Motivational stories that inspire us every day
Amelia wanted to meet her newborn grandson, but when her son, Mark, wouldn't pick her up, she decided to walk to his house. It took hours because she has a walker. But when she got to Mark's house, he banned her from entering, and then something shocking happened.
A daughter is dismayed to learn her father left her with nothing but an old jacket she'd gifted him with her first salary. However, when she found a hidden pocket inside it, she thanked her father for leaving it to her.
A wealthy and successful hotel owner taught his spoiled daughter a valuable lesson about how karma gets back to one for their wrong deeds after he overheard her mocking a hotel maid.
Stella suspected her 12-year-old son's unusual tiredness every morning. She decided to find out & learned that he'd been silently sneaking away from home every night. She stalked him into an alley & discovered his incredible secret nightlife one day...
Frank lost his speech after his daughter's death five years ago. One day, he rushed home panting & called out to his wife. She couldn't believe he spoke & was terrified when he told her about seeing their dead daughter alive. She followed him to the spot & froze...
A man who hasn't visited his mother in six years is shocked to find her house deserted and his favorite cake moldering in the kitchen - and then a neighbor tells him the truth
A man took care of his beloved grandmother until her death, only to receive an old armchair from her when she died. His mother mocked him because of it, but the man couldn't care less as he genuinely loved his grandmother.
A concerned janitor approaches a lonely old lady crying while sitting on a carousel. When he looks at her face, he is surprised to see someone from his distant past.
While cleaning her attic, Karen found an old picture of her young parents. Glancing at it, she thought the little girl with them was her. But after a closer look, she was terrified when the girl in the picture resembled her adopted daughter...
Every Wednesday, Kevin left his wife Sarah alone & went fishing at the lake in the woods. One day, Sarah found out that Kevin had been lying to her. When she confronted him, he took her to the woods the next day & revealed the truth...
A carousel operator becomes concerned about a sad little girl who comes to the amusement park every day, escorted by a beggar rather than her father, and decides to follow them. What he learns along the road breaks his heart.
A workaholic mom picks her business over her daughter every time but regrets her decision when karma reaches out to her and her daughter is hospitalized, leaving behind a letter for her that makes her regret her workaholism.
Jessica had been dreaming of her wedding day for years, thinking it'd be the best day of her life. When that day finally came, she came across a homeless man whom she thought was there to interrupt her plans, only to hear him sing the song her late dad used to sing.
With her wedding to Ben six months away, Megan was busy planning and noticed how tired she felt every single day. The doctors gave her the worst diagnosis anyone could get, and Ben did something shocking.
Mary lived near the Pensacola Naval Complex Beach, and she loved spending time looking at the ocean. But one day, she noticed a sad lonely boy carrying the American flag. He came every day and just stared at the water until she asked him why. The answer was shocking and heartbreaking.
A concerned wife is horrified after watching her husband embrace a dirty homeless man who had just been eating food out of a dumpster, only to discover that the man was once an important part of her husband's life.
Lawrence and Paige had the perfect marriage for 60 years and never fought. But one day, he saw her having a coffee with another man. He followed her the next day, and the same thing occurred. When she showed to their home with a bouquet, he called her out and something shocking happened.
A son who misses his mother shatters her framed photo by accident. Luckily, he is able to save the photograph, but when he flips it over in his hands, he discovers an odd inscription behind it, revealing that the woman in the picture was not his mother.
Jacob was a hardworking odd-jobber in a hospital. His son Lenny was ashamed of his trade & felt it was humiliating to clean up after a patient. But an incident at a bus station made Lenny realize that any job that saved someone's life is good & not derogatory...
A heartbroken woman decides to head out for the night, only to wake up in the morning finding herself lying on the street next to a dirty homeless man she's never met.
A banker notices an old lavy living on the streets selling flowers, only to discover that she had $720,000 in her bank account. He decides to investigate her case, and what happens next stuns him.
Sylvia was set to go on a business trip, and it would be the first time she left her husband, Jeffrey, with her son, Richard, from a previous relationship. To her surprise, she came back only to discover her son locked in the basement for the most shocking reason.
The older woman had never had children, so she initially felt it was all a fabrication of her imagination. But as the knocking continued and the voice addressed her as a mom again, she knew it wasn't all in her head.
The man's old neighbor was a wheelchair user for years who wished to walk again. The guy knew it wouldn't happen, but he was determined to make his old friend stand on his feet & he planned a little surprise...
Tina didn't have luck in relationships until she met David, just as amazing as her stepfather, Victor. But one day, she finished a phone call with her fiancé, and he forgot to hang up. She eavesdropped and heard something that shocked her to the core.
Bridget ran away from her forced wedding and got into a taxi. She told the driver to go faster and they accidentally got into a crash with another car. A year later, she had moved to a small town and found a lost dog. When she called the owner, someone shockingly showed up at her door.
An old widower who visits orphanages on Mother's Day every year is taken aback when he meets a little girl wearing the same pendant as his late wife. He decides to investigate how the pendant ended up with the little girl and discovers something shocking.
A boy receives an unexpected present from a homeless man on his fifteenth birthday and it turns his entire life upside down and everything he thought he knew about himself
A gang asked an old man to mind his own business after standing up for a young boy. The next day, they were surprised to discover who the old man really was, causing them to start paying him respect.
A mom who had lost her son 57 years ago was frozen stiff when she saw him on TV on a random comedy show. Her tears didn't stop flowing when she saw her son alive, but she soon realized he was in BIG trouble.
The boys in class avoided Todd due to his unique appearance. They refused to welcome him to their private club & mocked him. But one day, they swarmed outside Todd's house, begging for his friendship due to his brave deed...
The woman was distraught by her son's death and cried herself to sleep. The next morning, she was jolted awake by a knock on the backyard door. When she answered it, she nearly sank to the floor when she saw her late son's carbon duplicate standing there.
When Tom had enough of the noise coming from his new neighbor Edward's garage, he decided to end it. He smashed Edward's car with a baseball bat. But several months later, Tom found his pregnant wife missing & Edward's house locked...
A grandmother is disappointed to find out that the grandson she raised mocked a boy who wore dirty old clothes and who lived in a truck.
After thirty years of marriage, Tom and Emily had lost the spark between them. They rarely communicated with one another, to the point that one day, Tom realized an ambulance was taking his wife away after he yelled at her for not taking care of herself.
Walter's wife, Jessica, died, and their lawyer showed up at her funeral with some terrible news: she was married to someone else. Walter had no idea because they had been together for 60 years. Then, he met her husband and discovered something shocking.
A farmer realizes that the water that supplies his town and the other farmers has been contaminated and immediately sets out to help make things right and find the guilty
A woman is stunned when her son kicks her out of her own house and sells it for a fortune, but years later she recognizes a beggar on the street as her own son
After the death of her newborn son, Judith moved to a neighborhood and envied all the new mothers there. But years later, she had a daughter, Nancy, and moved on. At 17, Nancy discovered several things about her mother and suddenly decided to take a DNA test, which gave her a shocking result.
Gloria waited for her big brother, Anthony, to get home from school everyday single day. But one day, Anthony, didn't get off the bus. Their mother, Lynn, got worried but Anthony eventually appeared. However, a new bus driver showed up the following day, and Lynn started getting suspicious.
Brian worked as a cashier at the grocery store. He was also an orphan, but one day, he found out about his possible aunt and went to meet her. It went horribly, and on the way back, he met a little girl at the bus stop and she said something that shocked him. He knew he had to do something for her.
A young girl knocked on strangers' homes one day, asking if they had any jobs for her to do. The cops find out about it and follow her trail to discover what was happening.
The police chief was shocked when his son was brought to the police station in handcuffs. However, he kept his fatherly feelings aside and decided to pursue the case on his own to teach his son a valuable lesson.
The widowed mother of two grown-up daughters decides to divide the inheritance before she dies and calls the two women to her house telling them it is an emergency
A homeless man finds his grandfather's diary in the derelict firetruck in which he is living and it changes his life and opens up a bright new future he'd only dreamed of
Julia lost her husband, Stephen, years ago. They met when he was a music student, and he wooed her with a unique composition. Sadly, she hadn't heard the tune in years until she walked through the park with her daughter, and someone surprising was playing the violin.
Before the hunter rushed down from his hideout, a strange little boy appeared out of nowhere & stole the apples. He disappeared into the woods & the man hurried after him, only to stop dead where the boy's footsteps led him...
A man welcomes a new neighbor and is stunned to see a photo of his long-lost mother as a young woman in his house and discovers a surprising connection
Margaret's husband, George, stayed in the garage for long periods of time, and it made no sense to her. She never encroached on his space, but this was getting odd. One day, she got her daughter to distract him and went to look. However, she never expected to find something so startling.
A wealthy student rejected his biological mother's efforts to connect with him after finding out she worked as a dishwasher at his school, thinking it was embarrassing.