Right away, he gently removed the broken pane and replaced it with another.

She is taking care of the old beat up piano, polishing the wood to a high shine.

She took in the abandoned cat and the abandoned dog.

He hid potatoes for her under the whole wheat toast.

She brought food for the bed-ridden, left dried corn for the injured deer.

He mailed her some two-dollar bills to make up for the ones that had been stolen.

He let the confused stranger into his home, and washed his scraped-up feet.

She replaced the flip-flops the dog had chewed up.

They took in another's children.

She gave tea leaves to the woman who was dispirited, made a hot drink for the boy with the bad cough.

He gave the man in pajamas whose house just burned down a pair of his own jeans.

People want to repair what's been broken; they want to make things right.