These good news tales about the kindness of strangers are intended to be uplifting and give readers faith in humanity.
“My husband and I saw a woman in the street who was visibly distressed about something. We went to talk to her and discovered that she had come to the area to take up a job, but the place where she was going to work was closed. We let her stay with us for a […]
“I took my daughter, Lucy, to the test centre in Burgess Hill, Sussex for her third attempt at her driving test. I managed to get a last minute cancellation and unfortunately her driving instructor wasn’t available to take her so she had to take the test in my 20-year-old VW Golf. I thought I had
“We had been to Hexham Abbey to see the Moon and after a lovely afternoon, sat at the train station looking at our photos, the train arrived and we rushed onto the train accidently leaving my 11yr old granddaughter’s phone at the station! Needless to say Faith was devastated, (there are irreplaceable photos on it,
“A lovely council litter picker in Walton St, Easton, Bristol got on his hands & knees in the road in & used his litter picking tongs to rescue £30 that slipped out of my pocket & blew under a car! Don’t know what I would have done without him. I gave him a hug but
“On Friday 15th September I graduated Henley Business school. My husband and I ordered a taxi for 5pm to take us to the train station for our train at 6pm. This was the first of 4 trains we needed to catch to get back home to Yorkshire. We booked it early as there are roadworks
“I was out walking my dog and came across another dog-walker who had run out of poo bags. I gave her a spare one I had.” I love this proof that even these small acts we can overlook are a kindness! What tiny act of kindness have you seen today? More small kindnesses that made
“I was on the train on my own and reading my book minding my own business and then this lady saw my top and it was a nature one and sat down next to me and explained her husband loved botany. She was in her 80s but was explaining how she was travelling to go
“I have irritable bowel syndrome and it had flared up when I was in a different city visiting family and I ended up on a bus home that had a broken toilet. The bus also had just started taking a new route and it now took twice as long – 2 hours rather than 1
“I have bought a lot of products from Argos over the years, but have only ever done online transactions to be delivered to my home. I needed an iron urgently today (I had fused my flat with the old one) and went into my local branch. Embarrassingly, once I was there, I realised I had
“I was buying a sandwich at a well know sandwich shop and I said to the cashier ‘is that the eat in or take away price?’ they asked if I had a subscription, I don’t. Then they asked another customer standing beside me, who was obviously a regular and known to the cashier, if they
