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.
My daughter turned 18 and the gifts that her friends gave her were full of kindness. They had really thought about her interests and what makes her happy. They had put a lot of time and effort into gathering photos and writing letters, and had co-ordinated with each other to make sure she had the […]
We know that your friends are kind but let’s hear an example! Here’s one from Time for Kindness’ social media manager to get you started: “My frying pan is very old and was no longer non stick – a friend had a spare new one so he gave it to me.” Share a kind thing
Kindness happens on Facebook, and we have proof! Nikki Ochtman from RG10 Magazine got in touch to let us know that she’d seen someone post this on a local Facebook group: “Hi all. I am trying to find a young man called Luke…. Last Friday my 85 year old mum was tootling around Sonning in
“Having spent a pleasant month in Cyprus I flew back to England and a very cold, wet, windy November evening. My spirits rose as I approached arrivals and spotted my mum, Monica, who had kindly offered to pick me up. Once in the warm car I was further cheered by the promise of chili with
“I shared something I wrote (about long covid) with some friends, they said it was ‘beautiful’ and ‘truly excellent’, it felt very nice to hear.” Thank you to Matthew on Mastodon for allowing us to share this. Cheering on our friends and supporting them is an act of kindness and we know that you’re doing
“I was teaching at a convention the week after attending a different convention, so I was pretty wiped while needed to rework the class I usually teach to make it fit where I was teaching. Someone else who was teaching there offered me a tonne of advice, read through my workshop and sent some pointers,
When I returned from my holiday in the summer, I was determined to spend more time outdoors – while I hadn’t been up a mountain, I had spent a lot of time in the fresh air and wanted more of that for my non-holiday life. So I love this blog from Julia Hartley, who has
“My chronic illness clinic group has a resources board and they were talking about Notion as a helpful tool. I donated them a Notion template that I designed with the help of a disabled friend to be suitable for chronically ill and disabled people.” Sharing your skills and resources is a wonderful act of kindness,
I helped an elderly gentleman whose small dog had pulled him over on the pavement outside the vets. A lady who works in the bar opposite also saw what happened, so she dashed over and together we helped him back to his feet, took hold of his dog’s lead and helped the pair of them
Joining a new football team after not playing for a long time can be nerve-wracking but Becky of The Mindful Gingernut did just that and experienced a huge kindness when a new, more experienced player joined. The new player gave Becky lots of advice and was really helpful so Becky sent her a message to
