As lives change and we live behind the screens of laptops, tablets and smartphones, we start to lose a sense of our humanity and
what essentially makes us compassionate creatures. Lucky for us, all is not lost and there are plenty of stories of goodwill spread across the Internet. Sure, there are
plenty of hoaxes floating around but if we dig deep enough, we do come across some real heartwarming stories that are simply gold. Here are 5 stories depicting Internet acts that will help restore your faith in humanity. The news is full of ugly headlines as of late, but
the world is not void of good people with good intentions as these examples will show you.
1. Random Birthday Tweets for husband
Jennifer Hamilton wanted to do something special for her husband's birthday. She wanted to
surprise Gary through social media but unlike how we would normally do it, she took to the streets on the eve of his birthday and put up posters to ask passers-by to tweet her husband a happy 32nd birthday.
Total strangers were asked to take a picture of the poster, tweet or Instagram it along with birthday wishes to his handle @thegaryham. The next day, Gary woke up to birthday wishes from strangers on Twitter, wishes such as this one:
Saw this and thought it was too cute… HAPPY BIRTHDAY @thegaryham !!! You have an awesome wife!!! pic.twitter.com/ImpLz5AJ0g — Phoebe Rea (@phoebekrea) July 19, 2014
Both husband and wife were grateful to the many strangers who took the time to perfect a loving wife's amazing birthday
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