Oftentimes, all we ever hear about on the news nowadays is how awful and negative the world can be. To counter the barrage of sensationalized negative stories all around us, we’ve gathered eight of the best acts of kindness that will uplift your day and prove there are still good in this world.

A man who was rushed to the hospital has no family nearby, so his Uber driver Benji has been keeping him company every day!

Eight years ago, this police officer talked this man out of committing suicide. Recently, the man got the opportunity to present the officer with an award from the American Foundation of Suicide.

During the Parkland high school shooting, 15-year-old Anthony Borges used his body to barricade the door and protect twenty students inside. He was shot five times, but he survived.

A 22 year-old man from Harlem became friends with an 81 year-old woman from Florida through playing Words With Friends with her. Eventually, they got so close that he flew to Florida to meet her!

This pararescueman was reunited with the little girl he rescued from Hurricane Katrina ten years later.

This kindhearted waiter helped to feed a disabled woman so that her husband could finish his meal.

Veterans rarely get the respect that they deserve in this country these days. That’s why it was so touching to see this baseball fan hold an umbrella over a JROTC member on Memorial Day.

Finally, when this man needed a kidney transplant, a classmate from fifty years ago who he barely knew volunteered to help him out.

These stories are amazing examples of humanity and a lesson to us all that we are our best when we live to serve others.