Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Hi there! This is my very first post as I only heard of your site today (surprisingly!) I love it! Over 3 years ago I founded and run a Facebook group called "Attitude of Gratitude with Chronic Pain" and we currently have over 3.200 members. What makes us unique is that we have a very strict 'NO COMPLAINING' rule. Although venting is a very important part of living with our struggles, there are one million and two other pages that let you do that. I wanted a place where we could go 24/7 to be uplifted and inspired. We KNOW what the problem is-we live it every day. Our goal is to live in the SOLUTION. And the way we go about doing that is by cultivating gratitude, practicing kindness, being positive and exercising lots and lots of self love.

The daily question I put out to the group today was "What can you do to help someone today?" So often we can get wrapped up in our own struggles that we can be blind to anyone else's. By helping others, we help ourselves....we all know that. It gets us out of our own obsession of self for awhile and humbles us to know that others struggle too.

Although I cannot share the answers as it's a closed group (anyone with a chronic condition is welcome to join though! https://www.facebook.com/groups/attitudeofgratitudewithchronicpain/)
the responses from the membership were so uplifting and positive. These are people that hurt so much every day for many different reasons (some emotional....some physical...many both) yet they take the time to do something for someone else.

If a member is bed-bound, they can do service simply by responding to a post from another member who is struggling. Being kind to someone is HELPING them! And then, of course, there are more physical things depending on our abilities.

It doesn't cost us ANYTHING to be kind. And kindness breeds more kindness.
I'm thrilled to have found this page. Thank you for your truths and your stories. And thank you for having me.
-Lauren