These good news tales about the kindness of strangers are intended to be uplifting and give readers faith in humanity.
Clive paid for someone else’s coffee in Costa Coffee. It was a mum buying for herself and her daughter but her iPhone pay wouldn’t work properly and she had no other methods of payment with her. Clive stepped in to pay for theirs as well as his own. What small way can you spread kindness […]
On a recent trip to Paris, Claire and her family were standing in a queue waiting to go into the Louvre art gallery. It started to rain heavily. The family in front of them, also tourists, insisted on sharing their umbrellas so that Claire’s group didn’t get wet. “It was so kind of them,” says
Twice in the past 24 hours I’ve been asked for directions. In both cases, I knew where the person wanted to go but the easiest way to explain was the longest route to walk. I figured an easier route to remember was worth the exchange of not getting lost again 🤞 #teamkind
On the way home from Wembley yesterday, when we saw the Lionesses win the first ever Women’s Finalissima, we grabbed some food from McDonald’s for the train home. It was late, one of the last trains of the night from London Paddington & it was really busy. We sat down with K & me in
“While walking the dogs another walker was just headed up the path we’d come down from and asked if it was muddy. I was able to let her know that it was pretty muddy but still walkable depending on the individual, she was very grateful and smiley 😊” A lovely Easter kindness from Alexis that
“At the University of Reading library café for a meeting the person serving me complimented me on my necklace and told me she has a similar one that she’s had for a long time. We had a chat about the sentiment of jewellery, a chat that we might not otherwise have had. Made us both
“I was dropping my co-worker off home after a late meeting at work and as we approached a set of traffic lights that had just greened we noticed none of the cars on either side were moving. As we got closer we noticed a young man had dropped his bags everywhere (it look like one
“I was walking across the University of Reading campus and 2 ladies stopped me to ask for directions. I didn’t recognise the name of the road they were looking for, but rather than say sorry and walk on, I asked a few questions to get more detail. Once we discovered that the sports centre was
We see you, beautiful trans women, tomboyish trans women, femme trans women, butch trans women, all of you. You are all valid and you are all women. Big thank you to the amazing trans woman who sent me this story of a kindness she experienced: “I was at a small bar and grill. Waiting to
“Travelling with 2 dogs, a suitcase and a large rucksack can be difficult so when a lady offered to help me get on a bus I was super grateful.” Small everyday acts of kindness like these are all around us, what acts of kindness have you seen or received today?
