Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

A Single Firefly

By Joseph J. Mazzella on July 25, 2026 / 2,125 views

Every summer here I delight in the day that the fireflies return. I love watching their blinking lights filling the meadow behind my home. Sometimes I see hundreds of them flashing their lights on and off frantically searching for love in the few short weeks that they reproduce and lay the eggs that will become the next generation of fireflies. I have even had a few fly inside my house when I open my door at...

My Grandpa Has Spent Every Wednesday With Me For The Last 16 Years, And Today Is The Last One Before I Leave For College

By Tkdcondor on July 24, 2026 / 2,293 views

I just wanted to share this because I think it’s worth telling you all just how amazing of a person my grandpa is. He’s been taking Wednesdays off from work ever since I was two, and it’s really just turned into a full-blown tradition to hang out with him then. Before I could drive myself to school, he would wake up early in the morning to bring me a bagel, drive me over, and pick...

The Kids Are Alright - Temporarily Disabled Guy Getting Help With His Groceries

By A Friend on July 23, 2026 / 2,024 views

So I've been in a sling for several months now. I'm finally getting my shoulder surgically repaired soon. A lot of times I do have people I know helping me, but today wasn't one of those days. I live in a third floor walk up apartment. My apartment complex lot gets packed fast, so I had to park about two blocks away today. It's about 102 degrees right now. I was carrying two bags of...

The Name On My Coffee Cup Changed How I Saw Someone

By Emily on July 22, 2026 / 2,533 views

I used to think kindness was mostly about what you gave. Last Tuesday changed that. After work, I had half a sandwich and some fries left over. I knew I wasn't going to eat them. Outside my office building, there was an older man sitting against the wall. I'd seen him around a few times. I walked over and held out the container. "Hey, I'm not going to finish this. Would...

A Double Kindness Type Of Morning, 2 People Stopped To Help Elderly Man

By A Friend on July 21, 2026 / 2,172 views

This morning I was driving to the library, and I noticed an older gentleman driving a motorized wheelchair on the sidewalk on my right hand side. I saw him drop something, stop and start to lean over. I happened to be turning right anyway, so I pulled into the parking lot nearest to the sidewalk where he was. I noticed a truck also turning right, and lo and behold, he parked right near...

Work Camp Kindness

By Joseph J. Mazzella on July 21, 2026 / 1,977 views

I hope this new story of mine brings a little kindness and joy to your day. God bless you always. It was a hot, humid Summer’s day several years ago. I was driving along the road being grateful for both the sun shining off the green leaves and my car’s air conditioner. Suddenly I saw a stop sign up ahead and slowed to a stop. I knew that they were doing road repairs and hoped it...

Our Son Got This Card From A Parent At School

By A Friend on July 20, 2026 / 2,155 views

Our son started nursery in 2018 and made a friend on the first day. When they were in infant school this boy developed epilepsy, which got so bad he often couldn't be in lessons with the rest of the class and missed a lot of school due to medical appointments. Yesterday was their last day in junior school, and his friend is due to go to a special educational needs school in September, and his...

To The Young Lady Sitting Across From Me…thank You

By A Friend on July 20, 2026 / 1,958 views

Thank you for noticing a stranger’s distress. Thank you for asking if there is anything you can do to help a person who just found out their parent was put in hospice and is now scrambling for pet care and flight tickets. Thank you for asking if I have Venmo so you could buy me a cup of coffee or something. You heard me on the phone asking for emergency boarding care for my cats, and rather...

Have To Share Something Cute!

By Quirky-Umpire2418 on July 19, 2026 / 989 views

We found out that I am pregnant 3 weeks ago and my husband and I agreed not to tell anyone until after my first scan, and even then it’s just going to be our parents until we hit the second trimester. But I have to share this cute story with someone and my pregnancy hormones need to hear cute stories! For context I am what my husband calls a “pencil hoarder” and a “pencil...

How A Wonderful Little Boy Changed My Career Trajectory And My Life

By Live_Car_2856 on July 18, 2026 / 2,076 views

I was dusting my office and there, of course, next to my 'therapist' chair, is the picture Rocky made me shortly before he died on May 16, 1976, a few days before I graduated from grad school. Rocky was my first client. He was three, I was twenty. He had a tumor in his leg, and over the next four years, he was in the hospital a lot. At the time, I was waiting to get into medical school, and...

I Almost Ruined My Own Life Today, But A Stranger In A Grocery Store Parking Lot Saved Me From Myself

By A Friend on July 17, 2026 / 2,428 views

I’ve been spiraling for about three weeks now. Just complete, suffocating burnout. Between the job hunt, bills piling up, and feeling like I'm failing everyone around me, I’ve been walking around like a raw nerve. Today, I finally snapped. Over a stupid carton of eggs. I was in the grocery store parking lot, and as I was loading my trunk, the egg carton slipped. Half of...

Birthday Dinner Kindness

By Amanasia on July 16, 2026 / 1,958 views

I flew 10+ hrs from New York to Greece - spending my 50th birthday alone (not by choice). This lovely couple from L.A. saw me getting the song and cake at the restaurant and realized I was American, asked if they could sit and eat with me, then bought my...

A Memory Of Mom

By Joseph J. Mazzella on July 15, 2026 / 2,216 views

I hope this old memory of my Mom brightens your day and lightens your heart. God bless you always. Spring and Summer are yard sale seasons in the country. They pop up faster than the dandelions in the meadows. Everyone at once seems to be selling their old stuff and everyone also seems to be buying new “old” stuff at the same time. I had a lot of experience with yard sales growing up...

I Discovered I Could Paint At 40. I Am Filled With Gratitude

By A Friend on July 15, 2026 / 2,255 views

Feeling grateful today. About a year ago, I never imagined I would become an artist. At 40 years old, I picked up a pencil for the first time and discovered a part of myself I didn’t know existed. This painting is one of the latest in that journey. Every piece reminds me how much there is to learn and how lucky I am to have found something that brings so much meaning and joy to my...

The Most Powerful Coworker On A Cargo Ship Isn't The Captain. It’s The Cook

By A Friend on July 14, 2026 / 1,988 views

Just wanted to share a wholesome coworker story from open waters. I’m a marine engineer, and today our team finished a brutal, sweaty 14-hour shift fixing a stubborn fuel purifier. We were exhausted, covered in grease, and ready to just crash. ​ We walked into the mess room expecting standard, boring leftovers. Instead, our ship's cook surprised us with a massive, fresh pizza...

Santa Crab Claws

By Leann on July 13, 2026 / 2,072 views

My husband is a fishermen. It’s feast or famine. Today we had some hot weather and our crab stock coming back to dock wasn’t so lively. We sold the good ones to market but decided to take the ones that were not moving so quickly back home to cook up for dinner. We ended up sharing the feast with the neighbors, handing out boiled and grilled crab to our unsuspecting neighbors....

My Parents Are Coming To Visit Later This Month, Today I Got This Text From My Dad

By A Friend on July 13, 2026 / 2,057 views

It’s their 31st anniversary. I like to think that part of the reason I ended up with such a wonderful husband is because my standards were set by this...