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kindness of strangers

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

A note on a car windscreen which reads “please can you get your front, passenger tire replaced. It has a bulge, it will blow out. Stay safe. Merry Christmas.”

Stranger leaves kind note on car windscreen.

“To whoever put this note on our car, you are a wonderful human being. Thank you.” This lovely message was shared in a Facebook group with a photo of the note reading “please can you get your front, passenger tire replaced. It has a bulge, it will blow out. Stay safe. Merry Christmas.” Thank you […]

a rainbow Converse shoe in some long grass.

Stranger comes to the rescue after shoe poo situation.

“Not all heroes wear capes! Big thanks to the taxi driver who helped us out yesterday when 2 minutes into our journey to deliver Boxing Day presents we noticed a smell 💩 ! I must’ve trod in it the night before. I knew there’d be no grass to try & wipe it off where we

Tris, a man with light skin tone and short grey hair, standing in a brown jumper with the sleeves rolled up and blue jeans, on a large square. Other people are milling around the square.

Stranger points out left glasses.

Tris was visiting Tirana in Albania with a friend. They sat down on a bench in the main square. When they moved on Tris left his glasses case on the bench by mistake – another person in the square and called out to get his attention. What kindness have you seen this week? Get inspired

A queue of traffic along a road, part of the queue blocking off a turning

Car let out during traffic jam.

On our way to a networking meeting, my friend Fiona stopped to let another car out in front of her from a side road – due to temporary traffic lights and roadworks, the other car could have been stuck for ages if she hadn’t done that. Read about even more kind acts with these stories:

Screenshot from an Instagram story post with the text from the caption and a photo of someone holding a crutch.

Disabled people help each other out.

What kindness have you seen today? @autoimmune.angst shared this lovely story of kindness between disabled people on their story and with us: “Just went to toilet before ship docks. It’s got a big step to step over. And the doors are springy on this ship (to self close). So that’s more ableist design in action.

a view down a bus with a variety of people sitting on seats in it.

Bus driver ensures loaded down parent can get home.

“When I lived in Ireland, my delayed train from the city arrived back at the nearest station to my house — still a good 30–40mins away — as the bus I needed was pulling away. I had my then three-year-old asleep on my shoulder, a load of heavy groceries in bags hung from the other

a red car viewed from behind and low down.

Stranger leaves details after scratching car.

“My Mum and her friend went for a coffee at a local coffee shop. When they got back to the car, they found a post-it note on the windscreen with the name and contact details of someone who had accidentally scraped the side of the car. When her friend’s daughter rang the contact number, the

a two lane road with footpath on the side.

Help after car breaks down in rush hour.

“I would really like to thank the very kind man who stopped when I had broken down on Horspath Driftway in the rush hour on Thursday 12/12/24 outside Aldi. I would also like to thank the other man and woman who he stopped to help to push me across the other carriageway in heavy traffic

an Asda conveyor belt filled with food. Someone holding a purse passes a packet of tea cakes over to the cashier who is wearing festive head gear.

Lady with teacakes let in front of Asda queue.

“I was in Asda doing my shopping and a woman with just a pack of tea cakes got in the queue behind me. I had a whole conveyor belt of stuff so told her to whiz in front.” We always say that no kindness is too small and I think we all know what a

A Morrisons petrol station on a rainy, overcast day.

Stranger pays at Morrisons petrol station.

“Just want to say thank you to a lovely lady named Morgan. My card wouldn’t work at Morrisons petrol station whilst trying to pay £5 petrol and was stuck to know what to do. She kindly came up behind me and paid. I was taken a back by her kindness, bless her heart ❤️.” This