Kids with autism got to splash around and catch some waves. The children were participating in the 6th annual Surfers Healing Camp, an event that
Category: Kindness Reflections
The Spirit of This Amazing College Student Lives On After Her Life Is Cut Short
She never rode in a hot air balloon. Or flew a plane. And she didn’t travel around the world. So while Chico State nursing student
To the Woman Behind Me in Line at the Grocery Store…
To the Woman Behind Me in Line at the Grocery Store – by Andrea of the ‘True Stories of a Midwest Yankee‘ Blog Dear woman
Unemployed Man Devotes Month to Random Acts of Kindness
On a snowy spring morning armed with a dozen bags of food, water and blankets, Daniel Smith is on a mission. One by one, he
Would YOU take on your best friend’s children if she died?
Jane did – and though it’s torn her life in two, she insists: I don’t regret a moment By Jane Plume Sometimes the most
Promise or Pay – GUEST POST
by Jay Boolkin Kindness Blog is full of fascinating and inspiring stories of people doing all kinds of wonderfully selfless gestures of goodwill. Small acts
Dylan Benson Welcomes Healthy Preemie After Wife’s Fatal Aneurysm
In a previous post we shared how a Canadian man, Dylan Benson, whose brain dead pregnant wife was being kept on life support until the
Love Ninja: One teacher’s amazing strategy to combat bullying and loneliness
This post was first published on Glennon Doyle Melton’s blog, Momastery, on Jan. 30. In less than a day it was shared more than 1 million
That Extra Push – GUEST POST
That Extra Push by Madison Hill Allow me to begin by saying that I love my mom dearly—she is everything to me. She was diagnosed
A Random Act of Kindness is Repaid
Staci Munsey performed a random act of Kindness for a stranger and shared it on Facebook, although she was a little concerned that she had
How Much Longer Can One Man Feed Millions?
A Brazoria County rice farmer has been quietly feeding the poor for decades—but he won’t be around forever. John “Jacko” Garrett, now 70, is a
40 Ways to Practice Self-Kindness
40 Ways to Practice Self-Kindness by Mike O’Connor “The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.” ― Steve Maraboli As
Being Kind to Yourself – Practicing Meditation
Whether you are Atheist, Christian, Muslim, Agnostic, Jewish, Humanist, Buddhist or even a Jedi, already strong in the ways of the force, you can and
Experience: I Caught a Falling Baby
I’ve always known that I’m very quick with my hands. If someone throws something, I catch it almost before I’m aware it has been thrown.
A Reluctant Panhandler Says Thanks
Scott Murray, suffering from non-Hodgkins lymphoma, who now says he’s ‘on bonus time,’ as doctors had given him until this past Christmas, is running into
3 Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed
Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went
George Saunders’ Advice to Graduates
George Saunders delivered this convocation speech at Syracuse University for the class of 2013. It subsequently went viral, and there’s a really solid reason for
Dear ‘Daddy’ in Seat 16C
Dear “Daddy,” I don’t know your name, but Kate called you “daddy” for the entire flight last week and you kindly never corrected her. In
Truly Amazing Teacher
The greatest life lesson ever taught in a matter of 10 minutes by an extraordinary man! Must watch!
WHAT IF?
WHAT IF Kindness, rather than wealth, was the widely accepted measurement for 'success'? #Kindness #WHATIF — Kindness Blog (@KindnessBlog) December 2, 2013
The Next Generation
Please click the image to enlarge and then click it again to magnify. Thank you! Zen Pencils wrote: “Something a bit different this week. A