Kindness Starts With One®

One smile. One hug. One cup of coffee. One person...

Do you have someone in your life who inspired you to be a better person? Did you witness an act of kindness that left an impression? Share your kindness story with the world.

Tell Us Your Kindness Story

The kindness of my dad

There was a time in my life where I was in a lot of pain. I was hurting from how certain people had treated me in school. I was focused on lot of people who had been unkind to me, so one day I just broke down crying in my home . I had cried tons of times before but...

The kindness of my mom

Sometimes at nighttime I'd be scared to take a shower to wash my hair. Mostly because no one would be up, and all these scary movie scenarios would sometimes pop into my head. So I'd ask my mom to stay up until I'd came out. But sometimes I'd take a little to long in the shower, and by the time...

The Mother and The Dentist

A friend of a friend of mine is a single mother to two young children. Her son is autistic and requires a LOT of care, so she is unable to work. Every day, this woman goes without in order to take care of her children on minimal government funding. I found out that she has been living in severe pain...

The Resraunt

Covid-19 has impacted our daily lives so much. My family and I just finally got to go to a restaurant and have dinner together after so much time! We had a nice family meal. When we were done, I remembered to tip the waiter. I had a lot of extra cash because I had just visited the bank. I left...

Be Kind ( this is a story)

There was a time when I was alone Nowhere to go and no place to call home My only friend was the man in the moon And even sometimes he would go away, too Then one night, as I closed my eyes I saw a shadow flying high He came to me with the sweetest smile Told me he wanted...

rollercoster

I had witnessed a kind act at the fair and i wanted to go on a ride but i was scared and then my sister said i will go with you and i was not scared anymore.

Anonymous snow brush gift

My neighbourhood was not always the kindest, friendliest place. My husband, my 8 month old daughter, and myself rarely exchanged any type of communication, even pleasantries, with our neighbours. I had struggled numerous times to wipe the snow or scrape the ice off my car with my arm or a credit card... my snow brush disappeared.... One day, in the...

When i was in school

I moved school ro school till i could settle down. So, after a week of my new school, I saw a girl getting bullied by three boys. They were pulling hwr hair, throwing her bags etc... . Then i said 'stop' because it felt wrong if i just stood there and watched. Then they said 'what are you gonna do?...

Chalk-Your-Walk

My daughter (5) and I went around our community lake and participated in a chalk-your-walk challenge. I wrote messages of hope, encouragement, and love while she drew pictures of flowers, hearts, and cat/unicorn-cat heads. We chalked up random spots around the lake path, which is a .8-mile loop. We worked all day with our art and was pleasantly surprised...