Motivation is elusive and we’re always looking for in the wrong places. We’re looking for someone to give us the secret to finding it: We read books about how to get more of it, we go to therapy because we’re fearful of the reason why we don’t have any, and at the same ...
A customer lazily makes their way up to my till, basket in hand, most likely filled with various items they don’t really need or have any use for. “Hello!” I say, in my most cheerful voice. It’s well practiced after using it thousands of times throughout my usual weekend shift and I’ve become a ...
A boy who lost everything after his house burned down was in for a big surprise after his classmates decided to do something to help him out after the tragedy. A terrible tragedy Third-grader Daniel Hunt and his family faced one of the worst tragedies there is – they lost their house and ...
Imagine if you could do anything for your grandparents, anything at all – what would it be? For Brad Ryan, it meant making amends with his grandmother after not seeing her for over a decade since his parents’ divorce, but this story does not stop with the reunion – Ryan wanted ...
When educator Megan Schofield boarded her flight to Nashville, she could never have dreamed that she would witness a beautiful act of kindness that would end up on news outlets all over the United States. A kind stranger According to Today, Schofield found herself sitting close to a 96-year-old ...
Do you want to boost mindfulness and relaxation in your life? Are you sick of spending all your free time in front of the TV? It’s time to improve your garden and give it that relaxing Zen feel. Here are a few ideas that will help you turn your garden into a Zen wonderland. Create a gravel ...
We all love our pets, and it’s heartbreaking that there are so many out there without a home. One boy wanted to change this, deciding that he would find a way to make pets at shelters more desirable for adoption. Overcoming the odds Darius Brown from Newark, New Jersey, is no ordinary ...
In the past few months, the issue of some kids not being able to afford school lunch has popped up in the news a few times, and even though there are laws protecting these kids, some of them still get “lunch shamed” because they can’t pay. When 9-year-old Ryan Kyote saw a ...
Two young girls from Lexington, North Carolina, are making a difference in their hometown, one cup of lemonade at a time. According to Today, they’ve been using a lemonade stand their mother bought them last year to raise money for good causes, the first of which was the local hospice ...
It can be tough seeing the best parts of everyone’s day, feeling like you’re the only one who hasn’t eaten pizza in Positano or got a boat load of free stuff to show off on Youtube. We strive to show the most perfect version of ourselves, when that person is really some ...
