Kindness Starts With One®

I was in the drive-thru at Starbucks waiting to pay for my order. When I pulled up to the window to pay, the car ahead of me had paid for my order to my surprise! Of course, I paid it forward by paying for the next order. It's so nice to see kindness being shown. I'm deeming today as Pay...

In today's world, people think being strong is being tough, unfeeling, powerful, influential, etc. But is it really? I think being strong is having courage to, even when everything is against you, be kind, patient, and understanding. No, don't let people take advantage of you, but instead of being mean and hateful like so much of this evil world is,...

2020 was a very difficult year for all of us for relatively obvious reasons. COVID-19 happened, we were forced to stay in our homes, isolated from people other than possibly our families, (for some of us), and even when we did go out, we had to social distance with masks. As for me, both 2020 and 2021 were very hard....

Hello I am Allison and I love spreading kindness to others all around the world How can I be put in the news for a story about how I have over 778 pen pals from different places all over the world and I hand write each letter and I spread kindness to each of them because of how bad this...

When I was born i weighed 1lb and 10oz so I’ve been fighting all my life I am 24 now and I’ve lost a lot of wonderful people in my life. I gave my life to the lord when I was 15 now I live for spreading kindness in the world by sending letters and cards to random people blessing...

It was Christmas day of 2019, a Thursday morning and I was in the worse emotional pain in my entire life. I was disconnected from my family and no real friends left in my life, and I was spending Christmas homeless on the streets after the homeless shelter barred me because of me being Loud and over emotional basically no...

At 11 years old I became the target of bullying for the first time. This experience came with long-lasting effects that I hope no one ever has to experience first hand. After confiding in trusted adults, a door opened to a world of kindness of every single adult trying to help in the best way possible. From then on, I...

One day a boy falls into a well and l heard a voice of crying l go near to the well and l see a boy is fall into the well call my mother and she came and help the boy and he get injure badly and boold is coming out from his leg we give first aid to him...

hi! my name is riya and i'm an incoming eighth grader at mason middle school in mason, ohio; and i don't exactly have anything too special to share, but to me; it's worth sharing. back in march of 2021, i said to myself "i wanna do something to help others, the community." so i decided to start putting up lemonade...

While walking down the street i heard an old lady screaming for help .I did not know where she was screaming from but I finally saw her in a drain.she was breathing fast so I took her out of the drain and put her to lay down on a wooden bed because I couldn't get anything else.i called for help...

My mom and I when she was alive would go out on Christmas day to give a homeless person $20 for a meal. One day we saw this Hispanic homeless man with a shopping cart, everything was neatly folded and packed in his cart. We stopped and handed him the $20 and he immediately fell to his knees and cried,...

One day as I walking down a street with my friend holding a bag of food we were going to eat later we saw a homeless woman. We gave her our food as she seemed way more hungry than us and we left

When I was a young child, my home was not a good place to be. My next door neighbor recognized what was needed. She spent countless hours with me, talking about plants and gardens. She complemented me on my better features. She oozed love. She was one of the only adults I ever felt safe around. I realized later what...

I joined my workplace in 2017, I wanted to donate my salary for some goodness in society. I never believed in going through some agency and wanted to be someone who indulges directly with the people. The winters were approaching. My Mom's Sister (P.S: She received the National Teachers' Award in 2015) who is a teacher in a Tribal school...

After my husband died suddenly 6 years ago ..I experienced amazing kindness from friends and family ..from people helping me move and sort out financial issues ,buying me groceries.someone bought me shoes for my daughter's wedding .to driving me places when I needed it,.and so many other things . the amazing love and support ,listening to me say the same...

It's hard to pick a favourite; there are no small acts of kindness. 🌞 There was a time in my life when I drove over 50K km/year, and being on the road that much I've been first on the scene at accidents, added gas to cars, changed tires, given rides, boosted batteries... But this isn't about me. I've always told...

With World Baking Day coming up on May 19, New York City Pastry Chef Tracy Wilk has released #BakeItForward, a new cookbook highlighting the grassroots adventure of spreading joy, kindness and sprinkles of hope by sharing baked goods with essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Featuring 25 recipes and baking tips, “#BakeItForward” also includes inspirational stories from bakers around the...

My oldest (8) wants to be a police officer when he grows up. As a mother, I gave my husband my concern for his safety when he gets older, and if he chooses to pursue that career. We both have veterans in our families and law enforcement officers. We also faced a tragedy in our city back on August 3,...

When my little sister drowned i saved her and she was only 3 years old when she drowned i jump to save her

I was in a room, a familiar guy that I like walked in, saw me smiling, he said that I am a good ''missy'', and that I am happy and smart. I really love that compliment! It was a good memory! Good memories make me happy!

1. Count to 100 or more. 2. Exercise and walk 3. Take deep breaths 4. Do something else you love, such as doing something creative or listening to your favourite music.

The new kid at school was quiet and kept to herself. A lot of people were quite mean to her so whenever I caught her smiling I'd tell her how pretty she was and she'd smile even wider and then make me smile and it always made my day. She smiles all the time now and is a good friend...

I was once sitting on a bench near the park behind my home. It was then that a poor lady came and sat beside me. She had brought lunch with her too. “Are you hungry?”She asked me. I couldn’t believe my ears. “You can have some if you want. I have brought 2 chapatis with me. We can share.” She...

Hello my name is Ernestine Hayward I am disabled in a wheelchair and I am caring for a two year old girl who is the apple of my eye I ordered some food from Mama Lou's and they messed up all night long the manager went beyond answering and handling the problem he showed up here tonight at my home...

the nicest thing that someone has done was paying for my stuff at the store. It was on a Tuesday a couple weeks ago it was at yolks. I was getting pasta candy energy drinks and food for dinner. While I was waiting in line, the guy ahead of me said that I could go ahead of him and then...

The cashier at the cafeteria were I work was always full of kindness and showed to every person in the check out line. One day I heard she has intestinal cancer. I was moved to pray for her so much, becasue of her kindness. One morning, driving to work, praying for her, I saw a vision of 6 people holding...

when i was in mexico i saw a lot of kids that havent been eating and i gave them my food. my mom gives the poor people clothes and stuff and food they need.

My name is Lilly. I am a single mom of an autistic 19 year old. I have been through the fire and in the heap of ashes. I made some bad choices that affected my life . But God had always planted kindness in my heart. I always wanted to help victims of trauma. I am now forming a grass...

me and my friend found a leaf and a spider was inside we didn't know that and it bit my friend and I asked if he was ok and he was fine but it hurt a lot he said: so we went inside and bandaged up his thumb that was my story of random acts of kindness also kind of...

Hi lovely ones, 6 years ago when I was at a low point I chose kindness. I asked myself what would I like to receive in my life right now? Flowers I thought! Flowers always make me feel happy. So I bought flowers, decorated jars and made labels and popped them around my community randomly. The response was magical! The...