Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

See You Through It

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 23, 2026 / 2,404 views

Several weeks ago I contracted Lyme Disease. This is the disease you get from a tick bite that floods your body with a bacteria. Now I didn’t see or feel it when the tick bit me. The bull’s-eye rash that was supposed to appear didn’t. All I knew was I was feeling bad. I had chills, shakes, and bouts of sweats. I felt exhausted, fatigued, and in pain. My body ached, my joints hurt, and I even...

Father-Daughter Dance

By Jesska on September 22, 2026 / 2,436 views

At my high school graduation dinner. They called all the girls up for a father-daughter dance. I didn't have one so I sat at the table expecting to sit this one out. I got a tap on my shoulder and turned around to see my best friend's dad. He said he had room for two. He took us both up to dance. Had my first and only father-daughter...

A Stranger Offers A Ride To A Stressed Grandma

By Vonnie on September 21, 2026 / 2,549 views

Leaving a big swimming carnival at Sydney Olympic Park today, I was stressed about getting my two grandsons and all our backpacks, to the bus in time, to catch a train at Strathfield. I spotted a "taxi" (a bit like when cartoon characters see a live chicken imagining it to be a roast chicken). I was stressed and saw this car pull over to drop someone off. So I hurried up to him. When I...

Saved A Bird, Cried

By A Friend on September 19, 2026 / 2,607 views

My hubs called me out to the pool where a tiny bird was barely treading water. I got him out and kept him upright and warm in my hands for probably 30 while he calmed and dried out, eyes still closed. He finally fluffed out his wings and opened his eyes so I took him over to a bush and set him under it. He seemed to settle in so I left him be. I came back 10 later and found him up right,...

Midwest Kindness From Strangers Wowed European Students!

By A Friend on September 18, 2026 / 1,209 views

I volunteered as a counselor in a camp for kids with illness in the Midwest this summer, and a big chunk of the counselors are students from England, Ireland and Wales. We all went for lunch to Culver's, and were having conversations about being medical/premed students and learning about our European friend's experiences. An elderly gentlemen from a different booth came over and told us how...

My Teacher Made Me Cry Out Of Joy

By A Friend on September 17, 2026 / 2,883 views

I'm crying in the school restroom as I'm typing this. My mom got me my favorite rice with tofu for lunch, and I was getting pretty hungry and excited to eat it after fifth period. I grabbed my lunch, put it in the microwave, and as I was taking it out, I accidentally dropped my lunchbox onto one of the school's plates. The plate broke, and my entire lunch ended up on the...

Kind Man With A Cane

By Leann on September 16, 2026 / 2,834 views

Years ago I was homeless on the streets in the Pacific Northwest. I was married at the time, young and in love. Daily life was a struggle and we were both artist longing to do more art in life. Living with the day to day struggle homelessness brings we did not have the supplies we needed to create the art we loved. We were given a gift card for $150 to a local art store. We were so giddy,...

A Customer Made My Day

By A Friend on September 16, 2026 / 2,605 views

I work at a regional sub chain as a shift lead and just try to do my best, my goal in life is to make people smile and help where I can. It's why I work in customer service, specifically with food. If there is one thing all people love, it is food. So of course we get many people who order catering, which when they come in to place the order I like to walk them through all the steps...

The End Of Summer

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 15, 2026 / 2,388 views

I saw my first sign of the end of summer here today. As I walked underneath my Maple tree I saw the first few leaves had already changed from green to red and fallen to the ground. It reminded me of how fast this summer has flown by and how beautiful it has been. When I was a boy I hated this time of the year. It meant soon I would be trading in riding my bike and swimming at the local pool for once...

16 Years Ago, I Took A Terrifying 1% Chance. To My 18-year-old Self: Thank You

By A Friend on September 14, 2026 / 2,667 views

I was 18, a total computer nerd, and had literally never asked a girl out in my life. I was thrift shopping with my mom when I saw the cashier, and she was hands down the most beautiful person I’d ever seen. My biggest fear was rejection. I knew I had a 99% chance of getting crushed right in front of my own mom, but a terrifying clarity hit me: if I walked out of there quiet, I was going to...

Kindness I Received From A (normally) Mean Cat

By A Friend on September 11, 2026 / 2,949 views

This is a story from a couple decades ago. I was 16, hopeless, and living in an abusive home. One day I was home alone after school, with the only other creature in the house being Pebbles, my family's jerk of a cat. She was nasty, liked hiding under things and leaping out to claw and bite passing ankles. She hissed, she attacked if you were in her path. She was a mean cat, and she preferred not to be...

A Loving “Coincidence”

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 10, 2026 / 1,521 views

A recent storm had caused a tree to fall knocking down power lines across a road here. The guy holding the stop sign said it would be four hours before it was cleared. That meant all traffic had to be rerouted down a narrow, back country road that would take me 15 miles out of my way. Still, I decided to try it. As I started down it I was foolishly going the same speed as I would on the main road. Almost...

I Was Waiting For My Pharmacy To Open, But Then Decided To Nominate My Nurse For A Local Award

By A Friend on September 09, 2026 / 2,681 views

Just going to toss this out here today. I would like to encourage other people to let the people who make a difference in your life know exactly what they mean to you. ​ Really, you never know how much of a profoundly positive impact that could have on someone. I decided to tell one of my healthcare providers what I thought of him. ​ I was waiting near an area with feedback and...

A Pigeon Distraction

By Jennifer on September 08, 2026 / 2,836 views

This afternoon, I noticed a young child (maybe 3 years old) struggling to listen to her mum's requests at my local shopping centre. I stopped and had a chat with her about listening to mum but I soon realised that it was the wrong track to take, and with the help of a pigeon that was walking in the shopping centre, I was able to distract her. I suggested the bird was going to buy a...

Speechless

By A Friend on September 07, 2026 / 1,599 views

This arrived in the post today. It’s from an internet friend. She’s one of those amazing people that can do everything….like international grade athlete on one hand, able to make quilts so beautiful they should be behind glass in a museum on the other. Runs a business, long happy marriage, has incredible high achieving kids, huge dog lover, the whole deal. I’ve...

I Will Never Forget You Or What You Did For Us

By Tarnee on September 05, 2026 / 3,289 views

I am writing to share my deepest appreciation for a beautiful stranger who was travelling on the Virgin Australia flight from Launceston to Melbourne on Sunday 23rd august 10.15am. I don’t know her name, but I am hoping that by sharing this message, she may somehow be identified and know just how much her kindness meant to my family. She was wearing all black and had dark...

10 Seconds That Made My Day, And Then Another 10 Seconds That Made My Day And Someone Else's

By A Friend on September 04, 2026 / 3,059 views

1st smile: I'm leaving my physical therapy appointment, and I was wearing a silly tank top that says "Built in the Sixties, Original and Unrestored. Some Parts Still in Working Order" I pass the front desk where a woman was waiting near it in a wheelchair. She happily said "Yay for the sixties!" I gave her a thumbs up and a "hooyah" she said "61 here" and...