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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.

A dual screen laptop resting on a lapdesk. On the main screen is a choose your own adventure PDF, on the bottom screen is a D&D character sheet. A pink D20 sits on the lapdesk.

Kindness of friends and strangers fixes malware infected laptop.

“My laptop was acting really weirdly and on asking the internet a few people suggested it was a malware issue. It turned out it was and several strangers and friends helped me wipe the entire thing and get back up and running again.” These stressful situations always seem to bring out kindness from so many […]

An elderly woman with medium light skin tone and grey hair in a bob, wearing glasses standing in focus in the frame. Behind her, slightly out of focus are two teenagers with medium light skin tone, one with long black hair, the other very short black hair. Text overlaid reads “My teenage children visited their Great Gran for lunch.. all arranged without me.”

My teenage children visited their Great Gran for lunch.. all arranged without me.

“My teenage children visited their Great Gran for lunch.. all arranged without me. Proud mum moment and Granny was super happy 😍💜.” It’s obvious Harriet at HP Accountancy has been raising kind kids! Big thanks for sending this story in to us. Discover all the ways people are being kind with stories other people have

A table with a selection of curry foods on it including rice, two different curries and naan bread. Text overlaid reads “I went out for a curry with some friends & all 3 of the drivers offered me a lift home so I didn’t have to walk half an hour in the dark.”

Friends offer lift home after curry.

I went out for a curry with some friends and all 3 of the drivers in the party offered me a lift home so that I didn’t have to walk half an hour in the dark. How do your friends show you kindness? Remind yourself that it’s not just friends who are kind with these

A bottle of water in a bucket of ice. A note stuck to it reads as explained in the caption.

Neighbour provides iced water for delivery drivers.

“My neighbor who lives in a separate house at the end of my apartment fourplex puts out a tub of ice and fills it with bottled water whenever she is home. The note reads: “Fed/Ex, Amazon, UPS, Postal, or any delivery person, please take a cold water and Ty for your hard work.”“ What a

A red post box with a wooden sigh atop it reading “post office” with an arrow pointing right. Text overlaid reads “Customer compliments Post Office worker’s hair.”

Customer compliments Post Office worker’s hair.

My daughter was in the newsagent/Post Office and she overheard a customer at the counter compliment the Post Office worker’s hair. I’m pleased that she noticed the kindness and that she told me the story so I could share it on Time for Kindness. Balance the bad news with more stories of kindness: Stranger donates

a child with long ginger hair being cuddled by her mother who is also kissing the side of her head. Text overlaid reads "3 year old takes care of mum when she is sick."

3 year old takes care of mum when she is sick.

“My 3 year old looked after me when I was sick by fetching me fresh water, and singing me ‘twinkle twinkle chocolate bar’ at the top of her lungs to lift my spirits. I didn’t want to think about chocolate but I appreciated the water, and of course the compassion she showed her 50 shades

a child laying face down on a solid outdoor floor, a parent’s hands on one arm and around his torso. Text overlaid reads “Greggs manager supports parent after her son bumped his head.”

Greggs manager supports parent after her son bumped his head.

“I like to think I’m a relaxed parent but when my 4 year old son tripped and had a golf ball sized lump on his head at Rugby services, I must admit I panicked a little. The manager at Greggs came to the rescue with a bag of ice, some reassuring advice, “you’ll spend the

a warning triangle on the ground in the foreground. In the background, out of focus, two people stand at the back of a car, one on the phone, the other holding a tool. Text overlaid reads “couple help out stranger after tyre deflates.”

Couple help out stranger after tyre deflates.

“Driving home from work I drove over something, a few miles down the road my low pressure tyre light came on. My journey is on country roads but luckily I was passing Cowdray Forest (the only safe stop for a good few miles) and on a lovely afternoon it was busy. By this time my tyre