Good Deeds: There are still good people in this crazy world.

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Went out, again, to shovel snow this morning. The short driveway was buried under two feet of the stuff. I was slowly and diligently working at it. back telling me "no way", when the young man next door came over to help. Just yesterday the cast for his broken wrist was removed. A few minutes later, the snow plow driver came by, stopped, backed up, and plowed that deep stuff away from the end of the driveway. While he was doing that, the young man's brother joined us with his shovel. We were done in less than five minutes. I offered to pay them but they declined.

All of this without me asking. I don't pray very often but today I pray that they are blessed with their wishes coming true and their prayers being answered.

We all (myself included) tend to voice our complaints; I start this thread hoping others will share Good Deeds, too.
 
Yesterday, I ordered a sandwich online to the wrong place and when I contacted them, they said I couldn't have a refund and they could give it to a homeless person, I said, yes, do that and she said, "There is one here now and I am sure they will enjoy it." So, I guess I did a good thing.
 
On February 16, 2026, it was reported that staff at an Asda store in Horwich, Bolton, paid for a £44 shop for a man whose bank card failed after his wife had an emergency Caesarean section.
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  • The Incident:
    Harry Brown
    , 48, was buying essential items—including a breast pump, baby grows, and blankets—for his wife Emma and their newborn daughter, Freya-Maureen, after returning from the hospital.
  • The Act of Kindness: When his card would not work at the till, a staff member immediately stepped in to pay for the entire shop.
  • The Impact: Emma Brown stated the gesture meant she could feed her daughter and keep her warm, calling it a restoration of "faith in humanity".
  • Resolution: The couple later managed to contact the staff member to repay the money and nominated her for an Asda award.
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One day, after a terrific snowfall, I looked out the window to see our family friend shoveling our drive. He lived 35 miles away.
I marched outside. "What on earth...?"
He said, "Last year, when I was out of town, your son shoveled our drive for Alice (his wife)." He leaned on his shovel and grinned. "I sure appreciated that."
 
I think there are far more good people than bad. Seems to me the ratings hungry media puts focus on the bad to the extreme. It floors me when I see headlines celebrating the hideous personalities in the public eye. Have to admit social media has a deserved reputation for bringing out the worst in many. People get pretty nasty when they can hide behind the cloud of a cool username.
 
Rider77 said:
I think there are far more good people than bad. Seems to me the ratings hungry media puts focus on the bad to the extreme. It floors me when I see headlines celebrating the hideous personalities in the public eye. Have to admit social media has a deserved reputation for bringing out the worst in many. People get pretty nasty when they can hide behind the cloud of a cool username.
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I agree with you and I won't watch all that negative stuff. We all know it's here, for me it's not the least bit entertaining
 
I am loving this thread. 💕

I'm actually getting choked up at some of these posts.

Just a couple of months ago, I briefly mentioned on a different forum how I now have difficulty listening to traditional Christmas music because it brings up painful memories of my son. A long-time online pen pal, who is a member of that forum, privately sent me his entire Christmas playlist, featuring modern artists of whom we are both a fan. I was so touched by this act of kindness.
 
When my husband died, friends and neighbors came over for an unplanned gathering. I called a local restaurant and ordered food, gave a neighbor cash to go pick it up (this was before all the delivery options).

A month or so later, I was at the neighbor's house and he mentioned how the food order cost more than I had given him. I asked him how much I owed him and he said "nothing", that the restaurant didn't demand the full payment. I went to the restaurant, talked to the manager, explained to him why I was there to pay the difference. He said, "Don't worry about it."

So I asked for a table to have lunch, enjoyed the meal, and left a tip of $100 (?) along with a note to "pay it forward". One good deed deserves another.
 
We moved into this house September of 2024, and ron fell out of the attic and broke his heel bone a month later. He was unable to walk for about 4 months.

Both our across the road neighbor and out next door neighbor took turns bringing our trash can up from the street every week after the pickup.

We’d just moved so didn’t know them really well but they were kind enough to do this, alleviating one task from my list. It was very kind
 
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