I saw three little ones today— kids between ages 3 and 8, I’d say. They were wearing shirts for the local college. I asked the dad when he had stepped away if they could have cookies that the shop was selling— cute sugar cookies decorated for the upcoming holiday.

He said yes. I paid one for each of them and delivered them to the table telling them the much beloved mascot sent these to them. I hope it made their day

TL;DR I paid for a stranger's groceries and 2 months later I get free pizza. Thanks karma

About two months ago I ran to the grocery store to get milk and bananas. The woman in front of me was overwhelmed - kids, & juggling stuff. She went to pay and realized she didn't have her purse. She comes back and her wallet isn't in the purse. She is now upset and a little freaked out about the missing wallet. She apologized for not being able to pay to the clerk who would have had to put it back. So I bought her groceries. It was $50 and I figured I could use the good karma points because life is rough.

Fast forward to today I'm buying gas station pizza, feeling sorry for myself because because my rough patch continues. Rare treat and I know I shouldn't be using my money for this pay period. I get to the cash register and the clerk is talking with a manager about things that are broken on the register. There are signs up about what type of payments can be accepted. So she starts to push a button and says "And now the one won't work." I being a smart ass reply "one isn't really an important number" and start to laugh. She starts to laugh.

She keeps trying to get the machine to work. I continue to laugh. I apologize for laughing and say something like it 'really must make her life difficult'. She says "you just getting the pizza?" I say yup. She writes it down in a notebook. I laughed more and again apologized. It's 2024. This woman has to use a notebook. She says "pizza is free". I was so appreciative. I offered again to pay but she declined. A little bright spot in my day.

So thank you to the Casey's clerk if you are reading this. You made my week.

During COVID I was feeling so isolated and disconnected from friends and family. I made a list of 41 people I wanted to send a letter to. Most of these were family and friends I hadn’t spoken to in awhile. It felt really good to reach out and let them know I was thinking of them. I got a couple of responses but most didn’t reply. But I went into it not expecting anything in return. The couple of cards I did get made my day.

I am a currently a university student. On Valentine’s day I thought it would be fun to post on my school’s subreddit asking if anybody would like a personalized hand written love letter if they felt alone.

I did this anonymously. I had each person tell me about their favorite traits, both personal and physical. I wrote these letters and put them in a box at our main student center on Valentine’s day (for people to pick up), I also attached some candy to it.

These people would contact me through my alias email, if you’re wondering how I did it anonymously.

The letters were quite long (about 500 words or so) and I made 35 of them.

I am not posting this as to flaunt what I did, but I wanted to talk about what happened on Valentine’s Day.

I went to check on the letter box after a while to see if people came to claim their letters, and received a lovely surprise. People left boxes of chocolate, baked goods and my friends who got one wrote love letters next to my box with my name. I didn’t ask for anything in return in my post, so I was taken aback by this kindness.

Some of my recipients were my own friends who also responded to the post, I saw some of them after class and they all hugged me so tight saying that they loved the letter.

The reason I’m posting this is to express how happy this made me. Also I am hoping that other people find this idea and try it themselves, it’s actually very fun.

I've been dealing with some stuff, and I recently decided to go to a coffee shop I had never been to before. As soon as I walked up to the counter inside I was met with incredibly kind energy from the person behind the counter. We had a wonderful conversation, and I found a beautiful space to sit after we had finished talking.

Two elderly ladies were sitting near where I sat, and a few minutes after I sat down we started talking about a painting that we saw in the coffee shop and that led to us talking about art, grief, their friendship with each other, and how much we were enjoying the ambiance of the place.

After they left a little while later, I spent some more time in the coffee shop and had another wonderful conversation with the person behind the counter. During that conversation, I learned we had both gone to the same college.

You never know what someone may be going through, and how much the smallest act of kindness can mean to them. Whether it be a smile or a hug or words of encouragement or support, etc. No one in that coffee shop knew I was feeling down just like I didn't know when I decided to go to that place how much it would lift my spirits in more ways than one.

Sending so much love, kindness, and light to everyone here.

Took my kid to the park to play on the playground. While we were playing a little boy came over to play for a few minutes. I had noticed he and his family had been flying a kite. As they were about to leave, his dad (?) walked up and asked if I liked the kite. I said yes, because, you know, cool kite. He then said “do you want it? You can have it.” I accepted, because again, cool kite, and it’s free? You’re just going to give it to me? So my son got a kite today, featuring Spider-Man, his favorite superhero. I wish those people nothing but the best. It made my day, and served as a great reminder that there is still good in the world.

This was almost ten years ago, my grandmother fell into a coma and we were making the decisions to take her off life support. My mom and I had been sleeping at the hospital in chairs and on cots and were completely and utterly exhausted from the stress and praying for a miracle. We decided it had been a long time since we ate or had anything to drink so we went to the Dunkin near by and ordered drinks and some munchkins. The total sounded funny when they told us to pull through but I wasn't really all that concerned. When we pulled up a young guy was working the drive thru window and asked my mom how her day was (mom not being the honest person when asked these things) actually said pretty bad but we are hanging in there, the worker apologized gave us our receipts and drinks. I said in a quiet voice the munchkins aren't on there and if he could ring them up for us. He apologized and ran to the back and came out with a 25 pack and I will never forget what he said " I don't know what you are going through, but whatever it is I hope it gets better" and he didn't charge us. We said our thank yous and promptly pulled over to cry for the first time in a long time. The person owed us nothing but in one of the worst times in our lives he showed us this small kindness that my mom and I still talk about frequently.

Just left my doctor’s office with very bad back pain, I was walking slowly and painfully toward my car in the parking lot, prescription drugs in hand. Got my keys from my pocket and going to open the car door and dropped the keys. I thought there’s no way I can bend to pick those up, this was before cell phones, what am I gonna do? Almost immediately a woman appeared from who-knows-where, swooped in, picked up my keys and handed them to me and walked away. No words spoken. I was aghast. And so grateful I started tearing up right there. I was just so surprised and it happened so fast and she just left so quickly and I couldn’t figure out how she could have been close enough to me to notice my keys dropping but I didnt notice her at all. I was just breathless and so grateful. So Many Thanks to you kind stranger!

I was in Ramallah in the West Bank for work, and after a trip to Jerusalem I checked into a hotel quite late one night.There was a national strike on across the Palestinian Territories that day and there was nowhere open to get food. I was so hungry, as I’d had a crazy day at work and no lunch. I asked the guy at reception if anything was open and he said sadly no. About ten minutes later there was a soft knock on my door, and there was the receptionist - who must have been about 19 - holding out a plate with half of his own dinner on it. He had cut his sandwich in half and put half his bag of crisps, and even cut up half an apple and a pear and put them in a little bowl. It was the nicest thing - especially as he must have then been starving himself for his whole shift. I wish I knew his name.

Back in 2021 me (16 ftm) and my stepmom had drove to my older sister's house to visit. At the time my sister had a pet pitbull she had adopted a few months prior and this would be the first time either of us would be meeting the dog. Long story short things turned bad fairly quickly with the dog attacking my stepmom. Unfortunately, my sister lived in a fairly remote place without phone service at the time and also had several children she couldn't leave unattended so my stepmom decided to drive herself to the ER while I held a T-shirt to her neck to hold it together. We were lucky there was one not too far away and once we got there I ran in asking for help and some people wheeled my stepmom in. (In the end, she was fine and there had even been a specialist there that had stitched her up quite well)

This was where things got a bit tricky for me as my stepmom had parked us in a spot in front of the door that you weren't supposed to be parked in. I had moved to the driver seat to try to move the car into the parking lot. The only problem is I didn't really know how to drive with only one or two test drives under my belt at the time and neither in my stepmom's car. I couldn't figure out how to get the car out of park and was struggling as my adrenaline from everything was starting to fade being replaced by my panic. I started crying not knowing what to do.

This is when a lady who had been sitting on a bench outside the door to the ER noticed me and walked over. She asked if I needed help and I explained my predicament she kindly offered to help and I moved to the other side of the car as she got in and started it. I thanked her as she drove the car over to a side parking lot where I was then able to call my mom and dad.

I still think about her and her kindness to this day.

I work at a retail store. Tonight, I was the cashier. Thankfully, there were no major issues tonight, only the mild annoyance of non-English speaking customers not understanding that I need them to answer questions on the pinpad. About an hour before we closed, I saw a lady walk on with a bag and get in line. I think she has a return. She makes it to the front of the line. She tells me she is from a local and extremely popular doughnut shop and has brought some doughnuts for us. I'm supper excited because I love this doughnut shop, but seldom am I able to get there before they sell out of everything. There were 3 of us working tonight, and she left us 4 bags of doughnuts. I was so happy about this little gesture of kindness that I couldn't stop smiling for the rest of my shift. My coworkers were excited to receive the gifts as well. My manager was shocked that they just gave us free doughnuts. He loves their doughnuts too.

I have nothing except words of encouragement and I could also listen to any vents in DM’s :3

My kid was sticker obsessed for a while, he's since outgrown it and I would love to gift you all some stickers. Must be willing to send me your address via PM so I can mail you the stickers. Each person will receive 5 - 10 stickers depending on how many requests I receive. Please comment here and I will send you a message.

On a typical Friday, along with my roommate, who also happens to be my study partner, we were returning from the immigration office, dealing with some paperwork since we live in this country solely for educational purposes and need to obtain a visa or permanent residence. We walked a bit frustrated, pondering on how we would continue studying without the blessing of a job; a dark cloud hung over us.

Out of nowhere, we spotted a car in the middle of the road that seemed unable to start. Without hesitation, we approached to ask if they needed help. They were two young girls, and in less time than it takes to narrate this, my friend, the co-pilot, and I were already pushing the car. We didn't manage to get it started, but at least we were able to move the car to the side of the road to clear the traffic. In an instant, we dispelled that dark cloud. We filled ourselves with hope and continued walking, even buying bananas to celebrate.

Today, while on my run in the dusky evening, a car traveling in the same direction as me stopped about 50 meters ahead. Always mindful of my surroundings, I continued to run toward the vehicle, noticing no one emerged and hearing no sounds. When I was approximately 20 meters away, another car approached from the opposite direction. I waited for it to pass, crossed the road, and turned back in my original direction. The stationary car still there, I observed the recently passed car stopping about 80 meters away in the middle of the road. An oncoming vehicle had to swerve to avoid it. After crossing the street, I accelerated my pace. As I neared the halted car, the driver shouted, "Are you okay?" He had noticed my turn and increased speed, expressing concern. I smiled and explained that I had turned back due to discomfort with a car suddenly stopping, assuring him I was fine now. Grateful for the unexpected assistance, I thanked him, realizing that in a world where suspicion often prevails, strangers can still extend help without expecting anything in return.

I am an English teacher and I wanted my students to read real life stories from real life people. Please share your stories of real life acts of kindess that you remembered or change your life! We will be reading it in class and share our thoughts about how kindness affects our Daily lives!