The world may feel loud and selfish at times, but every now and then, we hear a story that stops us for a second and reminds us that people can still be good. Real kindness does not trend on social media every day, but it quietly changes lives. These stories feel like the kind you read on Reddit at 2 a.m., shared by someone who finally decides to tell the internet what happened because they still think about it years later.
I am a 26-year-old woman from Ohio, and last year my mom fainted in a grocery store parking lot while I was inside buying cold medicine. When I ran out, she was on the ground with a random older guy kneeling next to her. He told me he had seen her wobble and drop the bag of oranges she was carrying.