across the road from a 4-H camp. During the summer months it was always busy with various camps coming in for a week at a time. During the rest of the year, though, it was largely empty and I would ride my bike along its roads and shoot basketball at its courts, but I was always home by the end of the day. Then came the time when I was finally old enough to go to 4-H camp myself. It was a...

I Work At A Casino, And A Sweet 30-something Non-verbal Man Comes Every Friday

By A Friend on June 14, 2025 / 1,588 views

I’m a beverage server at a casino that rocks in the Midwest, and have only been there a month or so. There’s a guy who is mentally impaired and barely verbal who tracks me down every Friday (I’m easy to spot,) and I’ve picked up on what he wants (water and a juice mix with cherries.) He doesn’t want a hi-five when he holds his hand up, but what I’ve...

Kindness When I Needed It The Most

By A Friend on June 13, 2025 / 1,775 views

I’m going through a tough time. My mother is unwell, my salary has been delayed, and I’m in a lot of debt. On top of that, I found out I can’t get pregnant, something that’s been really hard to come to terms with emotionally. It’s been a lonely, heavy phase of life. Today, while commuting back home from work in a shared taxi (a common ride-share system in Mumbai,...

Yes, Kindness Does Pay

By A Friend on June 11, 2025 / 2,012 views

Just dropped in to pick up a couple of items at my local grocery store. At the express checkout the elderly lady in front of me could not work out how to pay, she spoke no English and the checkout operator was trying to explain to her what to do, to no avail. I stepped in and said 'I'll pay for her', it was only about $5. That sorted. By this time the manager had...

Panda Express Made Me Cry

By A Friend on June 10, 2025 / 1,792 views

The school year is coming to an end and im completely exhausted. To add to that, my kids got sick and have been passing it around. My youngest is having a hard time eating and all they wanted was Panda express noodles. It was late, I'm tired, but if it'll make her feel better then why not? I attempted to order on the app first. It kept saying that it couldn't be delivered to me or there...

Unexpected Pool Time Friends

By Leann Leedom on June 09, 2025 / 1,768 views

Today we went to the neighborhood pool with my three kids. Aida is 4, Ryder is 11, and Siddhartha is 15. We typically invite a couple of kids who live on our block since their parents are seldom available to take them. We live in a working-class neighborhood in Southern California. There was a large party of about nine kids in their mid-teens enjoying a little graduation get-together. I was in the...

The Bench, The Dog, And A Sign That Says 'Believe'

By A Friend on June 09, 2025 / 1,620 views

A few blocks from my house, there’s a neighbor who set up a little library for kids. A simple setup, a bench, a kid-sized loveseat, and a small shelf of children’s books. You could tell it meant something to her. In 2022, she posted this on Nextdoor: "MISSING FURNITURE! 😲 Sad/mad panda. Sometime last night our little library...

The World Is Your Mirror

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 07, 2025 / 1,970 views

Well it happened to me again recently. It has happened before and it will probably happen again. Let me explain. I had just finished driving my son to the sheltered workshop where he works a few days a week. I decided to stop on the way back home to pick up some more bananas and whole wheat bread. As I pulled into the store parking lot, the clouds opened up and the sun shone through. The...

If You See Someone In Need, Take A Moment To Lend A Hand

By K-nanator5000 on June 06, 2025 / 1,605 views

So recently I was at the gas station filling up on gas, and there was a man right next to me counting pennies to pay for his gas, and when you have to count pennies in order to get gas, you need a helping hand. So I walk over and pay for his gas and he started crying and hugging me saying he appreciated me so much. He said he had a family in his home city. He's had trouble going to...