Kindness is one of those beautiful things that often goes unnoticed, yet it has the power to transform someone’s day or even their life. Recently, someone asked the question: "What's a random act of kindness you did but never told anyone about?" The responses were heartwarming, and we’ve gathered the top three liked answers to share with you.

We hope these stories inspire you to spread a little kindness today!

#1 

There was a student at my middle school who for whatever reason never had clean clothes and was thus the stinky kid of our school. He smelled like he never showered and there was an apparent lack of parental care. My mother is a teacher, so I always got to school very early. This kid rode the bus and also got to school early.

One day, after witnessing him get harassed about being the smelly kid, I asked my mom if we could do something to help. She gave me the ok to offer, and from then on I would get his uniform he wore the day before, take it home and wash it for him (I think he only had two outfits). At the beginning of each week we would give him bath stuff to clean with.

This went on the entire 7th and 8th grade years. I would always deliver his clothes to him early in the morning to save him any embarrassment. I hope this little act of kindness improved his life in the long run.

#2 

I had known that a girl in my school had been battling with anorexia and other eating disorders for years. Apart from maybe one party I'd hardly ever talked to her but really liked what I'd seen/heard of her. This year she went to do a charity run for a charity that helps people with eating disorders and she posted it on her facebook page asking for sponsors.

55 days into the 60 days she had to get sponsors and still no-one had supported her. I donated 100% of her target anonymously, to this day she still never knows and I've told no one.

#3 

Here's my story. Right after I had my first son I had a ton of formula that a friend gave me and I couldn't use it because my son had stomach issues. So I went on a website where you could give away/ask for things you needed for free. A young woman that lived in the same small town that I did at the time, messaged me and said she could desperately use the formula because her boyfriend had just left her. She gave me her number and I called. She said she'd have to wait to pick it up from me until she could find a way to get closer to town. I could hear her holding back tears when I asked if it was ok if we could bring it to her.

We got her address and realized she lived in a very desolate, poor part of the town. It was in a trailer in the middle of the dessert, no public transportation ran anywhere close to there. So I decided we could do more. We went through the pantry, fridge, and freezer trying to find anything we could give her that we couldn't use/needed. We ended up with 3 big bags and a laundry hamper full.

When we got to her house she invited us in. She had almost nothing in her home. No tv, one couch, and the kitchen was empty. So we had to run out to the car a few times to get it all. She was shocked that we brought her food too. She hugged me and started to cry. She said "thank you. I didn't know how we were going to eat for the next few weeks." Then she made her son a bottle right away. It broke my heart cause I could tell they were both very hungry.