Category: strangers

How One Man Found Unexpected Kindness on a Solo Journey to Remember a Dear Friend

“The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.” —Henry David Thoreau I recently reunited with one of my previous high school students, Doug Finch. We had not seen each other in some 30 years, but we have stayed connected through social media. Doug is a biker, a Harley guy, and…


We Tell Strangers They Are Beautiful

The kindness and positivity that the world desperately needs right now!


How to Become a Master at Talking to Strangers

Article By Joe Keohane A couple of years ago, I started to talk to strangers. That’s not to say I hadn’t talked to strangers before that, because I had. I’m the son and brother of highly social small-business owners, and I’m a journalist, so talking to strangers has been both a way of life and a livelihood…


90-Year-Old Man Learns Strangers Paid Enough for His Food to Last Him for Months

A 90-year-old British man who has the same pub food every day was surprised to hear his daily visits had gone viral and strangers had left a 700-pound (approx. US$990) bar tab to keep him going for months. Pete, an old-age pensioner, lives alone and goes to the Moulsham Inn in Chelmsford, Essex, nearly every day to…


Vlogger Raises $17,000 for Homeless Man He Met on His Road Trip: ‘I Want to Humanize Him’

A homeless man in Connecticut received $17,000 in donations after a video clip about his life journey went viral. The rough sleeper, Mike, 46, was overcome by emotion when he was handed the money by a video-content creator, Phillip Vu, 24. The unlikely friends first met when the downtrodden Mike offered to clean Phillip’s car windows…