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.

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Kindness after Grief

The greatest act of kindness shown to me was after my greatest grief, the loss of my 9 year old daughter who was born with a congenital heart defect. We had just purchased a large house several counties away in a rural mountain area. Settlement was just around the corner and we were preparing to move; including getting a new...

Lady with the coat

In 2021 I went to the ER and I was having severe abdominal pain (appendicitis). The waiting room was full. The only way I could even come close to managing the pain was by lying down. The staff said they had no gurneys to lay on. My husband got some blankets for me to lay on the er waiting room...

Helping my friend with profound mental health struggles

I always respond to my friend's private messages to me in which they candidly tell me how they are really feeling and how hard they find life. Meeting up in person is often hard for them, their anxiety levels are extremely high, they have really complex needs and are having therapeutic support. Messaging their friends is one way they can...

Standing up!

I was at church camp and me and this girl was sitting down braiding hair on my bunk bed. She got a snack and a Celsius for a bed time snack. I moved it because I didn't want to spill it, so it was in the middle of the floor. Not thinking no one was going to spill the Celsius...

fergus

one day I realized my friend was hungry and I had a lot of food. so I gave him some and know he wont leave me alone and he steals my lunch box and my water

seagull

One day we were at the beach finishing and there was a seagull with a fishing hook stuck in its wing. it was laying on the ground tangled in the line as well. Me and my dad managed to get in still and take the hook out, it flew away a couple minutes later.

BIKE STORY

So one day my school went on a field trip it was fun then the next year my little cousin went on the trip with his dad (cause parents could come on the trip with the school) so they were riding there bikes and my cousins friends bike broke and there was no more bikes in his size so my...

Sharing my food

One day I was in lunch but I see a friend without food so I gave him some of my sandwich. After that we became very good friends.

Hospital

there was a old lady trying to get in the hospital she had her bags in her hand and she was trying to see her mom that was in the hospital and she couldn't get the door open so I asked her if she needed any help and then I helped her by holding some of her stuff for her...