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Terror and Kindness on Interstate 5

Posted on May 2, 2012 by russtowne

It was the middle of the night on one of those long and lonely stretches of Interstate 5 between distant small farming communities. My mom and her girlfriend were taking me and 4 of their other children to Disneyland. All … Continue reading →

Posted in Courage, Generosity, LIfe Lessons, Making the World a Better Place, Praise, True Stories I've Written | Tagged 18-wheeler, 18-wheelers, big beast, blaring, blaring horns, brains, bucking wildly, careened, Caring, children, dazed, Disneyland, eighteen-wheelers, eightenn-wheeler, end-over-end, facing the wrong way, families, Family, fast-motion, flat tires, flats, flipped, freeway, glaring lights, gyrating, headlights, headlights coming at us, help, horns, Interestate 5, kids, kind, kindness, mechanic, mom, Mother, mothers, never-ending, nightmare, on-coming lights, on-coming trucks, oncoming traffic, shockwave, shop, siblings, spinning, straddling both lanes, SUV, terror, Travel-All, trembling nerves, truck, trucker, trucks, wrong way on the freeway, zig-zag, zig-zagging | Leave a comment

Jet Engine Technology Helps Woman Speak Again After 35 Years

Posted on April 16, 2012 by russtowne

A doctor recently used jet engine technology to help a woman speak again after a car accident that silenced her 35 years earlier. I love to hear how creativity and technology work together to help to create modern miracles. http://tinyurl.com/7me3rvz

Posted in Creativity, Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged 35 years, create, creative, creativity, doctor, engine, hear, help, jet, jet engine technology, Love, miracles, modern, modern miracles, silenced, speak again, speak car accident, technology, together, woman, Work, work together | Leave a comment

To Love What You Do

Posted on April 12, 2012 by russtowne

“To love what you do and feel that it matters–how could anything be more fun? –Katherine Graham I see ever-greater numbers of people around the globe doing what they love while making the world a better place. If you are … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, LIfe Lessons, Making the World a Better Place, Random Thoughts | Tagged appreciated, do what you love, energy, experience, feel valued and appreciated. feel, fun, help, Kathleen Graham, Love, love what you do, making the world a better place, passion, talent, valued, wisdom | Leave a comment

Challenge Day

Posted on March 10, 2012 by russtowne

I recently learned about a program called Challenge Day that has a vision and mission that I wholeheartedly applaud. I went to its website at http://www.challengeday.org/ and saw: “OUR VISION Our vision is that every child lives in a world … Continue reading →

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Hope For The Human Race Comes From An Unlikely Place

Posted on March 3, 2012 by russtowne

Awhile back I saw an amazing video of a dog who ran out onto a busy highway to to attempt to pull from danger another dog that had just been hit by a car. As cars whizzed by barely mising … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Random Thoughts, Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged abandon, abandoned, apathy, bully, bullying, care, Caring, cars, color, compassion, creature, creatures, cruelty, danger, deprivation, deprive, divide, divisiveness, Dog, dogs, eyes, grow, hate, hatred, help, Hero, Heroic, highway, hit, indifferencee, learn, loneliness, lonely, Love, neglect, one, oneness, ostracize, ostracized, political, politics, race, same, sameness, save, saved, shape of eyes, similar, similarities, skin, skin color, slavery, species, traffic, unite, video, war, wounds | Leave a comment

Add Extra To Ordinary

Posted on February 25, 2012 by russtowne

I was headed out the door to meet with a new investment Client when the headline for an ad in an open magazine caught my eye: “Add Extra To Ordinary” What an extraordinary tag line! (It was for Bertoli Olive … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts | Tagged Caring, compassion, evening, extra, Friend, friends, Friendship, help, Helping, kindness, Life, Love, night, ordinary, thoughtfulness, understanding | Leave a comment

Porcelin Unicorn

Posted on February 9, 2012 by russtowne

If you haven’t seen the short video winner called Porcelin Unicorn, I highly recommend it. The video is short, and with almost no dialog tells a powerful and moving story. The URL is below. http://www.porcelainunicorn.com/