Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing Poorly

By A Friend on September 16, 2021 / 5,027 views

One of my college professors used to say "anything worth doing is worth doing poorly." I didn't understand that for years because I didn't do anything poorly, I couldn't do anything poorly, I had to do everything perfectly. But brushing your teeth for 30 seconds is better than not brushing them at all when that 2 minutes seems exhausting. Doing ten minutes of yoga is...

They Put A Smile On My Face Every Day

By Narelle on September 15, 2021 / 2,796 views

Six months ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Luckily for me I caught it early and will be just fine. I have to take a tablet a day now to help make sure it doesn't return and I struggle everyday with taking it but I woke this morning to find a little helping hand in the pill box left by my beautiful children. They put a smile on my face every...

The Road Not Taken

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 13, 2021 / 4,298 views

The new, “used” car that I bought just three months ago wouldn’t start the other day. The factory battery that came along with it decided that it had worked long enough and chose to take an early, permanent retirement. My kindhearted neighbor gave me a jump but the battery stubbornly wouldn’t hold the charge. After getting one more jump then I headed to the local auto parts store to buy...

If It IS Broken... Don't Fix It?

By Jodi-Ann E. M. Morgan on September 09, 2021 / 3,755 views

It has been pretty hard on all of us at some point in the last year or so, for some, way more than others. This is the reason I try my best not to complain because despite how hard I may think I’ve had it, I know there is somebody out there who would trade places with me in a heartbeat. However, if I am totally honest, these last couple of weeks have been tough for me - drama among friendships, stress at...

The Kindest Of Kind Things Happened Today

By Dani on September 09, 2021 / 3,800 views

The kindest of kind things happened today. Last week my 4 yr old son Basti and I went for a walk and found a toy dugong just off the track. Basti was so excited by this amazing find (he loves animals), he held onto it all day and took it to bed with him that night. That evening, I stumbled across a community post from a mum urgently trying to find a lost dugong - her son’s fave toy....

A Reminder The World Is Full Of Good People

By Tom on September 09, 2021 / 4,640 views

On the weekend my daughter was tasked the shopping chore of an increasingly independent young lady to venture up the road to the local supermarket. Through the aisles of offerings she went about her list and time came to pay. The first attempt to compensate at the self serve failed. The second attempt under the now watchful eye of the supermarket attendant also met a similar...

Young, Old, Or In-Between

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 03, 2021 / 4,270 views

This life is full of amazing things. Things we can’t truly understand. Things we just have to embrace. I saw one of these things just today. I was in the grocery store picking up a few odds and ends. As I approached the cashier I noticed the person in front of me. His back was bent and he walked with a shuffle. He was no Hollywood 50. He was more like a real world 85. His ears and nose were long and...

Unexpected Answer To Prayer

By Kay Heitsch on September 03, 2021 / 3,395 views

When your child dies, parents respond in different ways. Emotional pain is hard to deal with. Bill and I reacted differently. Right away, I was offered drugs by a doctor. From experience, I knew this was not going to be good for me. Also, from experience, I knew alcohol was not going to help me either. So, I chose to give myself and Todd over to the LORD. However, my husband Bill decided to drink to...

Nurse Ends Shift And Buys Flowers For Cancer Patient To Give To Wife On Their Anniversary

By Jess on August 27, 2021 / 2,683 views

It’s our 4th anniversary, and Tommy’s nurse from last night ended her shift at 7am, walked across the street, and bought anniversary flowers for Tommy to give me with her own money. Just in case you need a reminder that people can be...

A Thousand Pennies

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 24, 2021 / 5,046 views

Ever since I was a boy I have been a penny picker upper. I would find them on sidewalks, on playgrounds, in the grass, along the railroad tracks, and even in swimming pools. Back then a penny was still worth a penny. If you managed to find two then you could buy a big piece of bubble gum and once you had collected a handful you could get a small bag of chips. Each penny back then was a little treasure. It was...

A Very Good Day

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 24, 2021 / 4,062 views

It was a cool, dry Summer’s morning. I had just dropped off my son at the sheltered workshop where he works two days a week. I was headed home watching the sun peek through the clouds and singing along to a song playing in the car. My croaky, raspy voice may not have been making a very beautiful noise, but it was a joyful one. Suddenly I saw two deer up ahead in the road. They were climbing...

Hand-Picked Flowers

By Meaghan on August 24, 2021 / 4,617 views

There was an elderly lady standing in the cold (Melbourne weather) outside the back of the supermarket, she was holding a basket of flowers. "Would you like some flowers, they are $3?" she asked me as I was walking past and I politely responded "No thank-you" as I walked away and went inside the supermarket. I was walking around the supermarket searching for the one...

Police Officer Act Of Kindness

By Brick Township Police Department on August 24, 2021 / 3,137 views

A couple days ago, Detective Brenden Barnes helped out a stranded motorist who had run out of gas. The driver was in the car with her daughter. Det. Barnes took a trip to the nearest gas station, bought a gas can and gas, drove it back and got them back on their way. It just so happened that someone saw this and snapped a picture to send it our way. A job well done,...

An Acorn

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 23, 2021 / 3,936 views

When I was a boy we lived 4 miles outside of town. My two brothers were 5 and 7 years older than me. For those reasons I spent a lot of time playing alone. I didn’t mind too much, though. We lived right next to the forest and I would spend hours every day playing in it with the oak and maple trees as my companions. I would climb up their limbs, sit in their shade, and soak up their peace. That...

How Much We Take For Granted

By Kathy on August 19, 2021 / 3,296 views

Today I was lucky to have met a beautiful lady who I just happened to be standing behind at the checkout at our local shops she was in a gopher and was trying to pay for her shopping. Her card kept declining, she was short by 5 dollars. I heard her apologies to the cashier and she said I will have to put something back. I told the cashier it's ok I will pay it for her. She looked at me and burst...

I Had The Most Kindest Thing Happen At My Local Shopping Center

By Abbie on August 19, 2021 / 2,843 views

I had the most kindest thing happen at my local shopping center yesterday. Me and my kids were there to get a couple of birthday presents for others, I was telling my son that we were just looking and he can wait for his own birthday to get something when a kind elderly lady came up to us with what he was looking at in her hand and asked me if I'd mind if she got it for my son. I...

Start Feeling Young

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 19, 2021 / 3,338 views

I woke up this morning after a particularly bad dream. I tried to doze back off but my aging body insisted it was time to use the bathroom again so I slowly got up. My back felt as tight as a drum. I stretched and twisted and heard the ususal “Crack! Crack! Crack!” I stumbled into the bathroom, did my business, and then went over to the sink to get a sip of water. I stared at the face in the...