Category: Stories

Working with other people can make you feel more stressed. It can be stressful to have even one strange client, and sometimes you have a few in a day. That being said,…

That moment in the supermarket was like a punch to the gut. I could feel the blood drain from my face as I tried to come up with a plausible explanation, but…

The dilemma of reclining your seat fully on a flight is a common one—should personal comfort take priority over the comfort of others? When Adam chose to recline his seat, the pregnant…

Angela, 33, has never even imagined that her happy, stable family life would crack and fall apart in one single day. The woman penned us a letter where she shared her story,…

When my kids started returning from visits to their stern grandmother, Eileen, feeling sick, I brushed it off, thinking it was just their immune systems getting a workout. But deep down, I…

We all value our privacy, especially in the comfort of our own homes. For Natalie, a Bright Side reader, this privacy was tested when her husband gave their house key to his…

It only takes one act of kindness to brighten a gloomy day and, at times, restore our faith in life. Today, we’re sharing uplifting, true-life stories of strangers—or near-strangers—stepping in with acts…

A heartless landlord gives a woman who falls short on her rent notice. But when he goes to his sister’s house for a family dinner, he is shocked to find her there….

“No, this can’t be happening!” My husband’s anticipation for our wedding night turned to horror when I took off my wedding dress. I’d been keeping the secret of what lay beneath my…

When Claire, John, and their son, Ethan, board a flight to John’s parents, John mysteriously disappears to Business Class, leaving Claire to tackle the flight with the baby alone. But when they…