We asked entrepreneurs, artists, creatives and folks from every walk of life to share stories of kindness with us because we believe that hearing about kindness inspires more kindness. Our world needs more kindness.

Alisa Sickora Kleckner

I have been professionally gifted by having a number of generous mentors and amazing collaborators but perhaps the kindest thing anyone has done for me was to stop a stranger in the street wearing a leather mask. Read more>>

Leah Lau

My guru within this incarnation, Amma Mata Amritanandamayi, the Hugging Saint from India, has given me her darshan blessings and a personal mantra, a Sanskrit phrase on which to meditate and to chant throughout life. Since the 1970s, she has been personally hugging devotees and giving them her blessings. When she gives a devotee mantra, she plants an energetic seed within you that you grow with your own spiritual practices and devotion. Read more>>

Vanessa Lawrence

The kindest thing anyone has done for me business-wise, was late 2020 in the middle of a pandemic. I go to check the mailbox and I found where a formal colleague and great friend of mine sent me a beautiful inspirational card along with check for $1500 . It literally blew my mind and I began to cry immediately. It definitely came as a surprise because I had just spoke with my friend on the phone and she never alluded to it.. Read more>>

Ro Nwosu

I was a new parent in a new town. On top of that I went through Postpartum Depression and really wasn’t sure how to cope between taking care of my son and the other responsibilities that piled on top. One day I ordered sandwiches/donairs from a local restaurant in town. When the deliver person arrived whom I now know as Don the owner of Renfrew Pizzaria, Read more>>

Natalia Gevorgizova

The best thing that happened to me was when my clients collected many different gifts in one big basket, there were gifts for my children too! It was really a great miracle and joy for us. I am very grateful and thankful to all my clients. Read more>>

Delores Groomes-Dickey

The kindest thing anyone has ever done for me was to kickstart my career off by paying for me to get my Insurance Agent License and offer me a partnership without any financial exchange, just to be the best I can be. His name is James David Brinson David Brinson and I worked together at Georgia Farm Bureau Insurance Company from 1996-2002. David’s family and I had formed a close relationship throughout the years. He sang at my wedding, and we did several outside family events together. We always talked about partnering up and running the business together. Read more>>