These good news tales about the kindness of strangers are intended to be uplifting and give readers faith in humanity.
“We parked up for our Boxing Day walk and couldn’t understand what was happening with the parking meter – it said we needed to pay but didn’t seem to be accepting anything. A man saw our confused faces and came over to say it’s broken and has been for a while so don’t worry.” Discover […]
“Hitting some black ice, my son in law Brett skidded off a dark road in Scotland early on 17th Jan, leaving his car precariously dangling over a 20 feet drop. Having called the emergency services and awaiting their arrival, Brett stood guard on the road, warning other drivers of the accident and of the danger
“Heading out for a walk in the snowy countryside of Goyt Valley today, my friend and I got stuck on an icy road and thought we were going to have to abandon her car. Having tried several options to resolve our situation, to no avail, along came a very kind man in his 4 wheel
“Last time we were in hospital with W for a long stay, I got talking to a lady in the parent kitchen. After telling her about my son’s Leukaemia, we were talking about his treatment and that he gets treated mainly out of the Piam Brown ward in Southampton. She was telling me that she
“I had to walk down a very steep hill that hadn’t been gritted, and it had snowed so was very slippy! I was holding onto the wall with one hand to stay upright. A passer by called to me that it was easier in the road and offered to help me get over to the
“On boxing day I was driving home from North Wales, in my Morris Minor, and nearly ran out of petrol (I didn’t think about fuel station closures, what a Muppet) . I pulled over to somewhere safe as the moggie is basic, with no 4 way hazard lights, and breaking down would have caused chaos.
“At a pop-up ice skating rink my 3 and 5 year old were slipping and sliding all over the place. They were like new born Bambi’s but on extra slippery, rain spattered plastic. As I desperately tried to keep my kids from gravity’s grasp, an older girl (maybe aged 11) skated over and presented them
I believe that kindness is powerful because it connects us all as human beings. My belief in that power means that I see it in all sorts of settings. One of those settings is within communities. Dictionaries usually define a community as a group of people with something in common. For example, this could be:
“While out for our New Year’s Day walk we were stopped by a man and his young daughter asking if we happened to be searching for a black cat. He pointed above our heads and there, huddled high in the tree was a slightly terrified-looking feline. As they’d seen the cat in the exact same
Content warning – this post mentions suicidal feelings. “l threatened to end my life back in April 2023 and a 21 year old shop assistant from Barry saved me. I’d met them as a customer in the shop they worked at and they could see I was struggling. I was in the shop and they
