Tag Archives: kindness

Score One for the 1st Amendment & Helping Others

Image credit: Marcus Wallis via Unsplash.com A U.S. federal court has ruled that people have the Constitutional right to distribute food in a public place. The homeless can now be fed in public places without the Good Samaritans fearing arrest … Continue reading

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Photo by Martin Adams on Unsplash A heart-felt thank you to the many kind people who are my wings and inspire me to learn to fly. It’s a beautiful feeling to step off into the unknown every day knowing there … Continue reading

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Way to Go, Worcester!

Photo by Swaraj Tiwari on Unsplash How one man with big trouble who did what he had to do without complaint inspired a town. This story delighted me. I saw the article at Leo @ Not All News is Bad. … Continue reading

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“What I’ve Learned”

Image credits: Adria Crehuet Cano via UnSplash.com   THINGS GETS BETTER WITH AGE I’ve learned that I like my teacher because she cries when we sing “Silent Night.” Age 5 I’ve learned that our dog doesn’t want to eat my … Continue reading

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A Drenched Woman Saves the Day

Photo Credit: Reza Shayestehpour via Unsplash.com A stranger opened her home with ten minutes notice to save a beach wedding that had gotten rained out. I was deeply touched when reading the article linked below about her kindness. A Drenched … Continue reading

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Way to Go, Toronto!

Photo Credit raw pixel via Unsplash.com An eighteen-year old who desperately wanted to get a job so he could feed his family was caught trying to shoplift the clothes he needed for a job interview. Instead of arresting him, the … Continue reading

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Twenty People Relay a Dog 3,000km Home

20 People and a Coonhound A group of twenty volunteers relayed a coonhound 3,000km back to his home. It’s quite a story. Sources:  Leo @ Not All News is Bad, and nine.com.au. With Love, Russ

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I Love Every Aspect of this Story

Strangers meet on a subway. A forty-year-old father struggling with math problems he hasn’t seen for thirty years so he can help his young son do better in school. Seated next to him is a man who used to be … Continue reading

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Gifts and Choices

I just read excerpts from a speech given by Jeff Bezos of Amazon fame that I really liked. The next two paragraphs were my favorite part of the article by Ruth Umoh at CNBC.com: Bezos told the Princeton grads that … Continue reading

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Looking for the Opportunity

“It has been said that true friends are hard to find. They may just be looking for the opportunity to step up and revel themselves.” –Greg Higgins Source: Heroic Stories   Heroic Stories With Love, Russ

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