Inspiring Stories

Don’t you just love it when a social media influencer uses their fame for good? That’s exactly what TikTok star Brian Arya has been doing! “To turn your head away from people who are out in the street is the opposite of what we should be doing,” said Brian Arya, whose TikTok videos have led

It wasn’t long after his son’s birth in 2011 that the talented TV writer behind Kung Fu Panda and Shark Tale, Jeremy Shipp, started to play extra close attention to the faces of cartoon characters. There was one face that was especially dear to him that he didn’t see represented in the media. That was

Lorraine, a senior policy officer from Glasgow, was 20 weeks along when the doctors gave her the grave news, her pregnancy was “no longer viable.” Her placenta stopped working and wasn’t providing the oxygen and nutrients needed for her baby to grow. The doctors warned that her baby wouldn’t make it and they offered to

It can be a big deal to take a chance at something new, especially if you’ve never done it before. (Or if cameras happen to be recording you doing that thing in question.) Dakota Nelton found himself in that position ahead of his homecoming dance, and things didn’t go so well for him — not

Just in case you’re sitting on the couch, binge-watching Netflix, and thinking you’re too old to work out, think again. This centenarian is about to change your mind. Meet Jean Bailey, the 102-year-old fitness guru from Omaha, Nebraska, who leads workout sessions four days a week at her senior living complex. She may be over

Anyone who has ever worked in the service industry knows that you live and die by your tips. This is why it’s so important for customers to reward good service. While it’s customary to tip up to 20% of the bill, one restaurant-goer decided to show his appreciation to his server with a chart-topping 650%

When it comes to giving birth, most women like to have some sort of plan. Like, for instance, what type of birth they want, or whether they want to give birth in a hospital or at home. But as doctors are prone to tell you when you’re expecting, plans are made to be broken. And

There’s something noble about working in silence. Many people struggle with maintaining hard work over long periods of time and complain the whole way through. But not Trenton Lewis. Why One Young Dad Wakes Up at Midnight Photo by Rahul Shah Trenton Lewis is a 21-year-old single father from Little Rock, Arkansas. He values hard

Losing a job is never easy. The financial strain, uncertainty, and stress that come with it can be overwhelming. Not to mention the fear and anxiety of not knowing what comes next. So when Peter Judge, 59, found himself caught up in the recent wave of layoffs sweeping across the country he was understandably “heartbroken”

No family ever wants to go through the experience that Joshua Lane and his family went through in 2020. Being judged because of the way you look is an awful — and potentially dangerous — situation that no one would ever want to be in. Yet when it happened to Lane, he decided to take