Inspirational Stories / Motivational Stories

Flickers Of Light

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 24, 2022 / 3,787 views

It was June a few years ago right around the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. A few weeks earlier the first fireflies had appeared blinking their lights on and off in the woods around my house and the meadow in my backyard. What a joy it was seeing them again. Their little flickers of light made me smile with delight and I thanked God for them. Now as the daylight was starting to fade I...

My Husband Has Been Lying To Me For Years

By A Friend on June 21, 2022 / 4,201 views

By A Friend on June 21, 2022 / 4,201 views

Ever since we started dating, whenever we go out to eat and there is a pickle on his plate, he gives it to me. One of our first dates was at a sub shop and it came with a pickle and I ate it first, and I think he picked up on it, because ever since he has just slid his pickle onto my plate and I eat it and I never really thought twice about it. That had remained the status quo until one...

A Tie Dye Blanket

By Jeneen on June 20, 2022 / 2,193 views

Yesterday I had a woman come into the shop I work asking if we had a tie dye blanket. I walked her over to where I thought we had the only one and it was there. She got tears in her eyes and said her mom was in the hospital dying and had requested a tie dye blanket. My heart swelled and I've never been so happy to find something that someone was looking for. After I rang...

Waking Up At Night

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 20, 2022 / 2,424 views

Until I was 11 years old my Mom, Dad, two brothers and I lived with my Nana in her 70 year old, ramshackle wooden house. Then one fateful night a fire burned it to the ground. We all escaped with our lives but we lost everything we owned. Thankfully, our loving, caring community helped us and soon my Dad was able to get us a low-income house. My Nana, however, didn’t join us. Instead she bought a small 2...

Please Don't Touch!

By Sarah on June 18, 2022 / 2,165 views

By Sarah on June 18, 2022 / 2,165 views

My son dropped his toy turtle in Melbourne on a trip today, we didn't expect to see it again. We retraced our steps to find this note with his beloved plush. Thank you to the kind soul who did...

I Work With Youth Who Are In Govt Care And Today I Witnessed An Amazing Act Of Kindness

By Nicki on June 16, 2022 / 2,199 views

I was out looking at thrift shops with a teenage girl who has significant acquired brain injuries suffered as a baby. This girl has been fixated on Quinceanera dresses, ball gowns and Victorian era hair styles. When ever I work with her I curl her hair and do her makeup for her she looks into the mirror so proudly afterwards. This morning I did this and we looked at pictures of ball gowns...

Kindness Is Free

By Florence on June 16, 2022 / 2,154 views

While at the shopping centre today I walked past a little boy and his mum and they were near a child's ride,mum didn't have any change for the ride so I asked her if I could give him a ride. She said yes. The look on the boy's face was beautiful. I've been the recipient of so much kindness in the last few weeks it was a tiny act of kindness but I felt good about...

Legends

By Nina on June 13, 2022 / 3,501 views

I’ve been having a really hard time lately with the very recent loss of my father and work-related stress. I went back to work after taking one day off after his passing and was having a very difficult, tear-filled day. My job takes me around the city and as I was walking down a busy street I saw a homeless man covered in a blanket but his bare feet were sticking out and it was so, so cold. I...

A Brief Connection

By Anne on June 13, 2022 / 2,435 views

This morning I went grocery shopping and in an enclosed area where the shopping trolleys are housed I saw a youngish man who appeared very distressed. He was thin, bent over and very much alone. I went over to see if he was ok and asked if I get him anything. He said he was ok and he didn’t want anything. Oh my heart went out to this man who appeared to have a mental illness and to be...

A Rock In The Road

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 13, 2022 / 2,469 views

Driving the curvy, mountain roads where I live can be both a delight and an adventure at times. In the Summer the beauty of them is amazing. Buttercups, daisies, dandelions, and Queen Anne’s Lace line the hills along them. Majestic trees full of lovely, green leaves hang over them. It is such a sight. Yet, you are also constantly on the lookout for potholes; deer, skunks and squirrels crossing the road;...

To The Tall Lady In Rouse Hill...

By Carolyn on June 10, 2022 / 2,244 views

I took my 12 year old niece shopping for her birthday today. At the end of our trip I rushed into the supermarket to grab some medication and Vitamin D and we went to the self service checkout. My niece did the transaction as I have trouble reaching as I'm a power chair user. But then it happened. My credit card declined (even though it had plenty of money available) how...

I Had The Most Heart Warming Experience Yesterday.

By Nicci on June 10, 2022 / 2,097 views

To preface this in 2017 I had an accident on a bus which now means I won’t stand up when riding. I got on the bus yesterday morning and it was jam packed. Normally I would get off and wait for one with seats but yesterday I thought ‘right you have to get over this fear of yours. Just stand up and hold on’ but I’m holding on so tight and I literally started to...

A Rose

By Tania on June 09, 2022 / 2,353 views

Just over a week ago we lost me father in law to the dreaded “C”. Sucks big time. A couple of days later my mother in law went to the local florist late one afternoon to buy some flowers to give to the staff of the nursing home where he spent the last 6 weeks of his life to say thank you for their care. She got into a conversation with the florist as to why she was buying the flowers and...

Rental Property

By Catherine on June 09, 2022 / 2,625 views

We bought a rental property last year, we have single mum renting it and I'm putting in a split system as an alternate to the rising prices of gas ducted heating, so it can be more cost effective for the tenant. I called the Real Estate to tell them my plan and they advised the tennant is struggling with cost of living atm and may have to move, so we made a reduction in the rent for the next 6...

A Million Buttercups

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 09, 2022 / 2,778 views

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 09, 2022 / 2,778 views

The middle of May is one of my favorite times of the year here in the mountains of my home. The trees are all full of light green leaves that glow almost golden in the sunshine. The temperatures are not too hot yet. The air is cool and smells fresh. Mommy and Daddy birds are building nests and raising babies. Butterflies, bumble bees and even hummingbirds are flying about from flower to flower. And the sweet...

Sometimes That's All They Need

By Kate on June 06, 2022 / 2,104 views

I'm going through a really hard time at the moment... I've got my 6 year old with me, a trolley full of groceries, and bedding and bags of clothes, a carseat and anything else that fits (looking a little homeless but just on my way back from being away for the weekend, waiting for a lift home) it's pouring with rain and it's freezing, so we go to the library where it's warm and...

Women Help Mom Traveling Alone With Toddler

By Ashley on June 06, 2022 / 2,179 views

If the cafe employee in the domestic Melbourne airport area is here, please accept my sincere gratitude and thanks for your kindness last weekend. After a long haul flight from the US back to AUS with a two year old by myself, the toddler had an absolute meltdown after travelling 22+ hours already on no sleep and with no naps, and a 15 hour time zone change. While screaming and half dressed (because...