Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Right Timing

I was on a long-distance bus ride today, after a weekend away.

There was a lady on the bus that got on after me. She needed to charge her phone but found out the outlets weren't working. I heard her ask the driver about it, who really couldn't do anything about it in the moment.

I saw the worry in her face and realized I had a portable charger on me (handy as an endurance cyclist). I explained how it worked and let her borrow it for the ride. When she was done with it, she handed it back and cried, explaining that her grandson was in the hospital and her battery was too low to call her daughter for an update.

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❤️ I Love Our Neighbors

I was asked for some small help by two of our neighbors….one asked if I’d water their newly seeded lawn once a day while they were both at work (it needs to be watered 3 times a day for now). Another asked if I’d take their mail in while they were going to be away for a few days.

Told them I’d be happy to 😊

They think I am doing them a favor, but they too are doing me a favor by asking for my help. It makes me happy to be asked & makes me feel “useful” 😍

Love my longtime, kind neighbors. Feel blessed 🙏

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Signs And Diwali CardsI

Signs and Diwali Cards

I made more than 50 signs and more than 100 Diwali cards for PapayaCare.. Rangoli was made by PapayaCare staff to worship Laxmi- Goddess of wealth. Top left and bottom right photo shows decoration of common room. I made some paper punched flowers for decoration.

I am grateful to Sri Sathya Sai Baba for all the opportunities sending my way and His help and guidance to manifest them.

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He’s All Kinds Of Amazing!

❤️ Kindness Received....

We were having a problem with our landline phone & called our contractor in the morning to ask if he could come over to see if he could help. He said he’d stop by.

He hadn’t shown up by 5 PM so we figured he had been too busy to fit us in and figured we’d call him the next morning to follow up.

Well to our surprise, our bell rang at 7:30 PM, and guess who…yes, our contractor. He said he’d had a very busy day & totally forgot he’d told us he’d come by and remembered after he’d had his dinner. He lives a few blocks from us, so drove over.

He fixed our problem & refused to let us pay him!! He’s a wonderful craftsman, takes pride in his work, has a great sense of humor & a hard worker. We thanked him profusely & plan on sending him a gift certificate to a local top-notch restaurant 👌🏻

🤗 He left with a big hug from me.

He's all kinds of Amszing!! 


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Beautiful Conversations

I've had some really beautiful conversations with friends today. Deep ones. Encouraging ones. Sharing light and hope when they are in despair.

I feel so honoured and blessed they find me a safe space to share 🤍

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Spoilt Myself With Some Musical

Spoilt myself with some love and took myself on the weekend to see the musical Wicked for the very first time. Loved it. Was incredible.

Whilst there saw a few opportunities for kindness and took advantage.

Helped a beautiful couple in their 80's (who like myself) were confused and unsure whether the show was finished or it were an interval found venue stuff to tell us. It was an interval. Funny moment as we both nearly went home.

Second opportunity was seeing some young girls setting up a camera with timer taking photos. Walked over to them and asked if they wanted me to take photos for them. They were very grateful.

I hope your weekend has been blessed 💕





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Simple Kindness Given Thru ...

Simple kindness given thru a challenging week

Let a car cut in front of me
Held the door several times for people
Complimented a woman on her blouse
Gave some business to a struggling shop owned by a young mom
Chatted please tly with people at the coffee shop
So many more simple litte things that have become part of me.

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I Made This Hanging Decoration

I made this hanging for my daughter and partner who are moving to new accommodation in a couple of weeks on Friday at my breast cancer support group. I gave it to my daughter yesterday when we met them in Durham.

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  • Dec 22, 2024
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Strangers No More!

❤️ The kindness of a stranger…. Yesterday a longtime friend we hadn’t seen in many years visited with us. She recently lost her husband of over 40 years & was getting herself out in the world, visiting friends & some family she hadn’t seen in a long time. She grew up in a beachfront community not far from us & wanted us to to take a drive there to see the house where she grew up. We pulled up in front of the house and she got out to take some pictures & decided to ring the bell and see if anyone might be home. The owner was indeed there, a truly lovely woman who had bought the home from my friend’s parents almost 50 years ago. She invited my friend in & showed her all around the house. They were in there quite some time & when they came out my friend ... Read Full Story >>

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Helping Out Others In The Moment

My son was so kind today he was ready to go home after work leaving the mall and he saw an elderly lady with a cane I was walking the opposite direction and saw my son go back to the department store and saw my son run to open the very heavy glass doors for her 😀

Today I was able to help out a very busy mom her little boy was unhappy crying in his shopping cart and I heard her drop all her cards, drivers license out of her wrist wallet all over the floor under the boy I helped her pick her items up here you go oh I'm sorry that's ok I get it 😉

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Many thoughtful acts of kindness

Picked cherry tomatoes from the backyard and gifted to a colleague (have been doing this almost every day now! at least 7 colleagues have been recipients!)
Collected essential household supplies from my neighbors to donate to a local shelter and dropped them off after work today...the folks there were so happy it made my day!
Picked up a favorite baked item for hubby from a bakery near work to surprise him
Wrote postcards to get out the vote and phone banked over the weekend to help register voters
Wrote letter of recommendations for three students for graduate programs
Donated to public radio station and had a nice conversation with the phone volunteer
Thanked our department chair for being supportive and told him how much his actions meant to me.
Picked up shoes mended by a local shop and thanked the owner for repairing our favorite sandals--we prefer to not throw anything away if it can be mended!
Brought in a mooncake to work to celebrate the autumn festival
Took beautiful nature photos while on a walk and sent them to some folks who would appreciate them

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Career Mentoring

An ex-colleague of mine reached out to me after a long time. He wrote "about eight years ago you mentored me and guided me in my career transition. Thank you for your wisdom and i have had a good ride. But I have just been informed by my manager that I have been impacted in the latest round of layoffs in the company. Will appreciate if you can help me navigate. Thank you" I responded him that am happy to help in whatever way I can. We spoke for an hour, guided him to highlight his experience and accomplishments on the areas that matter. Offered him to refer him as requested and wished him the very best.

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Help To An Elderly Disabled Person

An Elderly disabled person can't walk and is moving with hands on road. He is shouting "Mother, Mother..." or "Father, Father...". Most of the people ignored this person. Tea shop person helped this person by giving cup of tea. Two people gave change coins. I decided to help this person. The elderly man is sitting there continuously requesting for help. I waited for one hour. I went to shop. I bought 2 Parle-G biscuit packets and 2 Aloo Bhujia Packets and gave 4 packets to him.

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Turkey Trio For Homeless Person

I noticed a homeless man sitting outside my local grocery store. I asked him what I could get him to eat, and he smiled and asked me for a turkey sandwich. I went inside and got him a Turkey sandwich, and picked up a drink and some chips too. When I brought it out to him, I told him he can’t just have a turkey sandwich, he needs the trio! He laughed and smiled. I have seen him again since, and I always buy him his turkey trio. His name is Daniel, and he has a beautiful smile. 😊

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I've Been Knitting A ...

I've been knitting a blanket to send to a charity - it's 27 inches wide and 55 inches long - it will keep a young child warm in a cot or keep someone warm if it's spread across their lap. I also knitted a bag which will hold a passport and tickets - I've made a few as presents and this one is for my daughter. The bag is on the left and the blanket on the right.

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Appreciation With Flowers And Notes:)

Sent old notes and study sets to a colleague's daughter who is about to start the same program I went through. In four years she will be an incredible doctor and help many souls.

Called a classmate whom I had not heard from in a while and had a great conversation, we're now all caught up from the past few months.

Sent flowers to a patient in the hospital that had an emergency surgery following complications to a routine procedure last week.

Encouraged others on a forum to donate to Ukrainian efforts to de-mine their beautiful country <3

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Paying Attention To Dog 🐕

I bought 2 biscuit packets. My target is to give them to black Dog which became thin and it comes infront of our shop daily. I saw the black Dog. I went towards it. It moved away. It reached a place where there are two other Dogs. I opened one biscuit packet infront of them. The other two dogs started eating biscuits. But this black dog is just looking. After sometime I found black Dog alone. I opened another biscuit packet. It is not believing. It is afraid to eat biscuits. I moved. It smelled and ate biscuits.

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Showing Appreciation

🦷 Dentist Appreciation …. After a very recent tooth extraction my husband had, our new dentist called that evening to see how he was doing & shared his cell phone number in case he might need to get in touch. We were very impressed with his caring. ❤️ It meant a lot, especially after the recent retirement of our beloved dentist of over 25 years & the anxiety of starting with a new unknown dentist. 🦷 When hubby saw a book, reviewed in The NY Times, titled “Bite, A History of Teeth” he bought it for our new dentist & gifted it to him , with a really lovely inscription he wrote inside, letting him know how pleased we are with him. He was visibly moved & thanked us from his heart ❤️ He knew we were anxious about starting with a new dentist & impressed me, when meeting us for the first time, assured ... Read Full Story >>

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Sugarcane juice For Watchman 😁

A watchman is present infront of factory. I think he doesn't sleep all night. I decided to surprise this person. I asked him whether he drinks Sugarcane juice and I will pay for it. He said that he needs two glasses of sugar cane juice. I drank one glass. He took 2 glasses. I paid for three glasses of sugar cane juice. I think he got surprised 😁

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Received Help

I find myself on the receiving end of kindness again. A new friend left me a delicious dinner. Then she bought me a book. Finally she drive me 30 miles to see a new doctor.
My health has again turned on me . I need surgery on my plumbing to counteract gravity
Several tests are needed first. Sigh..


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