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The Power of Small Acts of Kindness

2,221 views | Posted by A friend on April 23, 2024

Let's take a moment to talk about something truly amazing: the power of small acts of kindness. In a world that often feels chaotic and divided, these simple gestures have the power to create ripple effects of positivity that can change lives and even the world. Whether it's holding the door for a stranger, offering a...

Stumbling Towards The Light

1,948 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on April 24, 2024

If there is one thing I have learned over the years it is that God refines and purifies our spirits not only through great challenges but also through everyday encounters and simple moments. I got another reminder of this just the other day at the grocery store. It was a windy, chilly, and rainy day and all I wanted to do was grab...

I witnessed the most wonderful connected parenting at my local Target recently

1,862 views | Posted by A friend on April 25, 2024

I witnessed the most wonderful connected parenting at my local Target recently. A mum with 3 young children, the eldest appeared to be in prep and the youngest in a pram, were at the checkout after school. The middle child appeared to be purchasing a toy with their pocket money and the eldest had just realised they were not...

One of the rules of life I live by, taught to me by a generous man in the middle of nowhere

1,818 views | Posted by A friend on May 2, 2024

So, there was this one time in the 1990s. I was helping my brother move from a teaching job after college. This was in the middle of nowhere in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He was driving his little pickup truck pulling a trailer and I was driving my crappy little Ford station wagon, packed to the gills with his stuff. It was...

The Actions of Love

1,724 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on April 22, 2024

It was over 50 years ago but I still remember it like it was yesterday. I was a young boy on Spring break from school but couldn’t go out to play because of heavy thunderstorms. The TV was off too with the clip that attached it to the outside antenna dropped in a glass jar to ground it from possible lightening strikes. This left me...

An Oak Tree In A Graveyard

1,594 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on May 1, 2024

It was many years ago. I was still a young man with nothing better to do than drive around with his friends on a Saturday exploring old back roads here in the mountains of my home. We found an old, winding gravel one that curved up the side of a mountain. When we reached the top, however, there was nothing there but an old, abandoned...

Years ago I was on a summer road trip with some friends from Dallas to Austin

1,575 views | Posted by A friend on April 29, 2024

Years ago I was on a summer road trip with some friends from Dallas to Austin. On the way down, the battery meter on my dashboard started acting funny. Jumping up then dropping down, all sorts of weird stuff. We make it down to Austin and we're supposed to go see my one friend's show, but I say I'm going to run to an...

I don't think I'll ever forget that woman as long as I live

1,569 views | Posted by A friend on May 3, 2024

I was having a pretty lousy day in New York City when I was visiting some friends. It was gloomy and cold, but also I was sad about something unrelated. I decided to go down to my favorite coffee shop in the lower Eastside. One of their specialties is the Olive oil cake loaf. I had never had one from them, so I decided that that would be the...

An angel in disguise

1,309 views | Posted by A friend on May 6, 2024

I was a teacher for 30 years. It was nearing the end of summer, and my car needed repair. $645. I told the garage that I could only do some of the repairs. I called and asked my daughter to come and drive me to the bank to transfer the funds. I went back to the mechanic's desk, asking the exact amount of the repairs...

What a wonderful human being!

1,136 views | Posted by Julia on April 19, 2024

I was filling my car up at the gas station tonight and went to pay. There was a lady in front of me that said, "it’s ok I got this." I was totally shocked and couldn’t believe what I was hearing. The lady said she tries to do a random act of kindness to someone every day and that it made her feel...

The Judgement Mind

1,125 views | Posted by Ram on May 9, 2024

"When you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get...

Balloon Animals

1,074 views | Posted by A friend on April 22, 2024

This happened several years ago, but I still remember it pretty well. When I was about 5 or 6, my older brother took me to the circus. Like every other child there, I was super excited to get my little balloon animal. However, due to being a rather careless child, It accidentally popped. This was devastating to me at...

Seasoning Your Life

1,059 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on May 7, 2024

I posted something about our Italian style Sunday dinners on Facebook recently and got several requests for my Nana’s recipe for her spaghetti sauce. I gladly sent it out to them, but kind of felt bad about it. It wasn’t that I didn’t think my Nana would mind. She loved sharing her sauce with everyone. It was just that I...

Painted Rocks

869 views | Posted by A friend on April 29, 2024

The most beautiful young girl in our community paints rocks and hides them around our lake for walkers to discover. She is a true...

Bad Tires

778 views | Posted by A friend on May 10, 2024

Neighbors asked to borrow my truck. Told them I could not trust my truck because the tires were bad. Next day my neighbor called and said he was getting new tires for his Suburban and I could have his old ones. Told me to just show up at this certain tire shop and they would put them on Get to tire shop and they put on...

Mother's Day kindness

626 views | Posted by Natalie on May 13, 2024

A kind lady put a post up in our estate, asking if there are any single parents (moms or dads). Today I woke up with this at my front door. She did this for numerous others too. Amazing and...

My daughter was planning to visit from Pittsburgh to California

539 views | Posted by Denise on May 14, 2024

My daughter was planning to visit from Pittsburgh to California with my grandchild, and I wanted a backpack to carry him on the beautiful hikes we have here in Southern California. I posted on a neighborhood app asking to borrow one, promising to return it in the same condition. Almost immediately, a neighbor responded....

Who We Are Supposed To Be

522 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on May 15, 2024

I turned my television on after breakfast this morning. The news was the usual every single horrible thing that is happening in the world. That wasn’t the worst of it, though. This being an election year the commercials were all the most venomous, hate-filled, political attack ads I had ever seen. It turned my stomach listening to...

A Blanket

320 views | Posted by A friend on May 16, 2024

I was nine years old, waiting for the school bus in Wisconsin winter. I had a thin coat, no hat or gloves. A woman driving past saw me and stopped, giving me a blanket from the back of her car. It was a long skinny one, so she wrapped it around my head and shoulders like a big scarf. I remember thanking her,...

My friend and his Mom were scammed

239 views | Posted by Shelly on May 17, 2024

Recently, my friend and his Mom were scammed by people who thought were going to help them to fix their gutters. Those people ended up destroying the whole roof. My friend put up a GoFundMe link on his Facebook to raise funds. He and his mom couldn’t afford to get their roof fixed as both are pensioners. I reached...