Kindness Starts With One^®

Once, while on my daily jog, I found a cat laying on the side of the road. A little tabby cat, it looked to be in pain. I hurried to the vet with her in as fast a jog as I could manage without hurting her. finally The vet turns looked her over and told me that she had a broken...

Our eldest child, Anne, is now age 31 and a beautiful loving mum of three children. Prior to her boys' births, she had a very sad few years experiencing three miscarraiges. Very soon after the first miscarriage, she began a ministry through her church called "The Basket Ministry". Inside the beautiful baskets she creates are candles, prayer cards, chocolates, a...

Not long ago, we found a dog alone in the street and we took it home with us. We gave him some of our own dog's food. Afterwards, we looked at his tags and called a center that found lost dogs. At around 10:00, the center for lost dogs came to pick him up. The next day we called them...

Marty is a 50-year-old woman who is blind, mostly deaf, and lives with her elderly mother. She has lost a lot of her mobility and is therefore in a wheelchair. Her service dog is now retired; losing this working partner has increased her social anxiety. Monthly, as the weather permits, she finds a ride from Vermont to Connecticut to visit...

I was going through a sort of rough patch; my depression had me at an all-time low. I found it hard most days to even simply smile. On one particularly rough day, I met an older man who completely made my day by telling a corny joke. Ordinarily, I wouldn't have laughed nor even responded with a small smile. But I...

One day I was walking home and saw a homeless guy. I felt so bad, but didn't know what to do to help. I shared the experience with my brother when I got home. Later in the day, when it was dinner time, my brother and I decided to take him some food. We asked our mom if there was...

Hello, my name is Rebecca. At the time of writing this, I am 13 years old. And I'd like to tell you about my best friend, Borislava. She is Bulgarian, but speaks English very well and is even learning Japanese! (Yes, because of animes) When she first came to my school, she wanted to be my friend. That was years...

When I walk in a public park in the city on a good-weather-day, I am stunned by how many lonely people I encounter, walking alone or sitting alone on benches. Last week, during a walk in a park in a foreign city, I got the following idea: We would have color coded benches near the entrance of a park or...

One day I was coming home when it was very dark and cold outside. A woman and her son were laying on the stairs that are connected to my apartment buildings. Especially because it was so very cold outside, I was saddened that the lady and her son had nowhere to go. I went into my house and got them...