Stories of Hope
Hopeful stories are windows into the wonderful possibilities life has to offer. Stories of hope bring to life the ways in which people support each other, miracles make lives better, and individuals find new roads through challenging times. Turn to stories about hope whenever you need an encouraging boost on your path toward your best life.
Two Former Adversaries Offer Tips on Building Bridges
A man who works in the forest industry and a woman who is an attorney working on environmental issues shares how they managed to find common ground despite their adversarial backgrounds.
Meeting Mother Teresa Led Him to a Life of Service
Hal Donaldson’s inspiring nonprofit, Convoy of Hope, feeds millions of people around the world.
How Two Women Found Healing from Their Family's Difficult Legacy of Slavery
The pair—one Black, the other white—became friends while dealing with their family’s painful history.
How He Helps to Keep the Legacy of Flight 93 Alive
An Army officer remembers a beloved family member and the other 39 heroes who died in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 2001.
God Blessed This Bike Shop Owner with a New Path
He was sure the pandemic would spell the end of his struggling bicycle shop. His pastor—and the Man Upstairs—had other ideas.
A Mountaintop Rescue Came Together with God's Help
She'd reached her goal of 46 Adirondack peaks in four months, but her husband broke his leg in the descent. How could she get him safely down the mountain?
How an Art Class Gave This Worried Mom Hope
She feared her son would never overcome his drug addiction—until she received divine assurance.
Don’t Stop Believin’
A rock song that has inspired millions for decades sprang from a bit of fatherly advice.
Two Cousins Who Both Descend from a Slave Owner on Faith and Healing
Phoebe Kilby and Betty Ann Kilby Fisher Baldwin reveal how their unlikely discovery that they were cousins helped Phoebe grasp more fully the marks racism and slavery have left and Betty to more fully embrace the practice of forgiveness.
9/11 Memorials Around the Country
From New York to Hawaii, towns and cities across the nation have constructed moving memorials so that we never forget the thousands who were lost during the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Guideposts Classics: William Gargan on the Blessings of Acceptance
In this story from May 1963, actor William Gargan, who amassed over 100 film credits over 30 years, shares how a cancer diagnosis ended his career but gave him a new purpose.
How Two Blind Seals Gave Her the Hope She Needed
She was drawn to the rescued animals for a reason she didn’t understand.
Juneteenth: 5 Things to Know About Our New Federal Holiday
Juneteenth, an observance that began more than 150 years ago in the African American community, is an occasion all freedom-loving Americans will now honor.
How to Make Your Hopes and Dreams Come True
There are thousands of reasons to think we have to give up on a dream. But there is still a way.
She Still Feels the Presence of Her Departed Friend
Carol was her best friend, her spiritual mentor, her second mother. How could she go on without her?
How to Find Optimism and Hope in the Darkest of Places
It’s called “tragic optimism,” and is a meaningful, positive response to real suffering in life.
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Some days, success is about luck, or talent, or skill. But most days, success is about wrestling failure to the ground until it screams uncle.
