We often hear bad news and unfortunately, it can shape our view of the world around us. We might even tobelieve that only bad things happen all of the time, but that isn't necessarily the case.
There are still plenty of people out there who are willing to do something kind for others, even for people they don't know. Hearing stories like these can turn you into a glass-is-half-full type of person very quick These stories of kindness will restore your faith in humankind once again. They may even inspire you to d something kind as well.
7.1 win huge amounts of plush toys from crane games and donate them to local charities like free shops and toy drives. I'm talking large industrial trash bags full of them. | just like winning them and don’t need 20 octopuses.
8. Riding to work one hot summer day in Prague on a tram with no AC—crowded, hot, and miserable. | was sweating rivers, but couldn't even reach my handkerchief because the car was so packed.
| was just standing there, feeling miserable, when an older woman smiled at me and handed me a napkin from her purse. | thanked her profusely.
9. When | was 15 or 16, my parents dropped me off at the mall to meet up with my girlfriend. We had a small argument, and she dumped me on the spot, literally running into the arms of some guy she knew—right in front of me.
| was emotionally wrecked and called my parents no less than 30 times, but | got no answer. | was about to start walking the 8 miles back home when a kid in the grade above me came up and asked ‘what was wrong. He drove me home and made me feel like my life ‘wasn't over. Thank vou. Brian
10. At 14, | was so poor that | couldn't afford lunch, and | used to pretend to forget it. A teacher started bringing me food every day, but then during that school year, she suddenly vanished and never came back.
10 years later, | had become a lawyer. | saw her name booked for a visit. When she came in, | froze. She was the same woman | knew, ‘with those same kind eyes. But | was shocked when she started to shake and tremble. She didn’t recognize me at first, but when | told her my name, she smiled.
Her husband of 20 years had left her for a younger woman and taken all her savings in a planned scheme. She couldn't afford a lawyer but had come asking for help—or at least reduced fees. | too] her case and told her | didn’t want a penny.
‘We won. She got all her money back—and even more in damages. She hugged me and said I'd saved her. | told her | was only repaying debt—and that she could count on me, always.
11. My card was declined while buying lunch on my break at the grocery store where | was working. The customer behind me handed the cashier $20 and insisted | keep the change (my lunch was around $5).
I was 18, living on my own in a new city after leaving home, and just generally having a hard time. This was 10 years ago, and | still tear up thinking about it. She had no idea how much | needed that random act of kindness that day.
12.1 was around 19 years old, in my first year of community college. My dad had lost his job, and my mom was supporting our entire family. We had been struggling for a while. | remember being in my night class one day, starving. | figured there'd be no dinner, so | told myself I'd go straight to bed when | got home and not think about being hungry.
‘When | got home after class, there was a giant box of Costco pizza on the kitchen counter. Apparently, one of our neighbors had bought it for us because my dad had fixed part of her fence a few months back. | think it stuck with me because:
A. 1 was so hungry, and
B. The chances of her bringing food that night, of all nights, felt insane to me.
It might sound stupid, but I'll never forget it.