Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

I Didn’t Expect Bird Feeders To Become Part Of My Daily Routine, But Here We Are

By A Friend on May 20, 2026 / 199 views

Some months back I was feeling heavy, not the heavy of a crisis, but that everyday weight work deadlines, noise all day long, way too much screen time. I needed something easy to turn down the noise in my brain and one weekend I set up a couple of bird feeders outside my bedroom window, frankly expecting it to be a short-lived experiment. The first couple of days yielded nothing and I started...

Remember That Small Acts Can Go A Long Way

By A Friend on May 20, 2026 / 242 views

It’s amazing how a single, passing comment can change someone’s entire day. Today I went out for a walk between classes. It wasn’t different from any other day, but I was stopped this time. A woman passing me commented that my bag had lovely colors, which I could hardly believe since it’s a raggedy thing. What threw me, however, was her genuine smile and the sweetest English...

Love And Pain

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 19, 2026 / 416 views

I hurt my back as a boy and it never quite healed right. I don’t know if it was from playing football, lifting weights unsupervised, or wrecking my bike. But for over 40 years now my back has been in pain every single day. No amount of stretching it, exercising it, cracking it, popping it, icing it, heating it, or resting it makes the pain go away for long. Doctors and Chiropractors haven’t been...

I Installed My Baby Girls Car Seat. My First “real Dad” Thing. Best Morning Ever

By A Friend on May 18, 2026 / 500 views

Wife and I have been trying for years and we (mostly her) went through the IVF route and she is finally pregnant and we are 24 weeks along. Today she asked me to install the car seat so that our dog can get used to it being there. Took me a full hour and after no texts or call back, a couple of YouTube videos that didn’t help, I finally got it installed by myself :). Wife came out...

Bought An Orchid For A Publix Employee For Mother’s Day

By Kat on May 18, 2026 / 513 views

I just wanted to yap about this interaction I had the other day and don’t really have anyone to talk to about it. I was at Publix buying a few items. At the self checkout, an employee was there greeting customers and monitoring the self checkout. She was talking to herself a lot, just thinking out loud. She said “hm I think this is what I asked my son for for Mother’s...

Coworkers Got Me A Birthday Cake

By Rae on May 16, 2026 / 838 views

I'm 18 and currently working my first job. There is a woman in my office, let's call her Mary, who is always really sweet to everyone. She always organises cakes and celebrations for everyone and she's generally just lovely to be around. We haven't known each other for long but she always asks me how I am and calls me "my angel" all the time. When I walked into the office...

Random Seat Mate On Long-haul Flight Made A Lasting Impression

By Coloredchalk on May 15, 2026 / 975 views

So I was just reading a story about somebody on a long flight with a screaming baby and how she was treated, and it made me think of how I had the opposite experience. I’ve got pretty bad anxiety in general and Covid made it a lot worse, so while my husband and I have always loved traveling, we haven’t really gone anywhere since we started having kids. Last summer we started traveling...

Tooth Fairy Assistant

By Tkotickle on May 14, 2026 / 1,071 views

My son lost his first tooth on the school bus today. An older girl gave him this tiny container to keep it safe. Later when I look at it closer, I realized it’s not just a random doll accessory, but a specific "tooth saver box". I’m now utterly amused by the possibility that this 12-year-old just walks around with a handful of these in her bag, prepared for dental...

Random Woman From Far Away Sees Me Crying And Checks In On Me

By A Friend on May 13, 2026 / 1,228 views

So I was having a hard day. And my boyfriend was having a long week. And a 30 minutes ago that caused us to butt heads. I'll admit I'm sensitive, so I had to end the call with him to go outside and have a cry. Why outside? I live with other people and the sound carries in that house like you're yelling into a tunnel. The outer walls have thicker walls. Well, my house is about...

An Act Of Kindness Saved My Life, Kindness Saves. Hate Does Not

By A Friend on May 12, 2026 / 1,431 views

Hi everyone! I grew up poor, and sometimes my mom's card would decline. And I remember every single time distinctly. And I remember the kind people who would occasionally give a dollar or two so our family could afford to eat. And a while ago I was at dollar tree with my boyfriend and our other friend, and there was a mom checking out before us with her special needs son. He had been...

Disconnect

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 11, 2026 / 645 views

I hope this new story of mine helps to get your week off to a quiet and peaceful start. God bless you always. KABOOM! “Joey! Disconnect that TV right now!” I was a boy watching a rerun of Gilligan’s Island in our home in the 1970s. It was a warm, summer afternoon but suddenly a storm rolled in. With that first flash of lightening and crack of thunder my Mom ordered me to...

I Sent Money To A Stranger And He Returned It

By A Friend on May 09, 2026 / 1,724 views

In 2024 my older brother was going through a rough time, living on the streets in another state and in a bad way. I was really broke at the time but scraped together fifty bucks to send him. He used venmo which I was unfamiliar with, and I am not a tech-savvy person. I ended up sending the money to a complete stranger who had the same first name as my brother. I felt like the world's fool, and now I had no...

My Super Shy Neighbor's Kid Just Knocked On My Door And Gave Me This

By Minniecaballox on May 08, 2026 / 1,963 views

I've lived next door to my next door neighbour's kid since he was born about 5 years ago. I've recently become a bit closer with his Mum but he's always been unbelievably shy, hiding behind her when we're chatting and that kind of thing. Recently he's been getting a bit more brave and showing me his drawings, which I've heavily complimented. So today, I hear a...

Waffle House Kindness

By Melissa on May 08, 2026 / 1,721 views

My dad was such a regular at the Waffle House by his office that they hung this over his usual table after he passed. Waffle House is forever OK in my book. Some of the waitresses came to the funeral home and just cried and cried. It will be 5 years in July since we lost him, and I miss him every day. (I actually took that picture when we had breakfast together one...

My Mom's Biggest Insecurity Is Her Granddaughter's Favorite Thing

By A Friend on May 07, 2026 / 1,927 views

My mom had a cardiovascular accident when I was young, 20 years ago. She was hospitalised for a long time and had to get a cardiac valve. The valve makes a really loud beating heart noise, she hates it because she feels like it makes people unconfortable and she has to hear it all the time. Recently I had a baby, she is 6 month old. We were at a restaurant and she was very fussy. My...

Age Doesn't Matter

By Joseph J. Mazzella on May 06, 2026 / 2,183 views

I hope this new story of mine leaves you feeling young at heart. God bless you always. Most people divide life into different stages. There is childhood from 1 to 12 when we are first exploring and learning about life. There are the teenage years from 13 to 19 when we are changing so much and also deciding who we really are. There is young adulthood from 20 to 40 when we are finding our...

Dropped Off A Repaired Xbox One To A Little Girl Today. Pretty Sure She Made My Day More Than I Made Hers

By SyriusBB on May 05, 2026 / 2,128 views

I fix broken electronics in my spare time. Most things get sold but every now and then something ends up going to someone who needs it more. Today it was an Xbox One to a little girl and her dad. I wasn't expecting much, just wanted it to go to a good home. The way her face lit up when she realised it was hers to keep genuinely made me smile for the rest of the day. That kind of...