Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

Three Things

By Kualaco on October 29, 2025 / 927 views

By Kualaco on October 29, 2025 / 927 views

Sometimes we all need a pick-me-up. One thing I like to do, when I’m out taking a walk, is to challenge myself to look for three things in my environment: something surprising, something beautiful, and something kind. It gives me a sense of accomplishment once I check off everything on the list. A friend of mine always looks for birds wherever she...

A Stranger On The Train Let Me Stay At Her House Overnight

By A Friend on October 29, 2025 / 1,046 views

By A Friend on October 29, 2025 / 1,046 views

Around 2 years ago, when I was travelling home from London, I was sat on the train which was delayed. I was starting to get worried about missing my connecting train as it was the last train of the night back to my town. The train was busy and full so a random woman sat next to me and we started chatting about the delay. I mentioned I was worried I wouldn’t make my connection and then we started talking...

My Grandpa Felt Lonely After My Grandma Passed. I Bought A Second PS3 Now We Play Minecraft Every Night

By A Friend on October 28, 2025 / 1,030 views

By A Friend on October 28, 2025 / 1,030 views

My grandpa has been really lost since my grandma died last year and it also affected me in a really bad way. He lives alone and i could tell he was super lonely, he would just sit and watch old tv shows all day. I was at his house playing minecraft on my old ps3 a few months ago and he just sat and watched me for like an hour. He finally asked "what are you building? it looks...

Body And Spirit

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 27, 2025 / 1,495 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 27, 2025 / 1,495 views

Here is my new story. I hope it reminds you of who you really are. God bless you always. When I was a teenager I used to lift weights in the morning, then jog two and a half miles to the local swimming pool and spend the whole afternoon swimming. Well last night I slept crooked and woke up with my back hurting and twisted up like a pretzel. While I stretched, popped, moaned and groaned...

I Run A Buy Nothing Group... And They All Came Together

By A Friend on October 27, 2025 / 1,111 views

By A Friend on October 27, 2025 / 1,111 views

As the title says, I run a local buy project nothing group and I've been battling brain cancer and I survive on my military pension since I haven't been able to work since July. So I'm very food insecure, and I am not eligible for EBT. I ended up in the hospital yesterday and I asked if someone in my group could pick up my prescriptions for me today. It turns out my...

Caught In The Claws

By Leann Freedom on October 25, 2025 / 1,162 views

By Leann Freedom on October 25, 2025 / 1,162 views

Frequently we go to a shopping mall with the view of the mighty pacific ocean. A half empty mall that contains many good memories of my childhood. My son with special needs loves this mall and asks to go here often. I bring him to his favorite place and then go with my little girl to explore the fun shops and kid friendly places that dot the mall. Our newest favorite is Kawaii Klaws....

I Love My MIL And Pecan Pie. I Promise Those Two Things Are Connected

By A Friend on October 24, 2025 / 1,143 views

By A Friend on October 24, 2025 / 1,143 views

I've been married for 12 years and my MIL is the sweetest person. I've always complained that its expected for the in law relationship to just automatically be toxic. I could go on for awhile about all the kind things she does for me (and the family as a whole). So side not I love pecan pie, always have. Unfortunately my family always thought it was gross so I never got to have it growing...

A Customer Apologized For Overreacting And Hugged Me

By A Friend on October 23, 2025 / 1,506 views

By A Friend on October 23, 2025 / 1,506 views

This actually happened to me a while ago, but it's something I think about often, and it's been especially on my mind tonight, so I really wanted to share it. It starts out a little rocky, but I promise, it has a happy ending. When I was working alone at a small laundromat, an elderly man came in and tried to request a wash rag from me (to clean his hands before handling his clothes). The...

'You Must Have Dropped This' A.k.a. A Little Help With The Pretense Of Dignity

By A Friend on October 23, 2025 / 1,233 views

By A Friend on October 23, 2025 / 1,233 views

While I'm not wealthy, I'm finally in not-constantly-panicking financial shape and occasionally able to help people. Today I was at the bank, noticed the customer next to me was having some difficulties... had been overdrawn, was depositing a money order, distressed that she couldn't get any of that money for several days. So I slid some money to her on the counter, saying,...

This Little Girl Made My Whole Week

By Temporary_Royal_2260 on October 22, 2025 / 1,272 views

By Temporary_Royal_2260 on October 22, 2025 / 1,272 views

A little patient I cared for last month came back today for a check-up. When I entered the room, she ran up to me with a drawing she had made of us together — me with my scrubs and her holding a stethoscope. She said, “I made you a nurse superhero!” 🥹🥹🥹🥹 I nearly cried right there. Sometimes nursing is exhausting and chaotic, but then...

Three Smiling Faces

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 21, 2025 / 1,330 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 21, 2025 / 1,330 views

My daughter gave me the most wonderful birthday present this year. She took 3 pictures of her and her two brothers when they were just babies. Then she sent away to a place that printed them on 3 large refrigerator magnets. Now each time I open the freezer to get some ice cubes I get to see the 3 beautiful faces of my babies smiling at me. It is funny that each time I look at these pictures I feel...

A Flat Tire

By A Friend on October 20, 2025 / 1,165 views

By A Friend on October 20, 2025 / 1,165 views

Not only did this father and daughter help my girlfriend with her flat tire, he used it as an opportunity to teach his daughter how to do it. Wouldn’t accept cash, just said he was happy to help two people at the same...

Helping My Elderly Neighbor After She Hurt Herself And Couldn't Move

By Kiwi on October 20, 2025 / 1,232 views

By Kiwi on October 20, 2025 / 1,232 views

My sweet 80-something year old neighbor called me earlier today, unfortunately I didn't reach it in time so she texted "I've hurt myself and can't walk, will you please come and help?" My thoughts immediately went to her falling or something, so I yelled for my boyfriend and we ran.. 💨 When we got inside, she sat quietly in her chair, looking tired and sad. Turns...

Cashier Paid For Our Drinks So We Bought Her Chocolates

By A Friend on October 17, 2025 / 1,381 views

By A Friend on October 17, 2025 / 1,381 views

So this happened a few years ago, sometime during Covid. Since there was nothing much to do during the pandemic, me and my friend often walked around our town to hang out after school. We would typically get food and then wander around outside. One time as we were nearing winter break, we stopped by a gas station for some hot chocolate and some snacks. When the cashier told us our total,...

I Offered To Help A Lost Tourist And Ended Up Getting Invited To Dinner

By A Friend on October 16, 2025 / 1,296 views

By A Friend on October 16, 2025 / 1,296 views

Yesterday i saw a couple at a bus stop looking totally confused so i stopped to help turns out they were visiting from another country and couldn’t figure out the bus routes. I showed them around a bit and we started chatting.They insisted on taking me out for dinner as a thank you and honestly it turned into such a wholesome evening full of laughter, stories and good food. Kindness...

Empty Closets And Full Hearts

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 15, 2025 / 1,496 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 15, 2025 / 1,496 views

I hope this new story of mine inspires you to clean out any clutter in your own lives. God bless you always. When my children were in school, each year at the end of Summer my wife and I would buy them all some new clothes for the coming school year. It was a habit that I kept up over the years even though my Special Needs sons are now both in their thirties and wear sizes larger than me....

New Family Moved In And Became Friends In No Time

By A Friend on October 13, 2025 / 1,397 views

By A Friend on October 13, 2025 / 1,397 views

I love to garden and I always grow waaay too much. I give away the extra to my friends and neighbors. Well, some new neighbors moved in and we talked across the fence. I told him if he ever sees a bag hanging on the fence that it’s veggies from my garden. I hung a bag over the fence about a week later. A few days later he came buy with a jar of homemade pickled eggplant....