Whether you’ve had a stressful day at work or school or you feel exhausted from the constant bad news you see on TV and online, it’s perfectly fine to want a break from all the negativity. Well, Pandas, this is your oasis of heckin’ awesome wholesomeness. Stop by for a while. Slow down. Breathe in the sweet air. And enjoy the adorable memes we’ve got in store for you today.
We’re featuring the ‘Heck this is wholesome’ Facebook group that unites over half-a-million enjoyers of positive vibes. Scroll down to check out their best soul-healing posts that you’ll probably want to share with all your friends. Once you’re done upvoting your fave smile-inducing pics, check out Bored Panda’s earlier article about ‘Heck, this is super wholesome,’ a related Facebook group.
However, keep in mind that the human experience isn’t just filled with sunshine, rainbows, and unicorns. We actually tend to focus on the negatives far more than the positives in life, which makes our need for wholesomeness even greater than you’d think. Read on for Bored Panda’s chat about negativity and anger with Suzanne Degges-White, Licensed Counselor, Professor, and Chair at the Department of Counseling and Higher Education at Northern Illinois University.
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The ‘Heck this is wholesome’ Facebook group had over 590k members at the time of writing. And we’re pretty darn sure this number’ll keep on rising. The pics and memes are just too good not to draw in a crowd.
The online community is a reflection of the side of life that some of us forget in our day-to-day routines. Namely, that it’s full of beauty, laughter, cute animals, and people being excellent to each other (not just jerks). And that’s something we think everyone should be able to celebrate.
Professor Degges-White, from Northern Illinois University, explained to Bored Panda that human beings are very complex. We have to be able to express a range of emotions to get the most out of life, not just a limited few.
“A funny thing about humans is that we all have a negativity bias, meaning that we attend more to negative information than we do positive. That's why a single piece of ‘constructive feedback’ will linger in our minds longer than a dozen compliments,” she said that people tend to focus on the bad more than the good. It’s simply how we’re wired.
My husband has a tendency to move slower on the weekends, and knowing we had alot of errands to get done, I went into the store looking for him, annoyed.
I found him, reading ingredients to an elderly man and helping him calculate ratios for what he needed, because he couldn’t do it himself anymore. And listening to him tell stories of his acres of land nearby.
I forgot about errands, our time crunch, our tasks…and thought man, if we could all just take a little time to help eachother with just the littlest things, how good we would all feel. And remembered that I snagged a good one
“It's thought that it might be evolution that supported this somewhat irritating habit of looking for the bad, ruminating on the negative, and focusing on flaws,” the professor mused about why human beings have a negativity bias.
We also wanted to better understand the role of anger in people’s lives. The professor said that it definitely has a place and can even lead to some positive results! However, prolonged and high-intensity anger can do the opposite and lead to a lot of negative outcomes. Your body will suffer as a result of all the stress.
“Anger, like other emotions, is felt differently and at different levels of intensity depending on the person. Some people do go through their lives in a state of constant anger when they are tuned into the innumerable injustices that exist!” Professor Degges-White drew attention to the fact that life can often seem unfair.
“However, when anger is a constant state, the body suffers greatly—being primed for an angry response keeps the body tense and the stress hormones flowing,” she warned that people should do their best to avoid living in constant outrage at injustices. It’s a quick way to wreck your health.
My husband noticed that no one was eating the oranges. I said that I think I subconsciously avoid them because I have eczema on my hands and peeling them hurts the little cuts. The next day this was in the fridge. He proceeded to peel 6 oranges for me every Sunday to last the week, and has continued to do so (when I want oranges). I never asked him to. I don’t need anything fancy. To me this is love.
“There are definitely ways in which anger can motivate us in good ways, but it takes a toll on our bodies as well as our relationships. When someone is always spoiling for a fight, it is hard to find a way to connect and deepen a relationship in healthy ways,” the professor told Bored Panda.
Butterflies can’t see their wings. They can’t see how truly beautiful they are, but everyone else can. People are like that as well.
“When we are up-in-arms about a cause, we love to bond with others who share our views, but humans are much more complex and deeper than a single issue, so we need to be able to experience and express other emotions if we want a meaningful, enduring relationship to develop.”
"I was waiting for my prescription at Walgreen, and I noticed this man is picking up his medicines.. He is asking how much they are, and starting to get nervous about the price. The total was $170 and the pharmacist asked if he would rather only get one month of his medicines instead of 3. “THIS lady next to me, walks up to them and says: NO, he is getting all three months and pays for his bill. I was walking out of there with tears in my eyes, what an amazing woman…”
Yep. For to long we've been electing idiots - idiots who have almost destroyed a system that has brought about the world greatest advances in medicine. We have only ourselves to blame.
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Yeh, this isn't a nice story. This is a dystopian nightmare where citizens of the worlds richest country have to choose which medicines they can afford to take. Pretty much anywhere else in the developed world this scenario is straight out of the pages of the wildest mind of the sickest dystopian novelist.
Yeah, but we have freedom. And inexpensive guns. So…go America? 🤕🇺🇸
Ha! Most of the free world have free medicine and a gun- free existence, lucky f****rs.
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On social security, that's a lot of money. $680/year. Let's say this man doesn't have a pension or retirement fund to boost his income. I imagine the guy needs to eat (i try to budget $10/day for 3 meals) so $3650/year. Probably has to pay rent or a mortgage (let's say he lives alone, has a studio apartment and pays $ 600/month) that's $7200/year. He pays electric bills (the average US resident pays $115/month) that's $1380/year. He pays for water and sewage (an average of $55/month) adding $660/year. ---- adding that all together that's $13,570/year just for food shelter and medication. That doesn't include transportation which if he takes the bus could cost him another $600/year in monthly passes depending on the city. In 2021 the average social security retirement payment was $1543/month or $18560/year leaving our hypothetical man with $4390/year or $365.83/month for everything else not listed.
I once saw someone pay for a box of cereal for someone else in similar circumstances. And even that was so great!
I paid for a couple's groceries once. They had a toddler, and the cart was food and diapers. They wrote a check but it was declined. They were sent to customer service to see why. My daughter's friend was the front end supervisor; I slipped him $300 (groceries were a bit over $200) and told him to pay it and give them the change but under no circumstances tell them where it came from. I didn't stick around for their reaction. My dad raised us to as much and as often as possible, without needing credit or accolades for it. I don't have a lot of money but when I have extra I do this. My daughter's friend is an awesome accomplice lol
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I was on a call yesterday when a physician admitted that she prescribed medications just so the claim goes through to insurance and they can tell insurance the meds don’t work and get a more expensive medication. It’s such a cat and mouse game. Insurance wants you to try the cheapest meds first and see if they work because it keeps everyone’s premiums lower but providers have found a way around that by basically wasting medication which drives premiums back up.
That's a very sad story and reflects badly on the USA. In the UK, I take 9 different medications for mental illness and all of them are free.
Who the HE- Double-Hockey Sticks is cutting those dang onions again. I'm running out of Kleenex
Yes, what an awesome, kind, generous woman to help that man. But instead of praising her and being so touched and amazed, why aren't we angry that the US- supposedly the best and wealthiest country in the world- forces people to pick which medication they won't get or which bill won't get paid because we have employer-tied for profit health care that is literally killing our own citizens
It is hard sometimes to do something likes this in a subtle way, as to not embarrass the person you want to help. Some people are very proud and instead of only feeling grateful, I think they feel grateful but also ashamed.
Now, THAT'S kindness. Good for her! I would do this for my grandma's sake, anyways...
I get my meds at Walmart. Four meds, 90 day supply of each, less than $10 TOTAL for all four.
Lucky you. One of my meds is $600. Fortunately I have insurance.
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The fact is it that most people (especially someone like this on pension) don't make enough to cover that. Especially if you have three different medications
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The founder of the related ‘Heck, this is super wholesome’ Facebook group, Yuki Rahman, is also the founder of the ‘Heck this is wholesome’ community.
"The most popular things in the group are animals and kids, but there's pretty much everything that makes people happy and/or boosts their creativity," she shared with Bored Panda about her previous group earlier.
"Our community is really wholesome. Just like the content in the group. Getting this big wouldn't have been possible without them. The members share such amazing and wholesome stories, we constantly make each other's day,” she said, adding that the moderators and administrators put in tons of effort to keep the community running heckin’ smoothly.
The ‘Heck this is wholesome’ group is about posts that make you happy. It’s about clean, wholesome fun and being positive towards all the other members of the community.
I noticed quite a few people enjoyed my post about my dog Tuesday so I thought I’d let you know why I chose the name Tuesday. I’ve had pretty amazing luck with dogs. My first dog’s name was Charlie. I never had to teach Charlie anything. He always had this ability from the first day I got him to understand me. He dedicated his life to being my best friend and protector. I have cerebral palsy so I use a manual wheelchair. Several years ago I had severe health issues and spent a long time in the hospital. Around that same time, and perhaps feeling my struggle Charlie got sick. I have a wonderful vet and we did everything we could but Charlie passed away due to kidney failure. It’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever been through. I wear a necklace everyday in honor of Charlie. I didn’t know if I’d ever get another dog but i eventually decided to do it. I didn’t want to name him Charlie or Charlie Jr because to me there will always be one Charlie. So I settled on the name Tuesday because Charlie was born on a Tuesday and I like to think he would be okay with that name. I hope this isn’t to upsetting for this group but I thought I’d share a picture of Charlie and I a couple years ago. Hope this story is one everyone can connect to and thanks for reading if you have time.
Original posts are looked upon with a smile while shared posts have a far tougher time getting approved and featured on ‘Heck this is wholesome.’ If you enjoy their content and would love to become a member, be sure to read all the rules.
Just keep in mind that the admins, mods, and other members enjoy their privacy, so don’t spam them with messages unless there’s a really important reason for that. Above everything, stay respectful, stay wholesome.
A father on facebook has moved the networks after writing on his account:
"The hardest thing about being a single dad, is going to the restaurant with my beautiful daughter, and she tells me she wants to go to the bathroom and I go with her to the bathroom and people stare at me strangely, she is my daughter and I have to do it because I will always take care of her, I will not send her alone. How hard it is to leave her every time I go to work far away and she stays crying screaming at me, she makes video calls and tells me where I am to go with her. I love my daughter and everything I do I do so that she has a good future and does not lack what I lacked at her age. I love this little girl, may God bless her a thousand years and lives more."
Not all men are the same, some know how to love, respect and even be fathers alone.
my cats do this to me. they lay as far away as possible but within reach so they can put a paw on my toe, foot, hand, head, ect. it's how they say they love me but don't want to be pet right then.
I do that! But then I forget to empty them so I end up with so much trash in my pockets!!
As promised, day one of action shots of Tina.
Note: this post originally had 100 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
YES!! This thread was most definitely worth looking at .There's enough bad stuff going on -- we all need something positive to consider. Thank you.
I also would like more positive content like this, please! It seems like there's so many more articles about pettiness, malicious compliance, and making fun of people than there used to be on Bored Panda. I wouldn't even mind having less content as long as the content was more positive. Sadly, Bored Panda seem to have gotten on the toxicity train. :(
YES!! This thread was most definitely worth looking at .There's enough bad stuff going on -- we all need something positive to consider. Thank you.
I also would like more positive content like this, please! It seems like there's so many more articles about pettiness, malicious compliance, and making fun of people than there used to be on Bored Panda. I wouldn't even mind having less content as long as the content was more positive. Sadly, Bored Panda seem to have gotten on the toxicity train. :(
