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The Best Life Stories by Reader's Digest are 150 of the best hand-picked real-life tales of resilience, joy, and hope - all in 150 words or less! Sitting in a hospital bed with chemo chasing after late-stage colon cancer, I was at an emotional low when a gentleman pushed back my curtain and offered to make me a pastrami sandwich.

The trail went cold for the massive team of trackers - until a dog named Gandalf appeared on the scene.

The Best Life Stories by Reader's Digest are 150 of the best hand-picked real-life tales of resilience, joy, and hope - all in 150 words or less! A trip to the bank left me with a huge dose of humility and a change of attitude that has altered my life.

The Best Life Stories by Reader's Digest are 150 of the best hand-picked real-life tales of resilience, joy, and hope - all in 150 words or less! Ah, the magical words were spoken over the radio. SNOW DAY!

The Best Life Stories by Reader's Digest are 150 of the best hand-picked real-life tales of resilience, joy, and hope - all in 150 words or less! We all know the term running away, but in March 2011, I started actively using the term in a different way.

The Best Life Stories by Reader's Digest are 150 of the best hand-picked real-life tales of resilience, joy, and hope - all in 150 words or less! I looked away, settling in a lounge chair, and it happened.

The Best Life Stories by Reader's Digest are 150 of the best hand-picked real-life tales of resilience, joy, and hope - all in 150 words or less! It's a strange feeling, going through life day by day, simply drifting.

The Best Life Stories by Reader's Digest are 150 of the best hand-picked real-life tales of resilience, joy, and hope - all in 150 words or less! I sat in a rocking chair, holding my sleeping three-week-old son.

The Best Life Stories by Reader's Digest are 150 of the best hand-picked real-life tales of resilience, joy, and hope - all in 150 words or less! A college dropout and war bride of World War II, I raised three successful children and had a groundbreaking career in politics with campaigns, White House visits, and presidential appointments.

The Best Life Stories by Reader's Digest are 150 of the best hand-picked real-life tales of resilience, joy, and hope - all in 150 words or less! When I was six and my brother was five, our mom allowed us to walk to the corner store to buy some candy.

Helen Dean was enjoying a smooth recovery from surgery at a New Jersey hospital in August 1993 when a thin, sharp-featured male nurse entered her room and told her son, Larry, to leave. When Larry returned a few minutes later, Helen angrily announced, "He stuck me!" Larry thought that was odd, as his mother wasn't scheduled to receive any medications. Strange, too, was the location of the shot - on her inner thigh, where it was very hard to see.

Justin Barber said that he and his wife, April, were tipsy and amorous, having celebrated their third wedding anniversary with dinner and cocktails, as they strolled along the water's edge in Jacksonville, Florida, on August 17, 2002. That's when a strange man approached the couple in an attempted robbery that left April dead, according to Justin's testimony. But when police looked deeper into the case, the details didn't add up.

When we went to bed that night, our little black dog, Santos, lay on the cabin top of our 42-foot ketch, vacating the area only in the worst weather. He touched his nose to Dorothy's face as she bent low to nuzzle him good night. His ardent eyes flared briefly - he worshiped her - then he returned to his duty. We slept easier with Santos aboard. It was his self-appointed mission to ensure that no one, friend or foe, came within 100 yards of Breath without a warning.

The first time I ever saw Smoky, she was on fire. My three children and I had arrived at the dump outside our Arizona desert town to throw out the weekly trash. As we approached the pit, which was smoldering, we heard the most mournful cries of a cat entombed in the smoking rubble.

The Best Life Stories by Reader's Digest are 150 of the best hand-picked real-life tales of resilience, joy, and hope - all in 150 words or less! I wear the Islamic headdress, hijab, while being modestly covered, and I am in my school's theater productions.

It was just another normal Southern California day for Gayane Indzheyan in the spring of 2004, when she happened to glance up and notice a man peering at her from the crowded parking lot. He stared at her with a strange intensity until their eyes met, and then he was gone.

Mrs. Gaby, her baby bundled up in the car seat behind her, was driving ahead of her husband, Roy, on their way home, about 10 miles outside of Houston, when a speeding car with an apparently drunken driver at the wheel darted onto the road, forcing Mrs. Gaby's vehicle off the highway on the right. In the rearview mirror, she caught a glimpse of Roy's truck swerving to avoid a collision. Then she heard a crash.

The Best Life Stories by Reader's Digest are 150 of the best hand-picked real-life tales of resilience, joy, and hope - all in 150 words or less! Sprinklers are swatting the sidewalk instead of the usual alarm clock bruising my ears today, and I decide to step outside.

Most people living in the world today believe that heaven exists, and regardless of their vision or religious persuasion, most believers expect it to be a better place. Perhaps that explains why there is sometimes ruthless - even bloody - disagreement over who exactly gets in. Author Gail Cameron Wescott explores these topics and more here.

After her son's senseless murder, Linda Zweigle knew she could help one dying man. She had no idea, however, just how many lives would eventually be saved as a result.