Kindness Starts With One®

We are in a shared preschool classroom with 50+ other students. One of the other classes reported a case of head lice. As the typical scene unfolded, I gathered up any dramatic, puppets, pillows, etc. No one wanted to take home laundry, much less possible lice laundry. That left two of the eight teachers and assistants to scrounge up change to...

Really great teaching doesn’t just happen. Diane worked diligently to become a great teacher, parent, and human being. Right in the middle of this quest, Diane found out that she had cancer. She was raising two little children and teaching. When all the options to cure the cancer failed, she started the process to leave this earth. Knowing that Diane...

Really great teaching doesn’t just happen. Diane worked diligently to become a great teacher, parent and human being. Right in the middle of this quest, Diane found out that she had cancer. She was raising two little children and teaching. When all the options to cure the cancer failed, she started the process to leave this earth. Knowing that Diane...

I was inspired by researching the Women's Suffrage Movement. Researching made me realize that people aren't always kind to other people and that I want to be a person who is kind to others.

I was at a 7-Eleven convenience store with $50. Every time I went into that store, I always bought a bag of chips, a Slurpee, and a pack of gum. After I was heading home from one particular visit to the store, I saw a homeless man. I gave him food, clothes, and the rest of the money from my purchase. I...

Yester day, i was walking in our neighboors house when i saw a man that is littering in their back yard so i picked it up and felt happy about it because i feel that i did something Good that day and im proud of it :)

Despite witnessing selfish behavior on a daily basis and living among many people who basically do not care about anyone but themselves, today I saw something that restored my hope. I hope that there are more people in my town who are not going to leave someone in need alone on the street. Today as I left home and walked...

It was my little brothers birthday so he decided that he wanted to go to the Aquarium in Philadelphia. which he was very ex sided about I was also a little ex sided i had not gone there in a while. So of cores he goes up to a stranger who had been walking out of the bathroom and he...

So I was on the bus going home and realized I forgot my Math binder. Then my friend Ava said you can borrow mine and we can help each other finish math! This made me feel relieved and happy I thought that that was so nice of her to do (and yes I did finish my math homework). One time...

I was at WAWA I had a $1.00 and cookie then some girl said I'll get it for you then I said no I got it but she really wanted to buy it for me so I let her after that I wanted to be kind all day.

When i usually need help ill ask my mom for help and she helps me, she even helps me when i dont need it. When i am cooking in the kitchen and i start to burn the food my mom walks in and starts to help me and teaches me how to do it right. Thats why my mom is...

I'm a huge bookworm, so when a book about a girl leaving letters everywhere for strangers came out, I decided I would buy it and read it. I haven't been able to purchase it yet because it has been out of stock, but I googled the author and her story, and it was so inspirational! I decided to do something...

My mother my whole life never said a unkind word about anyone even if they had been mean to her. She was always thankful for whatever she had. When she passed at almost 91 years of age I was so filled with love for all the nice things that were said about her. I had not remembered or knew about...

This story is about my younger sister Meera, who loves helping people. She is a lecturer at University in a small town in Malaysia. Everyday she makes it a point to get ready early for work, just to pick up random people who are sitting at the bus stop in front of the hospital in our town. They are generally...

I have always seen my grandmother give to people that didn't have as much. She would open her home up to a complete stranger. Anything she could do to help a person she would. It didn't matter to her when her kids would tell her that she couldn't help everybody; she still tried, anyway. Even if she didn't have much...

I was in the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit with my youngest son and was seriously struggling with life at that time. We have an older son and had adopted our middle son just a few months before and now we had a premature child in the hospital. I was struggling with anxiety and post-partum depress. A lady walked up to me...

This summer I decided to challenge myself. I decided to work on a project all by myself in hopes to spread kindness. With the help of two non-profit kindness organizations, I was able to spend my summer creating 670 goodie bags. Each bag consisted of candy, a pencil, a pack of gum, a motivational quote, and a kindness card. Anonymously, I...

My grandmother and I were grocery shopping and We were paying for our groceries. A young woman next to us was crying and swiping her credit card which was not working. My grandmother paid for all her groceries and told her that everything will be fine. We never saw the girl again but we walked out of that store feeling...

Mark was looking for work because he was down on his luck and was willing to work for any amount of payment. After I explained that I was unable to do it myself and didn't have money to pay him, he offered to do my yard work for free. I accepted his offer and let him get to work. When I...

My younger trans friend, whom we will call Jane, had just come out in school, and most of her peer group still saw her as male, either because they didn't know of her transition or just because they were being ignorant.

One day, Jane tried to put makeup on at school without using a mirror, and it went about as...

My husband and his colleague were travelling on a remote road in South Australia. Thirty kilometres from the nearest town, they came upon a dog in the darkness walking along the side of the road.

He was old and very tired but happily jumped in their work vehicle. The men turned around and headed back to Coober Pedy. There, they...

I’ve been in and out of hospital since I was a kid because of chronic illness. My dad has always always dropped everything to help me. He has spent many late nights in emergency, up all night taking care of me, cooking for me when I couldn’t, and always making me laugh even when no one else can. My dad...

My sister, Candy, was less than a year older than me. She was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at age 7. She suffered for years with this merciless disease. At that time, there wasn't a great understanding of the disease and much of the time, treatments of any sort were hit or miss. She was in the hospital for long periods of...

I am sharing a story about my father, whose act of kindness cannot be forgotten and was the very basic start of learning. It was a rainy day and my father was driving his car passing on the highway coming home from work. This happened many years ago when I was a kid. The law then was not so strong...

His name is John T. Olson He was a US Marine and lived to be 21 years old. He saved 12 lives. He died 3 years before I was born and because of him I have a really big intimated in the Military. He Motivates me me to help others and even though I never met him I feel like...

Don & Marybeth porter and the wonderful guy at the gas station for fixing the tire and the tire barn people that stayed late to get a new tire on the van. We are blessed!!

My one is my mum. Very cliche but she really is one of my strongest sources of inspiration and she shapes me as a person to be kinder too. I would be nowhere without her <3 I choose this picture because of her kind and silly spirit, It was taken when we were goofing around whilst waiting for our train.

My son is my One! He challenges me every day to be my best self, to exercise my empathy, my collaboration skills, my trust. Being his mom brings me great joy! It’s the best job I’ve ever had ❤️

I have great fortune in my life; I am blessed with a surplus of people who love me and inspire me daily! Today I want to showcase LR (for privacy and security of this person's identity, I am using initials only). Upon launching my very first remote business, LR was my first client in the venture. I am inspired by...

I struggle with bipolar disorder and when I’m depressed, I have suicidal thoughts. When things get really bad, my malfunctioning brain tells me that I’m not the wife or mother my family needs and I don’t feel safe being alone. This feeling can weasel itself into my thoughts over the course of a few days, but it is usually a...