The Joy We Make

1,993 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on December 26, 2025

With the holidays almost over and the worst of Winter on its way, I hope my new story brings a little warmth to your day. God bless you always. I had never been a big fan of January. By the time it rolled around the holidays were over. The Christmas decorations had been taken down. All the left-overs and extra cookies had...

Group Kindness in Walmart

1,844 views | Posted by A friend on December 31, 2025

While I was doing some shopping, I continuously heard a young child screaming and crying. It was heard throughout the store. When I got to the self check out, the mother was in the lane next to me, child still crying. People were in line, rolling their eyes and shaking their heads at each other. I rang up my purchases, I mentioned...

Small gesture at the grocery store made my whole week

1,809 views | Posted by A friend on January 8, 2026

I was at the grocery store yesterday, juggling my toddler who was having a meltdown, trying to unload my cart at checkout, and realized I'd forgotten my reusable bags in the car. I was pretty frazzled. The woman behind me in line noticed and without saying anything, she started helping me put my groceries on the conveyor belt...

A little kindness goes a long way, and it’s so easy to do

1,730 views | Posted by A friend on December 30, 2025

I was getting gas and noticed this young girl, maybe 16-17, on the phone struggling to get the gas cap off, almost in tears. I went over and asked if she needed help, and she had tears starting to roll, and said she can’t get the cap off and is almost empty. I got the cap off, and it was a bit tight. Told her to...

Funny Doctor Story with a 5 year old

1,681 views | Posted by A friend on January 2, 2026

I am just a proud dad that loves his sassy daughter. 35(M) with a 5(F) daughter. The school called and said my daughter ran into another kid and both of them were hurt and needed to be picked up. I rush over to the Pre-K office and pick her up. They suggest having her mouth looked at because it was bleeding and i took...

The lovely man who helped me fill my tires with air

1,666 views | Posted by A friend on December 27, 2025

When I was 16, I was on my way to school when the “low tire pressure” light turned on in my car. Now, at 24, putting air in my tires feels like the easiest thing in the world, but at 16, I’d never learned how to. I didn’t know how to figure out how much air I already had, how much I needed, how to set the machine, or...

This person made us cry

1,646 views | Posted by Brian on December 29, 2025

So it’s raining, we are moving Friday, we are stressed, I’ve gotten soaked loading and unloading stuff three times today, and we had to go to Topanga Mall late in the day on freakin’ Christmas Eve. Then my wife couldn’t find her wallet. Air Tag showed it at the mall, but alas… no one could...

Just wanted to share a little story this morning

1,605 views | Posted by a friend on January 12, 2026

Last night, my brother and I were on our way home. It was late and pitch black outside. Both of us are night owls. Well, I evidently drove over something that wasn't visible in the dark. Maybe a loose nail or something like that. The road I was driving on really needs a lot of work. It's full of potholes. I...

I'm certain there are angels amongst us

1,598 views | Posted by Melanie on January 6, 2026

Don’t have a photo and this is a delayed post as I recently have had lots of busy days with family , but I was going through a rough week and sold some drawers on marketplace to a local mum. I had a few other enquires and we back and fourth spoke a little and I expressed that I was selling a few things for some essentials for the week...

I saw something beautiful and wholesome today that stayed with me

1,500 views | Posted by a friend on January 6, 2026

So an old man was trying to cross the road, slow and nervous, cars kept passing and he stood there. Then this 6 or 7 year old girl ran up to him, held his hand, and looked at the traffic and was waiting, and walked him across like it was the most important job in the world. When they reached the other side, she didn’t wait...

Warts and All

1,474 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on January 7, 2026

Memory is a funny thing. I often can’t remember what I did yesterday but suddenly a memory long forgotten from almost 40 years ago will pop back into my head. This one happened when I was a young dad in my early 20's struggling to earn enough to support my family. I had been working the late shift at a local restaurant and was...

Neighborhood kid offering snow shoveling services, unprepared for weather

1,453 views | Posted by a friend on January 10, 2026

Had a young man, early teens knock on my door and offer to shovel for 10 bucks. I was excited to take him up on it because it's the first time I had any kid show up. I told him just to shovel the walkway (10 mins) and not the full sidewalk or driveway because I wanted him to be able to hit up more houses. It's...

A random dad helped me back out of a parking lot when I was struggling

1,442 views | Posted by A friend on December 26, 2025

Happened last week. I had my car parked in my campus parking lot, which usually gets pretty full by the time I’m leaving. What was unusual that day was a police car parked behind mine, with no one around. I don’t even know why they were there. Anyways I tried backing out a few times as best as I could but that just...

Paid for person behind me, because they deserved it

1,417 views | Posted by A friend on January 5, 2026

It’s a rainy day and I have nothing to do so I decided I'd go to Starbucks and pay for the person behind me. I searched up Starbucks’s and decided to try a new one I haven’t been to yet because why not. At the intersection right next to it the light turned green but this big truck ahead in the lane next to me...

My therapist got me chocolate for my birthday because of one throwaway comment

1,387 views | Posted by a friend on January 7, 2026

My therapist got me a (ridiculous) amount of chocolate for my birthday because she remembered ONE throwaway comment from months ago. I carry chocolate with me at all times because of the effects it has on mood, my original prospective career was in neuroscience and this stuff really interested me. I nerded out a tiny...

What You Came Here To Do

1,342 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on January 13, 2026

I was a young man in my early twenties. I had just graduated college and had a wife and new baby son. I was looking for work but only had a degree in English. For some reason that didn’t translate well into job opportunities back then. This day I was interviewing for a salesman job with a jewelry company. The man was explaining how I...

My dad waking me up at 2am to give me pizza because he made pizza

1,306 views | Posted by A friend on January 9, 2026

It was so cute, he very gently knocked on my door and I opened it and he was like "Are you hungry sweetie, do you want some pizza? Mom told me to wait until morning because you were asleep but I thought you might be hungry" and then handed me some pizza. He was very gentle and quiet because he knew I was half...

Found a little girl’s wallet yesterday. Didn’t expect this

1,279 views | Posted by de-secops on January 14, 2026

Yesterday, I was walking home and spotted a wallet on the sidewalk. Opened it out of curiosity, and inside were photos of a little girl I didn’t know, some drawings, and a note that said: “If found, please help me smile today.” I managed to track down the owner (there wasn’t an ID, but there was a library...

My 4 year old daughter went hungry 2 days in a row, to protect her best friend!

1,069 views | Posted by A friend on January 15, 2026

My 4-year-old came home hungry two days in a row, which was unusual. The first day I didn’t question it — she’s tossed half-eaten lunches before. On day two, I dug a little deeper and asked why she kept throwing her lunch out. She told me she threw away her sunbutter and jelly sandwich because she didn’t...

Neighbor is quietly kind to people waiting for the bus

989 views | Posted by elite_meimei on January 19, 2026

Today is very cold and frosty with clear skies. I took an early morning walk and as I was returning home I saw my neighbor a long way ahead also finishing a walk with her dog. She went inside and then came back out without her dog but with a towel. We live right next to the neighborhood bus stop and she popped into the shelter....