Got this from Lorraine R 👇 “My cat has been waking us up at 5am everyday meowing in our faces and looking for breakfast, and the other day my husband yelled at the cat, “Hey, 5am Joel, can you shut up??” ***** From Gus R 👇 “wanted to wish you a HAPPY national PIZZA DAY. Read more about Fun stuff from you guys 👇[…]
Got a cool note recently from a reader named Rob… 👇👇👇 “I’ve been a subscriber for some time. Sometimes I read your emails daily, sometimes only every once in awhile. But I thought you’d like to hear an example of how your positivity has influenced me. Last night I lost my wallet after a work-out. Read more about Cool story from a reader…[…]
“We would agree that If one does the right things, he will become successful… Yet there in lies a flaw insomuch that the more successful one becomes, there is a tendency to believe that because he is successful, whatever he does is the right thing” My grandpa wrote me this 👆 in an email a Read more about Question your influencers.[…]
Morning everyone!!! ☕️ It makes me really happy reading the fun little things happening in your lives. Sharing these stories along is fun too — they add just a little bit of cheer to people’s day. Anyway, THANK YOU for your email replies 🥰 Here’s a few things people are celebrating this weekend… ***** “I Read more about Fun stuff from you guys 😉[…]
“I love to walk regularly, and I used to complain to myself about all the garbage I saw everywhere while walking. Then one day I said: I could do something different, I could be thankful that I have legs to walk, hands that move and a body that can bend. I could pick up the Read more about Less complaining & more *doing something about it*[…]
Many years ago I was flying commercially somewhere and I had already been flying in the Air Force a number of years. I had a window seat and I told the employee at the gate that if anybody else would want a window seat, I don’t mind trading. A bit later she called me up Read more about Beautiful stories. Beautiful people.[…]
Happy Saturday! Here’s a fun story that came in from Jason R 👇👇👇 “Yesterday, two little girls came to the door selling lemonade door to door. This was just them trying to make a few bucks but I was impressed with their drive. I asked if they had the lemonade, they said no, they’d have Read more about Spreading joy in the neighborhood 🍋[…]
Hey dudes! Great news!!! 🥳 Remember last year my employer gave away a bunch of “Giving Cards” — where they send you a $20 prepaid Visa card for you to spend it doing some good in your community?? Well…. The creators of that giving card platform (extremely generous people btw) reached out to me for Read more about Grab a $20 Giving Card –> Do some good.[…]
Happy Friday, and happy Earth Day! 🌎 Here are some cool facts and stories about our earth and things within it… – From Sam M: “My favorite nature fact is about trees. They serve an incredibly important function called “carbon sequestration”. Trees literally pull carbon out of the air and bury it in their roots. Read more about Welcome to Bio-Dome. Welcome to the future![…]
A beautiful story came in from a reader yesterday 👇👇👇 ***** “Yesterday, on my drive into work, I stopped at a red light. I looked in my rear view mirror and the older man in the car behind me just looked so tired and sad. Of course I don’t know what was going on in Read more about A little story of positivity[…]
Here are some celebrations and things some of y’all shared… – Ben H turned 38 this week! He’s celebrating “having good friends and a sunny spring weekend to camp on the Oregon coast”. Woohoo! 🥳 – Kathy from Oklohoma said: “7 years ago today, I signed my acceptance letter and paid my deposit for law Read more about Fun happenings in the community…[…]
Hey dudes! 3 cool things I’m celebrating today… 1) About 4 years ago, a group of neighbors put in a request to get speed bumps installed on our street (we live between 2 main-ish roads so many cars shortcut through our street to avoid traffic). Anyway, yesterday they were finally installed!!! (and today I plan Read more about 3 cool milestones… 🥳[…]
I love getting replies from you guys. Here are some cool ones from the past couple weeks… ***** In response to the GivingCard Stories email, Murph replied: “To my sweet Joel💕… I can’t believe you posted that today… 💕That’s me…💕 Your favorite kindergarten teacher Murph… 💕Love you always and forever” Whoa! Small world! Nice to Read more about Fun Feedback from you awesome peeps![…]
Happy Friday, y’all! I love you guys. You are the best. Today I want to share a couple fun email responses I received recently from people here. Getting replies and having random chats with you guys is the best part of my day 🙂 ***** This one came from Terri: “My mom wants to know Read more about Fun replies from the community…[…]
This is one of my favorite stories… A buddy of mine, Kevin, was a successful lawyer years ago. Although his career was going well, he was miserable and stressed at his job. So, one day he set a calendar appointment exactly 1 year into the future labelled “Quit my job”. Throughout that year he experimented, Read more about Set a date –> Make a change[…]
“Hey Joel. I’m a middle school teacher in a rough neighborhood and I have been dealing with a lot of burnout issues. I want to quit bad. But a student came in yesterday morning and wrote me this note I want to share with you and, if you’d like, your readers.” Above story + photo Read more about Ps. I love you[…]
A few weeks back I asked you guys “How do you cheer yourself up, snap out of a bad mood, and switch from negative to positive thinking?”… 7 brave soles responded, and here are the replies below! (and right at the very bottom, I’m adding a link to my personal massive list I’ve been building Read more about How do you cheer yourself up?[…]
Got some fun email replies this week and wanted to share the joy… Have a great weekend! Love, Joel. ***** From Rebecca: “I get to give someone a 15% raise today, to someone who was my friend before they worked with me and who I know needs this raise. I’m looking forward to it extremely! Read more about A few fun stories from this past week![…]