Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

Free Mow And Oh My Gosh They Took The Branches Down!

By Cheloniancat on April 17, 2025 / 1,438 views

I have two random acts of kindness that just happened in 2024. The first was after a hurricane…we have hugs trees in our yard and the largest lost a branch during a hurricane. At first the electric company showed up within an hour of calling them because the branch was leaning on lines. So they moved the lines over the branch, but said we are responsible for removing the gigantic limb. A day...

To The Girl Who Made My Day Today - Thank You So Much!

By Thatsmebee on April 16, 2025 / 2,116 views

I was sitting outside in our garden with my fiance today. People can see us when we sit there. We live close to the city centre, so there are quite a few people walking by. We ate dinner outside and talked. I‘ve had a rough couple of months, fighting a hard depressive episode right now and been pretty mean to myself sometimes. I wasn‘t having the best day. When this girl...

Crying In The Middle Of The Road

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 14, 2025 / 2,674 views

I was a young boy sitting in the middle of the road, crying. My head was hurting so bad I could hardly stand it. I felt dizzy. Blood was streaming down my face. Just ten minutes earlier I had been having the time of my life, riding my bicycle down the deserted roads of the empty 4-H camp near my home. It was only used during the Summer months and during the rest of the year is was my own personal...

Mom's Ashes

By A Friend on April 12, 2025 / 1,816 views

My Mom died and I spread her ashes here in my yard and these flowers grew a few months later. They weren’t planted. A google search led me to a website that states the following: “In the Victorian Flower Oracle, Calendula represents sympathy. It’s depicted with the Scabious and a weeping willow, marking the death of a sweet soul. When the Wheel of Life turns, we often...

Being Anonymous Is The *best* For Random Acts Of Kindness

By A Friend on April 11, 2025 / 2,316 views

Many years ago sitting next to a woman in the car repair shop, we chatted and she shared how her car had broken down and she was a teacher and didn’t know how she would be able to pay for the repair. It struck me. My car was ready first and I paid for her repair ($500+) as well. I never looked back at her and to this day it makes me smile, beyond that I helped her that day but she...

Random NE Commuter Shared His Umbrella With Me At The Bus Stop

By Jules on April 10, 2025 / 2,107 views

This happened two days ago, when it was a gross day out in my city; it’d been raining overnight, and was overcast and spitting light rain at the time. I (a 25-year-old female) work remote, but had gone to cafe to work for the day. On my way home, I had to wait for the bus for about 15 min. I was in a zip up hoodie, but no umbrella (not looking at the weather in the morning is an unfortunate...

Scared Of Mammogram Results And The Run-in Of A Kind Stranger

By A Friend on April 09, 2025 / 1,936 views

I got called back to have a second look on my Mammogram results and this is only the second time I’ve ever had a mammogram so I’m not familiar at all. They kept bringing me back and and did a scan at least three or four different times because they weren’t getting a clear enough image to OK me and this scared me. I was sitting next to an older lady who just came in and out of her...

Created With LOVE

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 07, 2025 / 2,772 views

The first signs of Spring are finally arriving here in the mountains of my home. The days are gradually lengthening. The air feels cool and comfortable instead of cold and bitter. The sun feels warm on your face as you go outside. Flowers are blooming in spite of the yellow grass and frosty mornings. And the air is full of songs of love sung by dozens of different species of birds. I even saw a Finch and a...

Something That Happened To My Wife And I On A Vacation A Few Years Ago

By A Friend on April 04, 2025 / 4,640 views

My wife (fiancee at the time) and I were taking a trip from Charlotte to Hot Springs, NC for a little cabin, hot tub, ski time. I had a 2006 Mazda 6 that I had been driving for about 3 years at the time. It was a sunny Friday midday when we made it close to Asheville and I started hearing a thump from my car. "Is that dirt or mud?" inquired my wife, but considering we had been on the...

My Mom Was So Much Kinder Than I Knew (And That Says A Lot)

By A Friend on April 03, 2025 / 2,589 views

When I was a kid, I went to a very expensive private school. Most of the families were very wealthy, but some were barely scraping by to afford the tuition, and some were on scholarships in families that could barely afford rent. My family was one of the fairly well off ones. The school also had field trips, some were just $5-10, but some were $50-100 per kid. None covered by...

My Dog's Cancer Removal Surgery Is Fully Funded In Two Days

By A Friend on April 02, 2025 / 1,833 views

I started a fundraiser for my dog's tumor removal. Insurance won’t cover the pre existing condition. And my friends and family have basically funded her GoFundMe in two days. I know every person who donated, I feel so loved and so grateful to everyone in my life. Its not every day your community shows up in such a visible and impactful way. I am so lucky, and appreciative. Not...

My Trash 2.5 Year Old Work Shoes, Her Needed Treasure…

By A Friend on April 01, 2025 / 2,106 views

Early this morning I was donating multiple bags of clothes to the thrift. This thrift leaves bins out front so it’s super easy to drop and go. I pull my old work crocs out (server) because I just bought a new pair after 2.5 years of use I needed a new size and just a fresh pair. Anyway, a lady is walking past, in her fast food uniform, and asks me if she can have my crocs I’m...

The Lady In The Ugly Minivan Who Just Needed To Get Home To Jackson, Mississippi

By A Friend on March 31, 2025 / 2,505 views

Recently, I pulled into my HOA's 'personal gas station' (I say this because it's 200 feet outside of my HOA's entrance, and we all use it.) I was pumping gas and cleaning my windshield, when i heard an 'Excuse me, sir?" behind me. I turned and saw a large woman in a sort of muu-muu tentatively approaching me. Her hair was greasy and stringy, and one of her tires was obviously a...

Library Angels

By Hand Pan Leann on March 31, 2025 / 1,973 views

I have a son who is on the autism spectrum. He is partly non verbal and gets hyper focused on certain things. His current obsession is ice age dvds. We recently had some appointments for a school assessment at a local library, I have not tried to take him to the library for quite a while since he was not able to stay very quiet last time we went. At the assessment he did great for about 7 mins then...

Living With Joyous Abandon

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 28, 2025 / 2,591 views

If you don’t know the top speed for a toddler, it is a lot faster than you think. I witnessed it first hand just recently. I had pulled into the parking lot of a grocery store to get some fresh fruit. As I got out of the car I saw a Mom hold her toddler boy’s hand while she talked on her phone. She finished her call and let go of her son’s hand for a second to put her phone in her purse. At...

Lighting Candles At The Pet Cemetary

By Sunny Skyz on March 27, 2025 / 1,935 views

We recently came across a beautiful post on a cat forum that truly touched our hearts. After recently laying their beloved 18-year-old cat to rest at a pet cemetery, a couple decided to honor all the feline companions in the cemetery. "We recently buried our 18 year old cat at the pet cemetery, so my wife and me started fixing up the neglected graves, tonight on her bday she...

I Hand Out Tiny Ducks To People Whenever I Can

By A Friend on March 26, 2025 / 2,572 views

I needed some tiny ducks for a project a few months ago, so I bought a container of over 200 glow in the dark resin ducks. I had a lot left over and decided to challenge my anxiety by handing them out to people. So far I've given them to hairstylists, bank tellers, cashiers, pharmacists, a little girl out shopping with her grandma (with grandma's permission), librarians, and even...