These good news tales about the kindness of strangers are intended to be uplifting and give readers faith in humanity.
“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
“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
