Kindness Stories / Feel Good Stories

Potato Pancakes

By Joseph J. Mazzella on January 22, 2023 / 3,396 views

When I was a boy growing up we didn’t have much. Most of the clothes I wore were hand me downs from my two brothers. The books I read were old, worn, and dog-eared with stained, yellow pages. My toys were few and came only at Christmas or my birthday. We didn’t even buy that much at the grocery store because we raised so much of our food at home. We raised pigs for meat and had four HUGE vegetable...

People Change

By A Friend on January 18, 2023 / 3,130 views

I was bullied a lot in secondary school (11-18 years old for people who have different school systems). There was one main culprit, let's call him C. Over many years, this boy physically and verbally abused me every day. This went on for a long time. Eventually we left school, no idea what he went on to do, I think it was construction. Many years passed. One day I was walking to the supermarket,...

Little Things Count

By A Friend on January 17, 2023 / 2,924 views

Shout out to the stranger in the drive through who paid for my meal today. Not sure if you saw me crying behind you, or just felt like being kind, but you made my horrible day/week/month a little brighter. Also shoutout to the poor drive-through worker who had to deal with me as I cried of happiness over free French Fries...

Snow Fairy And A Kindly Urgent Care Doctor

By GM on January 16, 2023 / 3,182 views

Well I have two acts of kindness on my mind today...one was from several years ago. We were traveling home over the winter holidays by car and stopped to have supper. There was a big snow storm in the news but we were traveling south and the roads stayed clear for us for hours so we figured we'd beat the storm. By the time we were finished eating the temperatures had dropped to just below...

A Very Unexpected Show Of Kindness

By Sharn on January 13, 2023 / 3,261 views

Today a Woolworths employee gave me a bunch of flowers. A very unexpected show of kindness. Yes there is a story and it shows how simple words can make someone’s day better. Wind the clock back 3 years and I was going through chemo and radiation and pretty much feeling like …. Well you can imagine. The one thing I could do to help my family out was to do the groceries online. I would do...

On My Run This Morning, I Was Flagged Down By An Elderly Chinese Woman Waving Her Phone At Me

By Ezra on January 12, 2023 / 3,516 views

On my run this morning, I was flagged down by an elderly Chinese woman waving her phone at me speaking to me in Mandarin. She spoke no English at all. She was clearly lost and was trying to walk home (which would’ve been a 40 minute walk at least)… although I was mid circuit on my morning exercise- I knew that her reaching out had to take precedence. She showed me screen shots of maps...

You Never Know The Impact You Have On Someone

By Rita on January 11, 2023 / 2,987 views

You never know the impact you have on someone. I am not in a good place at the moment as I am grieving. For the past week I have struggled to even get out of bed. This morning I managed to get to the shops for some food, but was desperate to get back home again. I was dismayed to be approached by a fundraiser for G.O.S.H. My heart sank and I began to feel a little...

Body Aches And Tummy Grumbles

By Joseph J. Mazzella on January 11, 2023 / 2,796 views

It was early January and my stomach was grumbling at me. It had grown used to all the extra food I had been eating during the holidays and wasn’t happy that I had gone back to my usual diet. “Hey!”, it yelled. “Where is my extra serving of turkey? I want another glass of eggnog! How about some more Christmas cookies and peanut butter candy?” While I tried to ignore the...

Restored My Faith In Humanity And Made My Day

By Teagan on January 09, 2023 / 2,618 views

Had a not-so-nice end to a beach day at Byron after being stung $120 for unknowingly reverse parking in a carpark at Clarke’s beach (instead of parking front-in) at a separate carpark area which I hadn’t realised had specific parking requirements enforced by the council. After I received the fine, my partner had caught and notified a few others that had also accidentally made the same...

My Hubby Was Inline Waiting To Pay For His Petrol

By Vicki on January 09, 2023 / 2,429 views

My hubby was inline waiting to pay for his petrol. A woman was trying to pay for hers but her cards were on her phone and her phone didn't have enough charge to bring them up. She was in a complete fluster as her kids were crying, man behind her was huffing & puffing, making the whole situation more overwhelming for her. Hubby, told her to not worry about it, take her kids and he...

People Can Be So Kind

By Andrea on January 06, 2023 / 2,773 views

After major surgery and then the dreaded virus took me down hubbie had his work cut out managing my care (whilst trying to stay well himself). Mentally I was quite despondent too with these setbacks. One neighbour dropped leftovers from their belated Christmas celebration then today hubbie looked out the front window to see the other neighbour mowing our grass verge (doing edges and...

Good Samaritans Exist If You Have Faith!

By Farah on January 06, 2023 / 2,460 views

On Tuesday, my husband and I were going on a birthday getaway staycation in the city (Sydney) to celebrate my birthday. At one of the stations about to enter the Metro, I accidentally left behind a very valuable bag. Not just valuable in price but very sentimental as it was one of the gifts my parents bought me when I became a Doctor a few years ago from Germany. It also had some valuable items...

Thank You To The Earth Angels

By Danielle on January 04, 2023 / 2,382 views

Thank you to the earth angels who went out of their way to change the tyre on my car at 7 Eleven Narrabean this afternoon in the heat without wanting anything in return. These 2 strangers worked together as a team to help me. I'm extremely grateful for your kindness & gallantry actions. I hope your kindness & good karma is returned to you. It's a reminder there are so many...

Thank You Mr Linfox

By Sara on January 04, 2023 / 2,405 views

So after an extremely traumatic start to our new year and being thrown out of home, I have to thank the Linfox man. He watched me sobbing as my boys ate their breakfast and after chatting briefly, he ended up putting 100$ with the place we're staying for our food needs. Thank you Mr...

My Flight Home Today Was Delayed

By Bec on January 02, 2023 / 2,711 views

I've been in Perth for a holiday from Melbourne and after my flight home today was delayed over 4 hours I called Qantas and a very helpful staff member was able to get me booked on an earlier flight. Turned out my new flight was overbooked, so I was placed on standby (have to wait until the flight closes to know if there’s room). Turned out that 18 crew were booked onto the flight...

It Is Refreshing To Know That There Are Honest People In This World

By Vonda on January 02, 2023 / 2,558 views

It is refreshing to know that there are honest people in this world. My daughter left her phone and licence in an Uber last night. After contacting the driver he had found the phone and gave me his personal mobile number to arrange collection. We are truly grateful for his honesty and he even charged it for her. He has a truly a beautiful...

My Partner And I Flew On Christmas Day To See My Family

By Megan on December 30, 2022 / 2,511 views

My partner and I flew on Christmas Day to Sydney to see my family for lunch. It was just a day trip so it was going to be a long day as our place and mum’s place are about an hour from the airport. We decided to take chocolates with us for the airport staff, airline lounge staff, and flight crew to say thank you for giving up your Christmas Day to work. I hadn’t stopped to think about...