Inspirational Stories

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Well This Kindness Takes The Cake!

By Brigette on January 01, 2024 / 949 views

I have a beautiful 97 year old Aunty who lives at home still in Germany. She regularly writes me a letter, expecially birthdays. We speak once a week on the phone. She asked if my birthday letter arrived in October. After some time we gave up and put it down to lost. Imagine my total surprise when the letter arrived. It had been on a tremendous journey. My Aunty's carer had...

TSA Isn't All Shouting About Laptops And Taking Shoes Off

By A Friend on December 29, 2023 / 1,542 views

A few weeks ago I was flying out of my local (pretty small) airport when I got in line behind a woman who didn’t speak English and by the looks of it, didn’t travel by plane often. No one in the airport spoke her language so she was becoming increasingly anxious and frantic with every interaction. As she was loading her stuff up on the TSA x-ray belt, the agent started giving...

Evergreens In The Forest

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 28, 2023 / 1,572 views

When I was a boy as Christmastime drew near my Dad would always go up in the woods and pick out a small evergreen tree to cut down for our Christmas tree. One year I went with him and much to the annoyance of my brothers picked the most ugly, scraggly, pine tree known to man to be our Christmas tree. My Dad, however, in his love for me cut it down and decorated it, as bad as it looked. Then after the new year...

A Big Shout Out To The Young Lady At The Airport

By Rachael on December 27, 2023 / 1,314 views

A big shout out to the "young lady" at the airport who saw my Dad struggling with two suitcases and my mother in a wheelchair trying to make his way to the exit by relay with the aforementioned suitcases and wheelchair. This young lady took charge of the baggage and got Mom and Dad to the exit safely. Thank you. It had been a challenging day of travel and your selflessness meant...

It Made Her Day

By A Friend on December 27, 2023 / 1,280 views

Shoutout to the lovely American teenaged boy who was on our flight today. We were waiting at the baggage carousel and as he was leaving he said to my 17 year old daughter "I just wanted to say I think you're really pretty". It made her day. So...

Your Greatest Gift

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 26, 2023 / 1,621 views

When I was a boy we didn’t have much. Our Christmas gifts were simple and few but I always took such joy in them. Some of them like the new books and thick socks were used right away. I would slip off my shoes, sit in my favorite chair by the wood stove, and rub my newly socked feet together while I read my books. Other toys like a new football, basketball, or bicycle would have to wait until the snow...

$5 And Some Kind Words

By Amy on December 22, 2023 / 1,731 views

I was on the bus and a young boy got on and told the driver that he didn't have a Go Card or money for a ticket. The boy was probably only about 13 years old. The driver must have said something to him about why his parents hadn't given him money for the bus. The boy said he couldn't ask his parents because he was in care, so the driver told him to get on and the boy said...

Stranger Hands Woman $100 Cash At Winter Wonderland

By Sunny Skyz on December 21, 2023 / 1,571 views

A woman was left "in shock" after being gifted $100 by a stranger as she walked through her city's Christmas event. The lady was handed an envelope containing a note and cash in a random act of kindness. The note read: "Merry Christmas. It's been a tough year for everyone. Please take this and have a great Christmas. Buy that...

Cherish Your Wonderful Life

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 20, 2023 / 1,653 views

It is that time of the year here when Christmas movies are flooding the airwaves. It seems like every time I change the channel there is another new one trying to get me to watch it. In truth, though, there are only two Christmas movies I watch every year: “A Christmas Carol” and the Jimmy Stewart classic, “It’s a wonderful life.” When I was younger I identified more...

Minor Miracle

By A Friend on December 18, 2023 / 1,081 views

My granddaughter was at the gas station filling her car with diesel. She went to pay only to be told that her $100 bill had been paid by the customer beside her. This came at a time when she is struggling to pay bill due to the fact she has to have physio twice a week on her student pension ( she can’t work at the moment) to strengthen her hip which was operated on earlier this year. It was...

My Dog Had Chewed My Sliding Screen Doors

By A Friend on December 18, 2023 / 1,378 views

My dog had chewed my sliding screen doors and I had to get them replaced with pet mesh. It took me a few weeks to save for it then we the man came out he also made sure my back door was locking properly after it hasnt locked for six months and put the doors on the track. He sent me a message after saying life can be tough sometimes and take care and never charged me for the...

Your Kindness Has Made A Very Stressful Time So Much More Bearable, Thank You!

By Larnie on December 18, 2023 / 1,081 views

Quickly dashed into a large hardware/supply store around the corner from work as I desperately needed dog food. 20kg bag on sale, win number one! Could only load onto the bottom piece of the trolley given it was too heavy. Paid and left. Struggled with the trolley, being mindful of the super busy car park. Stuck at the pedestrian crossing, not being let across, one man in a Commodore stopped and...

I Was Absolutely Gobsmacked

By A Friend on December 15, 2023 / 1,717 views

I went to Aldi to do some shopping this morning (Saturday) and when I got to the checkout to pay my card would not work and I had no cash on me so the lad on the till said "if you wait there I will get the manager". So I stood there wondering what would happen and all of a sudden the lad on the till said "here is your receipt, your shopping has been paid for". It...

Act Of Kindness In Shoe Store

By Katie on December 13, 2023 / 1,680 views

We had a generous, loving, caring and extremely thoughtful couple come into Lamey Wellehan Shoes in Augusta and purchase 30 pairs of boots/sneakers for the elementary school in Belgrade. I'm speechless and my eyes are welling up. Man I love these moments when people give from the goodness of their hearts. Merry Christmas...

The Reason I Drink Eggnog

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 11, 2023 / 1,855 views

Every December I buy a carton of vanilla spice eggnog and for several evening I have a cup, “unspiked”. I don’t do it because I enjoy eggnog that much. I do it to remember a very special friend named Kai. The first time I saw Kai she was sitting in my front yard petting my dog, Harley. She and her husband Sean had just moved into our neighborhood. She had a joyful smile and a high...

Thank You Kind Stranger

By Jenny on December 11, 2023 / 1,497 views

I have been the blessed recipient of an act of kindness. I left a bag of not inexpensive items on my shopping cart in the parking lot at Coles. When I noticed later at home, I quickly called Coles, thinking I had left them there, but to find they had been handed in to the front counter after being found in the parking lot. Thank you kind stranger for your honesty and going the...

A Bunch Of Gorgeous But Unwanted Flowers

By Carol on December 08, 2023 / 1,761 views

Once again I have been the lucky recipient of a bunch of gorgeous but unwanted flowers. My neighbour/friend had her last day at her job yesterday and they once again bought her flowers (despite her asking them no flowers please as we have cats at home). They did buy her couple other things too that she was able to keep. So yesterday afternoon I see her walking up the road to...