However big or small, every act of kindness can ripple through the world and cause unimaginable goodness. An act of kindness doesn’t have to be a grand gesture. Even small acts of kindness can make a big difference in someone’s day. That was certainly the case for Amie Mickey when she put up a bumper sticker […]
Category: Positive News
These Organizations Are Helping People Get Food And Medical Help
This time is affecting tens of thousands of people across nations in profound ways, including loss of work and money and lack of medical care and food supplies. The outbreak has a significant impact in affected areas on the most vulnerable populations, including the elderly and children. If you want to help out, here is a […]
Meet the Founders of Invisible Hands, the Group Delivering Supplies—and Joy—During this time
Ten days ago, the lives of four twenty-something friends—Simone Policano, Healy Chait, Mimi Aboubaker, and Liam Elkind—looked very different. Chait and Elkind were both readying to finish their junior year of college; Policano was busy wrapping up her acting role in an off-Broadway play and Aboubaker was focused on launching her financial aid startup. But, […]
Homeless People From California to France Are Being Given Emergency Shelter
As homeowners around the world are being ordered into self-isolation, legislators are making sure that society’s most vulnerable people are offered the same protection. Homeless people across North America and Europe are being offered shelter in everything from unused hotel rooms to designated self-isolation centers. In London, Mayor Sadiq Khan booked 300 hotel rooms at […]
Anonymous Love Letters Lift the Spirits of Anyone Signed Up On This Website
You know that little lift you feel when you open your mailbox and find a personal letter among the bills and junk mail? Imagine finding not one cheerful note, but dozens of anonymous, hand-written envelopes filled with words of encouragement. Such joy was the vision of Hannah Brencher, who started the More Love Letters movement […]
Life Affirming Story of an Old Man’s Selfless Devotion to Humanity
In 1987, a 74-year old rickshaw puller by the name of Bai Fangli came back to his hometown planning to retire from his backbreaking job. There, he saw children working in the fields because they were too poor to afford school fees. Bai returned to Tianjin and went back to work as a rickshaw puller, […]
18 Reasons To Follow Your Dreams
At age 23, Tina Fey was working at a YMCA. At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job. At age 24, Stephen King was working as a janitor and living in a trailer. At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school. At age […]
New Technology Generates Safe Water Faster Than Ever Before
Sunny Clean Water developed a technology that can harness the power of the sun during water evaporation and create clean and cheap water. New innovations are making it increasingly easier to produce clean energy or create new resources without damaging the environment. One of the latest exciting developments? A highly effective system for generating clean […]
7 Reasons Why You Should Care about Bees
Our buzzing insect friends are rapidly disappearing. They play a vital role in human continuity, supplying us with food and maintaining a balanced eco-system. Find out why these black and yellow honey-makers are so very important. Believe it or not, bees are the foundation of the human food chain; in other words – without bees, […]
10 Unexpected Benefits of Spending Time in Nature
Whether it means sitting in your backyard garden sipping a cold iced tea or going for a thrilling white water rafting adventure, finding time to spend outdoors has lots of benefits. A little fresh air, the sun on our skin, bare feet in the sand: spending time outside can bring so many small pleasures, making […]
