As I was sitting down with my family at a resteraunt for dinner; everything was going great and we were all getting along for once. When the bill came for dinner the lady kindly stated that it had already been paid for. My father wanted to investigate further and asked the waitress who had paid [...]

The other day me and my daddy were walking into a restaurant, and saw these older women coming out.  My daddy jogged over to hold the door for them, and just seeing the grins on their faces brightened my day. They carried on cracking jokes with us, and it just gave me the happiest feeling [...]

My family was visiting China, and we were on our way back from a local market when a little girl about six years old, dressed in rags, came out from behind a tree and started begging for money.  We kept walking, but then I thought about how she was the same age I was, and [...]

The other day I was riding home on my school bus. There were two second graders who had fallen asleep with their heads resting on one another’s. One child was a Caucasian girl. The other child was an African American boy. I knew they were best friends because my mom was friends with the girl’s [...]

One day, I wasn’t feeling so great and I felt pretty bad. The whole day I was down in the dumps and depressed. My family and I walked into a restaurant and I was the last to walk in. I saw an old man coming as the door was closing. He had a slight limp [...]

I was working at a processing plant for Operation Christmas Child, sorting through all of the boxes. During my work, I stopped and thought about how happy these children were going to be when they received these gifts during the Christmas season. I was so thrilled to be a part of that wonderful organization. Nanette, [...]

Every Thursday I teach a class of preschoolers gymnastics. I love those kids. One girl is especially sweet, and she tries really hard. However, this same child is a little bit klutzier than the other kids. One day, I took the class to the balance beam. It was this little girl’s turn and she stepped [...]

I was out riding horses with my friend Erica. We were both galloping on horses we had rented. Without even trying, our horses matched strides perfectly, and we were exactly side-by-side. She was practically an arm length away. At that moment, our heads turned towards each other in unison. We both had the biggest smiles [...]

The moment that was unforgettable and really magical for me was the moment I met the man of my life, who afterwards became my husband. It is a real happiness to be with him, to look at his smile, to hold his hand, to bake cabbage pies for him and even to just to be [...]

A thing that makes me happy in life is when I’m visiting a park. And getting excited, because it makes me happy when I see animals like lions, zebras, springboks (a type of antelope), and others. Motlatso, 13, South Africa