Kindness Stories
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January 12, 2024
Check Your Blind Spots on the Road and Off
Follow the personal account of a car accident, where a simple act of compassion transformed a potentially tense encounter into a positive learning experience. Explore the power of choosing kindness on and off the road, and how it can create a ripple effect of positivity.
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January 10, 2024
Kindness is Contagious
Imagine the greatness this world would know if kindness were as contagious and enduring as the common cold. -Richelle E.…
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December 13, 2023
Signs of Kindness
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the…
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November 10, 2023
Your Light Helps Brighten the World
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.” — Seneca On May 31, 2022, my husband…
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November 7, 2023
Fingerprints of Kindness
“If you have an impulse to kindness, act on it.” —Douglas Coupland Life can be stressful, and it doesn’t take…
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May 3, 2023
Why I Recommend Kindness
“A good man needs no recommendation, it does a bad one no good.” – Yiddish Proverb My grandfather told my…
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The Hamster Wheel of “Supposed to…”
“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone…
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I’m Trying To Be A More Focused Listener
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made…
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I Shouldn’t Waste Time On Negative Thoughts
“…one day I was driving my little boy to school and I saw this quote from Walt Whitman painted on…
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We Have The Ability To Shift The Lives of Others
Aunt Jane said, “If you have a choice to be kind, be kind.” I was on a phone call recently…
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One Simple Gesture Made Me Swell With Gratitude
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” —Sir Winston Churchill A…
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you…
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I Felt Empowered To Move Forward
“Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who…
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Kindness Is Magic
I have always said that if you are full of love and kindness, there isn’t anything else you need. When…
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It’s Okay To Be Exactly Who I Am
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi I relate to this quote because I love…
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Have Courage & Be Kind
“Have courage and be kind.” This is Cinderella’s motto in the 2015 Disney film. The motto of this Disney princess…
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The Best Kind of Medicine You Can Offer
“A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” – Mom In middle school I had odd-shaped…
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March 18, 2022
Acts of Kindness Are Never Futile
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” -Aesop In my mind kindness is not defined by…
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Be kind. Always.
“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.” –Robin Williams Robin Williams has always…
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One of My Greatest Life Lessons
“You’re doing the best you can for now.” After more than 35 years, I still hear the gentleness of his…
Finding Meaning
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Featured Acts of Kindness
From helping your neighbors to helping the planet, get inspired by curated ideas for daily acts of kindness.