Anyone else obsessed with inspirational songs?

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I like to listen to songs that are meaningful and make me want to cry happy tears. It's my guilty pleasure. Some of these songs are:

Thank You by Alanis Morrissette
Overcomer by Mandisa
Like My Mother Does by Lauren Alaina
Warrior by Demi Lovato
Miss Understood by Sammie
Put Your Hearts Up by Ariana Grande--yes, I still listen to Ariana Grande .

My favorite Alanis Morrissette song is 'Still' from the DOGMA soundtrack. I don't know if you'd call that inspirational or not. It's all about man's inhumanity to man, but from God's point of view, so it's really about love and forgiveness. I suppose there's a sort of hope in that. That redemption is available no matter how ugly and hurtful we've been to each other.

for years i was obsessed with the song hero by mariah carey

Well, the artists you listed seem to be more pop than rock but if you want to get more into rock, it's a no-brainer - Oasis. Oasis has been one of my favorite bands my whole life. I really think they helped me get over my teenage depression, because the time I got into them and all the other rock bands I listen to corresponds with the time that I shed my melancholic tendencies.

The theme in Noel Gallagher's songwriting, especially in Oasis' first 3 albums (Definitely Maybe, What's the Story Morning Glory, and Be Here Now) and also the b-sides that make up The Masterplan compilation (what I consider to be Oasis' best album and the first one anyone should listen to) is really just general optimism and "it's gonna be OK". Everyone knows Wonderwall, but I don't think any Oasis fan would even rank it in their top 25 or 30 songs. Oasis' discography has about 130 songs spread out over 7 studio albums and many singles with b-sides, many of the early b-sides being put together for the aforementioned Masterplan album, released in 1998. I have over 10,000 Oasis plays on my Last.fm account, most of which are actually their lesser known b-sides (link in my signature)

Try their songs Acquiesce, All Around the World, Cloudburst, Flashbax, Go Let It Out, Hung in a Bad Place, Some Might Say, The Shock of the Lightning, Whatever if you want straight up cheer and inspiration. If you want something a bit more serious and powerful, try Fade Away, Full On, Gas Panic, Helter Skelter, Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is. Listen Up could be something of an Aspie anthem, with its main line "I don't mind being on my mind".

It's worth noting that because we're stuck with mostly crap music here in the US, British rock is typically listened to only by people who use the internet and/or imported magazines to find which music they like. But Oasis was once the most popular rock band in England and probably all of Europe. Together with Radiohead and The Verve and the other 90's bands from the UK, they've been tremendously influential and are a direct reference for virtually every single indie rock band you could think of that has come along since them.

"Some might say" is my favorite Oasis song. Along maybe with "Don't look back in anger". If you like Oasis, have you listened to Blur? The 90s were basically the battlefield of the Blur/Oasis rivalry, it's great fun to look into Fantastic bands, but I am definitely more of an Oasis person, while I just... appreciate Blur's talent. It's just a matter of what touches you, I think.
The Goo Goo Dolls.
Radiohead is really good stuff. "Creep" et "Fake Plastic Trees" on the top.

In the inspirational field, I also love Omnia. Listening to "Alive" makes my blood boil in my veins. And they made a song out of "The Raven", which is very good even if they arranged the poem a bit. It is an accurate tribute to its rhythm, which is what mattered to Poe anyway.
And I guess "Zombie" by The Cranberries is my all-time favorite. Their "Daffodil Lament", too. And "Ridiculous Thoughts".
Joe Hisaishi's soundtracks (Mononoke Hime). A lot of Howard Shore's (not everything, but The Silence of the Lambs and The Lord of the Rings mainly). Nobuo Uematsu Symphonic Suite, Scene I and VII, of Final Fantasy.
Radical Face ("Sleepwalking").