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Every good deed is a sip fresh air for our planet. People who do at least one small act of kindness a day give this world a new chance. Therefore, none of these stories can go unnoticed.

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Australian police officer shelters orphaned kangaroo

Officer Mason found a small kangaroo in a remote area Western Australia. He was lying on the side of the road next to his mother, who had been hit by a car. The man took him to the station completely skinny and dehydrated and nursed him for 18 months until he achieved complete recovery and adaptation.

A man takes elderly animals from a shelter

Steve Greig not only loves, he adores animals and considers it unfair that old and sick pets are left to live out their lives in a nursery. His mission was to care for such “unacceptable” specimens. On at the moment His home in Denver already houses 10 elderly dogs, Bikini the pig, two chickens, two ducks, two pigeons, several cats and a rabbit.

Hugh Jackman saves people on the beach in Australia

Australian actor Hugh Jackman rescued his drowning children and helped several people out of a dangerous low tide rip current on a Sydney beach on Saturday. First, Jackman protected an unfamiliar girl from the wave, and then helped a man get to the shore. After that, he helped his son, 15-year-old Oscar, get out of the water.

A woman came up with a device for the safe movement of blind dogs

Sylvia Bordeaux has a dog named Muffin who suffers from blindness. A unique hoop around her head, which was invented for her, which prevents her pet from hitting her head on an obstacle, soon became a success, and now the woman produces a whole line of hoops different sizes and colors for other poor souls, so that they have a better chance of happy life in families.

Grandmother calmed down an aggressive passenger on the subway

The impressive-looking man began to behave aggressively, swearing, screaming and rushing around the carriage. Everyone was wildly scared, and only one 70-year-old woman firmly took his hand and held him until he calmed down and quietly sat down on the floor with tears in his eyes. The person who took the photo asked why she acted this way, to which an unexpected answer followed: “I am the mother of two sons around his age, I know how life gets to them sometimes, and all they need at this moment is not to feel lonely."

The doctor saved the dog by having breakfast with it in the cage

Determined at all costs to save the emaciated dog Gracie, who was afraid of people and refused to eat, veterinarian Andy Mathis came up with a way to gain her trust. The man climbed into the cage, placed a bowl in front of it, and began to eat breakfast in the corner opposite from the dog. Gracie gradually dared to come closer, and then she began to eat. This is how she adapted, which later allowed her to save her life.

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In order to do good, you do not need any special abilities or great capabilities. All this is the work of the most ordinary people. Which means everyone can do this.

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World boxing champion built 1,000 houses for poor Filipinos

Once upon a time, Manny Pacquiao was an ordinary Filipino boy from a poor family, but now he is the only boxer in the world to win the world championship in 8 weight categories. With his first large fee, he built houses for the residents of his home village of Tango. Today, a thousand houses have already been built with his money.

Syrian man stayed in abandoned Aleppo to take care of cats

Alaa Jaleel from Aleppo risked his life every day to provide food and shelter to those in need. And when people left the city, he stayed to take care of their pets. He has more than a hundred cats, including a kitten that one little girl left him when she left. “I said I would take care of him until she came back,” Ala says.

The teacher organized a "Gentlemen's Club" for boys from single-parent families

Raymond Nelson is a teacher in a South Carolina school. He had trouble dealing with the bullies in his class. So he bought jackets and ties and created a “Gentlemen’s Club”, where boys learn once a week what fathers usually tell their sons: how to tie ties, how to address elders and how to be polite to your mother, grandmother or sister. Nelson's strict dress code serves a purpose, because a man wearing a tuxedo won't fight. “I understand that they behave badly not because they are bad, but because they simply lack attention and love,” says the teacher.

Danish woman rescues two-year-old Nigerian boy abandoned by his parents

Almost a year has passed since Danish woman Anja Ringgren Loven found an emaciated two-year-old baby on the street. She named him Hope. Own parents They kicked the boy out of the house, considering him a “sorcerer.” Then he was a little more than a year, and he survived only thanks to handouts from passers-by. Anya took him to her shelter, which she shares with her husband, David Emmanuel Umem. 35 rescued children from one to 14 years old live there.

When Anya posted a photo with Hope on Facebook, users from all over the world began to transfer money to her. In total, $1 million was raised. Anya and her husband have plans for a big orphanage and a clinic for children. And Hope now does not at all resemble a “skeleton on legs.” This is a cheerful baby who, according to his adoptive mother, “enjoys life to the fullest.”

Runner sacrifices future medal to help injured competitor

At the Olympics, in the 5,000-meter race, New Zealand runner Nikki Hambly faced American Abby D'Agostino. Nikki helped her opponent up, and then they ran together, supporting each other. Both athletes not only made it to the finals, but were also awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for demonstrating nobility and the true spirit of sport during Olympic Games.

Thousands of people supported the girl whose birthday no one came to

None of the invitees came to 18-year-old Hallee Sorenson's birthday party. Then her cousin Rebecca asked netizens to support Halle with a card with the couple kind words. And something amazing happened - a post office in Maine was flooded with letters and postcards. In total, the girl received 10 thousand cards and gifts.

Schoolchildren repeated graduation ceremony for their classmate who was in a car accident

Scott Dunn got into trouble car accident just before graduation. After waking up from his coma, Scott was terribly upset that he had missed such an important day. But as soon as the young man began to recover, the school principal called his parents and said: “We want to do something special for your son.” It turned out that Scott's classmates had prepared a personal graduation for him. The celebration, congratulatory speeches, and graduation outfits were repeated, but this time only one diploma was awarded. Scott was shocked to the core: “I have no words. It’s incredible to realize how many people actually care about me.”

A homeless Thai man received housing and a job in gratitude for his honest deed

A 44-year-old homeless Thai man named Waralop found a wallet at a metro station. Despite the fact that he had no money at all, and in his wallet there were 20 thousand baht ($580) and credit cards, he did not spend them on his needs, but took the find to the police. The owner of the wallet turned out to be 30-year-old factory owner Niity Pongkriangyos, who was amazed by the homeless man's honesty. He admitted that if he himself had found himself in such a situation, he would hardly have returned the wallet. In gratitude, Niiti provided Varalop with a service apartment and gave him a job in his factory. Now the former homeless man earns 11 thousand baht ($317) a month and no longer sleeps in the subway.

This selection of good stories, each of which touches to the core, makes you once again to make sure that there is still room in our world for goodness that makes it a little better.

John Unger bathed his 19-year-old dog in the lake every day so that the buoyant force of the water would relieve the animal's arthritis pain. This touching photo prompted so many donations from all over the world that the dog was able to spend the rest of his life with maximum comfort, and his owner opened a fund to help other dogs in need.

In 2011, after the disaster at nuclear power plant Fukushima, a group of more than two hundred Japanese pensioners offered their help in eliminating the consequences of the accident. They stated that in order to save young lives they would like to take on work associated with the danger of radiation exposure.

American virologist Jonas Salk was the first to develop a successful polio vaccine. He could have patented it and become very rich, but he did not want personal gain. When asked who owned the patent, Salk replied, “There is no such thing as a patent. Is it possible to patent the Sun?

Student Caesar Larios is stuck in an elevator with an elderly woman. After some time, it became difficult for the woman to stand, and then he got down on all fours and invited her to sit on his back.

In May 2013, Tom Chris from the Canadian city of Calgary won $40 million in the lottery. Without spending a single dollar of this huge sum on himself, he donated all the money to cancer treatment in memory of his wife, who died of lung cancer the year before this event.

During World War II, British philanthropist Nicholas Winton organized the rescue of 669 children, mostly of Jewish origin, from German-occupied Czechoslovakia. He found a shelter for the children and took them to the UK. Despite the nobility of this act, the world learned about it only 50 years later.

Ten-year-old Travis Selinka from California lost all his hair after a course of radiotherapy and was very embarrassed to return to school without hair. However, his classmates decided to support him and all shaved their heads in solidarity. Their action touched Travis to the core.

Shortly after the death of 23 Egyptian Christians by a suicide bomber in Cairo in December 2010, fellow Christians joined hands to form a protective circle as hundreds of Muslims knelt in prayer to prevent a possible retaliatory attack.

In 2013, at Minami-Urawa Station in northern Tokyo, dozens of Japanese worked together to move a 32-ton carriage away from the platform to free a woman who had managed to fall through the gap between the carriage and the platform. After this collective act of rescue, the woman was retrieved unharmed to the applause of onlookers.

Dry cleaners in Portland, Oregon, organized free cleaning suits for the unemployed. They helped more than two thousand people.

During riots in Brazil, a police officer asked protesters to remain calm on his birthday. Soon they presented him with a birthday cake.

Israeli driver Ethan Eliyahu found a bag containing $25,000 in his car. He took the money to the police, and it turned out that it belonged to an Ethiopian janitor, for a long time saving for his family.

During World War II, in the Auschwitz concentration camp, Polish Catholic Franciscan priest Maximilian Kolbe volunteered to accept death in place of an unknown prisoner named Frantiszek Gajowniczek. His sacrifice was not in vain; Gajownichek survived and was reunited with his wife after the war. In 1982, Kolbe was canonized by the Pope and proclaimed a holy martyr.

Eighty-year-old Texas retiree Eugene Bostick spends it all free time to help stray dogs. An experienced welder, he even built a train for the dogs to take on fun rides around the area.

In 2012, seventeen-year-old Megan Vogel performed a very noble act at the 3200-meter final in Columbus, Ohio. Instead of making the final push, she helped her rival Ardenne McMath, who had sprained her leg, and the girls crossed the finish line together.

Every day, leaving the subway, this young Egyptian woman teaches literacy to the child of a street vendor.

A brave Beijing police officer handcuffed himself to a woman who was about to commit suicide. The woman realized that by jumping off, she would take the policeman with her, and this stopped her. Then the law enforcement officer helped the failed suicide climb inside the building.

Bringing back the diamond wedding ring After Sarah Darling accidentally dropped it in his begging jar, homeless Billy Ray Harris didn't expect the event to turn his life upside down. His act touched the hearts of many people so much that they donated 180 thousand dollars for Billy. The honest guy was able to buy a house and even found a job.

When police officers take an oath to serve and protect, few people know how far they are willing to go to fulfill their oath. For example, two Portland police officers helped deliver an order to a pizza delivery man who had been involved in an accident.

Good stories make us better people

Three weeks ago I donated clothes to the homeless, and today, while walking in the park, I saw a woman wearing my shirt. I smiled at her and said: “Great shirt!”, and she smiled back and agreed: “Yes, I like it too!”

Sadie, a Shetland Sheepdog, always accompanied her adored owner Melvin. One fateful day in 2003, when he decided to start cutting down damaged trees around his house, the dog was also nearby. One old tree, falling, caught Melvin and crushed him. The shepherd ran into the house and called the owner's wife for help. While the rescuers were driving, the dog warmed the owner with its body and licked his face so that he would not lose consciousness.

My dad - best dad, which one can only dream of. He's perfect for mom loving husband, for me caring father, who hasn’t missed a single one of my football matches, plus he’s a great host. This morning I went into my dad's toolbox for some pliers and found an old note. It was a page from his diary.

The post was made exactly one month before I was born, and it said, “I am an alcoholic with a criminal record who was kicked out of college, but for the sake of my unborn daughter, I will change and become the best father in the world. I will become for her the dad I never had.” I don't know how he did it, but he did it.

My cat ran away from home. I was very worried because I thought that I would never see him again. About a day passed after I posted missing notices and a man called me and said that he had my cat. It turned out that he was a beggar who spent 50 cents to call me from a pay phone. He was very nice and even bought my cat a bag of food.

During the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Australian rower Bobby Pearce, who was leading in the quarter-finals, suddenly braked his boat in front of a passing duck with ducklings. This allowed his opponent to overtake him by five lengths.

Nevertheless, Pierce was still able to win this swim and set an Olympic record.

Today I watched in horror from the kitchen window as my two-year-old son slipped while playing next to the pool and fell into it. But before I could come to the rescue, our Labrador Rex pulled him out of the water by the collar.

I was riding in a taxi to work when my blood sugar suddenly dropped and I lost consciousness. I woke up in the hospital, where the nurse told me that the taxi driver had carried me to the department in his arms. Moreover, he violated many rules in order to quickly deliver me to the doctors, but the officer who came for him, having learned the reason for the violations, instead of taking him away, shook his hand.

Today a little girl was brought to our hospital after being involved in an accident. She needed a rare blood type. IN Her parents and twin brother, who had the same rare group as her, came to the hospital. I explained to him that his sister needed blood and that it was a matter of life and death.

He thought about something for a second, and then, saying goodbye to his parents, he went with me to the ward. When we finished with him and I told him that he could rest, he suddenly asked me: “How? Am I not going to die?

That is, at the moment when he agreed to sacrifice his blood, he was sure that it would kill him. But for the sake of his sister, he was ready to give his life.

Today I caught a taxi, but when I got there I discovered that I had forgotten my wallet and had nothing to pay with. Then the man who ran up to the taxi to take my place paid for me. I asked him how I could pay him back and he gave me an addressed card saying, “You can leave them here.” When I arrived at this address in the evening, I saw that this building charitable foundation.

My father, in order to pay off his mortgage, decided to sell his 1969 Camaro, which he had always loved. A wealthy collector came in response to an advertisement. He examined the car and asked his father why he was selling it. He explained that he had nothing to pay his debts with. The collector gave money for the car, and then said that he needed to get something from his trunk, got out, got behind the wheel and drove off, leaving the Camaro with his father.

I was on the subway and I saw him coming in little boy, about five years old, and lies down on the empty couch, just lies down, there are no more places.

Then the rest of the people come in and swear: “Well, boy. How can this be!? He lay down here, there’s no room for anyone else!” But he lies there and doesn’t listen to them. Then his mother comes in with heavy bags, the boy gets up and says: Sit down, mommy, I was guarding your seat!

Today my son hugged me and said: “You are the most best mom in the world!” Then I asked him: “Why did you decide this? Do you know all the mothers in the world?”, and he replied: “You are the whole world to me!”

Four months ago I was diagnosed with baldness. A month later I lost my hair. I was scared to go to school, I thought everyone would stare at me.

The next morning I heard a knock on the door and ten of my friends were standing on the porch with their heads completely shaved. Two of them are girls...

Toby, a golden retriever, surprised even experienced rescuers. Toby's mistress choked on a piece of apple and tried to get rid of suffocation in the well-known way, hitting herself on the chest and back. When the woman began to lose consciousness, Toby jumped on her chest and hit her with his paws with all his might. The unfortunate piece of apple jumped out, and the woman was able to breathe.

1. Today my dad came home with roses for mom and me. “In honor of what?” - I asked. He said that some of his colleagues were complaining about their wives and children today, and I couldn't keep them company.

2. Today, I asked my grandfather for advice on how to conduct a relationship and he replied: “Honestly, the moment I met your grandmother, I became frustrated trying to find suitable woman and just started trying to become the right person. And that’s when your grandmother came up to me and said “Hello.”

3. Today, it’s been 10 years since I’ve been living with my husband, who wouldn’t have become one if it wasn’t for graduation. At that time, my family was trying to make ends meet and we couldn't even afford to buy a dress. He bought me a dress, helped my parents, and through his parents found a job for my dad. We have two children and I still love him.

4. Today, on our 50th wedding anniversary, my husband took out an old envelope and handed me a love note that he wrote back in the 7th grade.

5. A couple of years ago, I held the door for an elderly lady on the way out of a hypermarket. She thanked me and said that the girl who gets one would be lucky good man. This afternoon I went with my wife to grocery store, we walked hand in hand and on the way out I met the same old woman. She held the door for us, winked and said, “I told you so.”

6. Today, my mother and I sat down to watch the same movie at the same time, even though we were several thousand kilometers away from each other. I missed her so much and it seemed to us that we were sitting on the same sofa and it was so warm in my soul.

7. Five years ago I adopted a puppy from a shelter for sick dogs; he had constant seizures. Today he has grown and recovered and is now my service dog.

8. My daughter was 28 years old and a fireman saved her life when he carried her out of a burning building. In the process, he injured his leg and doctors said he would never walk normally again. Yesterday he put down his cane and slowly walked my daughter down the aisle. I couldn't wish for a better husband for my daughter.

9. Today, for the first time in six months, I called my best friend and apologized for not being able to support him in difficult times. To which he told me: “I knew that you would call me... Come...”

10. Today was my little sister's 14th birthday. She has Down syndrome and has no friends. My boyfriend came to dinner with flowers but said they weren't for me. He went inside the house and gave them to his sister. She was so excited. He took the two of us to a restaurant and we had a great evening.

11. I am a poor student, I always have no money and this makes me feel unhappy. But when I receive a letter email from my father, who stayed overseas, with the words how much he loves and misses me, I feel like the richest man on Earth.

12. My parents help with the rehabilitation of heroin addicts. They themselves were like that 17 years ago, but they changed when they found out that their mother was pregnant with me.

13. My grandmother died today. She was the glue that held our family together. There were so many people at the funeral today. It turns out that many people loved her and everyone came up and said thank you for taking care of her until the last day.

14. Today I found out that my biological mother- a drug addict who died of an overdose when I was three years old. But today I can say that I will proudly call the woman who raised me and took me from the orphanage mom.

15. Today, after we all watched our grandmother blow out 100 candles on her cake, she looked up, looked at all of us 27 family members and said, “You are my family. I'm very proud to be a part of your life."

16. Two years ago, our mother was attacked and there were scars on her face. And my brother and I call every week, wherever we are, and say that she is the most beautiful.

17. Today I helped prepare food for the homeless. The person to whom I gave the sandwich said that he did not want it and asked to give it to the friend who was standing behind him. “It’s his birthday and I want to give him a gift, but all I can do is sacrifice myself for him.” His friend was delighted. People who have nothing appreciate the little things that we don't notice.

18. Today I passed a woman with two dogs. One dog was missing a leg, but they were both limping. I asked what happened. The owner smiled and said that one dog lost a leg while protecting the second one and now the second one is limping because she is grateful to her.

19. Today, while playing with my 20-month-old daughter, I pretended to be asleep. She covered me with a blanket, patted me on the back, and then kissed me tenderly on the lips. This is exactly what I do when I put her to bed myself.

20. My two-year-old daughter, who did not know how to swim, fell into the pool, I was in the kitchen and when the yard dog ran up, he was already pulling her out of the pool, carefully holding her dress in his teeth. Now we have a dog.