Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

The Stuff

By Joseph J. Mazzella on October 05, 2026 / 64 views

I hope my new story reminds you of how little you actually need to be happy in this life. God bless you always. It was a few years ago. I was trying to get something out of my closet but couldn’t do it. There was just too much Stuff in it. You know the stuff I am talking about. The stuff that sneaks in when you aren’t looking. The stuff you have no memory of buying. The stuff...

The Neighborhood Cat Came To Visit Me The Day After My Cat Passed Away

By Kinzygrace on October 03, 2026 / 478 views

The neighborhood cat came to visit me the day after my cat passed away- I like to think it was a sign from my cat saying that she’s okay. So yesterday morning after I finished feeding the cats, I looked up after putting the dishes in the sink and saw this cat standing outside just sitting there and staring at the window. I went out and as soon as it saw me, it ran up to me and was...

Truck Accident Aftermath Help - Sweetest Return Too

By A Friend on October 02, 2026 / 617 views

I live on a busy road. Sunday during the Bills football game, a truck ended up on its side against our front tree, about 15 feet from our house. My husband heard and almost saw the whole thing. We rushed into action, helped the 2 teenagers with sitting them down, water bottles, paper towels, and phones to call their parents. The first responders arrived very quickly....

Thank You To The Good Samaritan At The San Diego Airport

By A Friend on October 01, 2026 / 732 views

My brother-in-law and his young sons were running seriously late this morning after a wrong turn ✈️ and they ended up on foot along the road trying to make up time. A good Samaritan pulled over after seeing them run with bags in hand and offered them a ride at 5 a.m. this morning to get to the correct terminal and because of that they made it with just minutes to spare to get back...

What Working At A Food Bank Taught Me

By Michael on September 30, 2026 / 960 views

When I started working at the food bank here in Port Townsend, Washington, last April, one of the things I worried about was how to say "no" to people who would ask for more food than we could give them. It's not that I assumed people would be greedy. I just figured that people coming to a food bank were clearly in need, and given that, along with the cutbacks in federal...

I Gave My Extra Food To A Homeless Man This Morning, Then A Stranger On My Flight Unexpectedly Gave Me $60

By A Friend on September 29, 2026 / 1,076 views

Today has been such a weirdly wholesome day. I was at the courthouse this morning to be a witness for my sister’s marriage. I had a cooler/bag with extra food that I wasn’t going to be able to take with me, and there was a homeless man sleeping outside the courthouse. Rather than throw the food away, I went over and left it for him without waking him up. As I was walking up...

There's A 2-year-old Kid At My Warehouse Who Runs Out To Hug Me Every Day

By A Friend on September 28, 2026 / 1,272 views

I'm a business owner, and there's a 2-year-old kid at my warehouse who runs out to hug me every day. I think he's one of my favorite people in the world. One of my female employees has a 2-year-old son, and we all play with him a lot at the warehouse. I usually arrive later than everyone else, and somehow, this little dude has figured out my routine. Every time I...

Thank You To The Stranger Who Gave Me A Hug On The Victoria Line Today

By A Friend on September 26, 2026 / 1,357 views

I've been job hunting for months now. Today I found out that a job I thought I'd get fell through. On top of that, I did a trial shift for a few hours at a café last week, but they turned me down and refused to pay for the trial afterwards. All that pressure just built up, and on the train it hit me all at once. I was trying to hide my face and let the tears fall quietly, hoping it...

May I Please Have Some Water For My Baby's Formula?

By A Friend on September 25, 2026 / 644 views

This happened about 40 years ago. My wife and I were taking our 3+month old infant son from SE PA to Rochester, NY to see his grandparents. We had packed plenty of diapers, bottles, formula, and we thought, water for the 6 hour ride which was at night. So we're traveling Rt 15 which is direct to Rochester. But 40 years ago it was all 2 lane highway, not the still unfinished in one location 4...

I Started Painting At 40. One Year In, I Think I Finally Found My Thing

By Threshold_Guardian2 on September 24, 2026 / 1,598 views

I started drawing last year at 39 and found my way to oil painting around the time I turned 40. I had no idea it would become such an important part of my life. These are a couple of the paintings I’ve made along the way, and the little room where most of it happens. I spent a long time thinking you were supposed to figure out the important parts of yourself when you were...

My Friends Won’t Stop Gifting Me Banana Themed Tools

By ChiaEFX on September 23, 2026 / 1,540 views

A few years ago, my friend 3D printed a banana for scale (left) for me and it quickly became a staple on my social media. In the years since, my assistant gave me a banana wrench as a joke for my birthday. A friend gave me the most excellent retractable switch-banana. My married friends found the banana hat for me while vacationing in Hawaii. Another friend gave me...

See You Through It

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 23, 2026 / 1,553 views

Several weeks ago I contracted Lyme Disease. This is the disease you get from a tick bite that floods your body with a bacteria. Now I didn’t see or feel it when the tick bit me. The bull’s-eye rash that was supposed to appear didn’t. All I knew was I was feeling bad. I had chills, shakes, and bouts of sweats. I felt exhausted, fatigued, and in pain. My body ached, my joints hurt, and I even...

Father-Daughter Dance

By Jesska on September 22, 2026 / 1,702 views

At my high school graduation dinner. They called all the girls up for a father-daughter dance. I didn't have one so I sat at the table expecting to sit this one out. I got a tap on my shoulder and turned around to see my best friend's dad. He said he had room for two. He took us both up to dance. Had my first and only father-daughter...

A Stranger Offers A Ride To A Stressed Grandma

By Vonnie on September 21, 2026 / 1,866 views

Leaving a big swimming carnival at Sydney Olympic Park today, I was stressed about getting my two grandsons and all our backpacks, to the bus in time, to catch a train at Strathfield. I spotted a "taxi" (a bit like when cartoon characters see a live chicken imagining it to be a roast chicken). I was stressed and saw this car pull over to drop someone off. So I hurried up to him. When I...

Saved A Bird, Cried

By A Friend on September 19, 2026 / 2,060 views

My hubs called me out to the pool where a tiny bird was barely treading water. I got him out and kept him upright and warm in my hands for probably 30 while he calmed and dried out, eyes still closed. He finally fluffed out his wings and opened his eyes so I took him over to a bush and set him under it. He seemed to settle in so I left him be. I came back 10 later and found him up right,...

Midwest Kindness From Strangers Wowed European Students!

By A Friend on September 18, 2026 / 904 views

I volunteered as a counselor in a camp for kids with illness in the Midwest this summer, and a big chunk of the counselors are students from England, Ireland and Wales. We all went for lunch to Culver's, and were having conversations about being medical/premed students and learning about our European friend's experiences. An elderly gentlemen from a different booth came over and told us how...

My Teacher Made Me Cry Out Of Joy

By A Friend on September 17, 2026 / 2,416 views

I'm crying in the school restroom as I'm typing this. My mom got me my favorite rice with tofu for lunch, and I was getting pretty hungry and excited to eat it after fifth period. I grabbed my lunch, put it in the microwave, and as I was taking it out, I accidentally dropped my lunchbox onto one of the school's plates. The plate broke, and my entire lunch ended up on the...