15 Stories That Will Make You Forget How Cruel This World Is (16 photos)

Sometimes everything around us is so bad that we forget how wonderful the world can be and how kind people can be. This doesn't mean the problems we face every day are unimportant, it's just that sometimes it's good to take a break from them.

The stories in this collection will make you smile and maybe even cry, but they will definitely be happy tears.







This is 15-year-old Anthony Borges. During a high school shooting in Florida, he shielded his classmates by blocking the classroom door with his body. He was shot five times.





Brian, a retiree from Dublin, cooks 50 curry trays for the homeless every night. He lives on his pension, which he uses to buy groceries to help those in need.



Every day during the drought in Kenya, this man delivers drinking water to wildlife.



Arizona firefighters battle a fire in Mexico.



A stranger helps another stranger tie his tie.



When a Barbadian turns 100, they issue a stamp in their honor. Very sweet.



"Every morning, my father leaves bird food in the yard so that when my mother wakes up, there's a picture like this outside the window."



The nurse was about to bend down to hug her former patient, who was paralyzed from the waist down.



The bride's father died ten years ago, and his heart was transplanted. A man who received a heart transplant walked his bride down the aisle.



This elderly woman goes to the supermarket to read. The manager put a small bench in place to make her more comfortable.



"I saw this man clutching his phone and smiling. I asked if I could take a picture of him. He agreed and said he was talking to his wife. I asked if it was a video call. He said, 'No, but I can see her name on the screen.'"



"I was reading at a coffee shop and saw this guy looking for a vet clinic for an injured sparrow he just found."



People hold a man who is attempting suicide.



Ballerina Ayesha Ash walked around Rochester in a tutu to challenge stereotypes about women of color and inspire young people.



"The janitor at my friend's school is a big Red Hot Chili Peppers fan. But the tickets to their concert were so expensive, he decided not to go. Then the whole class chipped in and bought him a ticket."