This collection of posts illustrates the difference that acts of kindness make to others’ lives. Your actions matter and these good news posts show you how.
On the evening before I started my new job, I made my packed lunch for the next day and put it in the fridge. When I came to get ready to leave for my early morning train, I found a note from Tris next to my work bag to remind me to get my lunch […]
“Kindness in the NHS between healthcare professionals when patients sadly pass away is something I am not sure is talked about that often, and so I thought I’d share the following kindness story. I’m a nurse in our NHS, and have recently returned to work after a lengthly absence due to a traumatic patient death.
“I have a friend who lives in Gaza. I have tried to help him how I can. Of course I sent money. I’ve also bought an esim for him, helped edit his resume to look for work visa sponsors, sent him some Android games he wanted, and I’m trying to help him join the Gaza
“At bedtime I always make sure my son speaks to his grandparents on FaceTime so he talks to them at least once every day. My mother asked him on the phone what he wanted for Christmas, and he told her he had everything he wanted so didn’t know what to ask for. Then he told
Cheering others on and telling them their strengths is a powerful act of kindness and one I saw myself in the WhatsApp group for Speakers’ Collective recently. One of the members said “Huge love to F for our chat last week. What a magnificent and gifted soul you are!” F then responded with “you are
As I waited to cross the road at some traffic lights, a mum and baby stopped next to me. The baby was very smiley and the mum and I fell into conversation about being a mum, the good and bad bits at different ages. It was a brief but lovely conversation, 2 people just showing
My daughter made me a bowl of porridge for my breakfast on World Kindness Day. She knew that I had a lot to think about and plan for the day ahead, and it was a kind gesture to help out. Families, whether of birth or of choice, are often filled with kindness – what act
There are lots of ways kindness shows up in business and one example that was shared at one of our wellbeing workshops was this: “Sharing and connecting other people in business to me and my business.” Networking is powerful and helping someone to get those connections can make an enormous difference to their business. Our
One kind act can live in someone’s memory for a lifetime like this special story from Alfred Chow – Maker of Things that proves: “Back in the late 90s I was commuting home across London in heavy winter rain, in a knackered old Ford Sierra. The road was up hill, and a single lane bounded
My aerobics teacher is one of the kindness people I know. When it was time to leave class last week, it was pouring with rain. I don’t mind getting wet if I’m on my way home – I had my umbrella and rain coat. But she insisted on giving me and another person from the
