Sometimes we just need to share our innermost thoughts and hear a little good news. So when the Instagram account We’re Not Really Strangers started sharing stories about kindness and connection, people took notice.

In one of its projects, the team set up a bright red phone on a table in what appears to be a busy outdoor plaza. A sign in front of the table reads, “Tell me your good news!” As people stroll—or, in some cases, skateboard—by, a few decide to take the challenge.

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One post shows a man spotting the sign and picking up the phone. His voice breaks almost immediately:

“I found out my dad was cancer-free today. And things haven’t been going well recently so…it really meant a lot. I think the social media stuff is weird and there’s a lot of it around here, but I don’t know, for some reason the phone felt like a good person to........

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