Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Everyday Small Acts Of Kindness

I had a chance to practice a few small acts of kindness today:
1. I walked around our community to give a box of food to our hard working gardeners
2. At the railway station, while I was waiting for the train to arrive, gave some cash to an elderly woman
3. After I boarded the train, I found a family of three did not get their seats together. I offered to exchange my seat so that they could sit together in one row. They were delighted.

Am always inspired reading the stories of kindspringers. Thanks everyone for making the world a little kinder.

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📫 The Mail Gal

📫 The mail gal rang twice yesterday….

Once to deliver our mail & say hello, after returning from her vacation. She’s a sweet, sweet gal & very good at her job 👌🏻

🔔 A minute or two later our bell rang again…she returned to ask if she could have a drink of water 💧. I always tell her not to hesitate if she needs anything. I invited her into our entry hall to get out of the cold & was more than happy to get her a bottle of water. She called out to my husband to say hello to him while waiting 😊

She’s a true delight 🫶🏽

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🍞 Bread Is Love

🍞 Bread is Love ❤️

I needed a particular type of bread yesterday so I asked my across the driveway neighbors if they might have any to share.

They generously shared some good sourdough bread with me 👌🏻

I added a loaf 🍞 to our Saturday Fresh Direct delivery for them as a gesture of appreciation & added a bunch of bananas 🍌 for them as well.

❤️ They are wonderful neighbors who have become close friends over the years.

True blessings , right across our shared driveway 🙏

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Junaghadh

Today in Junagadh, an old woman slipped and fell. She was badly hurt in her leg and was unable to walk. Two young girls were with her. Many people were passing by; they would look at her and ask what happened, but no one was actually helping.
When I reached there, I asked her, “Can I help you and take you down to the hospital?” She replied, “Yes beta, please.” Then I lifted her in my arms and carried her down. I thank God that she was not too far up, so I was able to bring her down safely. After that, I seated her in an auto and took her to the hospital. I received her blessings and then returned.
 

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Valentine's Day

Today was filled with kindness! Started off by weeding the veggie garden and picking oranges to share. Volunteered at the food pantry and got to share a lot of smiles. Picked up a book to gift a noble friend and had a great conversation about books with the shopkeeper. Made a lot of food to give away. Dropped off treats to a few folks and got to go for a walk with a friend. Gave a bottle of water to someone who needed it. Worked on another service project. Gave oranges to neighbor for lunar new year. Painted a watercolor valentine. Left Girl scout cookies for our mail carrier with a Happy Valentine's Day wish. Was surprised to find that the owner of the cafe for differently abled folks had left a box of our favorite cookies on our bench!! Had just commented to her on Friday about how this cookie was especially tasty! Wow! Am going to be sharing these with my friend/neighbor across the way who had brought warm oatmeal choc chip cookies last night!

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😊 Let Them Know

📚 Sharing Appreciation

In keeping with letting people know they are appreciated, I sent an email to ThriftBooks, a website I often purchase my books from, to let them know I love their new bookmarks they now enclose with each order. They are fun bookmarks with interesting quote on each.

They responded: “This is Eva, from the ThriftBooksCustomer Service team.

Wow, your kind words truly make my day! We thrive on hearing how much our customers enjoy ThriftBooks! 📚

Thank you, and have a wonderful day!”

They sell new & used books at discount prices & have great customer service and low shipping cost 👍


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Letting Him Know We Appreciate Him!

Felt moved to let our sweet newspaper delivery guy know we realize how difficult it’s been for him to deliver on his route since our BIG snow awhile ago. The roads are pretty clear but huge piles of snow make it very hard to find a place to park his car & walk over to the houses to drop off the papers. It’s so bad Sanitation hasn't picked up any trash for well over a week or two here & some cars are still partially buried with snow on our block !

Anyway, when he delivered the newspaper yesterday I was able to run out & catch him as he was walking away to let him know we appreciate him & gave him an additional generous tip. He made me laugh so when he said “thank you Mama”….the “mama” got me, he’d never called me that before ,I knew it was endearing. I was chuckling so for a good while after he left 😉

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Thank You Mindy And Jan

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I got a big package of Peace Doves from our beautiful Mindy, along with a generous donation to our under1000skies.org for calendar postage. So grateful. Thank you, dear Mindy.

I also received a generous donation from Janfour for postage for the under1000skies.org calendar. Thank you, dear Jan.

♥ Dot

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Counting Blessings

A elderly disabled friend of mine has further fractured the same arm. So I cooked her some lunch over the weekend and helped her to install some devices in her house and connect to her phone. Gratitude for her company. She looks on the positive side of her life and says, ‘Counting my blessings’.

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Costa Kindness

Such wonderful young people working at the Costa Cafe this morning. I thanked them all and left some kind cards around. It does make your day when you are busy and a little stressed and people around you smile and just offer their best selves by simply being kind, not much is needed :-)

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Portugal

Last week Portugal experienced a storm like we'd never experienced before, and now many areas are experiencing extensive flooding. Whole areas were devastated by 200km+ winds, and thousands are without electricity still, with damaged homes and water rising. Please hold them in your thoughts as we hope for some relief from the rain.
My immediate area has been hugely lucky and avoided serious damage, but my family have been helping out where we can - fixing tiles / chimneys, clearing roads, collecting materials. The photo is one of the only ones I've taken. My partner and a neighbour clearing access to a more remote village


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Warm Kind Meals

Offering some cooked meals for my elderly guest because I noticed that he does not cook for himself and worry that he doesn't eat enough. He's looking for a new place to live since he separated from his partner. He doesn't say anything but I imagine it may be difficult for him and he may not be used to doing it since he always had someone do it for him. He's grateful and I'm happy to help now and then. I'll try encouraging him to do a few simple things so he can eat healthier and more often (and I won't worry :-)) )

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❤️🐶❤️

The very first thing I saw when I opened my iPad this morning was a thank you message from our next door neighbors, letting us know Rusty,, their lovable dog who greets me often on their back porch, loves the Christmas gift we gave him 😊

🎁 We gave him this: “PETSTA Dog Puzzle Toys, Treat Dispensing Dog Enrichment Toys for IQ Training and Brain Stimulation, Interactive Mentally Stimulating Toys as Gifts for Puppies, Cats, Dogs”

Rusty loves people & brings joy to everyone he meets 🫶🏽

❤️🐶 That’s Rusty & the gift pictured below that they sent us with their thank you :))

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Egg Boxes

I've been carefully saving our family's empty egg boxes, and yesterday my partner dropped the huge pile off at the local market where a couple of egg sellers operate. The response was hugely positive, and I'm reminded of the saying 'one man's trash is another man's treasure.'

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Visited My Daughters Last ...

Visited my daughters last night. They are going through a tough time. Two families living under the same roof while the council finds a home for some of them. It’s been a rough couple of months with no end in sight. When I called, baby Patrick and his sister were away at their Dad’s, so the house was a little quieter. I was so glad to be there, to share my time and energy with them, they needed it badly. I did a couple of small DIY jobs that had been waiting, and we enjoyed some lovely herbal tea. We had a little prayer and a card reading from my daughter. I reciprocated and chose a card for her, which she was pleased with, though I could tell by her response that she was tired, jaded from having a second family stay with her. We paused, closed our eyes, took some breaths and ... Read Full Story >>

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Look Around….Through Eyes of Love

👁 ❤️ 👁 Always…through eyes of love ….

Someone worth thanking came to our door yesterday, delivering a heavy carton. When he saw me he asked if I might need help carrying it inside, I smiled & said yes please. He carried it into our entryway. What a beautiful smile he shared. I asked him if he liked chocolate, which he did, so he left with a bag of Lindt chocolate truffles I had been waiting to find someone to gift 💝

❤️ Always Love….

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Playing A Supporting Role

A very good friend lost her son after a long illness this week. I spent Friday supporting her through the viewing, the funeral and the cremation, just being by her side so she didn't feel alone in a crowd. Her daughter-in-law is also suffering of course, and there's a language and cultural barrier which my friend is feeling more keenly at this difficult time.
The kindness award of the day goes to my partner, who drove me there and back through horrible fog, chauffeured me around all day, and spent endless hours hanging about in the background.

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Cooked With Love~

I took a home cooked meal to a 78 year old friend/neighbor last evening. He is convalescing from a bicycle accident, where he was hit by a car. It felt so good to be able to do that for him...and he enjoyed his chicken and green beans almondine.

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Sushi And Santa

Our new year's treat to ourselves was a batch of Latvian style sushi, purchased to give a boost to a new business locally (not such a hardship - was delicious!). When the young family dropped off our order the wee boy was happy to receive a little box of Christmas sweeties with his name on that Santa had 'accidentally' left on my desk.

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Making a new kid feel at home

There is a boy who recently transferred from Texas to our high school. He seemed really nervous and didn't have many friends due to how late he moved. Me and my friends decided to make him feel at home. we compliment him daily, invite him to sit with us and ask him about his day. well, yesterday for English, there was a project to create art based off the book we were reading. At the end, we had to vote on who's art we liked most. His artwork was AMAZING, and almost the whole class voted for him! He won and got to hang his up on the golden post it. He was smiling the whole class.

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