Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

Sense Of Time: Two Minutes To Quality Life

By Kimberly Burnham on April 13, 2012 / 2,831 views

Today a friend sent me a link to DoNothingFor2Minutes with a picture of a beautiful sunset. A little timer on it said, "do nothing for 2 minutes." A few seconds on the automatic timer had already counted down by the time I thought, "I meditate and do qigong so this will be easy." A peaceful and exquisitely calm feeling came over me as I felt my breathing deepen. Then I thought, "breathing deep is not doing...

A Hair Away From An Accident

By Kimberly Burnham on April 10, 2012 / 10,419 views

There are two reasons I am alive tonight. As the three of us left the retreat center this morning, we surrounded my forest green Honda Accord in a bubble of white light for the 300 mile journey from the Pearlstone Retreat center in Reisterstown, Maryland to my home in West Hartford, Connecticut. After breakfast, we hugged all our new friends - men and women from all over the world who had gathered for Christine...

You CAN See God

By Joseph J. Mazzella on April 10, 2012 / 7,214 views

I sat at my desk staring at the letter for a long time. It was written by a friend of mine who was going through some difficult times. It listed problem after problem and seemed full of despair. It ended with these words: "I would like to have faith, but I have always had a problem in believing in what I can’t see. You can’t see God, you know!" After awhile I still hadn’t thought of how to answer my...

Worse Of Humanity And The Best Of Humanity All In One Day.

By Marci on April 10, 2012 / 6,974 views

My girfriend's daughter was driving down a busy highway when she noticed a dog standing on the side of the road. It was very skinny and looked terrifed. She stopped the car and put the dog in with her. It was so happy to be there. She immediately took it to her vet and they said that the dog was 20 pounds underweight. Upon seeing the dog and hearing the story some customers all pitched in for the vet's bill. ...

God Was My Bulletproof Vest

By Rufus Bryant Jr on April 08, 2012 / 7,474 views

On September 26th, 2011, my cousin called and asked if I was still looking for a job. I had been out of work for almost a year, so I said, “Yes.” I went to PinPoint Recovery in Humble (Houston Area) that day, filled out my application and gave them my DL and Social Security information. They said it would be a few days before they got my record back and until then, they would have me riding night shift with my...

The First Day Of School

By Danny Paster on April 08, 2012 / 3,481 views

"Excuse me, but what's your name? The beautiful girl who Johnny had been stealing looks at all too frequently and blatantly throughout lunch from halfway across the cafeteria looked up at him from her seated position at her table. She had been eating with two other girls, but they had both just...

Poo It Forward

By Les on April 05, 2012 / 7,040 views

Sometimes hikers leave bags of poo on the side of the trail, thinking that they will come back for them. Unfortunately, they tend to forget. Unfortunately, I tend to forget. One day, I did just that. By the time I remembered, I was in my car and just about to head home. Sighing heavily from guilt, I headed back up about a quarter mile where I remembered leaving my icky package. It was gone. Someone had picked...

A Little Morning Music

By Joseph J. Mazzella on March 28, 2012 / 8,233 views

I walked out on my porch this morning to the wonderful sight of the sun rising over the mountains. I smiled as its golden beams lit up the clear, blue sky. My light jacket was unbuttoned, and the morning breeze felt warm and comforting. The trees were still bare of any buds, but I could feel a sense of the coming spring on this winter day. I breathed in the fresh air and thanked God for this glorious day to be...

Returning My ATM Card

By Jarrod on March 23, 2012 / 6,834 views

I walked down to the bank during work to get out some cash, and decided to use the ATM in the front of the building. There was one person behind me waiting in line while I was getting my transaction. I took my cash and walked into the bank to ask a teller a quick question. Only a few moments later I was approached by the man behind me in line handing me my bank card. I clearly left it in the ATM and walked away,...

Can A Man I Just Met Be My Best Friend?

By Miss Smiley on March 14, 2012 / 2,211 views

March 5, 2011; I was at the employment office here in Indiana and I was just taking the moment to put in my resume. I was seating beside a man and he was doing the same. He started talking to me about his career and how he was ready to start back working, well I was so surprised to how he was talking to me-business, my favorite subject. Well, this man has been helping with support even as he himself was hurting of...

Returning Kindness With Kindness

By Chris on March 02, 2012 / 8,208 views

Last night I went to a concert, and there was only one place to buy drinks or food with a credit card. I did not feel like using the ATM (being charged a fee) so I only went to this one place everytime to get drinks. On my last visit, the credit card machine broke temporarily. It may have been all night, but at least while I was there, it was not working. She asked me if I had any cash, and I only had $10 on me....

An Open Door Goes A Long Way

By Brittany on February 21, 2012 / 8,535 views

This is really little, but it made my day. I am an 18 year old and lately I have been hearing more and more stories on the news about "how awful today's teenagers are." Its always sad to hear what people say about the category of humans that you fit into. I went to pick up some supplies for school one afternoon and I simply held the door open for a frail-looking elderly woman. To my delight she was extremely...

Free Tolls!

By Leslie Smith on February 21, 2012 / 8,891 views

I was a traveling nurse (just recently stopped) and one of the most wonderful times in my life was when I was driving north for Christmas....I found a $20 bill and decided to put it to use....I paid for tolls for the people behind me and with that act of kindness--many smiles were brought to others faces as well as mine...some people caught up with me and waved thank you, some had cars full of kids and presents and...

Right Place At The Right Time

By Bryan on February 06, 2012 / 2,452 views

Today I was taking my puppy outside to go to the bathroom while I was at work and there was a couple walking out of the courthouse. I work right across the street from the courthouse and am allowed to take my dog to work with me. They came around the corner and saw the puppy and both of them immediately had their spirits raised. The happiness the puppy brought them was noticeable. Little after petting her, they...

Dreams To Reality

By Jennifer on February 03, 2012 / 10,062 views

I had a wonderful job at a phenomenal company. I had flexibility, an understanding boss, and a high paying salary. I loved my job. But after 6 years of expending myself on the job, trying out various professional roles, I felt that I’d grown beyond the fixed positions available at the company. I’m not going lie, having a lot of money is nice. Money can buy you things, nice things. However, the cliché is true...

What Are The Odds?

By Lisa on January 27, 2012 / 10,398 views

My younger sister and I were pregnant at the same time. She unfortunately gave her son up for adoption, being unable to care for him. She knew the birth mothers name and address but never saw her son. Fast forward until 10 years later when my son was entering fifth grade. A new student was assigned to his class and placed right next to him. My son told me the student's name and that he was new. It took me...

Silver Lining

By Katherine on January 27, 2012 / 12,979 views

They say everything has a silver lining.... well my fiance and I got to put that to the test a few months ago when our house was broken into. A decent amount of material things were taken right out from under us, which was, of course, upsetting to say the least, but the two of us were also having a hard time rationalizing how this could have happened to us, where to go from there, blah blah blah... our home, our...