human connection

Photo credit: Canva – A bottle with a message inside resting on a beach

Culture, Internet

He threw a message in a bottle into the ocean as a teen. It washed up 49 years later with a response.

Adam Albright-Hanna

3/3/2026
Photo credit: Canva, Jupiterimages from Photo Images (left, cropped) / thecorgi (right, cropped) – She landed a job with help from a "meme" application.

Work & Money

One woman’s ‘meme’ application helped her land a gig after two years of job hunting

Ryan Reed

12/19/2025
Photo credit: Canva, pocstock (main image, cropped) / anlomaja (box) – People thought they had to do these things until someone showed them otherwise.

Culture

7 things people thought they were forced to do in life until someone showed them otherwise

Ryan Reed

12/17/2025
Photo credit: Canva – The bottle contained a message from the past.

Past Events

14-year-old tossed a ‘message in a bottle’ into the sea, nearly 50 years later, he received the call

Greg Sullivan

11/6/2025
Photo credit: Canva – The first moments of a child's life can be precarious, but new moms have power in these moments.

Past Events

Doctors were stunned when a mother’s touch revived her newborn, here’s why it works

Greg Sullivan

10/27/2025
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: Reddit (cropped and partially blurred) – Someone shared their tattoo fail online, and strangers pointed out the typo's hilarious irony.

Humor

Person shares their ‘consequential’ tattoo fail and the irony is almost too perfect

Ryan Reed

8/8/2025
Photo credit: YouTube screenshot from Eric Clapton Live Aid – (L) Phil Collins on drums; (R) Rick Allen on electronic drums

Culture, Media

After Def Leppard drummer tragically lost his arm, Phil Collins sent him this ‘incredible’ letter

GOOD Staff

8/3/2025
Photo credit: Instagram screenshot (left), courtesy of Fr. Hyacinth Marie Cordell, O.P. (middle), Instagram screenshot (right) – A Dominican priest from Philadelphia has become an Internet sensation with his incredible drumming.

Culture

Catholic priest becomes viral sensation with amazing drumming skills, even winning over metalheads

Ryan Reed

7/30/2025

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