My youngest likes to buy things and give her money to other kids. She recently went to the store and bought her sister a toy she thought she would like, just because. – Melissa 👏 Right before Christmas time I went to the movies with a friend and lost my wallet. I had $400 in cash…
When we asked people what made their world a wonderful place, we were delighted by some heartwarming responses. Enjoy… A local butcher brought me a huge gift basket of different types of meat, spice rub, etc. It had to be valued at $100, but he just dropped it off yesterday for my family telling me…
When we asked people what makes their life wonderful and what they were grateful for, this is what they had to say… I have a wonderful life, I’m surrounded by love and happiness and I live and work in a fabulous place – Beth 😀 I am grateful for a college student who gave me…
It is important to take time in your life to see the beauty and the lessons that come into our lives but we tend to be too busy to take time to breath them in. Today I had a sweet man come and put more installation into the attic. He had a challenge when he…
As a full-time hypnotherapist, I have many clients that come and go through my doors, but there is one client, Liliana, who I will certainly never forget. In about 2010 Liliana came to me for a few sessions and we became friends. After knowing her as a client for only a few months and as…
We asked the Ripple community about the Earth Angels they’ve seen or are part of their life…. My mom Maria is one of those earth angels. She helps everyone and does it with an open heart. I admire how she doesn’t think about herself and is so humble. She is a true angel to my…
I work in a bank and today an elderly customer came in concerned because he was overdrawn in his checking account by $18.01. If he didn’t deposit that amount within an hour he would be charged a non-sufficient funds fee.
I was happy that an opportunity for kindness was set before me. On a recent shopping trip to a clothing retailer, I overheard the store owner and the young manager discussing that the manager did not close out a debit card sale properly. This meant the customer had left with the merchandise without paying. The…
Several months ago, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, a Pastor walked somewhere around 200 miles with a 90 pound cross on his back to raise funds as he wanted to buy a building and rehab it into a homeless shelter. Homeless shelters in the U.P. are few and far between and this will be…
When down town a few days ago, I popped into a little patisserie that hasn’t long been open. They have lots of tempting delights both sweet and savoury and, as it turns out, very nice coffee! I had still been feeling low and overwhelmed and decided to put together a little envelope containing one of…
I was in the supermarket and a man approached me with just a few coins in his hand. We were both in the pet food aisle and I was buying food for my cats. I had noticed him looking at the prices and then looking at the coins in his hand and when he came up to…
Well Operation Speedway Kindness had a chance to shine today….. Once again I was in Speedway getting a soda and today brought a spur of the moment opportunity for me to help someone. This time it was me behind someone else! I was in line and the lady in front of me was having some…