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If only more people made that kind of effort to be giving and kind, maybe the world would be a better place. Or maybe if we just focused on those moments more, we’d realize that maybe, they’re not so uncommon.

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Twenty-five-year-old Devin Custalow was taking the subway with a friend in October when she happened to see a man she thought might be The One.

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It’s easy to discount children’s thoughts as being naive or uninformed, but the truth is this — kids have some of the wisest words you’ll ever hear.

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Kara was working at the bar on January 19 when she received a call from a woman who obviously had never been there before. But what could have been an awkward call ended up being a truly heartfelt moment.

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This is honestly the cutest reaction in the world.

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Let’s just say this mom got a big one the other day when she was unwrapping her seemingly normal present.

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Her heartwarming story is what Christmas is truly about.

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When Leah Dalton was born in South Korea, her biological parents faced a tough decision. They wanted their daughter to have a better life—so, when Dalton was 18 months old, she was adopted by a family in Breckenridge, Minnesota.

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This year had some downright tender moments between everyday human beings.

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“When my granddaughter looks into my eyes, and asks me a question. There’s no feeling like it. She feels like I am this endless source of wisdom, which is both flattering and untrue. That is what love is for me.”