Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

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Kindness In Beenleigh

By Lisa on January 03, 2022 / 2,343 views

My Dad is 82, he’s had a hard year with my Mum needing to go into care with deteriorating Parkinsons and dementia. He has had to learn to live on his own after 64 years together and he has developed his own health issues. Today he felt really down and sad, went to the supermarket to get some things. As he went to pay, a gentleman beside him, stopped him and said he wanted to pay for...

The Person Nearest You

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 31, 2021 / 3,018 views

It was a rainy, damp December day. I was headed to the store to pick up another week’s worth of food. I had put off shopping for Christmas presents until later in the month but wasn’t looking forward to the crush of Christmas shoppers while I grabbed my groceries. I kept the CD player on while I drove to avoid the radio news. It only spoke of the world’s huge problems and how divided we all...

Nursing Home Surprise

By Amy on December 31, 2021 / 2,901 views

My partner and I wanted to spread some joy so we decided to organise gifts for the residents of a local nursing home. I posted on Facebook about our plans and my aunty, and two of my friends sent me money to go towards gifts. Then one of the ladies who works at a different branch of the store I work sent me over a huge box of chocolates, biscuits and sweets to add to the haul of presents. We purchased...

The Kids Got To See Santa Today

By Carrie on December 28, 2021 / 2,046 views

The pandemic has hit our family pretty hard. In addition to my husband being a frontline healthcare worker and the kids all going back and forth between in-person and online school, we have dealt with the worst the virus can dish out. This month marks one year from my dad having a covid induced stroke which has left him permanently disabled. On December 10th we also hit one year since covid took the life of my...

A Little Christmas Eve Miracle Of Kindness

By Anoush on December 28, 2021 / 1,902 views

My cat got sick because I was suddenly away half the day for seven days caring for friends' cats. Cats quickly convert stress into urinary tract infections and then they stop drinking. At the end of the week, I was sick too (autoimmune stuff). Then last night I had to take my cat to emergency because all the vets are booked out til January because of crazy season. It took...

Hot Dogs

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 28, 2021 / 3,490 views

“Well, we could use some hotdogs.” I was at the local Catholic Charities food pantry. They had a thrift shop attached to it where I would sometimes stop to pick up a sweatshirt or a CD for my sons. Once in a while, though, I would also step back into the food pantry and ask if they needed anything. I had needed the help of food pantries myself a few times when I was a young father struggling to...

Best. Day. Ever!

By Tanya on December 24, 2021 / 2,603 views

Well that was the best. Day. Ever! My autistic son is a mapper - human GPS - memorizes Google Maps and downloads it in his brain forever. He LOVES to go for drives. He navigates and I go wherever he directs. There are hours on motorways on a weekly basis. Yesterday was his first time in the front seat. He is a happy flapper, and bounces in his seat with an open mouthed smile on his face...

My Christmas Angel

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 24, 2021 / 2,795 views

Growing up as a boy I am sure that I gave my guardian angel premature gray hair. He probably had to take early retirement too. There is no other way to explain how I cheated death and injury so many times. I was often reckless, sometimes hurt, and had more near misses than I can remember. One near miss that I do remember happened one year on the last day of school before Christmas break. We lived...

A Handmade Quilt

By Julie on December 20, 2021 / 2,422 views

Last week I saw a friend I hadn't seen for a while who said she had something for me. The very next day I was having breakfast at a cafe with two work colleagues and she rang me to ask if she could drop off what she had for me. It turned out to be the most exquisite hand made quilt, with encouraging Bible texts embroidered on it and a personal message. I have had a bout with breast...

Missing Package

By Riette on December 20, 2021 / 2,358 views

To this guy, THANK YOU for bringing our package that has been missing for 2 days! I’m so sorry I couldn’t answer the door to personally say thank you. I honestly don’t know how we missed the doorbell ringing. But our washing machine has been broken for a month and we needed that part to come in the mail so bad. I was horribly depressed that it was delivered to...

Have The Time Of Your 'why'

By Jodi-Ann E. M. Morgan on December 16, 2021 / 2,398 views

It was Mark Twain who said: "The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." This has always resonated with me and now, more than ever, I’ve been living my life on the mission to learn what my calling is and fulfill my purpose. With that being said, I think there are two important questions that can used to supplement that statement...

Random Act Of Kindness At Supermarket

By Michelle on December 15, 2021 / 2,421 views

About 9.45pm I was going through the checkout at the supermarket at Canterbury Gardens when this lovely guy offered to pay for my shop. It was all Christmas things, ham, turkey, plum pudding, Christmas cake, boxes of chocolates, nuts etc etc I told him I couldn’t possibly accept that but thank you anyway. Then he said it would make his Christmas. He ended up paying for it all. I had...

So This Happened To Me Today. Tears Are Still Flowing

By Narelle on December 15, 2021 / 2,672 views

So this happened to me today. Tears are still flowing Came out from work today after doing some shopping, put it in the car, put the trolley away. Jumped in the car and sat for just a bit, the lady who was sitting in the car in front of mine in the car park gets out of her car and holds up her hand, to say wait a sec. So I did. She would of been in her 80's, finally makes her way to...

Merry Christmas

By Jody on December 15, 2021 / 1,909 views

Thank you to the wonderful person or persons that put this on my car today at grand central..... my family has had a very upsetting time in the last 3 weeks and getting that has lifted our spirits! Merry...

This Is My Driver Jacob

By Kirsty on December 14, 2021 / 3,379 views

This is my driver Jacob. He was sent to pick me up and take me three hours on a drive inland in Mexico to where I’ll be working. As we were driving he started to tell me his story. As most of you know I like to chat and I like to get to know people & their stories. He shared with me that since the pandemic he had had to change jobs and was currently spending six days a week away...

I Just Had THE Best Thing Happen To Me

By Marsha on December 14, 2021 / 2,517 views

I just had THE best thing happen to me. A man came to my door and was calling my name. He said "have you lost a wallet?" And in his hand was my wallet. I had no idea it was missing. It’d apparently slid off the top of my car into the middle of a very busy 3 lane road. He saw a car drive over it and noticed a $5 note fly out of it. He did a u-turn at the next traffic light and went...

A Blessing In Disguise

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 14, 2021 / 2,282 views

It was the day after Thanksgiving. Gray clouds covered the sky. The air was biting. The temperature was below freezing. It was spitting snow. And the internet was out. Now I have found that having the internet out can be a pain in the butt or a blessing in disguise. I decided that day to make it the latter, work off my turkey tummy, and get a few things done. After the regular housework was done...