27 Wholesome Moments When People Spread Kindness Without Being Prompted By Anything, Shared In This Twitter Thread
Random acts of kindness are bound to put a smile on anyone’s face, especially if you’re on the receiving end. And once you’re through the initial shock of experiencing unconditional respect and love towards you in the form of a random kind act (given random anxiety doesn’t kick in), you can’t but share your feelings online. And maybe pay it forward, but that’s an article for another day.
Creative and radio host Maggie Fisher has recently gone to Twitter with one such act. Namely, a guy approached her, got her some whiskey, told her he respects her vibe, and left, leaving her quite perplexed. And, what is more, her post soon went on to become extremely viral on Twitter, currently carrying nearly 350,000 likes with a bit over 14,000 retweets.
Random acts of kindness are sure to put a smile on anyone's face, especially if it's as random as this story
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But wait, there’s more! Random people on the internet started sharing stories of random acts of kindness, mostly women with guys being the actors, but there were guys retelling stories or even on the receiving end. Whatever the case may be, a wholesome thread all around.
Creative and radio host Maggie Fisher recently shared her very random act of kindness, with her on the receiving end, and inspired a slew of stories
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So, scroll down, check out the best responses from the now-viral thread, upvote, and absolutely comment your own kindness stories in the comment section below!
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Hey, they really do look like one of those old timey actresses! Especially the haircut and around the mouth, for some reason.
Wow, now that's nice and very true, we must appreciate teachers (the good ones).
especially since many times they tell you what they truly feel (i mean, look at all the lists of child-given insults)
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I wss that little girl & now I'm that grown woman. Full circle, just complimented a kid on the street about his really cool shorts. Face lit up :D
I do this lol, been a habit since I was a kid. If I like someone's outfit, dog or smile, I don't see a reason not to tell them
It really does make you feel good, not to mention brighten someone else's day. If you haven't tried it, compliment a random person in passing.
For many years, I have had a personal rule that if I think something positive about someone, or say something positive about someone to another person, I should make sure to tell the person if I possibly can. It sometimes feels awkward to compliment strangers but it's always worth it.
My daughter was about 3or 4 in the grocery store with me. She saw a man with a skin condition that had bumps all over him arms face etc. She was not even phased, we have several special needs family members, she looked up at him and said "hi, have a nice day". This man cried he said he usually scares kids and was so happy to just have a hello...
Once upon a time, my friend's son called me a skinny cow. I've never been called either of those things. To this day, I don't know whether to be happy or devastated.
Yeah one time a four year old came up to me and said I really like your shirt and braces color! And it made my day
One of the kids I work with called out to me. When I saw it was one of the “popular” boys, I responded and waited for a smart remark. “You look really nice today” he said. I was surprised but it really made my Monday!
When I worked at the cafe' at a Barnes & Noble, I had a kid and his Dad come up, super excited about getting some Captain Underpants books. I mentioned how I had read them as a kid, and we got to chat about it for a bit. After the Dad placed his order, the kid shouted "You're the coolest!" and I haven't received a compliment that touching and sweet since. What a good day!
Omg when i was about 3, (i think), me and my family would take many trips by the superfast electric trains and i would go around the rooms, wave at people, sometimes say "hi" and then run away with a laugh that sounded like a Pterodactyl !! i watched a video of me doing it and it was so funny/cute!
I like Irish and Scottish accents, I like the way they pronounce their “r’s”
Ugh. Years of international consulting. Flying from country to country. People always thought it was glamorous. It was a lot of meals, alone, at hotel bars. There's no lonelier feeling that eating solo at a restaurant. And if there's s**t going on at home, there's nothing like a few thousand kilometers to make you feel helpless.
Probably the muffler seal. It is an easy fix. So grateful for my mechanic who will ck out my cars over the years for free. Such a huge relief to know what should be done & what can wait.
I was at the casino recently and this older gentlemen put a $20 note in the pokie machine I was playing, said good luck and walked away.
I don't understand why people automatically assume he's a creeper. He wasn't standing over her drooling. He wasn't breathing heavily in her ear. He wasn't even overtly staring at her. Maybe, just maybe, he simply thought her hands were beautiful. I've had people compliment my hands and leave it at that. I was never worried that someone wanted to molest my hands. 🙄
I think there’s a lot of nice humans that do or say kind things to others and it makes them feel happy so it’s not just the receiver who gets a boost, it works both ways 🙂 imo
Together 7 years with the much older guy, or the cute guy? XD Story unclear! :p
When I had a per-diem, I'd sometimes send random people drinks as I was leaving. Use it or lose it, i couldn't keep what wasn't spent. May as well make someone's day, and it wasn't my money. Generally I'd pick someone who looked stressed out, people like me eating alone, young couples who looked to be on dates. It was random. I am terrible with conversation, and often times i didn't always speak the language or if I did, the locals spoke a Creole dialect anyways. Doubt i sent you a cocktail, as most of my clients were in Latin America, Africa, and the Arabian peninsula, though i did have a number of clients in the UK. I was just trying to put some good into an otherwise world of s**t, full of shitty people. Hope that maybe answers some of your questions, and why you should be glad you never had to actually talk with that guy. If he's anything like me, his kindness is all for show. At heart I'm pretty much a bitter misanthrope
Gonna tap out here while I'm lucky enough to find THREE BP articles in a Row that are Happy!! Have a great evening Everyone!!
If I notice something I admire about a person in passing, I'll compliment them and keep walking because I don't want anyone to feel stalker vibes. Things like "Beautiful hair", Awesome boots", "I love your tattoos", etc. At first my husband thought it was odd, until I explained it's my way of trying to balancing the scales on how complete strangers feel free to make obscene gestures, yell, troll, judge and otherwise abuse someone they know nothing about.
My wife does this. I don't think it's odd. It's probably the way things should be. What's odd is that it's not like this and the world is full of d***s, like me.
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I used to live (for a few years, I wasn't local or anything) in a perceived "omg that's a very rough" neighborhood - it was just a deprived area really - and that's the place I got more compliments in my whole life: gang of teens late at night complimenting my jeans, huge scary looking dude complimenting my hair, religious nut complimenting my watch, man stopped me in an alleyway to ask about my shoes as he wanted to get the same for his girl! I very soon started doing the same, complimenting random people, it was always a positive experience!
I was traveling home from Manhattan and screwed up buying a ticket from the machine after an 8 hour bus ride from university upstate. I was 18 and overwhelmed and started crying because now I had no money to get home; first time alone in Manhattan. Some random guy asked if I was ok, told them I screwed up with the ticket so he bought me the correct ticket and walked me to the platform before leaving to go on his way. Didn't even take the wrong ticket I bought. It really meant alot to me because I was pretty homesick and just wanted to go home
Ok this is not for bragging and I don't want to brag, just share. A couple years ago I went to see live marching bands (like the military tattoo but smaller) on the market square and there was a young family with 3 small kids. Dad had the baby, mom held the toddler and the oldest, a little girl about 4 years old was there too, but she couldn't see because adults were at the front and her parents stayed back a bit because they had a stroller with them. I asked her mom if I could pick her up, then asked the girl if she wanted to sit on my shoulders and she did. Then spent the better part of 2 hours with this tiny wiggly human sitting on me, humming, clapping, singing. Never seen them before, never saw them again. And I still don't know who had the best time, that little girl who was tallest of them all for 2 hours, or me, having a blast because this tiny little person trusted me enough to pick her up and because she was so happy that she could enjoy the full show. Small things matter
Years ago, when I lived on the outskirts of Boystown in Chicago, I was walking home one night. The side streets up there can get really dark because of the trees lining the streets. This street was dark as f**k. My Spidey sense started tingling. I was fresh out of the Army and the closet and had just come home from Iraq. I then realized I was being clocked by four different guys who were about to ambush me from four different directions. Before I could panic, a man and woman yelled to me from their balcony. "Hey Joe! Jesus man you are LATE! Get your ass in here now, people are gonna be pissed!" Then two other people ran out the front door yelling "Joe! There you are!" They ran up hugging me and taking me inside. I honestly thought it was a case of mistaken identity, but they had all been upstairs on their balcony and saw I was about to be attacked. Realizing there wasn't time to call the cops, they intervened. They ended up cooking me dinner and paid for my cab ride home.
I usually say something nice to random people when I notice something. Nice shoes. Great purse. Cool hat. Awesome shirt. Man or woman. Sometimes just being noticed for something small you put on or own means a lot. Sometimes I compliment someone's skin color because it's beautiful. Caramel. Or honey. Or whatever it reminds me of. Just saying something nice means a lot. And then I'm gone. I'll hold the door for people. Or let a car go at a turn because I'm not in a rush. Being human is more than being a person alone. It's sharing the world and being kind is a small thing to share.
A long time ago, my relationship with my then husband was not good. He was abusive in all the ways, and often accused me of cheating or lying for no reason. Obviously, I was feeling worn down, and was in a dark place. We once went to the mall not too long after one of his abusive episodes, and one kiosk seller told me, "you have an honest aura". It was such a random thing for her to say, and sparked a little light in me. I took me another couple of years before I finally left. I still think of her sometimes, and it's been almost 20 years.
I frequent a quiet pub in my city to have a pint and read my book. A gentleman came up to me and says, "I won't bother you, but the way you're sitting and reading and enjoying your own company... what a lovely picture of who you are." And walked away. It was the nicest thing anyones ever said to me.
I want to be able to do stuff like that but I'm too anxious
Tbh, from the other threads on BP much of this isn't usually kosher.
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Walking to work from the train station, it was winter and super cold at the time. I saw a homeless man sleeping on a building stoop. So when I stopped at a Cafe for my morning coffee, I ordered one extra and a ham cheese croissant as well and dropped it off next to him and walked away. I hope it made him feel like someone cared.
I had five boys and four of them quite close in age . The baby would have been about 2, then 4 then 6 then 8 then 14 .. we went out to dinner and the waitress came over after we had eaten with a gift card worth QUITE a bit of money and a note saying , we remember those days and how much work they are, your boys are beautiful and your doing a great job , have dinner on us.. some anonymous couple had seen us and left it and I bawled , hell I’m bawling remembering it , we paid for dinner , left a VERY generous tip and then left the gift card with the waitress to pass forward the remainder of what was left ( again, very generous gc it was enough left over to pay for 1-2 more meals ) … raising young boys WAS hard .. it was so nice to be seen .. Ironically the youngest is now 8 and the oldest is out on his own and I miss those days so so badly , I would give anything to go back to those days
Many years ago I arrived early to a bar where I was meeting friends. The only other people there were an older gay couple who looked wealthy. After making friendly conversation, they bought $35 a piece shots for me and the bartender. I got to know them quite well over the course of the evening but don’t remember much lol.
Active duty here, recently a group of us were performing duties in a smaller town that doesn't see alot of military people. We went out to eat and we had a wonderful human being put some money down at our table with the intent to pay for all 8 of us and told us thank you for our service. That money (which was a pretty good amount) went to the waitress. She was funny and very personable and amazing and a wonderful human being. I cried watching her cry. Pay it forward when you can.
The nicest thing anyone has ever done for me was a coworker that drove me to the emergency care clinic when I was out of my mind sick with a stomach virus. I was on the verge of dehydration and I could barely think, talk or move. My wife was stuck at work and I couldn't drive myself but we also couldn't afford a $5k ambulance bill. She drove me on her day off to the clinic and to the pharmacy and probably saved my life or the very least helped prevent wasting all our saved money we were planning to buy our first house with instead of on an outrageous hospital bill. Thank you, Emily.
2/2 She didn't seem to speak French very well, I think maybe she was from North Africa or the Middle East. She just said to me "here sir, have something to eat" and left before I coud elaborate further on my thanks and amazement about her kindness. The boat had reached the port and everybody had to leave. I looked around but she was nowhere to be seen. To this day I feel grateful and still wonder why she did all of this. I kept the spoon, like a humble lucky charm.
1/2 - Months ago I spent a night on a ferryboat between Corsica and Toulon. On these boats it's not mandatory to rent a cabin and many people prefer to sleep about anywhere else on the boat (like corridors or staircases) since it's tolerated and free. I had found a pretty decent place in a room with TV screens and seats, on the carpet between two rows of seats. About 10 other people were there. Next to me was a young woman, I barely made eye contact with her and tried not to bother her. But as I was falling asleep, I felt someone was covering me with a coat - it was her. She didn't even say a word. Next thing I know, it is the morning and I wake up looking for her to thank her and give her coat back, but she was gone. After a few minutes she comes to me in a rush, takes her coat back, and hands me a snack, a yogurt and a spoon.
I was walking my dog and get cat called often, I try to ignore it and just keep walking. One day I was walking her and someone stuck behind a school bus hollered at me and I actually acknowledged them and they ask if Taylor was wiener dog (she is) made my day. I love my dog so any acknowledgment of her makes me crazy happy.
When I read this list.... at first i was like "why doesn't stuff like this ever happen to me!?!??! It is SO UNFAIR!!!"... and then it dawned to me "oh... I'm Danish. That's why." Lol. Most of the things on the list simply would never ever happen in Denmark. We are much too reserved about strangers. Lol.
Greetings internet stranger 🌞 wishing you a fantastic day🌼
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Random acts of kindness will make you happier than you could imagine! Likely as happy as you made the person you were kind to!
I don't really think the buying alcoholic drinks is a good idea if the person isn't already drinking. Alcoholism is quite common (and invisible as in you can't tell who is one or not) and that would be the type of thing that could push people to relapse. A general rule is to not buy people you don't know alcohol.
I feel like some of these are just guys hitting on women, but spun in a cute way.
There's nothing wrong in chatting up someone, as long as it's polite, age appropriate, and they take no for an answer
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If I notice something I admire about a person in passing, I'll compliment them and keep walking because I don't want anyone to feel stalker vibes. Things like "Beautiful hair", Awesome boots", "I love your tattoos", etc. At first my husband thought it was odd, until I explained it's my way of trying to balancing the scales on how complete strangers feel free to make obscene gestures, yell, troll, judge and otherwise abuse someone they know nothing about.
My wife does this. I don't think it's odd. It's probably the way things should be. What's odd is that it's not like this and the world is full of d***s, like me.
Load More Replies... I used to live (for a few years, I wasn't local or anything) in a perceived "omg that's a very rough" neighborhood - it was just a deprived area really - and that's the place I got more compliments in my whole life: gang of teens late at night complimenting my jeans, huge scary looking dude complimenting my hair, religious nut complimenting my watch, man stopped me in an alleyway to ask about my shoes as he wanted to get the same for his girl! I very soon started doing the same, complimenting random people, it was always a positive experience!
I was traveling home from Manhattan and screwed up buying a ticket from the machine after an 8 hour bus ride from university upstate. I was 18 and overwhelmed and started crying because now I had no money to get home; first time alone in Manhattan. Some random guy asked if I was ok, told them I screwed up with the ticket so he bought me the correct ticket and walked me to the platform before leaving to go on his way. Didn't even take the wrong ticket I bought. It really meant alot to me because I was pretty homesick and just wanted to go home
Ok this is not for bragging and I don't want to brag, just share. A couple years ago I went to see live marching bands (like the military tattoo but smaller) on the market square and there was a young family with 3 small kids. Dad had the baby, mom held the toddler and the oldest, a little girl about 4 years old was there too, but she couldn't see because adults were at the front and her parents stayed back a bit because they had a stroller with them. I asked her mom if I could pick her up, then asked the girl if she wanted to sit on my shoulders and she did. Then spent the better part of 2 hours with this tiny wiggly human sitting on me, humming, clapping, singing. Never seen them before, never saw them again. And I still don't know who had the best time, that little girl who was tallest of them all for 2 hours, or me, having a blast because this tiny little person trusted me enough to pick her up and because she was so happy that she could enjoy the full show. Small things matter
Years ago, when I lived on the outskirts of Boystown in Chicago, I was walking home one night. The side streets up there can get really dark because of the trees lining the streets. This street was dark as f**k. My Spidey sense started tingling. I was fresh out of the Army and the closet and had just come home from Iraq. I then realized I was being clocked by four different guys who were about to ambush me from four different directions. Before I could panic, a man and woman yelled to me from their balcony. "Hey Joe! Jesus man you are LATE! Get your ass in here now, people are gonna be pissed!" Then two other people ran out the front door yelling "Joe! There you are!" They ran up hugging me and taking me inside. I honestly thought it was a case of mistaken identity, but they had all been upstairs on their balcony and saw I was about to be attacked. Realizing there wasn't time to call the cops, they intervened. They ended up cooking me dinner and paid for my cab ride home.
I usually say something nice to random people when I notice something. Nice shoes. Great purse. Cool hat. Awesome shirt. Man or woman. Sometimes just being noticed for something small you put on or own means a lot. Sometimes I compliment someone's skin color because it's beautiful. Caramel. Or honey. Or whatever it reminds me of. Just saying something nice means a lot. And then I'm gone. I'll hold the door for people. Or let a car go at a turn because I'm not in a rush. Being human is more than being a person alone. It's sharing the world and being kind is a small thing to share.
A long time ago, my relationship with my then husband was not good. He was abusive in all the ways, and often accused me of cheating or lying for no reason. Obviously, I was feeling worn down, and was in a dark place. We once went to the mall not too long after one of his abusive episodes, and one kiosk seller told me, "you have an honest aura". It was such a random thing for her to say, and sparked a little light in me. I took me another couple of years before I finally left. I still think of her sometimes, and it's been almost 20 years.
I frequent a quiet pub in my city to have a pint and read my book. A gentleman came up to me and says, "I won't bother you, but the way you're sitting and reading and enjoying your own company... what a lovely picture of who you are." And walked away. It was the nicest thing anyones ever said to me.
I want to be able to do stuff like that but I'm too anxious
Tbh, from the other threads on BP much of this isn't usually kosher.
Load More Replies... Walking to work from the train station, it was winter and super cold at the time. I saw a homeless man sleeping on a building stoop. So when I stopped at a Cafe for my morning coffee, I ordered one extra and a ham cheese croissant as well and dropped it off next to him and walked away. I hope it made him feel like someone cared.
I had five boys and four of them quite close in age . The baby would have been about 2, then 4 then 6 then 8 then 14 .. we went out to dinner and the waitress came over after we had eaten with a gift card worth QUITE a bit of money and a note saying , we remember those days and how much work they are, your boys are beautiful and your doing a great job , have dinner on us.. some anonymous couple had seen us and left it and I bawled , hell I’m bawling remembering it , we paid for dinner , left a VERY generous tip and then left the gift card with the waitress to pass forward the remainder of what was left ( again, very generous gc it was enough left over to pay for 1-2 more meals ) … raising young boys WAS hard .. it was so nice to be seen .. Ironically the youngest is now 8 and the oldest is out on his own and I miss those days so so badly , I would give anything to go back to those days
Many years ago I arrived early to a bar where I was meeting friends. The only other people there were an older gay couple who looked wealthy. After making friendly conversation, they bought $35 a piece shots for me and the bartender. I got to know them quite well over the course of the evening but don’t remember much lol.
Active duty here, recently a group of us were performing duties in a smaller town that doesn't see alot of military people. We went out to eat and we had a wonderful human being put some money down at our table with the intent to pay for all 8 of us and told us thank you for our service. That money (which was a pretty good amount) went to the waitress. She was funny and very personable and amazing and a wonderful human being. I cried watching her cry. Pay it forward when you can.
The nicest thing anyone has ever done for me was a coworker that drove me to the emergency care clinic when I was out of my mind sick with a stomach virus. I was on the verge of dehydration and I could barely think, talk or move. My wife was stuck at work and I couldn't drive myself but we also couldn't afford a $5k ambulance bill. She drove me on her day off to the clinic and to the pharmacy and probably saved my life or the very least helped prevent wasting all our saved money we were planning to buy our first house with instead of on an outrageous hospital bill. Thank you, Emily.
2/2 She didn't seem to speak French very well, I think maybe she was from North Africa or the Middle East. She just said to me "here sir, have something to eat" and left before I coud elaborate further on my thanks and amazement about her kindness. The boat had reached the port and everybody had to leave. I looked around but she was nowhere to be seen. To this day I feel grateful and still wonder why she did all of this. I kept the spoon, like a humble lucky charm.
1/2 - Months ago I spent a night on a ferryboat between Corsica and Toulon. On these boats it's not mandatory to rent a cabin and many people prefer to sleep about anywhere else on the boat (like corridors or staircases) since it's tolerated and free. I had found a pretty decent place in a room with TV screens and seats, on the carpet between two rows of seats. About 10 other people were there. Next to me was a young woman, I barely made eye contact with her and tried not to bother her. But as I was falling asleep, I felt someone was covering me with a coat - it was her. She didn't even say a word. Next thing I know, it is the morning and I wake up looking for her to thank her and give her coat back, but she was gone. After a few minutes she comes to me in a rush, takes her coat back, and hands me a snack, a yogurt and a spoon.
I was walking my dog and get cat called often, I try to ignore it and just keep walking. One day I was walking her and someone stuck behind a school bus hollered at me and I actually acknowledged them and they ask if Taylor was wiener dog (she is) made my day. I love my dog so any acknowledgment of her makes me crazy happy.
When I read this list.... at first i was like "why doesn't stuff like this ever happen to me!?!??! It is SO UNFAIR!!!"... and then it dawned to me "oh... I'm Danish. That's why." Lol. Most of the things on the list simply would never ever happen in Denmark. We are much too reserved about strangers. Lol.
Greetings internet stranger 🌞 wishing you a fantastic day🌼
Load More Replies... Random acts of kindness will make you happier than you could imagine! Likely as happy as you made the person you were kind to!
I don't really think the buying alcoholic drinks is a good idea if the person isn't already drinking. Alcoholism is quite common (and invisible as in you can't tell who is one or not) and that would be the type of thing that could push people to relapse. A general rule is to not buy people you don't know alcohol.
I feel like some of these are just guys hitting on women, but spun in a cute way.
There's nothing wrong in chatting up someone, as long as it's polite, age appropriate, and they take no for an answer
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