Kindness Starts With One^®

Once, my wife and some friends were having breakfast in a small restaurant.
There is this little boy moving from one table to another trying to attract the attention of the people inside so that he can sell his flowers. But nobody seemed to notice him. The were too busy eating.
And then, he moves to our table. I opened...

When my oldest two children were around 1 and 3 I decided to take them to a local nursing home to visit the elderly. I'm very introverted by nature, so this was not easy for me. But I felt that God had put it on my heart and it wasn't going away. At the time I had a grandmother I...

Last year I had 4 of my 5 young children out grocery shopping and had the checkout person had just finished scanning my full cart (around $120 worth) when I realized I'd left my credit card at home and had no cash. I went into silent panic mode and was trying to keep my composure so my kids wouldn't get...

Two boys walked down a road that led through a field. The younger of the two noticed a man toiling in the fields of his farm, his good clothes stacked neatly off to the side.
The boy looked at his older friend and said, “Let’s hide his shoes so when he comes from the field, he won’t be able to...

When i was 9, I went with my family to strawberry lake in utah. Once we arrived, i was curious about the people crawfishing. While I was watching, an asian couple who didnt speak english let me try. I dont know why, but they decided to be kind. I dont know if they even remember it, but that has stayed...

My kindness story is basically how almost everyday i give my friends all my food everyday because when i was younger i was in a tough situation with my family to the point where i barely ate because there wasn't any food at my house and everyday my best friend at that time would bring me food everyday for me...

NOTE: I DON'T THINK THE ACT ITSELF IS AN 'RAK' STORY. IT WAS NO BIG DEAL AT ALL. IT WAS WHAT FOLLOWED THAT GOT ME THINKING....

We were waiting quite a while for our luggage at Baggage Claim 6. So were the passengers right next door, at carousel 5. On its way back inside after one 'rotation', a suitcase at...

A few weeks ago I was at the Safeway located a block away from my apartment. I grabbed a couple things and began to ring up my items at the self-checkout. As I was scanning my items I couldn't help but notice the man at the self-checkout stand next to me was having some issues.

He was homeless, and didn't...

I’m an elementary school teacher and we do a lot of partner and group work. I always make the groups, but the other day I let my students make their own partners or groups for a special activity. I spoke to them about making sure everyone was included and how nobody should feel excluded. As the students were all signalling...