Kindness is Free: Can you think of a time when a small act of kindness made a big difference in your day? by NURAINI ANISAH BINTI ABDUL RAZAK

2025-04-19 06:41:07 UTC

I was running late and forgot my wallet, but the barista still gave me my coffee with a smile.

She just said, "Happens to all of us-don't worry about it."

That small gesture stayed with me all day.

I went to an old folks home

2025-04-19 06:41:13 UTC

I visited an old folks home and accompanied them: making handcrafts and small paintings.Though they had some mental health issues, they were very cheerful and did enjoy the activities that held.The smiles on their faces made my day.Some even remembered me the second time I went.

Change in mindset

2025-04-19 06:47:29 UTC

It was during a very difficult exam, my teacher perhaps saw my visibly lost expression as I stare into the blank paper and handed some words of wisdom. Upon hearing his words my mindset changed to something more positive which ultimately helped ease my distraught clouds of thoughts and ended up managing to answer the paper easily

Friend helping me with a presentation

2025-04-19 06:50:05 UTC

Im a very interactive person in a class and try to participate in almost everything I can. One day physics teacher asked us to prepare a presentation on the energy recourses we get through the sun, she asked out 5 students to raise their hands and lead their teams. I raised my hand without knowing anything about whats going on as I was having a chit chat with my friend. The next day exactly 20 min before presenting session, everyone started discussing their work with their teams, clueless me has no idea of whats going on until my team members approached me. I started to panic realising that and regretted being careless the previous day but my classmates and team members acknowledged the situation and helped me out to make things go smooth.

Happy Birthday!

2025-04-19 06:53:35 UTC

Birthdays aren't a big thing for me and will never be a big thing, which is fine to me. But one of my friends this year made a big deal of it. Counting down the days with me everyday. It's a small thing but it's something to remind me that yes, people do care.

2025-04-19 06:56:06 UTC

Once I have had a long day and was stressed out after my presentation, worrying I messed up my presentation. My friend said “lets go eat together” and I spent the whole evening with my friend. That made my day :)

Remembered

2025-04-19 07:26:25 UTC

In conversation with someone I’d just met, a song by my favourite singer came on. She immediately pointed it out. It caught me off guard because of how it made me feel remembered and genuinely listened to especially considering we had just only met, and I was in a new environment where I didn’t quite feel comfortable and belonged yet. That really helped me ease into the environment and making friends with others so much easier.

2025-04-19 07:30:26 UTC

i was a new student in a new school and all my classmates have their own friend groups. This one girl thought I was feeling left out so kept looking out for me and always pulled me close to them. She did this multiple times and I'm really grateful for her..

Good Morning

2025-04-19 07:52:00 UTC

When I stopped to pay the toll one time super early in the morning, the person in the booth said good morning enthusiastically. I was feeling a bit annoyed and kinda down to go so early that day but I was surprised there damn even people like her exist, kinda made my morning

2025-04-19 08:02:30 UTC

Honeslty, there are sooo many times when others or myself show my kindness that will change my day, from helping to giving out compliments and smiles. However there are some that stick to me till this day that I’ll appreciate or be proud of forever. One of them is a time when me and my friends were walking to the masjid for iftar but then it started to rain, then a pakcik saw us and sacrificed his umbrella for us to use. (Note he was with his friends who had another umbrella so he shared the umbrella with his friend). Thanks to that pakcik we and out stuff weren’t soaked, bc I had my telekung and Quran in my bag. This experience changed my day because all I thoguht abt was, if he didn’t lend the umbrella I could be praying with wet telekung, so I thoguth to myself ouh even the smallest of factor in helping and showing kindness can mean a lot to someone.

2025-04-19 09:24:26 UTC

i was tired after morning to late evening classes, really got no mood to talk, just want to lay down. on my way home, in the elevator this one cute little girl say "you are so pretty". she is not from malaysia, foreign country kids. it is out of nowhere so im very surprised. but it does make me smile. the feeling when kids think that you're pretty, it's a different level of happiness i swear. i

I was running late for dinner at my boarding school, I was going to arrive 20 minutes before it closed, when I was in the middle of walking back, my friends (who just finished dinner) saw that I was going to eat alone, instead of leaving me, they joined me for another dinner as I listened their convo and ate my food whilst enjoying their conversation like a lil podcast. I love my friends <3

2025-04-19 09:47:14 UTC

Lending me money

2025-04-19 11:28:25 UTC

I went to a shopping mall where they use a parking ticket system instead of a TNG card system. I got used to using the TNG payment method that I had forgotten to bring cash with me. I was in a state of panic as I needed to leave and there wasn't anybody in my proximity that I knew to call for help. I asked a lady if she would be willing to lend me RM1 to pay for my parking ticket and that I would pay her back using TNG. Thank god she said yes cause that saved me a lot of hassle and stress. Her kindness eased my mind and made me feel thankful that we live in such a kind and trusting society.

help ppl in need (kinda)

2025-04-19 13:25:05 UTC

just now i bought fruit sell by a boy, so i gave him some raya money bcs i feel like he needed the money more than me 🥹🫶

having to work while you're still young is hard enough

2025-04-20 03:31:08 UTC

I once left my wallet inside of a grab driver's car, and instead of just taking it they returned to me as soon as they found out. Their honesty and integrity really made an impression on me and the way I perceive others.

Cramps

2025-04-20 09:29:32 UTC

This one time I was in class n I had really bad cramps and nothing was helping, I had already taken medicine but it still hurt so much I wasn’t paying attention in class. My friend who was sat next to me saw that I was dying and started rubbing and massaging my back, it helped so much and made me feel better. I love my friends and I love being kind and seeing people be kind :D

Gifting

2025-04-20 09:41:48 UTC

I love gifting my friends handmade crafts or small presents. I remembered I made a card for my friends and had individually drawn, printed out their favourite things, and coloured them all. When I gave them their gifts, I'll always remembers their goofy grins and surprised looks they gave me. It always gave me a funky feeling deep inside, a sense of pride knowing they love it. Their reaction has and is still stuck with me to this day. I just love and enjoy giving my friends handmade arts n crafts.

2025-04-20 09:47:18 UTC

a lot of times when i sit with people and i try to talk, i get talked over due to being soft spoken. so i'll always appreciate the times where my friend will notice that and ask me to say it again, reminds me that people do care :)

2025-04-20 10:59:46 UTC

I was having a rough start to my day. Running late, spilled coffee on my shirt, just one of those mornings. When I finally got to the café, the barista handed me my usual order and said it was already paid for by someone who had noticed I looked stressed. It honestly stopped me in my tracks. That small act of kindness made me feel seen, and it lifted a weight I didn’t even realize I was carrying. It reminded me how powerful a simple gesture can be. 🍀

cashier.

2025-04-20 14:52:13 UTC

today after my class i went out to go buy some food at the mall. I was so down that time because i did not do so well in the class. So after i bought some food and went to the cashier expecting nothing, she gave me a big smile and such a friendly manner and that made me really happy. It shows that how just a smile can make someone feel happy again.

Harassment

2025-04-21 09:08:25 UTC

I was gaming with a friend of mine when a random grown man tried to hit on me, asking for my name as he complimented how nice my voice was. My friend backed me up by giving him a fake name and proceeded to shut the man off. Small gesture but forever grateful as a friend, and as a women. We need more men that can show us that we can still trust in them.

Taken in as a step family member

2025-04-22 15:22:23 UTC

I thought that family was through extensive time spent with familiar members and having familiar bloods within the gene pool. I never fathomed what kindness was free and how it can affect individuals at a large scale. If I were to think from perspectives of children from different family backgrounds. As a single child for 11-13 years, the existence of my other new family members from different sides of the family brought me to a new light on what human courtesy is. Nevertheless that was not the only thing they thought me, they showed me the joy of learning to be kind to yourself, as a result of learning self-forgiveness. I could never forgive myself for some trauma in the past in relationships and family problems before I got transitioned to a better family that I want to support in any way I can. Therefore, the mere fact that they took me in as a child of their own after birth, I could not believe on the insights I had missed out. As a debt yet to be paid, UNITEN became the milestone, where I step foot into college to explore what I would like to do to contribute to my family and society as what my family had done for me. Kindness knows no bounds, yet can be done simply.

Eldest Brother

2025-04-23 19:45:41 UTC

I'm the sole daughter in the family and I was treated quite differently from my brothers (it's not too extreme though). Relatives and parents would always remind me of my weight, manners and appearance while my brothers were allowed to wear anything and eat anything without much comments from them. I had always thought it was normal until one day, my dad was commenting on how I should stop eating so much. I ignored him because I was used to it already but I'm not sure why but this specific day, my eldest brother decided to say something back. He said "back then you told her to eat a lot and now you're telling her to stop eating so much. Leave her be" (translated to English). It was just words but it had always stuck to me even to this day. For the first time, I really felt protected and cared for by an adult. My dad since then has been avoiding talking about my weight in front of me and my mother is still the same but it doesn't bother me anymore.

My eldest brother also always played plushies with me when I was a kid. I also had communication problems (quiet, anxious, socially awkward) but it always made me comfortable and safe when he was around. He's a bubby and expressive person. Just an easily likeable person overall. I also tend to take everything too seriously and literally but when he's there, he would dramaticize some words and just overall lightened up my mood. It really helped me in social events involving relatives/family. Now he's too busy pursuing his degree in doctorate so we rarely ever see each other but I wish him the best in everything (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡