24 Wholesome Memes Proving The World Can Be A Better Place

In order to help the world, you have to help yourself. There's a lot of work to be done, and the news is often very bad, but in order to do the work, we need to keep our hearts fixed on what is just and seek to cultivate what Abraham Lincoln called "the better angels of our spirits." Wholesome memes posted on Reddit may seem like an odd and not-serious way to do this, but they can play a part in restoring your faith in human compassion.

These memes show people joking around and doing their best to leave the world a better place than they found it. A wholesome meme can't solve a broken heart or feed a hungry mouth, but maybe it can draw us a bit further along the path of light, and stoke in us a deeper devotion to what is right. Because it begins at home, in the community, in the conduct of everyday people seeking to be a bit more decent to one another. So if one of these memes leads you to ask how your neighbor is doing or compliment your partner as they head out the door, then they've done their job.