MY WORLD LIKE I SEE IT
I was raised by myself and I always thought I would be lost. But no, I believed in myself and knew that I wanted to make a difference to the world. I promised I would always be there for people I didn't even know. That made me feel strong and I learned never to give up, no matter how alone I felt. Everything I...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
TYLER M
Today while driving home with my father and brother, a van began swerving and crashed into a ditch upside down. There was about 3-4 feet of water in the ditch. We immediately turned around and pulled onto the side of the road. I jumped out of our car and into the ditch full of water. I heard people screaming...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
MARGARITA ROGEL G
My hero is my grandmother. Since she was little she was abandoned by her parents. She was raised by a family that mistreated her and she couldn't have the opportunity to study. Later he began to work and she got married with a man that left her with five kids. She worked selling food at the street and later as...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
ERIC C
My everyday hero is my dad for many reasons. He almost never lets me down. He works really hard and never gives up. He usually understands when I'm mad or sad, and when I need help he'll help me. When I want to show or tell him something, he always pays attention. I love him and he loves me back. That is why my...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
RANDY K
My husband is my hero. When we first met each other in 1996, all we seen of each other was our backs in a truck stop, in which I was determined that I was gonna get to know him. So I went to work there after being gone for a month in Germany with a friend. We knew that both of us was meant for each other. He was...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
JONATHON K
my brother Jonathon supports me to do anything. seeing him over come a lot of challenges. he has help me in all my times of need. hes been their for since i was adopted. i love him so much. he has also taken my cat with cancer under his arm and gave him a place to stay. i have had my cat since i was 3. if i had...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
PAY IT FORWARD
I have always wanted to believe in other people. I have had some hard times lately with the economy,etc. I was at work one day and a lady and her three kids came in the restaurant I work at. They were hungry. I realized after they ate the mom didn't have enough money to pay for their food. I told her dinner was...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
TONY P
My hero is my husband, Tony. In October 2011, he was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer in his right tibia. As a result, he had to have his right leg amputated above the knee the following month. Beginning January 9,2012,he underwent 6 months of the most brutal, grueling chemotherapy known to medicine. ...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
FRANK R
He is my one and only, my significant other, my hero. He was born and raised in a gang environment and chose not to join; he was told he would never make a good Marine, and he enlisted; he was told he would never walk again, after being severely wounded in Fallujah, Iraq, and today he walks without canes,...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
TRUST IS A MUST
Hello,
My name is Ryan Avery and I just became the youngest World Champion of Public Speaking in history; competing against more than 30,000 people from 116 countries.
I noticed one of your billboards and wanted to share my winning speech with you. It is called "Trust is a Must" and it is a story about a...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
REGARDLESS
Three years ago when I was just a freshman in high school, the busy spring season was approaching quickly. I was already preparing to play the saxophone in my school's pit orchestra for the musical that year, for state solo and ensemble, and softball tryouts were just around the corner.
It was only the...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
THOMAS EDWARD TAYLOR (HIS MIDDLE NAME WAS ACTUALLY "LEE" BUT THE AIR FORCE CHANGED HIS MIDDLE NAME FROM LEE TO EDWARD. T
I would like to thank someone that means the world to me! This man started with nothing of his own away from his family. He did have a watch and he had a will do what others could not. This man raised 5 kids and has been married to the same woman forever! This man is not perfect by any means, only Jesus was! I...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
A MOM'S HUG FROM ANOTHER CITY
A few years ago, my boyfriend was diagnosed with cancer. This particular surgery had a few unanticipated complications and he had to stay in the hospital. I was leaving the hospital one night pretty upset. A woman, possibly her husband and daughter were walking in front of me. I was talking on my phone to my...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
LOOK THE SAME ON THE INSIDE
I have had the opportunity to travel to many places around the world, meeting with millions of people-- either in person, common studies, work, training or teachings. I have talked and mostly listened to thousands from all walks of life. Working sometimes with hospitals, I learned that when you open up to...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
RICHIE J
My name is Richie Jewell. I'm 20 years old and I have autism since I was born. I went through some of the stuff that has been a rocky roadblock during my life. It was very challenging to live through the times that I endured during my life such as teasing, on and off depression, struggling to adapt in places...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
LOVE
I am so in love with Jessica. Its not that we have everything in common, its that we share the same core beliefs on life, money, and people. We have been together for 10 months and we are still crazy about each other. We have been on more dates and outings than I have been with everyone else I have ever been...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
DAVID N
The hero is my older brother. He was 14 years at the time of the heroic action. My youngest sister was 5 years old. The place was in the outskirts of the village of Santa Lucia, outside the capital city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
On the day of the heroic action, my mother and a friend of hers chose to take us,...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
RALPH W
This is a story about my dad.... He was born in June of 1927 and he is the inspirition for all my nephews and friends and etc. He worked all his life to support his family, He was born in Oklahoma, lived through the depression, I would listen to stories he tells out of just enjoying them.. He always has a smile...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
HAPP BIRTHDAY, AUNTIE GENIA
Happy Birthday , Auntie Genia ! You would have been 103 on February 22,th. They say that great people are born in February , as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but you are great and will always hold a special place in my heart. The reason being that the greatest gift you ever gave , along with the...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
MAHONDAS G
"The son of a senior government official, Gandhi was born and raised in a Hindu Bania community in coastal Gujarat, and trained in law in London. Gandhi became famous by fighting for the civil rights of Muslim and Hindu Indians in South Africa, using new techniques of non-violent civil disobedience that he...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
DADS HOME...FINALLY
My father took on his fathers (my grandfathers) drapery business in the year 2004. I was born and raised in Texas for the first 5 years of my life and still visit often. My father is such an inspirational figure in my life and I appreciate him so very much! I wish I could repay him for all he has done for me. His...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
STEPHEN W
Many years ago, Steve made the commitment that he would find a away to enable children with disabilities to not only take advantage of the great outdoors, but to embrace it.
Born with a severe form of cerebral palsy, Steve Wampler set out to climb the biggest rock face in the world, El Capitan in Yosemite...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
STEVE B
Steve B has risen above any obstacles in his path! After his helicopter was shot down, he ran back to rescue a fellow Marine from the burning rubble. He received two Purple Hearts, 18 Air Medals, and the Navy Commendation Medal for Heroism!
After his military career ended, he Rose Above on marathons and...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
DAVID N
The hero is my older brother. He was 14 years at the time of the heroic action. My youngest sister was 5 years old. The place was in the outskirts of the village of Santa Lucia, outside the capital city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
On the day of the heroic action, my mother and a friend of hers chose to take us,...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
ASH M
He lost his wife in 2006. But they found a cancer treatment used in hospitals in USA but not in Australia. He began petitioning to get it there. He lost his home and B&B at Byron Bay in the meantime. While doing all this he was helping Aussies (and a few Americans)get Cyberknife in Asia until we got it. Last yr...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
.JPG)
NIKKI & TONY B
My heroes are Nikki & Tony Berti - Co-founders of the Goodie Two Shoes Foundation. They have personally sacrificed to build this organization and strongly believe in this cause. They inspire countless volunteers and community supporters with their philanthropic efforts and leadership. To date, GTSF has outfitted...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
COURAGE TO BELIEVE
I met someone a few years ago and we really hit it off. As the story was shared with my family, I was being told to give up and move on because I was being lied to and played for a fool. My heart would not allow me to "give up and move on" though my head was telling me otherwise. In the end, my heart has won out...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
TRYST WITH DESTINY
I have always been one of those who believes that one's destiny is in one's own hands and that one could wield it with authority and craft it the way one wants it to be. But this recent incident proved me wrong and enlightens me that it could be otherwise.
Simba, our eleven year old German Shepherd Dog had...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
STEPHANIE B
Stephanie has worked tirelessly for over two years to provide encouraging cards to children in hospitals and homeless shelters. Last year she delivered more than 1,500 cards made by herself and members of the community to children in need. She also donates care packages with hygiene items to children in shelters...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. K
Martin Luther King Jr. is a hero because he was so brave. He stood out in front of lots of people and spoke to them. "I have a dream." He also said, "Don't fight back with fists, fight back with love." His house was bombed and people burned crosses in yards. M.L.K. was so good but one day someone shot him.
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS Read Story