compassion

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

Culture, Health

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

dannyreaktiv

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

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
Man looks at his grocery list at the store – Photo credit: Canva

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
A woman sits in a busy subway car – Photo credit: Canva

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
Representative Image: One question can change everything. – Photo credit: Canva

Past Events

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

GOOD Staff

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

Culture, Past Events

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

Adam Albright Hanna

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

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

Good People

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

Erik Barnes

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

Culture

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

Erik Barnes

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

Culture

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

Elyssa Goodman

4/10/2025

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