“I broke my arm before Xmas and lots of random strangers have offered to help me – to put on my coat, take the lid off a hot coffee, zip up my bag!” This story was just one of many shared in a recent workshop I ran. Sharing kindness stories is a powerful activity we […]
“A lady came to the counter with a little girl behind her. The girl, unrelated to the lady, had a statue and the lady paid for it too. When I let the family know it was paid for the little girl was desperate to be able to spend her pocket money so she donated it
“I had an exchange of emails at work with a kind webmaster who very quickly took on board a request to update our company details on his website. I warmly thanked him for his responsiveness, and he replied that he appreciated that I had noted his professionalism. Both of us were happy.” Stretching your kindness
“I had an in-person therapy appointment for the first time in over a year this week, and I knew I would react to scented stuff in the air, and sure enough I felt like trash for most of the day. But I sent an email to the office with some suggestions on making the space
We love Someone Else, a networking platform that connects us through the hopeful stories we share about others. They’re also a great source of positive stories and a wonderful example of the kindness of shouting out others and celebrating their achievements. They believe that our most rewarding dopamine hits happen when we amplify others. Go
“On my way to work at Wythenshawe Hospital where I work as a nurse, my car began to slide all over the road due to the new snow fall that had just occurred. I was less than half a mile away from the hospital on Southmoor road. I was very scared and shaky so pulled
“A lady is supporting a wildlife bird rescue charity. People take their recycling drink bottles and send the refund to her. So far we have funded a whole nesting box, which had a baby in it.” We love hearing about community efforts like this, they show so much kindness in so many different ways. Big
“On the weekend there was a community post, from someone whose pond pump had died asking if anyone might possibly have one they could borrow. We had a fountain pump here once, which hadn’t been used for a couple of years. We were happy to donate it as our new, tiny, half wine barrel pond
“If by any chance the lady who chatted & distracted my twin boys whilst I packed & paid for my shopping this morning in Iceland, and then pulled up alongside me in the car park to tell me to ‘keep going, you’re doing a fantastic job’ is reading this, the world needs more of people
“I was overcharged by Curran Court Hotel and called them to say oops, I mixed up my email address too as we were booking for a funeral so I was quite stressed. I had a good chat with the new person on reception, having had a lovely chat with Lucy there the night before when
