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A Kindness Story That Happened To Me Yesterday

By Dayle on March 24, 2025 / 2,734 views

Here's a kindness story that happened to me yesterday: I was at a small grocery store, about to step up to the cashier when another lady was about to as well. It's open plan area, no rows of registers. We smiled, I joked that I'd better let her go first or she'd whack me with the bag of potatoes she was carrying, and she laughed and stepped up to the register. She then...

I Want To Thank This Honest Man

By Abdi on March 21, 2025 / 2,477 views

I want to thank this honest man who found and returned my wallet. After I finished work in Sunshine this afternoon. He drove 30 minutes to my house. Your kindness is greatly appreciated, and I am so grateful for your honesty and integrity. I had my driver’s license, bank cards, my Working With Children card and US and Australian dollars cash. I have sent people their wallet and IS...

Two Angels

By A Friend on March 21, 2025 / 1,983 views

A bit of a back story but here goes... My beautiful mum, who has dementia, but still lives independently (those who have been through this know how stubborn they are!) had a heart attack last week. She had been in bed for at least 24 hours before her neighbour found her. This beautiful woman climbed in through the window and saved my mums life. She called the ambulance and gave mum water and called...

Connecting The Dots: A Journey Of Resilience And Success

By Ann Viloria on March 20, 2025 / 2,826 views

I grew up in the slums of Quezon City, the youngest of four siblings. At a very young age, I witnessed the harsh realities of poverty. When I was three—my parents discovered my talent for art. By five, my skills were further honed when I received a sponsorship from UNICEF. That was my first dot, where I realized that creativity could play a big role in my future. Despite my passion for art,...

Witnessed A Grocery Store Kindness While I Was Checking Out

By A Friend on March 18, 2025 / 2,827 views

This was just a minute ago. I was getting groceries and this little little baby started crying the way newborns do that makes you think "HOW can they be that loud?" She was in her parents arms getting bounced and talked to, waiting for them to finish paying. The security guard that stands nearby at the entrance walked over and just started acting a fool. He made faces...

The Homeless Man

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 17, 2025 / 4,151 views

It was the middle of February and the winter cold was continuing to hang on here in the mountains of my home. To top it off my ten year old winter coat’s zipper had broken. I tried putting a new one on it but it was still hard to zip up so I decided that maybe it was finally time to get a new winter coat. As I was pulling into the store parking lot, though, I saw them. It was a homeless man...

The Sweetest Tow Truck Driver On Earth Helped A Friend Last Night

By A Friend on March 17, 2025 / 2,126 views

It was actually a whole circle of caring. My friend Jay texted me about 9 pm that our mutual friend Pamela's car had broken down, and since she lived near me, could I go get her? I said sure and talked to Pam. It turned out she was about 13 miles from me, so I headed out. When I got there, she had popped 2 tired driving over something in the road - the night was super dark and rainy. A tow truck...

A Stranger Bought Me Flowers And A Card Today

By A Friend on March 14, 2025 / 2,819 views

Today I found out my grandmother’s cancer turned terminal and they gave her less than 6 months to live. She lives across the country but her and I have always had a special bond. After her diagnosis in November I was devastated but after she had surgery to remove the cancer we were hopeful for remission. Until today when her scans came back that the cancer had aggressively spread to her liver...

A Healthy Soul

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 13, 2025 / 2,642 views

I took my two Special Needs sons in for their yearly physical recently. Neither one of them enjoys doctor’s visits. I think mainly it comes from having their blood drawn so many times over the years. Still, things went well. Both of them had lost weight since we cut back on the junk food in our diets. In fact, I felt a twinge of envy when I saw how low and healthy my youngest son’s blood pressure...

I Flip Over Pennies So Others Can Find Good Luck

By A Friend on March 12, 2025 / 2,279 views

There’s the superstition that finding a ‘heads up’ penny brings good luck. So whenever I find a tails up penny I flip it over and leave it so that someone else can find some good luck. As a teenager I saw my mom do that once and she explained why she did it. That simple act of kindness has stuck with me over the years. To this day I carry it...

To The 20-year-old Construction Worker Who Offered Me A Cheeseburger At 9:30am Because I Was Crying In My Car

By A Friend on March 10, 2025 / 2,870 views

I was a cultural resource monitor on a construction site. I was sobbing in my truck one morning because I was 2,000 miles from home and going through a nasty divorce. I was snapped out of my self-pitying stupor by a timid knock on the window, and look up to see one of the younger kids on the crew. I rolled down my window and all he said was “I just thought you might want this”...

I Didn't Think I'd Make This Much Of A Difference

By A Friend on March 07, 2025 / 3,311 views

It just happened 10 minutes ago, I saw a lady outside Tesco clutching a 10L bag full of cans (to trade in for money). She asked if it was open (it was 7am), and today's Sunday, so I told her it would open later at 9am. She told me she was evicted years ago and is now homeless. She's also 4 months pregnant. I offered her water, and she said she would love some. I was weary but it was only two euro for...

A Stranger Got The Breakfast Check While Our Kid Is In The Hospital

By A Friend on March 06, 2025 / 2,574 views

My mother-in-law took my son out for breakfast while my husband and I are at the hospital with our daughter as she's getting a heart procedure. Someone at the restaurant picked up their check. You never know how perfect your timing might be when you do something kind for someone. I think they really needed this today of all...

Conductor Stopped The Train For Me After I Was Laid Off

By A Friend on March 05, 2025 / 2,580 views

I was laid off and had to go into the office this morning just to drop off equipment. I commute by train out of the city, so there’s only one train down and one back I could catch in the morning. Over the past several months, I’ve become friends with the staff/conductors and since I am a reverse flow commuter, I’m one of few on my route. It was tight getting back to the train...

Just A Moment Of Kindness

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 04, 2025 / 3,589 views

I have no idea why some stores make shelves so high that only a professional basketball player can reach them, but they do. I experienced one of them just the other day. I had just picked up some toothpaste and deodorant and was heading to the dog food aisle when I took a short cut through the toy section. That is when I saw them. A little girl was pointing to the top shelf where the stuffed animal she wanted...

You're Welcome And Don't Forget Your Most Important Item!

By A Friend on March 03, 2025 / 1,801 views

Today while checking out my groceries (in self checkout), I noticed one of my gallons of milk was leaking very badly from the bottom. Between the time I put it in the bagging area after scanning it and scanning a few more items, there was a pretty significant pool of milk in the bagging area. I caught the attention to one of the attendants for help to remove the gallon and also get towels to clean...

A Cinnamon Scroll

By Janis on February 28, 2025 / 2,790 views

While travelling from Townsville to Rockhampton this week we stopped as we always do at Prossy Pies in Proserpine in Whitsunday area to have a pie for my husband and a cinnamon scroll for myself with our coffee only to be told the last one had just been sold to Mrs. Porter sitting over there. I told the girl that she had told us that the last one had just been sold when we went through on Friday. So...