Videos of Kindness to Inspire You

Videos of Kindness to Inspire You

 

Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring

to change a person’s life.

                                           ~ Jackie Chan

 

Sometimes, opportunities for kindness show up unexpectedly. Some are easy to meet, and others call on us to step up in ways we never anticipated.

When an inmate in a county jail noticed the guard losing consciousness, he took action that may have saved the life of the deputy.

Inmates rush from cells to save deputy's life

 

Some kindnesses come back to us in unexpected ways.

A young woman saves the life of the Vancouver Canucks equipment manager by noticing a cancerous growth on the back of his neck. She was later shocked by the way that he repaid her kindness.

NHL fan saves a Canucks' staffer from cancer by spotting a mole on his neck

 

A high school security guard saves the life of a student who comes to her for help, and she is able to remember a procedure she had learned years earlier but had never used.

Security guard responds to save student's life 

 

Mysterious synchronicity was at work when two coworkers discovered that they were the perfect kidney donors for each other’s husband.

Coworkers donate kidneys to each other's husbands

 

A young woman realizes that a donation of her stem cells could save a 7-year-old boy from the blood transfusions that had plagued his life since he was 6 weeks old. The boy’s ultimatum to his mother will touch your heart.

Five-year-old meets anonymous donor who cured him

 

I hope you received an uplift from these stories. They remind us that often opportunities for kindness come when we least expect them, and offer us gifts we did not anticipate.

Our thanks to Humankind for these and many other inspiring videos.

 

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We’re grateful that you are on this journey with us.

With love from our hearts to yours,

Pat and Larry

Pat is co-founder of Living with Kindness. Proud mother of two and grandmother of three, she is a writer with a background in social services, social justice and mediation.

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