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Not everything is terrible. Sometimes we let ourselves forget how beautiful the world is. It doesn’t mean that the issues we face every day are not important. Sometimes we just need… a little break. A reminder of what it all could be more like. What we could be more like.
The pictures on this list will surely put a smile on your face, maybe make you cry a little. But happy tears only. Most importantly, we hope that they will inspire you to see more good in the world, and do more good.
Check out the wholesome stories collected by Bored Panda down below and don’t forget to vote for your favourites!
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#1
This Is Anthony Borges, 15. He Used His Body To Hold A Classroom Door Shut During The Florida Shooting, Protecting 20 Other Students Inside As The Gunman Fired Through The Door, Hitting Him Five Times. May He Have A Speedy Recovery
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#2
Every Day This Man Drives Hours In Drought To Provide Water To Thirsty Wild Animals In Kenya
#3
Brian The Retired Dublin Gentleman Spent His Evening Making 50 Tubs Of Curry For The Homeless, Every Single Night. Living On A Pension And Paying For This Himself
#8
A Middle School Started A “Breakfast With Dads” Program But Many Dads Couldn’t Make It And Several Students Didn't Have Father Figures. The School Posted A Facebook Request For 50 Volunteer Fathers... 600 Fathers From All Backgrounds Showed Up
#10
A Nurse Bends Down And Gets Ready To Hug Her Former Patient, Who Was Paralyzed From The Waist Down
#11
This Old Lady Goes To The Supermarket To Read Books All The Time So The Manager Put A Little Bench For Her
#12
The Bride's Father Died Ten Years Ago And His Heart Was Donated. The Man Who Received The Transplant Walked Her Down The Aisle
#14
"Life Gave Me The Gift Of You" - Marine's 4 Year Old Son Cries Tears Of Joy After Hearing New Step-Mom's Vows For Him
#16
I Saw This Beautiful Man Holding A Phone With Both Hands Looking At The Screen, Smiling. I Was Drawn By His Joy & Asked For A Photo. He Agreed, Telling Me He Was Talking To His Wife Back Home. I Asked If It Was A Video Call. He Said “No, But I See Her Name On The Screen
#19
Was Reading At A Coffee Shop And Saw This Guy Looking Up Vet Services For An Injured Sparrow He Had Just Found
#22
This Janitor At My Friend's School Is A Huge Red Hot Chili Peppers Fan. Since The Prices Were Extremely High And He Was Devastated About Not Going, All Of The Students Came Together And Bought Him The Tickets
#24
Ballerina Aesha Ash Is Wandering Around Inner City Rochester In A Tutu To Change Stereotypes About Women Of Color And Inspire Young Kids
#25
An Elderly Man In My Neighborhood Had A Heart Attack While Shoveling His Driveway. Paramedics Took Him To The Hospital, Then Returned To Finish Shoveling His Driveway For Him
#26
Retired Firefighter Invited To The Graduation Of A Girl He Rescued 17 Years Ago From Her Crib During A House Fire
#30
A Mariachi Musician Let My Hard Of Hearing Son Put His Head On The Guitarron So He Could Hear It. He Was Amazed!
#31
My BF Grew Up Incredibly Poor. When He Was A Child, He Wanted A Charizard Lunchbox – He Felt If He Had It At School, He’d Feel Normal, Like Everyone Else. I Found The Lunchbox On Ebay, 18 Years Later
My boyfriend and i were at Walmart recently, and he recounted a story to me from his childhood. He grew up incredibly poor, his mother being a single mom raising two kids on her own, his father abandoning them when he was very young. He and his mom would “window shop” at stores, just to pass the time and look at stuff they knew they couldn’t buy. When he was little, when pokemon was really big, Walmart had a Charizard lunch box. He thought it was the coolest thing; Charizard was his favorite pokemon, and how often did you see things with just Charizard? The lunchbox wasn’t necessarily expensive, but with the threat of no power or running water, it might has well have been a billion dollars. His mom put the lunchbox on layaway and said he’d get it for his birthday, but my boyfriend knew that it wasn’t going to happen and it was definitely more of a gesture. It was so much more than a lunchbox. He felt if he had this lunchbox at school, he’d feel normal, he’d feel like everyone else.
His birthday is in December, and after much eBay stalking I found the lunchbox he yearned for, 18 years ago. It was in amazing condition. This was the moment it really started to sink in. He cried for a LONG time. He finally got his lunchbox he could never have.
#32
This Is Caleb. Caleb Has A Degree In Zoology And Asks His Customers What Their Favorite Animal Is. He Gives Them Facts While Completing Their Orders!
#33
Partizan Belgrade Goalkeeper Comforts His Teammate After He Is Barraged By Racist Chants For 90 Minutes
#37
Najih Al-Baldawi Hugged A Suicide Bomber Attempting To Blow Up A Shrine In Iraq's Balad Area. His Action Cost Him His Own Life As The Suicide Bomber Detonated, But It Saved The Lives Of Dozens Of Others
#40
Man Allows Special Needs Person He Doesn't Know To Hold His Hand On A Crowded Bus In Hamilton, Canada
#43
5-Year-Old Shon Dresses Up To Help Street Cats Because "It Makes Him Feel Like A Superhero For Animals"
#44
Why I Am Proud To Be Canadian
So, some a**hole did this. But then this happened... People rallied around to clean up the graffiti. And to post supporting messages. Including our Canadian Forces members, who know that the Muslim population isn't to blame for one insane a**hole. All clean.
#47
This 98 Year Old Man Never Got To Get His High School Diploma Because He Was Drafted In World War II His Senior Year And He Finally Got It
#50
In 1998, Officer Peter Getz Saved Josibelk Aponte Life In A Devastating Fire. In 2016, He Watched Her Graduate From College
#51
Every Night This Coffee Shop Leaves The Leftover Burritos On Their Windowsill For The Homeless
#53
I Teach 8th Grade. This Week, My Homeroom Took An Angel Off The “Giving Tree” - A Little Girl. All She Asked For Was A Bike & Clothes. My Kids All Agreed To Bring In $2 Each And We’d Buy Her Clothes Because We Couldn’t Afford To Get The Bike. Then Today, Very Quietly One Of Them Came To My Room With This
#54
Made Cookies And Brought Them To The Local Nursing Home. This Is Mrs. Posey. She Is 112 And The Nurse Said She Hasn't Had A Visitor In Over 3 Years
#56
My Cousin Has Leukemia And Went Out To The Local Arcade To Get Her Mind Off Of Things. A Random Teen Won Her All Of These Stuffed Animals
#61
With Everything Going On In The World At The Moment, This Will Put Your Faith Back In Humanity
#63
A Kenyan Lady Found Her Childhood Friend On The Streets Suffering From Drug Addiction And Took Him To Rehabilitation
#65
My Dad Is A College Professor. When One Of His Student's Babysitter Didn't Show, She Had To Take Her 4 Month Old Daughter To Class. She Started To Get Fussy, So He Did What Any Good Dad Would Do. They Spent Almost The Entire Class Like This!
#66
Every Year, This Kind Old Man In My Home Town Offers Clothing, Shoes And Anything Useful To Anyone In Need
#67
Dad Runs In A Local Triathlon Every Year With His 13 Year Old Daughter. She Has Cerebral Palsy - He Pulls Her In A Kayak During Swim, In Cart During The Bike And Pushes Her Wheelchair For The Run
#70
This Lion’s Name Is Bonedigger And He Was Born With A Crippling Bone Disease, So The Keepers Introduced Three Dachshunds Abby, Bullet And Milo To Give Him Companionship. They’re His Pride Now
#76
Yesterday A Woman Came Through Our Stand Upset, We Hooked Her Up With Her Drink On Us. Today, We Received This
#77
94 Year Old Keith Davison, Lonely After Losing His Wife Of 66 Years, Built A Pool For The Neighborhood Kids
#79
For The Past 12 Years, This Man Has Visited Children’s Healthcare Of Atlanta Twice A Week To Hold And Comfort Babies In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - Earning Him The Nickname “ICU Grandpa”
#80
A 22 Year Old Guy From Harlem Befriended An 81 Year Old Woman Who He Met Playing Words With Friends Over The Past Year. Last Week He Traveled To Florida And Met Her In Person For The First Time
#81
After A Month In The Hospital, Grandpa Finally Got Moved Into A Room Where He Could See Out The Window... I Wanted This To Be The First Thing He Saw When Woke Up
#83
Bill Murray Went To A Bluegrass Concert In Charleston SC, Bought Every Remaining Ticket, And Handed Them Out To The People Waiting In Line
#84
Police Doggos At The Train Station Not Wanting To Police
#85
This Is Jonathan Smith. He Saved 30 People From The Vegas Shooting Before He Was Shot In The Neck
#89
My Dad Sneaks Out Of The House Every Year At The Same Time For My Parents’ First Date Anniversary. He Puts On His Old High School Letter Jacket, Rings The Doorbell, And Asks, “Is Kris Home?” Only To Ask Her If She’ll Go Out With Him, Reenacting That First Moment 44 Years Ago
#91
It's 103+ Out, So My Daughter And Niece Waited For Our Garbage Men To Come By So They Could Run Out And Give Them Some Ice Cold Gatorades
#92
This Athlete Skipped Championship To Donate Bone Marrow To An Unknown Man
College Athlete Cameron Lyle Registered As A Bone Marrow Donor In High School And Promptly Forgot About It — Until He Received A Call Just A Month Before The Final Track And Field Championships Of His Career. The Shot-Put Star Gave Up His Medal Chances And Underwent The Surgery, Helping An Unknown Man Suffering From Leukemia
#93
Therapeutic Dogs Waiting With Great Anticipation To See Their Respective Children In A Hospital In Italy
#94
So There's This Boy Running Around In A Superman Outfit, Yelling "I Just Beat Cancer". Feel Good Times Ensue
#95
This Man Said He Was 10 When The Atomic Bomb Hit Hiroshima. He Had So Little Food That Him And The People Around Him Ate Small Birds To Survive. Now He Feeds Sparrows Every Day To Show Them His Thanks
#96
My Dad Surprised My Mom For Their 30th Anniversary And Had A Bench Dedicated To Her At The Park Where They Always Walk Together
#101
Our Son And His Big Sister Ringing In His Official Adoption And The End Of His Time In Foster Care
#102
A City Worker Washes And Folds These Blankets For The Homeless
Yesterday this pile of blankets was all over the ground filthy, partially wet and frozen having been slept In the night before. I saw a city worker putting the stuff into what looked like a trash can. Then this morning I walk by the same spot and see the blankets had been washed and folded. Made me smile
#103
Just Doing Their Best To Fit In!
When they were trying to bring Puffins back to islands on the US east coast, they decided to do so with dummies. Puffins are very social and, as a result, would want to land on islands that already have puffins. The dummies looked real from a distance, but were seriously lacking up close, held up by a single peg. Puffins, being social and wanting to fit it, followed suit
#105
It Was Pouring Rain And This Dog Was Taking Shelter By The Store. A Woman Came Out And Wrapped It In A Blanket, She Later Came Out Again To Let The Dog Into Her Store
#106
Wife Is A Kindergarten Teacher. A Couple Of The Teachers Started A "Comfort Closet" At Her School For Needy Kids To Get Hygiene Supplies And Clothes. All Donation Based
#110
They Call Him Bagel Jesus. He Takes The Old Bagels From Work And Distributes Them To The Hungry On The Street
#111
Lowe's Ran Out Of Generators, And A Complete Stranger Gave His Generator To A Woman Whose Father Is Living On Oxygen. People Helping People. I Love My State
#114
Members Of The Aurora Police Strategic Response Team Rappelled From The Rooftop Of Children’s Hospital Colorado, Dressed As Superheroes, To Surprise Patients
#115
Teacher Surprised Her Students With Personalised Motivating Messages On Their Desks Before An Exam
#119
Got A Taxi From Dubai To Abu Dhabi. Indian Taxi Driver Living Here 14 Years Yet Was Never In Ferrari World. He Was Going To Wait In The Car For 4 Hours So I Made His Dreams Come True For The Laugh
#120
A 50-Year-Old Elephant From Thailand Named Motala Lost Her Front Left Leg In 1999 After Stepping On A Land Mine. In 2009 Motala Received Her First Permanent Prosthesis Leg Made For Her
#121
Told My Daughter I Didnt Have Alot Of Money This Week, I Wake Up From A Nap To This Note. I Cant Believe How Sweet And Thoughtful A Child Can Be
#122
My Friend's Son Died Of A Brain Injury Last Week. He Donated His Organs And This Is The Result
#123
These Gentlemen Make Around A Thousand Toy Tops For Ronald Mcdonald House Each Year. I Felt That Their Generosity Deserved To Be Seen
#125
12-Year-Old Colorado Girl, Troubled By Flint Water Crisis More Than 1000 Miles Away, Invents Lead Detector
#127
Zack, A Special Needs Student At Penn State, Was Sad To Hear His Favorite Football Player On The Team Injured His Knee. So He Gave The Guy Cookies, A Note And A Hug
#131
All Of The Netherlands Was Silent For 2 Minutes Today To Remember Victims Of War. This Dominoes Delivery Boy Stopped In The Middle Of The Streets
#132
A Homeless Woman Caught Someone Stealing My Bike So I Had Her And Her Son Over For Christmas
#134
9-Year-Old Boy Joshua Had To Go In For Surgery. The Stuffed Wolf He Brought Together Had A Tear In Its Leg So Joshua Asked If His Doctor Could Do A Wolf Surgery Too. Surgical Staff Knew What To Do
#138
My 102 Year Old Great Grandma Had Prom At Her Nursing Home. She Never Fails To Amaze Me With Her True Beauty
#142
My Dad Has Run A Car Wash For Over 30 Years. He Found This In The Mailbox The Day After Christmas
#143
Every Year My Whole Town Is Closed To Traffic Because Everybody Has Dinner On The Streets, Around 12000 People. This Is Just My Street
#144
Bad News: I Accidentally Washed A Nice Wool Shirt That I Really Loved And It Shrunk A Lot. Good News Is This
#149
Retired Pittsfield Police Officer Enrico Giardina, 91, Pins A Badge On His Grandson, Adam Simeone, At Massachusetts State Police Graduation
#151
A Mentally Challenged Kid At My School Always Checks The Vending Machine For Loose Change After Lunch, Today I Filled It With A Bag Of Change. "Jackpot!"
#152
More Than 30 Dads Learned How To Do Their Daughters' Hair At Keesler Air Force Base. This Class Was Free To Encourage Bonding When Veterans Come Back Home
#153
Everyone Was Grumpy At The Gate Before An Early Morning Flight. Someone Changed The Channel From CNN To Cartoon Network And Suddenly Everyone Was Smiling And Laughing Watching Loony Toons Together
#154
My Husband Has Cancer, And Just Had Surgery This Past Wednesday. Found This In Our Mailbox This Morning, From Our Landlords
#158
Woman Was Walking With Her Shih Tzu Dog On A Pier In Melbourne When The Wind Threw Him Into The Bay. Stranger Claimed In Life Into Rough Ferocious Waters To Save Him
#159
Farmers From West Michigan Sending Some Of Their Hay To Kansas, Oklahoma, And South Dakota To Help Other Farmers Who's Crops Were Burned In Fire
#162
Kid Was Desperately Trying And Failing To Do It Himself. Fellow Passenger Asked If He Needed Help. San Francisco Today
#163
Friendship Finds A Way
Where there is a will there is a way. Calebs buddy Ike missed him very much, I went to the kids room earlier today and played with Ike for a bit, he asked how Caleb was doing and so did Caleb's other friend Casey. We said out goodbyes and I headed back to Caleb's room. Ike rolled over in his wheelchair and knocked on the door and wanted to come say hello. Caleb is on double doors and is unable to leave the room so I grabbed some rubber gloves and a controller and gave it to Ike outside the glass, now they are having a blast playing Call of Duty. Love seeing these guys smiling and just being kids.
#164
This Guy Went Door-To-Door At A Local Cancer Treatment Center, Playing For Those Working Towards Recovery
#169
This Police Officer Stopped Traffic, In The Rain, To Save This Wet And Limping Little Dog. Faith In Humanity Restored
#171
Chicago Christians Showed Up At A Gay Pride Parade To Apologize For Homophobia In The Church And The Reactions From The Parade Were Priceless
#172
My Awesome Daughter Spends Her Days Making Cards And Sending Them All Over The World To Anyone In Need. She's Spent A Lot Of Time In Hospitals And Knows What It's Like To Get A Card... This Is Her Card Making Table!
#175
This Woman Comes To My Local Humane Society And Sits In Front Of The Dogs Cage And Reads Books To The Dogs
#178
My Brother Went To A Dance A Week Ago And We Finally Got The Pictures Back Today. Apparently He Got Engaged And Was "Just Waiting For The Right Time To Tell Us"
#181
She Says She Never Wants To Sleep Without Me. I Had A Hemorrhage In My Brain Stem And Spent A Week In The Hospital. She Marched Right Through That Hospital Policy With A Blanket And A Pillow
#182
Our 4-Year-Old Wanted To Make Sure Our Cat Was Comfortable After Going To The Animal Hospital
#183
Found About 20 Of These Scarves Today In The Indianapolis Park Where Homeless People Commonly Sleep
#185
This Bench Makes Me Unfathomably Happy. Way To Go, Kieran Mullholland, Whoever You May Be. Hope Is Important
#187
My Wife And I Went To Dinner With Our 1-Year-Old And This Is What Was Written On Our Check
#190
14 Year Old Boy With Umbrella Helps An Elder Cross The Street During A Hailstorm In Vallejo, California Usa
#192
I Know, I Know - My Selfie Skills Are Terrible. But Just Look At This Baby Penguin And Everything Will Appear Better
#193
I Love My Country. Not Necessarily Those In Charge But It's The People Who Make American Great!
#195
Pizza Hut Employee Helping Elderly Women Place An Order Online, So She Gets A Better Deal Than If She Ordered In Store
#196
People Help A Man Who Dropped 25000 Yuan(3570 USD) In The Street. He Didn't Lose A Single Bank Note
#202
People Waiting In Line To Foster Dogs And Cats After The Animal Shelter In Austin Flooded. Faith Restored In Humanity
#204
I Had To Have A Few Surgeries Over The Course Of A Week. The Nurses At My Hospital Let My Puppy Come Visit For A Few Hours
#207
My Best Friend Realized He Lost His ID When We Returned From Vacation, Faith In Humanity Restored
#208
Was Eating Chinese Food When This Woman Working Behind The Counter Stopped Taking Orders To Help An Elderly Man Navigate The Rainy Walk To His Seat
#216
Random Act Of Kindness, My Pregnant Wife And I Found This On Our Door After Checking On Our House At Night. No Contact Info, No Name Or Anything. I Want To Thank This Person And Hug Them For Making Us Happy (House Flooded From Hurricane Sandy)
#217
My Wallet Was Stolen Out Of My Car A Few Nights Ago And I Found This At My Front Door This Morning. Thank You, Kind Stranger, For Taking Time Out Of Your Day To Make My Day Brighter!
#218
Customer Leaves $2000 Tip At 5 & Diner In Scottsdale. Staff Say Tip Made Everybody's Day And The Customer Is Their Secret Santa
#219
Been A Rough Financial Time Last Few Months, Came Out To My Bike In The Rain To Find This Under The Windscreen. Needed It So Badly, My Faith In Humanity Is Restored Again
#220
My Son Just Got Back Out Of The Hospital For A G-Tube Placement So My Daughter Had To Make Sure He Was Doing Ok
#221
Our Neighborhood Got Battered By Irma. Many Without Power. As I Was Driving To See Damage To My Properties, I See These Amazing Folks. South Florida Really Gathers Together In Times Of Need. Free Wifi And Coffee For Anybody Who Needed It
#226
A Woman Came Through The Drive Through Yesterday And Got A Little Irritated With Me Because We Didn't Have Drink Carriers. Today, She Came Back And Handed Me This
#227
My Dad And His Fiancée, In The Middle Of A Nerf War. The Sort Of Relationship You Want To Have In Your 50's
#228
Kindness Meets Kindness. A Stranger Blocked My Drive Way, I Left A Note On His Car As Seen Picture On Top Left. Came Back Home And His Response Can Be Seen On Top Right
#230
A Thoughtful And Generous Human Left Couple Of Cold Bottles Of Water To Make Sure That Thirsty People Who Are Working Through The Hot Day Stay Safe And Hydrated
#231
I Was Going To Take Pics Of My Brother Proposing In A Park, But They Got In A Wreck On The Way There. So I Took The Pics At The ER Instead
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