These good news tales about the kindness of strangers are intended to be uplifting and give readers faith in humanity.
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 […]
“At our local zero waste shop, Awesome Wales people leave glass jars and egg boxes so if you forget to take your own containers, there are some to put things into without having to use paper bags. It’s such a small thing that makes such a big difference to both other customers and the planet.”
I love examples of kindness seen on social media, this one over on YouTube. What kindness have you see on social media recently?
“On a dark, miserable December morning, just after 7am, taking the (ridiculously early to me as I am not a earlybird) train from Cardiff to Bristol. Two trains in fact. I bought my £20 ticket at my local station. But when I changed trains at the central station for the mainline service to Bristol, my
“The small act of kindness I saw recently is when I got late to the gym the other day and someone who was already there shared her equipment because all the good ones were gone!” Thanks to Francesca Romano for sharing this over on LinkedIn – hope you had a good workout 🏋🏻
“I’ve been looking for resources on Queer history in the UK as most of my knowledge is US based. I posted about this on social media and had several people send me links, book recommendations, museums to visit, and someone even put me in touch with a friend of theirs who helps put together exhibitions
“On 17th November I was walking on Harpenden Common with my friend’s dog, Indie, when I dropped my bunch of keys, which included my car key, door key and several other important ones. I started retracing my steps and met a lovely man, whose name was Dominic, with his black spaniel. He then spent the
“I was on a bus waiting to depart from a town centre location, chatting to the driver. An elderly lady was posting letters in a nearby letter box and unknowingly dropped one. The bus driver jumped up from his cab and ran to retrieve and return the letter to the lady, without a second thought.”
“I had a great time at the Leeds Arena watching Michael McIntyre as a birthday treat. When I went home, I realised I had lost my hat, I must have dropped it by mistake. It might sound rather trivial but the hat had been previously bought by my son and given as a gift so
“I was shopping in Lidl in Heath Cardiff and on putting the shopping into the boot, the box holding the bottles of beers broke and 2 of the bottles rolled out and landed on the road, smashing all over the road. Glynn, another customer in the carpark came over, on hearing the noise, and offered
