A collection of posts that show how kindness is an active pursuit. These positive stories cover a wide range of acts of kindness to others that people have taken.
“During a Mastodon chat I happened to mention my love of unicorns and someone said that they’d been gifted lots as their work logo used to be a unicorn – would I like them. I leapt at the chance and a week later a box stuffed with 7 unicorns in various sizes, colours and styles […]
“Last night, 3 or 4 young lads / men helped my dad in his late 70s off the floor when he collapsed out side the doctors by the the rugby club. They very kindly helped him up and looked after him as he came around and then walked him to the bus station. After a
I was struggling to get my brain into gear to write a work proposal for a potential new client. Beth Stallwood of Club WorkJoy not only gave me motivational pep talk, she also made a couple of suggestions for how I could present some of the info that I was procrastinating over. Since procrastination is
“In a freelancer’s Facebook group I spotted a lovely kindness from Mary James who posted to say ‘I’m giving away 3 free spots in my new service based blogging membership for 3 months to friends – and I thought of you lovely lot first. Also it’s a good way to learn how Skool works, if
“I was making cupcakes to take to choir and realised I had the piping bags but no tips! I posted on the Facebook group for my estate and someone really kindly let me borrow theirs.” See how much more kindness already exists in the world: Lawyer collects donations and takes them to Ukraine. Stranger returns
“I overheard a parent explaining to their child that snacks needed to stay in the café away from the play area in case other children have allergies. So kind of the parent to think of others and keep them safe and so kind of the child to do it!” Big thanks to Tilda for sending
At 9pm the night before I was due to attend the CiPD Festival Of Work our iron broke – the light came on but it wasn’t heating up! I really wanted to wear my TfK T-shirt to the event as I hoped it would be a conversation starter. I sent a WhatsApp message to my
“My housemate was watching Not Going Out, and the episode was about a persistent beep. One of my dogs is really distressed by a specific frequency of beep and it turned out to be the one used on the episode so she was getting really upset. So my housemate muted the TV to watch the
We loved this story from the New York Post about pool rivals who, a decade later, showed true sportsmanship as one donated a kidney to the other. Russ Redhead had put out an angry Facebook post claiming James Harris Jr had an unfair advantage in a pool tournament after he pulled ahead. Things cooled down
We were delighted to hear about so many kind friends at the festival. Here are some of the stories that children shared with us about kindness they had noticed: Tell us about your experiences with friendship and kindness.
