Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

The First Flower Of Spring

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 16, 2013 / 18,630 views

I smiled when I saw the first flower of Spring the other day. A lone Blue Bonnet had popped its head through the ground and was looking around on a cool, April morning. I wasn't sure what had made it finally decide to end its long, Winter's sleep. Perhaps it had noticed that the ground around it was no longer frozen. Perhaps it had felt the warmth of the sunshine finally pushing the temperatures into the seventies....

Random Acts Of Kindness At Grocery Store

By Gerri on April 15, 2013 / 11,839 views

I am a 94-year-old woman. I had concluded checking out groceries at our local neighborhood market, and putting the bags in my shopping cart. I turned to slide my credit card and saw the woman who was next in line, sliding her card into the machine. The cashier was telling her that the purchase entries were not her order. But the customer said she wanted to pay for my groceries, and concluded her mission at the...

My Mum

By Sandy Sandeep on April 13, 2013 / 2,599 views

basically i'm born in poor family. . .when i was in 4th std my hair was little long. as usual one day i went to class our class teacher called observed my long hair while she taking attendance i'm not aware about my hairs she finished her work and called my name i did not get why she had called me blindly i stood in front of her she too stood and screamed as she pulled my hair hardly i screamed i can not bare the...

A Hog In A Trough

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 09, 2013 / 8,854 views

When I was a boy my family used to raise hogs during the Summer to keep us fed through the Winter. As I got older it became my job to feed them everyday. My Grandma worked in the kitchen of a Summer camp across the road from us and the director let us have the leftover food scraps for the hogs. I remember lugging the huge pails of slop from the camp's kitchen, down the hill and across the wooden swinging bridge that...

14 Year Old Sets A Good Example For All Of Us

By John on April 05, 2013 / 9,652 views

14 year old and A student Michael Currie started a Help Me, Help Others Campaign. By helping one person, you are actually helping two. Read more about it at http://igg.me/at/micspeed...

Look Up

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 04, 2013 / 2,611 views

I had to get a new pair of eyeglasses recently. Stigmatism had started to mix with my nearsightedness making things a little bit blurry with my old prescription. Also I had to finally give in to another sign of my aging body and get my first pair of bifocals. It has taken me several days to get used to the new pair. While it was great seeing clearly at a distance again and wonderful being able to read a book...

Amazing True Story

By Mir on April 02, 2013 / 5,951 views

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service,...

Who We Need To Be

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 26, 2013 / 2,321 views

My Dad gave me a few of my Grandma's old photo albums the other day. When I looked through them it was like taking a step back in time. It was so incredible to see my brothers, my Mom, my Dad, and my Grandma all looking so young. And on some pages I even saw a smiling six year old boy with my face staring up at me in sweet innocence. I wondered what that boy would think if he could see what would happen to him...

It's Better To Give Than Receive

By Jon on March 21, 2013 / 2,963 views

Last night I saw a homeless man with two dogs. Normally I would just pass by without any thought. However seeing them two hungry pups made me sad. Instead of giving the man a couple of dollars, I ran into McDonalds and bought some sandwiches for the man and the pups. The man thanked me and wiped tears from his eyes. Just think about the next time you are having a bad day, things could be a lot worse. I never really...

A Touch

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 19, 2013 / 3,058 views

When I was 16 years old I had thick, wavy, brown hair that covered my head including my ears. I used to part it in the middle and comb it back. It was so heavy, though, that the bangs often slipped back down under my glasses when I lowered my head to read. Sometimes when I was doing my schoolwork at the kitchen table I could feel the hair starting to slide down into my eyes again. Usually I'd just let it hang there,...

It's Good For You

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 12, 2013 / 7,968 views

Growing up as a boy I was very fortunate to live in a house where a dinner of leftovers tasted even better than the original meal. A good example of this was when my Mom and Nana would make a huge pot of brown beans with cornbread. It would taste so great but we knew that the best was yet to come. The next day Nana would take the left over beans, throw in some pasta and Italian seasonings and create a delicious...

The Juliettes

By Sheri DeLoach on March 09, 2013 / 3,032 views

It was early spring, cloudy, and a cool afternoon. I was at home, retired from my job, recovering from an episode of clinical depression. I felt empty and unmotivated and alone. Sometime during the afternoon, a box of Juliette tomato plants were left on my patio! I knew who left them and not surprised as she knew my love of gardening and growing this particular type of tomato. She has potted them in larger...

The Gift Of Happiness

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 05, 2013 / 14,993 views

It was the Summer of my freshman year of college. Instead of heading home for a nice, long break three of my friends and I had decided to stay and take some extra courses. The four of us had rented the top floor of an old house to live in. My own bed was jammed into a stuffy former laundry room and each night was a new adventure in humidity. Still, it felt exciting to be out of the dorms and in my own place for the...

Beautiful Dream

By Shweta Nandanwar on March 05, 2013 / 11,666 views

In everybody's life a time comes when we really need someone, as a friend for to share joy, happiness, laughter, for conversation, for dinner. She wanted someone and he is there for to talk, to listen when she was hurt, angry and upset. He was there as a friend and he spread his root deep inside her heart, mind and in her existence. He is the only person that she wanted to with her in all the time, he touches her...

Watching The Stars

By Joseph J. Mazzella on February 28, 2013 / 8,152 views

I was visiting a friend recently when I got to see something special. Now, my friend lives on a small farm several miles down an old country lane. It is far from the street lights and business lights of the cities, towns, and suburbs. When darkness fell then he led me out to his back porch where we sat and gazed up at the stars. Where I live the street lamps block out all but a few of the brightest ones, but here it...

I Love You

By Katherine on February 25, 2013 / 6,455 views

This past weekend, my husband and I took a trip to Virginia to celebrate my niece, Sadie's 1st birthday. It was a weekend of family bonding and fun. We take our dog, Tater, a french bulldog, with us on every trip since she gets along so well with the kids. Watching the kids and dog interact and follow each other around is a bundle of joy. Whenever Sadie crawls around the house, the dog follows closely behind,...

Amazing Special Kid That Inspires World And Is Global Inspiration For His Invention Despite Suffering From Fatal Disease

By Sarower Singh Bhati on February 21, 2013 / 15,069 views

Imagine a kid of 9.5 years on wheel chair, 75% disabled and suffering from deadly disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy and he becomes the youngest patent holder in India and youngest disabled patent holder of world. He inspires and motivates everyone and gives a great message of motivation to achieve despite hardship. Indian media print / visual covered him at national level. To know more about him is very simple....