Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

Beloved

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 09, 2026 / 191 views

My next door neighbor is a graveyard. Now some people would be freaked out by this but not me. They remain the quietest, most peaceful neighbors I have ever had. I also get a strange sense of serenity and peace from living so close to one. It gives me a daily reminder that one day my own life will end and that if I want to truly Live then I have to do it Today. The truth is I have always been...

An Old Japanese Woman Saw My Terrible Obi Job And Fixed It For Me

By A Friend on April 08, 2026 / 467 views

This was during my study abroad to Japan, and I was wearing a yukata I had bought a week earlier for a summer festival. However, not even three adults and a YouTube video could figure out how the obi (long cloth “belt”) was supposed to be tied. After a day of trying desperately to fix it, and my yukata splaying out in every direction, I had given up. Then, suddenly, a woman waiting for...

Free-Ninety-Nine

By KR on April 07, 2026 / 729 views

A 3-year-old’s first bike ride didn’t go the way he imagined… but what happened next is the part his dad says he’ll always remember. After a long walk to the park, Andy’s son was excited to finally take his brand new bike for a spin. He hopped on, pushed down on the pedals… and nothing happened. No matter how hard he tried, the bike...

My Inheritance

By A Friend on April 06, 2026 / 568 views

My mom worked so hard her entire life. At first it was to get herself through college as a single mom and then it was to try to help me get through med school. About a decade ago we got into our first fight. She was 70 and hadn’t retired. She didn’t enjoy her job and she had always talked about how she wants to travel and go on adventures when I was a kid so I was really confused and...

A Community Rallying Together To Support My Family After My Dad’s Passing

By Love-and-lightx on April 06, 2026 / 788 views

Last month, my dad passed away after a long and courageous battle with stage IV colon cancer. My mom, who was his primary caretaker, was left with thousands of dollars worth of bills. She had his chemo, radiation, surgery, and hospitalization bills. If you live in the U.S., you KNOW how expensive those bills are. She had to pay for his cremation and memorial. She assumed the mortgage, car insurance, phone...

I Saw A Sweet Moment Between Residents At Work The Other Day

By A Friend on April 04, 2026 / 1,094 views

I work in a memory care facility. Sometimes the residents get upset for no reason. One woman, who is normally incredibly sweet and funny and cheerful, had a bad day last week. She just started crying out of nowhere. Like, full on, breaks-your-heart-to-hear crying. One of my coworkers was sitting with her, trying to figure out what was wrong and how to help her when another resident walked...

The Time A Little Kid Complimented Me And Made My Week!

By Azrendelmare on April 03, 2026 / 577 views

I was leaving the hospital after visiting my mom after a surgery (she's fine), when I saw this little boy and his mom. The boy said "I like your 'fit!" (I had to be told what a 'fit was, because I'm an out of touch Millenial). He said it was because I looked like Jack Black in Minecraft! I was wearing a light blue shirt and dark pants, and I have a heavily...

So My 3 Year Old Daughter And I Were On Our Way To The Park

By A Friend on April 02, 2026 / 1,404 views

On the way to the park we pass over a small bridge that my daughter calls the troll bridge. This bridge is about 20 feet over a small stream. On this day there were a bunch of angsty teens hanging out both on and under the bridge. Right at the entrance to the bridge is a girl who is doodling in a notebook. She had overheard my daughter call the bridge the troll bridge. Before I...

Giving To Yourself

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 01, 2026 / 1,497 views

I have been writing for many years now and over that time I have gotten a lot of letters and e-mails of appreciation from people my simple words have touched. One time, though, I got something that surprised me. It was a pre-paid card with $250.00 dollars on it. The person who sent it said she wanted to do something nice for me since my writings had touched her so. At that time all of my debts had...

Co-Workers Kindness

By Mary Anne Hartung on March 31, 2026 / 1,631 views

I had an emergency surgery. When I woke up, I was unable to walk and had to undergo 4 months of occupational and physical rehab. When I was finally able to return to work, I faced quite a challenge. I had to use a walker at first and then a cane. My office was across a very large building. However, there is a service entrance that can be used, but I couldn't leave my car there. Every...

Saved A Stranger From Receiving An Expensive Parking Ticket

By A Friend on March 31, 2026 / 1,508 views

I had lunch on a patio the other day and noticed a bylaw officer working down the street checking meters. There was an SUV right across from the patio’s time was up, and the meter was flashing time expired in red. I walked over and quickly topped it up, which made it jump back to 30 minutes. I saw the owner, a guy carrying a sleeping toddler, walk up to the car just as the officer...

I Recently Found This Note My Mom Wrote

By A Friend on March 30, 2026 / 1,799 views

My parents passed away less than 2 years ago (one year apart) and I recently found this note my mom wrote. They were married in 1955 and were together until the end. Side 1: "3/11/55 Friday My darling came tonight! How glad I was to see him. He’s my angel!! He got to Wesleyan and called me to come and get him in the Buick. All the way over I was so-so...

Witnessed A Stranger Comfort A Crying Person, And Now I’m Also Crying

By A Friend on March 30, 2026 / 1,729 views

I took my dog to the park and we posted up at a respectful distance from a young man who was already there. After about ten minutes he gets up and moves further away, then starts absolutely wailing. I mean like full body sobs, we all know the kind. I’m trying to mind my business while also wondering if I should check on him when I see another man walking his dog approach. They talk...

Kindness Is Free In Life. Please Use It To Help Others

By Jess on March 27, 2026 / 2,179 views

I have been sick since Tuesday, causing me to miss work. I moved out here to a new apartment where I am after surviving homelessness and DV. I head back to work tomorrow and I'm excited, even though it's a two hour walk from me, I'm just trying to continue to pick up the pieces to my life on my own. I ran into someone who saw me walking to the ER when I was in extremely sick...

Someone Stayed On The Phone With My Mom In A Parking Lot

By A Friend on March 26, 2026 / 2,271 views

A while back my mom got turned around driving in an area she didn’t know well, she isn't good with Google map or anything of that sort, for whatever reason it all hit her at once. She pulled into a parking lot, got overwhelmed, and called the number on a nearby business sign just to ask for directions because she was too flustered to think straight. The woman who answered could’ve...

Tiny Little Acts Of Kindness

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 25, 2026 / 2,445 views

I walked into the store recently to buy another week’s worth of groceries for me and my sons. As I went through the doors I saw a man struggling to separate two shopping carts stuck together. When he got them apart he pushed the first one to me with a smile. I thanked him and started going up and down the aisles. They were narrow and crowded but with smiles and “excuse me’s”...

Yesterday I Went To A Local Bread Shop Near My Work

By Naomi on March 24, 2026 / 2,352 views

Yesterday I went to a local bread shop near my work, to grab some bits for my breakfast and lunch. Unfortunately the online payment system decided then was a good time to go offline, after about five attempts to get ot to work. As I didn't have any cash on me, the person serving, said they would hold my purchases if I wanted to go a bit further down the street to get some cash out and come back...