12 Moments That Remind Us Kindness Costs Nothing but Means Everything
You guys this has to be a "Grace J"☝️ click bait. She made this up it's a fictional story generated to get responses😏.
Please tell me why would you think this ?
How do you know? Ijs 🤷🏾♀️🤔
Did the bag say "It sickens me my daughter has no humility"?!?! YOU judged, tried, and convicted her because she sacrificed!?! You think you tried hard?!?! You're so selfish, ungrateful, clueless, and out of touch with what your "single" mom (meaning all on her own) REALLY SACRIFICED FOR YOU!!! She's THE ENTIRE reason you succeeded!!! How do you not see that!?! She BELIEVED in YOU giving YOU the tools you needed to become WHO YOU ARE!?!? Aren't you grateful!?!
Well not just posting the Entire story up front, is a bit misleading… and just as dumb as that girl was to her ill mother.
Why would you even say some shit like that “unlike you”.what a scum bag. I hope her mom haunts that b*%#!
She should have hid coal in that bag… and some cat shit.
Wow the person who created you was no one? I read this believing that this just isn’t true, there could not be a person so cruel to overlook the sacrifice every woman makes to give birth and raise a child. If you do exist you are not a doctor, you didn’t make something of yourself other than just being an asshole. Kindness goes a long way yes, I’ll save mine for my Mother. P.S. if you’re truly sorry for your actions and may possibly be growing… then go work as a waitress part time, really see what she went through.
She's in heaven dumb #$&
You said that? And to your mother is unacceptable. I didn't read past 'inside she hid' because you make such a lousy first impression I don't care. Hopefully it was an invitation to a manners class, you need it.
Why in the world would you even make the remark of becoming someone unlike your mother?? Regardless if she struggled to raise you or not, it was mean spirited. Your own words are going to haunt you for the rest of your life.
I have two children and I have to put up with meanness until they are old enough. Now they are fine.
A doctor is kind, appreciative, loving and has selfless love for others. You’re a terrible daughter I hope your mom is feeling in heaven with no recollection of your birth from her womb.
Geez - Shades of Veda / Mildred Pierce.
I'm with you.
My daughter wants nothing to do with me. Same scenario I worked hard all my life as a cna and took care of both of my children.She so embarrassed by me,why I have no idea.She treats my like complete garbage and controlled how I acted and what to say.I don't see my grandson. I never understood how a child could just throw their mother away, like they can just get a new one.It breaks my heart.
My daughters will soon learn this same difficult experience, and there is no hidden bags, everything I have accrued over the years will be donated to animal rescues.
My daughters have treated me like their personal punching bag ever since my divorce of 23 years from their father. I’ve been called the “C” word, told to hurry up and die just to name a couple of things. Oh and I’m an alcoholic. Which I am not. I do not drink. This is all because they want to stay with their dad’s money. I’m not going to attempt to buy their love, and whatever I have when I die will go to my 2 sons from my current husband. Nothing to my blood line.
🙏Amanda, I have gone through the very same thing. What the girls think and what might happen if daddy gets a new lady friend might not turn out in their favor. I hope it happens, I really do. Just to prove to those two brats, money doesn't buy happiness or good health. GOD bless you, girl. Remember, have faith and thank GOD for each day you awake. Life is short, unfortunately, we have no idea what the future may have in store us. That old saying that 'what goes around comes around' is so true. Mark my words, the children your daughters have will treat them the same way they have treated you. My thoughts for them would be 'good bye' and 'good riddence'. Best of luck to you and your remaining family.👋👋
Cut ties with them and block them
As a single mother we sacrifice it ALL to do the most for our children.So that you can achieve more and be great in life. The fact that you didn't value her or consider her prior to having found that bag speaks alot on who you are as a person. And not in a good way. How can you become a doctor and treat people with care, respect and empathy when you didn't have any of that for the sole woman who gave you life and raised you?? You are not a decent human because you are a doctor. Being a doctor does not "make you someone". Your mother loved you so much she left herself last only for you to acknowledge her after death. Too little too late. You should have given your mother her flowers in life not death. I don't feel bad for you. I feel for your mother.
It never once occurred to you how a waitress could afford all their normal bills plus sending their daughter to medical school, especially being ill? Maybe you didn't know your mom was ill but you just said you knew she worked minimum wage and in your exceptionally smart brain it never clicked how she could afford bills and your education? In a class of 100, you graduated at 98, didn't you?
To everyone talking about what a cruel person OP is, I think this story shows how she has grown as a person. I think she knows how cruel and selfish she was with her mom, and I think seeing the sacrifices her mom made for her to "become someone" in black and white was probably like a punch in the gut to her. I don't think she needs to be reminded of just what a terrible person she once was. She knows, and she's growing.
I think she really badly needs to be reminded how cruel, mean and selfish she has been, so she really learn
You are incorrect. Because had she not found the bag and her mother had lived . , she would have continue to be the same ungrateful daughter, she was before she found the bag. She should have appreciated the sacrifices.Her mother made for her without any of those events having happened.I have no idea what was in the bag, but it doesn't really make a difference.Let's hope she shows more compassion for her patience than she did for her mother.
It was coal and cat shit.
By now it’s to late she been an adult for how long? Bffr
Glass half full of B.S.
You just got a life lesson. One that you will carry the rest of your life. You like so many others are quick to judge without understanding what some people ( including your mom) has dealt with and had to endure. Your mother sacrifice so much for you. You couldn't see it because you had no empathy or appreciation for what you had. I hope you learn from your cruel behavior with your late mom
This is one ungrateful person. In my life my mom had seven of us. But she was the sweetest person on this earth. I will always want to be like my mother.
God is merciful and good. Praise God you doing well. Always remember your Mom loved you unconditionally and put a smile on your face make her proud.
How cruel to say you became someone. Unlike your mom, she gave birth to you. If you give birth, you will be a mom, karma is a b**** and I bet your daughter will probably say something cruel to you.What comes around goes around you are a very cruel daughter.. I would not want you as my doctor just because you're a doctor doesn't make you successful.
You're on your journey, like the rest of us. Sounds like you're becoming someone your mom would be very proud of. She's still watching over you.♥️
You have got to be kidding. And from the description of her mother, she was always proud of her daughter, regardless of the treatment that her daughter gave her.But that has nothing to do with the kind of person she's becoming...
Wow, entitled, judgemental and pathetic
You make a great human, NOT!!!
Serenity Now, huh. Keep working on it.🤔
You will make a lousy Dr. You are cruel, judgemental, selfish. I feel sorry for your patients
I just think she was hurt
Eww. Your mother deserved better from her child. Please don't ever have children. Holy hell.....
You are an extremely vile person. Not because your parents went on a trip(s) you feel they should pay for your education. You are a terrible person.
What is this in response to
there was another story
I think she means this https://brightside.me/articles/i-refused-to-invite-my-parents-to-my-graduation-they-didnt-pay-a-dime-for-my-education-837987/
Life can feel overwhelming, but even the smallest acts of kindness can change everything. In this article, you’ll find a collection of short, powerful stories that show how compassion, empathy, and humanity shine through in everyday moments. These true-to-life reminders prove that kindness matters, especially when times get tough, and that one small action can leave a lasting impact.
This is the POS generation that has been bottle fed and coddled so their feelings won't get hurt. This why they have no respect and the fact that they have never had to be an adult and do anything for themselves. Give it 20 years and no one will know how to do or fix anything themselves. Us older folks are taking our knowledge and skills with us. Good luck, you need it but dont deserve it.
- I blamed Mom for being a waitress. Single, she raised us on minimum wage. I studied hard and became a doctor.
At my graduation, I said, “See? I became someone, unlike you! I did not give up on life!” She just smiled and didn’t say a word.
She was ill and died two months later. Under her bed, I found a paper bag with my name written on it. I froze.
Inside she hid piles of papers. They were records stretching from my high school years in 2014 until recently. Page after page detailed the sacrifices my mother made for my education.
She worked double shifts—waiting tables by day and then secretly cleaning houses at night—just to afford my books or pay for a course.
She came home very exhausted, but I never knew why. In some entries, she even wrote that she would skip meals or delay buying her medication so I could continue in medical school.
I had always taken her for granted, even calling her lazy, while in truth she was the angel who carried me to where I am today. I broke down in tears.
But then I found the final note, written on the night of my graduation: “I am so proud of the woman my daughter has become. I know she is kind deep inside, and every life she saves as a doctor will be like a gift to me, even if I am no longer here.”
Now, all I strive for is to be a good and kind person, and an exceptional doctor—worthy of my mother’s pride, wherever she may be.
- A pizza guy once showed up at my door with the wrong order. I told him it wasn’t mine, but he looked so stressed, I paid anyway. As I was closing the door, he said, “Thank you. My mom’s in the hospital, and I can’t afford to get fired.”
3 days later, he came back—not with pizza, but with flowers. He said, “Your kindness got me through that shift.” I’d forgotten about it already. He hadn’t.
- In high school, I was too embarrassed to admit I’d lost my backpack. A classmate quietly handed me hers and said, “Keep it, I’ve got another at home.” She never mentioned it again.
Years later, I found her working in the airport I was passing through. She didn’t remember me, but I did. I told her I’d graduated, thanks in part to her kindness.
She laughed, shrugged, and said, “We all carry each other sometimes.”
I cried at Gate 42 like a child.
Uh, how is being a waitress giving up on life? That attitude is pretty arrogant. I’m sorry to hear the opinion that waitresses are essentially losers. That’s a first. As you get older, and hopefully wiser, you’ll see people who didn’t get to choose their life, but make it work. You should be proud of your mom. Congrats on graduating. You have her perseverance. Thank her for that. Working a low paying job can do that to a person. Good luck out there..
- On my birthday, my dad gave me the exact same book he had given me the year before. I thought it was a mistake until I opened it. Inside, he had written a new note, beneath last year’s.
The pages slowly became a diary of our relationship — year after year, memory after memory.
When I left for college, I realized he never forgot the gift. He just wanted to make sure I never lost the words.
- Back in 2009, I was failing math in college and went to the library every night, panicking. One evening, an older janitor noticed me crying over equations. He quietly sat down and walked me through the problem.
Turns out, he used to be a math teacher in another country. For weeks, he helped me during his breaks, asking for nothing. When I passed the exam, I slipped a thank-you card into his cart.
The next day, he gave me a thumbs up across the library. No words. But I’ll never forget that silent cheer.
- Food delivery guy kept showing up at my door. I never ordered it. I figured it was a glitch and started eating it.
Then one day, I saw an elderly neighbor wandering the hallway. She was confused. Her daughter had set up auto-delivery for her. But she always pressed the wrong unit number.
After that, I started bringing her the food and keeping her company.
- During a college exam, I froze on a math problem I had studied for weeks. My brain blanked. The girl next to me dropped her pencil, leaned down to pick it up, and whispered: “Draw the triangle first.”
Not the answer—just a nudge.
It unlocked the whole problem. She never spoke to me again, and we never sat near each other after that. I don’t even know her name.
- For two years, my neighbor never said a word—just nodded when we crossed paths. One morning, I found a bag of groceries outside my door with a sticky note: “Your fridge broke, right?”
I hadn’t told anyone, but the hum had gone silent the night before. He’d noticed from his apartment.
Turns out, silence wasn’t distance. It was observation.
- Our grumpy neighbor never spoke to anyone. After my dad passed, we found groceries on our porch every Friday. No note, no explanation.
Months later, I caught him sneaking away with another bag of food. He just shrugged and said, “I know how it feels to lose someone.”
Turns out, he’d lost his wife years ago. Sometimes the quietest people hold the loudest kindness.
- I hated practicing piano, always fighting with my grandmother about it. One day she stopped correcting me mid-song. She just sat, eyes closed, and let me play every wrong note.
When I finished, she whispered that it reminded her of her brother, who used to practice in the same messy way.
That’s when I realized she wasn’t teaching music. She was keeping someone alive through sound.
- Some guy kept stealing my reserved parking spot at work. I left passive-aggressive notes. Nothing changed.
One rainy Monday, I blocked him in with cones and waited. He came out... limping. Turns out he had a surgery and couldn’t walk far. His spot was under renovation.
I felt like garbage... I offered him my spot permanently.
- I was the last kid in the library before closing, pretending to do homework but actually just staying warm. The librarian “forgot” to lock one of the side rooms and left a sandwich on the desk. I never told anyone, but I went back every Thursday.
Turns out, she noticed my pattern and made sure there was always food.
Most of the time, our mother is the one who teaches us kindness and the true meaning of devotion. Here are 10 wholesome stories that prove a mother’s love has no boundaries.
Comments
Why didn’t you get a part time waitressing job to help your Mom??
Vicki you totally missed the point. Thanks for making people feel less than you. Do you enjoy that??
You are incapable of fulfilling the Hippocratic oath.
I remember when I was in fourth grade. I was at church, stressing over my math homework and this one very nice person named Paul helped me to understand long division. If it wasn't for his kindness, I don't think I'd have made it passed the 4th grade. I'd sure like to find him, even if it is just to say "Thank You".😊
Poetically beautiful..harshly True🍒
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