Admit it.

You've read the stories. You've watched the videos. We all do at some point. Life is hard. Life can be exhausting and tragic and sad and complicated and so many other things that can cause us to lose hope if we let them.

And so, when we see the good news we embrace it. When we see the stories of hope and kindness and laughter and good people? We stop and we celebrate the best of humanity.

There's perhaps no website that celebrates good people as much as Upworthy, a home for good news and good people and stories from the best of humanity.

Upworthy - Good People: Stories From the Best of Humanity is a simple, straightforward collection of these stories that made me laugh, made me cry, and made me feel a whole lot better about life at a time when I'm wrapping up cancer treatment only to find out I have kidney stones that will be one more surgery.

It's one more. It's always one more. I'm exhausted.

But this collection is a balm for the soul, a reminder of all that is good and right and wonderful in the world and a reminder of the people who give us hope along the way.

With several chapters centered around common themes - such as "It's the Little Things" and "The Kindest of Strangers" - "Good People" is an easy to read collection of short stories designed to affirm life and celebrate humanity.

If you're the kind of person who just sometimes needs a little good news to wipe away the cloudy days, this is absolutely the collection for you.