Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

A Small Kindness From A Stranger That Stayed With Me For Years

By Zaramalikdollface on March 17, 2026 / 2,212 views

I was traveling alone after a long day of delays and missed connections. By the time I reached the train station it was late evening, the kind of quiet where everything echoes and most people are just trying to get home. My train wasn’t coming for another hour. My phone battery was almost dead and I hadn’t eaten since earlier that afternoon. I remember sitting on a...

A Stranger Helped My Dad In A Way I’ll Probably Never Forget

By Zaramalikdollface on March 16, 2026 / 2,097 views

This happened when I was a kid, but it’s one of those moments that stuck with me for years. My dad and I were at a grocery store late in the evening. It was one of those quick “run in and grab a few things” trips. I remember being tired and leaning on the shopping cart while he checked out. When the cashier rang everything up, my dad reached for his wallet and froze. He...

Note My Daughter Left For Me In My Office This Morning

By A Friend on March 13, 2026 / 1,858 views

She sneaked it in my office so I didn’t see it until after I dropped her off at school. She’s getting pizza and lots of hugs later for sure. Cute additional context, she knows my favourite colours are green and...

My Wife And I Had Our Miracle Baby Today

By A Friend on March 12, 2026 / 1,893 views

Keeping the story as short as I can, my wife and I tried for 5 years to have a child, 3 years of it doing fertility treatments. It was such a toll on both of us, so we stopped, thinking that was not what we were meant for. We spent the past 2 years content in chapter we were in. Then, we were surprised to find out on Christmas Eve that she was 6 months pregnant. And...

Remembering Aunt Charlotte

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 11, 2026 / 2,027 views

My Aunt Charlotte passed away recently. She had lived 100 years here when God finally called her home. She lived her life with so much generosity, kindness, love, laughter, and joy. She touched the hearts and lives of so many people. I have so many wonderful memories of her floating around in my mind. Let me share one of them from my childhood with you now. It was a hot, summer’s day. I was...

Received This Note After A Concert I Just Went To

By Jesse on March 11, 2026 / 1,819 views

The person passed it to me through a couple of people because I was a yard or two away. The note reads: "Seeing you radiate joy so authentically and dance and sing made my night and reminded me to give myself permission to experience joy" Always be...

Healing Comes In Unexpected Shapes

By A Friend on March 10, 2026 / 1,923 views

My therapist told me to find something that makes me laugh. Depression since 2019. Nothing worked. Meds, yoga, journaling. Then I saw someone's TikTok worm and actually smiled. First time in months. Spent all night learning to crochet. This stupid worm saved me. Now I make them for people going through it. Send them on with notes: "For...

It’s The Smallest Things Sometimes That Do The Most

By A Friend on March 09, 2026 / 1,690 views

So recently I’ve been going through a lot, and today was the day things hit me, now my co workers called out and I had to close from am, had a bad shift or whatever and everything had just been crashing downs. Had to buy groceries for the week at 11 pm and I forgot my wallet, I am a MAN, I never should forget my wallet. Tap to pay didn’t work for fraudulent reasons so I just...

They Guided Me In The Dark And It Meant The World

By Salt-Quiet8201 on March 07, 2026 / 1,635 views

I am low vision/legally blind, and darkness has always been the hardest for me to see in. I was at a fancy dinner and had to use the bathroom I was with coworkers so I didn’t have an easily identifiable person that could help me find where the bathroom was. I believe I asked a server where the bathroom was and then did my best to wander that direction. The server actually saw me...

My Wholesome Life With My Dog

By Hippobottomas on March 06, 2026 / 1,492 views

Her ears remind me of Dobby. When I sing to her, she wiggles back and forth excitedly because she enjoys the attention. She lays near me regardless of what I'm doing (sitting on the couch, reading, eating, cooking etc.) She will gently nudge my hand with her toy in her mouth for play time. When I am taking a nap on the couch, she will lay on my legs and...

102-year-old Resident Gets A Lesson From A Young Visitor

By Ragan on March 05, 2026 / 1,708 views

I work at the front desk of an assisted living community. Today a guest was waiting in our lobby and struck up a conversation with a favorite 102 year old resident who frequently sits there waiting for the mail to be delivered. Most people would never guess the man is 102… he is mentally and physically quite sharp. One might guess late 70s or early 80s. Anyway, he was...

A Soft Touch

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 04, 2026 / 1,818 views

I was driving to have lunch out with an old friend whom I hadn’t seen in years. When I arrived at the restaurant I saw him standing outside the entrance. I parked and started to walk over when I saw a homeless man near the edge of the parking lot. I stopped and gave him a few dollars before going on to my friend. As I walked over I saw my friend shaking his head. “You have always been such a soft...

Trucker Blocked An Entire Highway And Saved Me

By Peabean222 on March 03, 2026 / 1,641 views

This happened a few years ago. I was on the highway, around the end of rush hour, heading to an important meeting with a client. My father had an older sports car, and it was my main vehicle at the time, so that's what I was driving. It'd never gave me any problems before, but decided today, of all days, was the day it would give me hell. Picture this, I'm in the center lane in a bumper...

Found A Very Special Website On The Wayback Machine That Brought Me To Tears

By Heartandsunlight on March 02, 2026 / 1,503 views

First of all - for those who aren’t aware of The Wayback Machine, it’s an archive of over 1 trillion web pages on the internet, whether they still exist or not. I think you can search back to maybe 2004 or something like that. Could be earlier maybe, not sure. Anyway, I was playing around with it last night when suddenly I remembered a very, very special website that I haven’t seen...

The ROMEO Club

By A Friend on February 27, 2026 / 1,592 views

My parents are both retired and a few years ago they moved down to Florida away from everyone they know. We've got zero family there and I have no idea what made them decide to do this. Assumed they lived a lonely life. lol. Anyways I recently learned that my dad has a monthly lunch club made of up other old, retired guys who live in the same area. Once a month they get...

We Adopted Pudgy. He Was 18 And Was Kept In A Cage 24/7

By Other_Vader on February 26, 2026 / 1,647 views

We were randomly scrolling a local subreddit and came across a post from a family member of Pudgy's previous owner. They wanted to see if anyone wanted to adopt him as they pitied his living conditions. He was 18 and were caged 24/7 without being let out because he had accidents sometimes. I looked at the post, looked at my husband, and he gave a small nod. We should adopt the cat and...

One Thing After Another

By Joseph J. Mazzella on February 25, 2026 / 1,892 views

When I was a young man I worked several years in a sawmill to support my family. It was hard, physical, back breaking work. The building we worked in wasn’t insulated either. I remember how we sweated in the summer and froze in the winter working there. In the winter even with work gloves the skin around my fingers would crack and split. I once used a whole pack of a hundred band-aids there in just a few...