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Spreading Smiles On A Rainy Day!

By Tops Day Nurseries Poole on February 26, 2025 / 1,631 views

Today, despite the rain, our amazing children brightened up the day by handing out beautiful bunches of flowers to the public—bringing unexpected joy to those just popping out for their shopping. These flowers were kindly gifted to us, saving them from going to the landfill, and instead, they found their way into the hands of strangers, turning an ordinary day into something special. The...

Life Goes On

By Joseph J. Mazzella on February 25, 2025 / 2,956 views

For over 30 years now I have lived right next to a graveyard. I am not complaining, though. Not once in all of these years have my neighbors played loud music or got into an argument or complained when I walk my dogs near their fence. They don’t even mind when deer graze among their gravestones. And they always help to remind me how brief and precious life here is. Sometimes in the morning...

A Little Kid Gave Up His Seat On The Subway For Me

By A Friend on February 24, 2025 / 2,330 views

There was a little guy on a very busy subway who saw this tiny little cast on my finger and he gave up his seat so that I could sit down. He was so little and he got whipped around when the train sped up. I was perfectly capable of just standing lol, but I thought it was very sweet of...

A Small Act Of Kindness On A Day I Really Needed It

By Lori on February 20, 2025 / 3,338 views

Today the simplest act of kindness just broke me. I'm out of town because my elderly father fell and fractured his c-spine, in other words he broke his neck! He'll be okay but it's been really difficult to say the least. Today I stopped to get gas and put in wiper fluid and this lovely gentleman insisted I get back into the warm truck while he took care of the wiper...

Someone Bought Me A Coffee And It They’ll Never Know What It Meant To Me

By A Friend on February 20, 2025 / 3,173 views

This happened almost a year ago but I think about it a lot. I was up in MN for work when my parent got the call for a heart transplant. I offered to come home but my family said i wouldn’t make it back on time and everything looked good to go and I’d see them when I got back in 2 weeks. Well it went bad and they ended up being placed into a medical coma and on ECMO so I had to...

I Was So Stunned That I Cried

By Linda on February 19, 2025 / 2,781 views

I was shopping at Giant on a recent weekday afternoon. At the checkout, a man walked up to me and said, “Hi, I’m Steve.” He then proceeded to tap his card and pay for my groceries. There are generous people out there. I was so stunned that I cried. Thank you so very, very much, Steve. What a kind thing to do. I was in shock. I was standing outside crying, because no one...

Shout Out To The Random Guy That Just Helped Me Get My Car Out Of Snow

By A Friend on February 18, 2025 / 2,416 views

It was a long day at work, and all I wanted to do was get home. The snowstorm last night and into this morning made the roads a mess, and I didn’t have time to shovel before heading out. When I pulled into my driveway, my car got completely stuck in the snow. I was getting frustrated, trying to push it out, but there was no way I was doing it alone. Out of nowhere, this...

A Spare Umbrella

By Hand Pan Leann on February 17, 2025 / 2,955 views

It rained here in southern California the other day.. and it caught a lot of folks off guard. Especially those living on the streets. I try to keep extra umbrellas in my vehicle and sleeping bags if I have some to spare. Im glad I had some of these items the other day during a rainstorm.. I have a toddler daughter who really wanted to get a “blenders “ smoothie, I thought for a bit about...

A Chain Reaction Of Kindness At A Local Lowes Store

By A Friend on February 17, 2025 / 3,076 views

Names have been changed. I was given some grape vine shoots from a friend, Mary. Since our soil is mostly clay, and my husband and I planned on eating the grapes, I went to Lowes to pick up some organic garden soil. I got two bags loaded into my cart and headed for the register. There were several people in line, and others lingering around still shopping. I got in line, then realized I'd...

Pretend That You Are 90

By A Wise Man on February 17, 2025 / 2,747 views

A wise man once said, if you're 40, instead of regretting that you can't wake up at age 20 again, pretend to yourself that you are 90 and you have woken up at age 40 again. And that you magically, wonderfully have the next 50 years again. Today is the youngest you’ll ever be for the rest of your life. So make the most of...

If I Make You Happy And Smile, Take Me Home, I Am Yours

By A Friend on February 15, 2025 / 2,295 views

I was having a bit of a rough time a few years back. During a particularly very long and crappy day, at the end of another 16 hour shift, I found a little crocheted wormy friend on a shelf with a similar note. Sadly, the creator didn't leave any information of where to post anything, just said "post on social" (I think they were new to the idea and still workshopping the notes). All I...

A Missed Opportunity At Christmas Time Leads To A Second Chance For Kindness In February

By A Friend on February 14, 2025 / 3,016 views

Around the holidays I was in line to check out with my Christmas shopping in a large retail store. There were two women (Mom and grandma) with an infant in front of me. They had purchased some Christmas things and were ringing up four large cans of baby formula. The mom was purchasing with a card for a special program that helps women and children afford things like formula. The number wasn’t...

Three Smiles

By Joseph J. Mazzella on February 13, 2025 / 2,242 views

You see some amazing, beautiful, and wonderful things in this life, if you keep your eyes open. I saw one just the other day when I was shopping at the local grocery store to pick up a few odds and ends for my home. I had just turned the corner into an aisle with my shopping cart when I almost bumped into an elderly lady pushing hers. She was eighty years old if she was a day. What amazed me, though, was...

Little Bit Of Kindness For Someone On The Internet

By A Friend on February 12, 2025 / 2,135 views

I saw a TikTok the other day of cat toys sold at Meijer called “mice with occupations” (they’re very cute) and read a comment by someone asking if anyone would be willing to send them the cat toys as they don’t live near a Meijer. I was at my local Meijer yesterday and saw the toys so of course I had to pick them up for her. I went back for the comment, dm’d...

I'll Never Tell Any Of My Friends Or Family About What I Did Right Before Christmas

By A Friend on February 12, 2025 / 2,509 views

I'll never be able to tell any of my friends or family about this because I know that they'll tell me that I was scammed but I know that I wasn't. It was the week before Christmas and I was flying home from Vegas on Southwest. I got to the airport early because my friend was leaving early and frankly, I was just ready to be gone. What I didn't realize was that Southwest doesn't...

Donating Handmade Valentine's To My Grandpa's Assisted Living Facility

By A Friend on February 10, 2025 / 2,068 views

I posted a while ago when I was trying to figure out what to do to celebrate my birthday. I ended up organizing a big crafting party and we all made cards that my family then distributed at my grandpa's assisted living facility. The turnout was amazing and we barely had enough chairs (about 30 people). Everyone had a blast and said we should do it again next year. Our goal was to make 50...

When We Least Expect It

By A Misfit Father on February 08, 2025 / 2,967 views

Some years back, social media was thrust upon us as a society. It came with no instructions, disclaimers or warnings. Being one of the last of the Boomer era, I was wary of this new form of communication and to this day don’t have any form of social media presence. My wife on the other hand, jumped in with both feet. It has been my observation that social media has had a mixed influence on our...