I Love Nice Thought Provoking Stories

"When I was a puppy, I entertained you with my antics and made you laugh. You called me your child and despite a number of chewed shoes and a couple of murdered throw pillows, I became your best friend. Whenever I was "bad," you'd shake...

I'm sure this has happened to you before: rolling out of bed after not getting any sleep because the neighbors were arguing and slamming doors, the thunder and lightning kept waking you up, and you just couldn't get comfortable. I got...

“Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” ~Billy Wilder

I’ve had my share of toxic relationships, or at least what I thought was toxic. Is it fair to say you have...

POOR PEOPLE ?
One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be...

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To understand the subtleties of America’s gun laws, you need to appreciate that they are all about freedom – the freedom to bear arms, the freedom to own semi-automatic weapons, the freedom to slaughter classrooms full of...

Editor’s Note: This is a contribution by Ane Axford

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” ~Benjamin Spock

I used to believe that I was my thoughts. I really believed that everything happened well because...

Editor’s Note: This is a contribution by Sarah Stevenson

“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.”  ~Buddha...

This is my first time so please bear with me. I just needed someone or something to talk to. I may be young, but I had a rough childhood and so I had to learn and grow up kind of fast. But growing up there was one thing in the world...

I'm sorry but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black men, white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are...

WHY BELIEVE IN GOD ?

I walked into my favorite café to grab a small breakfast and my regular cup of joe before work, just as I always do at 6:45 AM on the weekdays.

"Good morning, Jody!" I called to the middle-aged hostess who always served me during the...

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots , each hung on the ends of a pole , which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water , at the...

Editor’s Note: This is a contribution by Kathy Kruger

“When you live on a round planet, there’s no choosing sides.” ~Wayne Dyer 

As we approach the holiday season, it should be a time to connect with others, to...

You are not to find balance, balance will find you. You simply move. When the valley comes, you go into the valley. When darkness surrounds you, enjoy it, feel blissful in the velvety touch of it. Move into it, into the infinite...

When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through his meagre possessions, They found this...

For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives.
People grow a lot when they are...

Editor’s Note: This is a contribution by Tahlee Rouillon

“As long as you make an identity for yourself out of pain, you cannot be free f it.” ~Eckhart Tolle

Up until fairly recently, I often felt betrayed by my body. It...

We are urgently rushing toward some goal or dream, or an ever-elusive "finish line" of some sort. Under the pretense of pursuing happiness (and the heavy weight of questions like "where do you see yourself five years from now?"), we...

I got home one night and, as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, "I want a divorce." She didn’t seem to be annoyed by my words. Instead, she softly asked me why. I avoided the question, and this made her angry. She threw...