compassion

Photo credit: FG Trade/E+ via Getty Images – Opportunities to show compassion often feel difficult, but exercising virtue seems to help people cope.

Culture, Health

New study suggests compassion, patience, and self-control are great ‘selfish’ choices for your own happiness

dannyreaktiv

1/23/2026
Photo credit: (L-R) Reddit and Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Vanessa White via Wikimedia Commons – (L) A child's handwritten letter to President Obama; (R) Barack Obama in 2025

Culture, Past Events

Barack Obama wrote a beautiful letter to a 10-year-old girl being bullied for having gay parents

Leo Shvedsky

11/18/2025
Photo credit: Canva – Man looks at his grocery list at the store

Culture, Past Events

She thought the man staring at her was a creep, then he spoke and she burst into tears

Adam Albright Hanna

10/16/2025
Photo credit: Canva – A woman sits in a busy subway car

Culture, Past Events

When a 70-year-old mom saw an aggressive man on the subway, her simple act left him in tears

Adam Albright Hanna

10/14/2025
Photo credit: Canva – Representative Image: One question can change everything.

Past Events

For three years she passed the same homeless man, then one question changed everything

GOOD Staff

10/14/2025
Photo credit: Canva – Toddler sits on the hood of a car

Culture, Past Events

Their toddler damaged a neighbor’s car. The ‘invoice’ they got was a total shock.

Adam Albright Hanna

10/13/2025
Photo credit: Canva – A Tim Hortons and a biker.

Culture, Past Events

A mom told her daughter not to talk to a ‘dirty biker.’ His epic response is pure class.

GOOD Staff

8/17/2025
Photo credit: Canva – Paul Jenkinson will listen to you about anything you want to talk about, absolutely free.

Canadian social worker does nationwide tour listening to people for free. Here’s what they reveal.

Erik Barnes

5/18/2025
Photo credit: @fightpicsgohard/Canva – Silva wanted his opponent to get the help he needs after defeating him.

Culture

UFC fighter turns defeat of pro-Hitler opponent into compassionate call for mental health

Erik Barnes

4/15/2025
Photo credit: Yahdon Israel – Books at the first Fiction Revival meeting.

Culture

Why book editor Yahdon Israel created an empathic book club for straight men

Elyssa Goodman

4/10/2025

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