Life stories that make you think. True stories that make you think
1. Going to family dinner today, I was completely overwhelmed. My boyfriend recently left me. I sat in the back seat of my parents' car with my younger brother, with whom we constantly fight and argue. He saw the tears in my eyes, took my hand and did not let go of my hand until we arrived at the restaurant.
2. Today I won the trial, which lasted a very long time. 14 months ago I found out that my neighbor regularly beats his dog. I stole it and got arrested. I spent a lot of money on litigation, but today, falling asleep and feeling the warmth of my faithful shaggy friend in my legs, I realized that everything was not in vain.
3. Today, two days after my husband’s funeral, I received a bouquet of flowers that he ordered last week. The bouquet included a note: “Even if cancer wins, I want you to know that you are the girl of my dreams.”
4. For as long as I can remember, my dad gets up at five in the morning to cook breakfast for my mom. He works from home, so he doesn't have to get up that early, but he says it's his favorite time of the day because he gets to see his mom's smile.
5. Today I was wearing headphones on my way to work, when someone touched me on the shoulder, I looked up and saw a girl exactly like me. We got to talking and it turned out that she, like me, was an adopted child. It turned out to be my twin sister. We were taken from the orphanage very young, so we didn’t remember each other. It’s very cool to unexpectedly find a loved one.
6. Today I made the wrong number and accidentally sent my father an “I love you” message intended for my husband. A few minutes later a message came back: “I love you too. Dad.". It was very touching. He and I so rarely say such words to each other.
7. I am a recovering drug addict. I've been clean for the last 9 months, which is the longest I've ever been able to stay. Last night I had a dream as if I was offered some new drug, but I refused. When I woke up, my soul was very light from the fact that I had broken with my old life, even in my dreams.
8. Today my grandfather and I were looking through photographs and came across a very old photograph where he and his grandmother, who died several years ago, are dancing at some party. He hugged me and said, “Remember, even if something doesn’t last forever, it doesn’t mean it’s not worth your time.”
9. Today my little brother came into my room and I shouted at him to get out without even looking at him. When I turned to him, I saw that he had a plate of cherries in his hands, which he washed and peeled especially for me.
10. Today my daughter came from school and asked me to find a site where I can learn sign language. When I asked why she needed this, she replied that there was a new girl at their school, he was deaf and dumb and knew only sign language, so she had no one to talk to.
11. Today, when I left our shared apartment for the last time in my life, I was walking home and it took me to switch 64 songs on my iPad before I found a song that didn’t remind me of her.
12. Today our whole family gathered to celebrate my daughter’s 30th birthday. We laughed about old times and my wife reminded me that when I was a child, my daughter always called me her hero, and she turned to me and said, “You are still my hero.”
13. Today I lost my wallet at school and never expected that the biggest bully and punk from high school would return it to me safe and sound.
14. In our school, like in any other, there is the most popular girl. She is incredibly beautiful and smart and all the boys are willing to do a lot to get her attention, but she only spends time with one guy - her younger brother, who suffers from autism.
15. Today in the store I saw a little girl being pulled towards the exit by the hand by a dirty, scary man. I approached and asked her if she knew this man. She answered no and began to cry. Then I shouted to the whole store that this man was a kidnapper, and security came up. The girl’s parents were called over the loudspeaker; it turns out they were in another room and lost her. It's scary to think what could have happened if no one raised the alarm.
16. Today I got out of the subway and noticed that a group of suspicious-looking young people was following me. When they caught up with me, I was ready to part with my wallet, but it turns out I had already dropped it in the subway car and they were chasing me to return it to me.
17. Today my classmate, whom I really like, was dumped by her boyfriend. He did this in front of everyone, on the school porch, as if he specifically wanted to humiliate her. But he regretted it because she replied to him: “Thank you for giving me the opportunity to find someone better than you.”
18. Today at school I received a note from a boy whom everyone considers a local freak. He is unsociable, dresses strangely and dyes his hair incredible colors. The note said: “I like your smile, but I noticed that you smile very rarely, and I also noticed cuts on your hands. I also suffered from depression and I know what it is. If you want to talk, let's meet in the evening. My phone number is xxx-xxx-xxxx.” We met in the evening and talked for a long time, and when I returned home, I didn’t want to hurt myself, I didn’t want to cry, the depression was gone.
19. Today at the airport I sat next to a woman who was being seen off by her daughters. They hugged for a very long time and constantly repeated that they loved each other. Suddenly one of the daughters noticed that I was watching them and told me: “Recently, my dad got on a plane and never came back, it crashed. Now we know how important it is to constantly tell loved ones about your feelings.”
20. I am a musician, but my band is not very popular. Sometimes I wonder why I do this at all and today I got the answer. After the concert, a young man came up to me and said: “Thank you very much, your music helps me a lot. I'm not the most popular guy at school, I'm often bullied by my peers. But then I come home, turn on all your songs and sing along as much as I can. And it makes me feel better.”
21. There was a fire in my house, which the scars on my face will remind me of for a long time. It's been two months since I returned to school after being hospitalized, and every day for these two months someone has pinned a red rose to my locker. I even tried coming to class early to see who was doing it, but the rose was always already there.
22. Today a little girl who was in an accident was brought to our hospital. She needed a rare blood type. Her parents and twin brother, who had the same rare group as her, came to the hospital. I explained to him that his sister needed blood and that it was a matter of life and death. He thought about something for a second, and then, saying goodbye to his parents, he went with me to the ward. When we finished with him and I told him that he could rest, he suddenly asked me: “How? Am I not going to die? That is, at the moment when he agreed to sacrifice his blood, he was sure that it would kill him. But for the sake of his sister, he was ready to give his life.
23. Today my boyfriend and I were sitting in a cafe and I noticed that every time someone passes by, he leans over and kisses me on the cheek. I asked him why he was doing this, and he smiled and replied that he wanted everyone to know that I was his girlfriend. We both lost our spouses about ten years ago. They had cancer. But we were able to love again. Everyone has a second chance.
24. My sister, who has Down syndrome, signed up for a school talent competition. Day after day, she diligently learned the words to the song she was going to perform. I was very afraid that the students would laugh at her, because children are very often cruel. But when she entered the stage, silence reigned in the hall, and after her performance the applause did not cease for a long time.
25. Today, two years after being told I wouldn't be able to walk, I stood up from my wheelchair and took two steps into my wife's arms.
26. Today, one of the regular visitors to our cafe, an elderly man who has been coming to us for breakfast for 5 years, left me a $500 tip and a note: “Thank you, Cheryl. Your sweet smile and hospitable service have lifted my spirits every morning for many years. I am moving to live with my son and his family in another area and will no longer be able to have breakfast with you. May your life be magical.”
27. I always wear a seat belt when driving. But today I had to get the cards out of the glove compartment and I unbuckled my seat belt. As I bent over, a long aluminum pipe fell out of the back of the truck that was parked at the traffic light in front of me. She broke the windshield and crashed straight into the driver's seat, right into the place where my head had been a second ago. The policeman who arrived at the scene was amazed for a long time at how lucky I was.
28. Today, a boy from the football team burst into tears of joy in the middle of practice and, exclaiming: “Dad,” ran into the arms of his father, who had just returned from Afghanistan and immediately came to the school to see his son.
29. I work as an accountant for a restaurant chain. In addition to me, our company employs several hundred more people. The crisis has significantly affected the number of our clients and income, but not a single employee was laid off. And not one of them knows that the owner of the network has not received his salary for six months.
30. Today when I was sitting on a bench in the park, I saw an elderly couple. They stopped their car under an old oak tree, turned on jazz music and began to slow dance. They held hands and did not take their eyes off each other. They then got back into the car and drove off.
31. Today I caught a taxi, but when I got there I discovered that I had forgotten my wallet and had nothing to pay with. Then the man who ran up to the taxi to take my place paid for me. I asked him how I could pay him back and he gave me an addressed card saying, “You can leave them here.” When I arrived at this address in the evening, I saw that this was the building of a charitable foundation.
32. This morning I saw a homeless man with a cardboard in his hands, on which, instead of the usual “Give me money,” it was written “Give me your smile.”
33. Today I had a conversation with my thirteen-year-old younger brother about our parents' recent divorce. I asked if he was sad that they no longer loved each other, to which he replied: “I think they just love each other more now that they are not together.”
34. Today at a rock concert I saw a woman who looked to be about eighty years old. She jumped and danced like she was eighteen.
35. Today on the street a complete stranger tapped me on the shoulder and said: “Just imagine, if you weren’t there, the world would be completely different.”
36. Today my 85-year-old neighbor heard me complaining about the bad road near our house and, thinking, said: “Is this road bad? When I was young, the roads here were made of dirt.”
37. Today, on my birthday, I received an envelope containing my wallet, which I lost last week. The money, rights and documents were in place. There was also a note included in it: “Happy Birthday!”
38. Today, in line at “Photo for Documents,” I met a 90-year-old woman. She needed a passport photo because she was going to celebrate her 91st birthday by participating in an African safari.
39. Today I received a letter from my husband. He serves in another country. The letter said: “I don’t miss you, I miss you and me.” I had never heard such wording before, but I understood very well how he felt.
40. I am 22 years old and recently I found out that I will never be able to have children. I used to always say that I didn't want to be a mother, but now I cry every time I see baby products in the store because I now have no choice.
41. Today my son and I were caught outside by heavy rain. We were about to get soaked to the skin when a guy from a passing car handed us an umbrella.
42. Today I walked my son to school and on the way I met my former classmate, whom I bullied all the time as a child. When he saw me, he was very happy, hugged me and said that I looked great.
43. Today on the road I saw a funny situation. The driver of the car threw garbage out of the window, and the motorcyclist driving behind him picked it up. At the next traffic light, the motorcyclist knocked on the car window and handed the driver his trash back.
44. My cousin recently died. He served in the military, participated in military operations, fought for his country, and a couple of weeks ago he was killed by a drunk driver.
Touching stories rarely appear on the first pages, which is probably why it seems that nothing good and kind is happening in the world. But as these little love stories show, beautiful things happen every day.
They're all from a site called Makesmethink, a place where people share their thought-provoking stories, and we're sure you'll agree that these little funny stories are thought-provoking. Be careful though: some of them may lift your spirits, while others may move you to tears...
"Today I realized that my dad is the best dad I could ever dream of! He is my mom's loving husband (always makes her laugh), he comes to all my football matches since I was 5 years old (I'm 17 now) ) and is a real stronghold for our family.
This morning, while looking for pliers in my dad's toolbox, I found a dirty folded piece of paper at the bottom. It was an old diary entry in my father's handwriting, dated exactly one month before my birthday. It read: “I'm 18 years old, an alcoholic, a college dropout, a victim of child abuse, a man with a criminal record for car theft. And next month I'll be adding 'teen dad' to the list. But I swear that From now on, I will do everything right for my little girl. I will be the father I never had." And I don't know how he did it, but he did it."
"Today I told my 18-year-old grandson that when I was in high school, no one asked me to his prom. That same evening, he showed up at my house in a tuxedo and took me to his prom as his date."
"My 88-year-old grandmother and her 17-year-old cat are both blind. Usually my grandmother is led around the house by her guide dog. But lately the dog has also been leading her cat around the house. When the cat meows, the dog comes up to her and rubs her about her, after which she follows him to her food, to her “toilet,” to the other end of the house to sleep, and so on.”
“Today, approaching the door of my office at 7 am (I’m a florist), I saw a soldier in uniform standing waiting. He stopped by on the way to the airport - he was leaving for one year in Afghanistan. He said: “Usually every Friday I I'm bringing home a bouquet of flowers for my wife and I don't want to disappoint her while I'm gone." He then placed an order for delivery of 52 bouquets of flowers, each of which should be delivered to his wife's office every Friday afternoon. I gave him a 50% cut "discount".
"Today I walked my daughter down the aisle. Ten years ago, I carried a 14-year-old boy from his mother's fire-engulfed SUV after a serious accident. Doctors initially said he would never walk. My daughter visited him in the hospital with me several times Then I began to come to him myself. Today I watch how, contrary to all the doctors’ predictions, he stands at the altar on his own two legs and smiles, putting a ring on my daughter’s finger.”
"Today, by mistake, I accidentally sent my father a message saying 'I love you' that I wanted to send to my husband. A few minutes later I received a response: 'I love you too.' Dad." It was like that! We so rarely say words of love to each other."
"Today, when she came out of an 11-month coma, she kissed me and said, 'Thank you for being here and telling me these beautiful stories without losing faith in me... And yes, I will come out marry you".
“Today is our 10th wedding anniversary, but since my husband and I have recently been unemployed, we agreed not to give each other any gifts this time. When I woke up in the morning, my husband was already up. I went downstairs and saw the beautiful fields flowers placed throughout the house. There were about 400 flowers in total, and he didn’t spend a single coin on them.”
“Today my blind friend explained to me in vivid colors how wonderful his new girlfriend is.”
"My daughter came home from school and asked where she could learn sign language. I asked why she needed it, and she replied that they had a new girl at school, that she was deaf, only understood sign language, and she couldn’t someone to talk to."
“Today, two days after my husband’s funeral, I received a bouquet of flowers that he ordered for me a week ago. The note said: “Even if cancer wins, I want you to know that you are the girl of my dreams.”
“Today I re-read the suicide letter that I wrote on September 2, 1996 - 2 minutes before my girlfriend appeared at the door and said: “I’m pregnant.” I suddenly felt that I had a reason to live. Now she is my wife We have been happily married for 14 years. And my daughter, who is almost 15 years old, has two younger brothers. I re-read my suicide letter from time to time to feel gratitude again - gratitude for having received a second chance at life and love." .
"Today, my 12-year-old son, Sean, and I visited a nursing home together for the first time in months. I usually come alone to visit my mother, who has Alzheimer's disease. As we walked into the lobby, the nurse saw my son and said, " Hi, Sean!" "How does she know your name?" I asked him. "Oh, I just popped in here on the way home from school to say hi to my grandma," Sean replied. I didn't even know that."
“Today, a woman who is having to have her larynx removed due to cancer signed up for my sign language class. Her husband, four children, two sisters, brother, mother, father and twelve close friends also signed up with her for the same class. to be able to talk to her after she loses the ability to speak out loud."
“I recently went into a second-hand bookstore and bought a copy of a book that was stolen from me when I was a child. I was so surprised when I opened it and realized that it was the same stolen book! My name was on the first page and the words written by my grandfather: “I really hope that many years later this book will be in your hands again and you will read it again.”
“Today I was sitting on a park bench eating my sandwich when I saw an elderly couple stop their car at a nearby oak tree. They rolled down the windows and turned on jazz music. Then the man got out of the car, walked around it, opened the front door where the woman was sitting , extended his hand and helped her get out. After that, they moved a few meters away from the car, and the next half danced slowly under the oak tree."
“Today my 75-year-old grandfather, who has been blind due to cataracts for almost 15 years, said to me: “Your grandmother is the most beautiful, isn’t she?” I paused and said: “Yes. I bet you miss those times when you could see her beauty every day." "Honey," Grandpa said, "I still see her beauty every day. In fact, I see her more clearly now than I did when we were young."
“Today I was horrified to see through the kitchen window as my 2-year-old daughter slipped and fell headfirst into the pool. But before I could reach her, our Labrador Retriever Rex jumped after her, grabbed her by the collar of her shirt and pulled her towards the steps. shallow water where she could stand on her feet."
“Today on the plane I met the most beautiful woman. Assuming that I was unlikely to see her again after the flight, I complimented her on this occasion. She smiled at me with the most sincere smile and said: “No one has said such words to me in the last 10 years.” It turned out ", we were both born in the mid-1930s, both have no family, have no children and live almost 8 kilometers from each other. We agreed to meet next Saturday after we return home."
“Today, after learning that my mother was home from work early because she had the flu, I stopped at Wal-Mart on the way home from school to buy her a can of soup. There I ran into my father, who was already at the checkout. He paid for 5 cans of soup, a box of cold medicine, disposable wipes, tampons, 4 DVDs of romantic comedies and a bouquet of flowers. My father made me smile."
“Today I was waiting on a table for an elderly couple. The way they looked at each other... it was clear that they loved each other. When the man mentioned that they were celebrating their anniversary, I smiled and said, “Let me guess.” You two have been together for a very, very long time." They laughed and the lady said, "Actually, no. Today is our 5th anniversary. We both outlived our spouses, but fate gave us another chance to experience love."
“Today my grandparents, who were just over 90 years old and who had been married for 72 years, died within an hour of each other.”
"I'm 17 years old, I've been dating my boyfriend Jake for 3 years, and last night was our first time together. We've never done 'this' before, and there wasn't 'this' last night either. Instead, we baked cookies, watched two comedy, laughed, played Xbox and fell asleep in each other's arms, despite my parents' warnings, he acted like nothing less than a gentleman and a best friend!
“Today is exactly 20 years since I risked my life to save a woman who was drowning in the fast flow of the Colorado River. And that’s how I met my wife, the love of my life.”
Friends, it’s never a bad idea in our busy world to think about the simple and kind deeds that each of us has done. And today, on this beautiful day of Spring, when all of nature seems to wake up after winter hibernation, we would like these short ones to also awaken your hearts and direct you to the path of good!
* 1 *
Today my dad came home with roses for mom and me. "In honor of what?" - I asked. He said that some of his colleagues were complaining about their wives and children today, and I couldn't keep them company.
* 2 *
Today, on our 50th wedding anniversary, my husband pulled out an old envelope and handed me a love note he wrote back in 7th grade.
* 3 *
A couple of years ago, I held the door for an elderly lady on my way out of a hypermarket. She thanked me and said that the girl who gets such a good man will be lucky. This afternoon I went with my wife to the grocery store, we walked hand in hand and on the way out I met the same old lady. She held the door for us, winked and said, “I told you so.”
* 4 *
My daughter was 28 years old; a fireman saved her life when he carried her out of a burning building. In the process, he injured his leg and doctors said he would never walk normally again. Yesterday he put down his cane and slowly walked my daughter down the aisle. I couldn't wish for a better husband for my daughter.
* 5 *
Today, for the first time in six months, I called my best friend and apologized for not being able to support him in difficult times. To which he told me: “I knew that you would call me... Come...”
* 6 *
My two-year-old daughter, who did not know how to swim, fell into the pool, I was in the kitchen and when the yard dog ran up, he was already pulling her out of the pool, carefully holding her dress in his teeth. Now we have a dog.
* 7 *
My little sister, who is 6 years old, cut off her long hair today. She told her mother that she wanted to be as beautiful as her older sister i.e. I. I recently had chemotherapy and my hair has just started to grow back...
* 8 *
At the nursing home where I work, I constantly observed an elderly couple. They always eat together. They have been married for 63 years. She had a stroke and cannot stand, eat without the help of others, or even speak... He does not need to live in a nursing home, but he came and stayed. Every day he eats food himself, feeds her, and sits next to her, looking at her and smiling. This is what you can call love...
* 9 *
Today I stood in line for a roller coaster behind an older man, who had a good athletic build, which surprised me, and a woman, who, as I understood, was his daughter. The man was crying, I asked what was wrong with him. It turns out they are from another country and 5 years ago they came to ride this slide, but then they were not allowed in because the man was overweight and unacceptable for the slide. And these were tears of joy.
* 10 *
I found my mother’s diary, there were a lot of feelings and suffering in it, but in the middle the diary ended with the entry: “I found my happiness...”. There were no more entries. On this day, my parents constantly celebrate the day they met.
Touching stories rarely appear on the first pages, which is probably why it seems that nothing good and kind is happening in the world. But as these little love stories show, beautiful things happen every day.
They're all from a site called Makesmethink, a place where people share their thought-provoking stories, and we're sure you'll agree that these little funny stories are thought-provoking. Be careful though: some of them may lift your spirits, while others may move you to tears...
Today I realized that my dad is the best dad I could ever dream of! He's my mom's loving husband (always makes her laugh), he's been coming to all my soccer games since I was 5 years old (I'm 17 now), and he's a real rock for our family.
This morning, while looking for pliers in my dad's toolbox, I found a dirty folded piece of paper at the bottom. It was an old diary entry in my father's handwriting, dated exactly one month before my birthday. It read: “I'm 18 years old, an alcoholic, a college dropout, a victim of child abuse, a man with a criminal record for car theft. And next month I'll be adding 'teen dad' to the list. But I swear that From now on, I will do everything right for my little girl. I will be the father I never had." And I don't know how he did it, but he did it.
Today I told my 18-year-old grandson that when I was in school, no one invited me to the prom. That same evening he showed up at my house in a tuxedo and took me to his prom as his date.
My 88 year old grandmother and her 17 year old cat are both blind. Usually the grandmother is led around the house by her guide dog. But lately the dog has also been leading her cat around the house. When a cat meows, the dog comes up to her and rubs against her, after which she follows him to her food, to her “toilet,” to the other end of the house to sleep, and so on.
Today, approaching the door of my office at 7 am (I am a florist), I saw a soldier in uniform standing waiting. He stopped by to see me on the way to the airport - he was leaving for Afghanistan for one year. He said: “I usually bring my wife a bouquet of flowers home every Friday and I don’t want to disappoint her while I’m gone.” He then placed an order for 52 bouquets of flowers, each to be delivered to his wife's office every Friday afternoon. I gave him a 50% discount.
Today I walked my daughter down the aisle. Ten years ago, I carried a 14-year-old boy from his mother's fire-engulfed SUV after a serious accident. Doctors initially said he would never walk. My daughter visited him in the hospital with me several times. Then she began to come to him herself. Today I watch him, contrary to all medical predictions, stand at the altar on his own two legs and smile, putting a ring on my daughter’s finger.
Today, by mistake, I accidentally sent my father a message saying “I love you” that I wanted to send to my husband. A few minutes later I received a response: “I love you too. Dad.” It was so touching! We so rarely say words of love to each other.
Today, when she came out of her 11 month coma, she kissed me and said, "Thank you for being here and telling me these beautiful stories without losing faith in me... And yes, I will marry marry you."
Today is our 10th wedding anniversary, but since my husband and I have recently been unemployed, we agreed not to give each other any gifts this time. When I woke up in the morning, my husband was already up. I went downstairs and saw beautiful wildflowers scattered throughout the house. In total there were about 400 flowers, and he did not spend a single coin on them.
Today my blind friend explained to me in vivid colors how wonderful his new girlfriend is.
My daughter came home from school and asked where she could learn sign language. I asked why she needed this, and she replied that they had a new girl at school, that she was deaf, only understood sign language, and she had no one to talk to.
Today, two days after my husband’s funeral, I received a bouquet of flowers that he ordered for me a week ago. The note read: “Even if cancer wins, I want you to know that you are the girl of my dreams.
Today I re-read the suicide letter that I wrote on September 2, 1996 - 2 minutes before my girlfriend appeared at the door and said: “I’m pregnant.” I suddenly felt like I had a reason to live. Now she is my wife. We have been happily married for 14 years. And my daughter, who is almost 15 years old, has two younger brothers. I re-read my suicide letter from time to time to feel gratitude again - gratitude for getting a second chance at life and .
Today my 12-year-old son Sean and I visited a nursing home together for the first time in months. I usually come by myself to visit my mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. As we walked into the lobby, the nurse saw my son and said, “Hi, Sean!” “How does she know your name?” I asked him. “Oh, I just stopped by here on my way home from school to say hi to grandma,” Sean replied. I didn't even know about it.
Today, a woman who must have her larynx removed due to cancer enrolled in my sign language class. Her husband, four children, two sisters, brother, mother, father and twelve close friends also signed up with her in the same group so that they could talk with her after she lost the ability to speak out loud.
I recently went to a second-hand bookstore and bought a copy of a book that was stolen from me when I was a child. I was so surprised when I opened it and realized that it was the same stolen book! On the first page were my name and the words written by my grandfather: “I really hope that many years later this book will be in your hands again and you will read it again.
Today I was sitting on a park bench eating my sandwich when I saw an elderly couple stop their car at a nearby oak tree. They rolled down the windows and turned on jazz music. The man then got out of the car, walked around it, opened the front door where the woman was sitting, extended his hand and helped her out. After that, they moved a few meters away from the car, and the next half slowly danced under the oak tree.
Today my 75-year-old grandfather, who has been blind due to cataracts for almost 15 years, said to me: “Your grandmother is the most beautiful, isn’t she?” I paused and said, "Yes. I bet you miss the times when you could see her beauty every day." “Darling,” said Grandfather, “I still see her beauty every day. In fact, I see her more clearly now than I did before when we were young.
Today I was horrified to see through the kitchen window how my 2-year-old daughter slipped and fell head first into the pool. But before I could reach her, our Labrador Retriever Rex jumped after her, grabbed her by the collar of her shirt and pulled her to the steps in the shallow water, where she could stand on her feet.
Today on the plane I met the most beautiful woman. Assuming that I was unlikely to see her again after the flight, I complimented her on this occasion. She smiled at me with the most sincere smile and said: “No one has said such words to me in the last 10 years.” It turned out that we were both born in the mid-1930s, both without families, have no children and live almost 8 kilometers from each other. We agreed to go on a date next Saturday after we got home.
Today, after learning that my mom was home from work early because she had the flu, I stopped at Wal-Mart on the way home from school to buy her a can of soup. There I ran into my father, who was already at the checkout. He paid for 5 cans of soup, a package of cold medicine, disposable wipes, tampons, 4 DVDs of romantic comedies and a bouquet of flowers. My father made me smile.
Today I served a table for an elderly couple. The way they looked at each other... it was clear that they loved each other. When the man mentioned that they were celebrating their anniversary, I smiled and said: “Let me guess. You two have been together for a very, very long time.” They laughed and the lady said, “Actually, no. Today is our 5th anniversary. We both outlived our spouses, but fate gave us another chance to experience it.
Today my grandparents, just over 90 years old and married for 72 years, died within an hour of each other.
I'm 17 years old, I've been dating my boyfriend Jake for 3 years, and last night was our first time together. We've never done "this" before, and there wasn't "this" last night either. Instead, we baked cookies, watched two comedies, laughed, played Xbox, and fell asleep in each other's arms. Despite my parents' warnings, he acted like nothing less than a gentleman and a best friend!
Today is exactly 20 years since I risked my life to save a woman who was drowning in the fast flowing Colorado River. And that's how I met my wife - the love of my life.
Where simple, vital and kind stories are collected, written by completely different people, but united by one thought - they all make you think and believe in the best. Here are some of them:
- “Today I returned to work for the first time after a year of being on disability leave. There was an explosion at the factory where I work, as a result of which I became deaf in both ears. My return was a real holiday for me. I was greeted with signs saying “Glad to see you!”, “Welcome!”, “We missed you,” and nine of my colleagues even learned sign language during my absence to make it easier for them to communicate with me and understand me.”
- “Today I would visit her in the hospital for the 127th time, as I did for the previous 126 days that she was in a coma. At night I dreamed that she died. I woke up and lay in bed wondering if I could learn to live without her. And then the phone rang. It was her."
- “Today, about an hour after I lost my wallet, a man knocked on my door and found it and brought it to me. Everything was in place, there was exactly 200 dollars inside. I asked the stranger about the reward and he agreed to take only 100 dollars, explaining that he also lost his wallet in the morning, which contained exactly 200 dollars and it would be fair to take half. He left, but after a while he knocked on my door again. He brought me back my $100 because some woman returned his wallet safe and sound.”
- “I recently went to a used bookstore and bought a copy of the book that was stolen from me as a child. Imagine my surprise when I opened it and saw that this was my stolen book. On the first page was my name and the signature of the grandfather who gave it to me. He wrote: “I really hope that in many years this book will fall into your hands again and you will re-read it.”
- “Three weeks ago I donated clothes to the homeless, and today, while walking in the park, I saw a woman wearing my shirt. I smiled at her and said: “Great shirt!”, and she smiled back and agreed: “Yes, I like it too!”
- “This morning I stopped on my way to work to help a woman change her tire. And at lunch, this woman saved my life by accidentally meeting me in the city center and pulling me off the road onto the sidewalk when some driver decided to rush through a red light.”
- “I worked as a parenting consultant for 15 years. Years later, I ran into one of my mentees. He was a difficult child, constantly upset and angry with life. One day I drew a Superman for him and wrote words about how superheroes never give up and always win in the end. Now this boy is a fireman, he saves the lives of others. We chatted for about half an hour, and then before we parted, he opened his wallet and showed me my drawing of Superman, which he still keeps.”
- “I have diabetes. Two years ago, my mother died and I took in her cat, Keith. Recently at three o'clock in the morning I woke up to Keith sitting at my feet and meowing. I had never heard him do it so loudly and insistently before. I got up to see what happened and suddenly felt very weak. I grabbed a glucometer to check my blood glucose levels. It dropped to 53, while the doctor told me that the normal level is 70-120. Later at the hospital they told me that if Keith had not woken me up, I might not have woken up.”
- “Ten years ago, my best friend got sick and urgently needed a kidney transplant. I decided to become a donor for her. Today is her wedding. She marries a man she met 10 years ago in the hospital. And I’m the bridesmaid.”
- “There was a time when I could barely make ends meet. One day I didn’t have enough money to pay at the supermarket. As I started emptying my cart of extra items, the man standing behind me in line cleared my check. I thanked him and he said that someone had done the same thing for him a few years ago. He repaid the debt and now I hope that someday I will do the same for someone.”
- “Today, exactly ten months after his severe stroke, my dad stood up from his wheelchair for the first time without assistance to dance the father-bride dance with me.”
- “A large stray dog followed me from the metro almost to my house. I was already starting to get nervous. But suddenly, right in front of me, a guy appeared from somewhere with a knife in his hands and demanded my wallet. Before I could react, the dog pounced on him. He threw the knife and I ran away. Now I’m home, safe, and it’s all thanks to that dog.”
- “Today my son, whom I adopted eight months ago, called me mommy for the first time.”
- “An elderly man with a guide dog came into the store where I work. He stopped in front of a stand with postcards and began to bring each of them close to his eyes in turn, trying to read the inscription. I was about to approach him and offer help, but a huge truck driver beat me to it. He asked the old man if he needed help, and then began to reread to him all the inscriptions on the postcards, one after another, until finally the old man said: “This is suitable. She is very cute and my wife will definitely like her.”
- “Today during lunch, a deaf and mute child whom I have cared for 5 days a week for the past four years looked at me and said: “Thank you. I love you." Those were his first words.”
- “28 years ago, one man saved my life by protecting me from three scoundrels who tried to rape me. As a result of that incident, he suffered a leg injury and still walks with a cane to this day. And I was very proud when he put down that cane today to walk our daughter down the aisle.”
- “When we left the doctor's office where I was told I had terminal cancer, my girlfriend asked me to be her husband.”
- “My dad is the best dad you could ever ask for. For my mother he is a wonderful loving husband, for me he is a caring father who has not missed a single one of my football matches, plus he is an excellent master of the house. This morning I went into my dad's toolbox for some pliers and found an old note. It was a page from his diary. The post was made exactly one month before I was born, and it said, “I am an alcoholic with a criminal record who dropped out of college, but for the sake of my unborn daughter, I will change and become the best father in the world. I will become for her the dad I never had.” I don't know how he did it, but he did it."
- “I have a patient who suffers from severe Alzheimer's disease. He rarely remembers his name, where he is and what he said a minute ago. But one part of his memory, by some miracle, remains untouched by the disease. He remembers his wife very well. Every morning he greets her with the words: “Hello, my beautiful Kate.” Perhaps this miracle is called love.”
- “I work as a teacher in a poor neighborhood. Many of my students come to class without lunch and without money for lunch because their parents earn too little. I periodically lend them a little money so they can have a snack and they always return it after a while, despite my refusals.”
- “My wife works as an English teacher at school. About two hundred of her colleagues and former students wore T-shirts with her photo and the words “We will fight together” when they learned that she had breast cancer. I have never seen my wife so joyful.”
- “When I arrived from Afghanistan, I found out that my wife had deceived me and ran away with all our money. I had nowhere to live, I didn’t know what to do. One of my school friends and his wife, seeing that I needed help, took me in. They helped me improve my life and supported me through difficult times. Now I have my own diner, my own home, and their children still consider me part of the family.”
- “My cat ran away from home. I was very worried because I thought that I would never see him again. About a day passed after I posted missing notices and a man called me and said that he had my cat. It turned out that he was a beggar who spent 50 cents to call me from a pay phone. He was very nice and even bought my cat a bag of food.”