25 Heartwarming Tweets About the Kindness of Strangers

Did you know that being kind is literally good for your health?

Performing acts of kindness releases the hormone oxytocin, which can decrease blood pressure.

It also boosts serotonin, the “feel-good hormone” that plays a key role in warding off depression and anxiety.

I’ve rounded up a few stories of people doing good deeds, some simple yet powerful.

Reading about acts of kindness inspires me to do more good deeds myself. Perhaps they will inspire you as well!

Janene

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#10 This guy is amazing…what a gift to kids with no dads in their life!

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I’m on a plane and the entire flight sat still so that a man in the last seat at the back of the plane could get off and run to his next flight to try to make it to his twin daughters’ first father daughter-dance. Everyone rooted him on and clapped as he rushed down the aisle. 🥰

— Jenny Hale (@jhaleauthor) February 14, 2020

#22 Sometimes all it takes is a simple hug…

Getting my nails done before our sons wedding, alone. I looked over at the empty chair next to me and thought, my mother should be here. She died when I was 4. I began to ugly cry. An older woman rushed over and just hugged me tight. It was like a hug from my late mother. ❤️❤️❤️

— Jennie Bertolasio (@JennieBert_72) October 16, 2018

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Once I was feeling like I could vanish and it wouldn’t matter and didn’t ride my bus two days in a row and when I got it the bus driver was just like “Glad you’re back. I was worried” and I bawled.

— Alex Hartmann (@xandradhartmann) October 16, 2018

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I hope these stories warmed your heart…in a world when we so often are inundated with bad news, it’s so important to share the good!

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