Two days after 9-11, the German ship approached. It was flying an American flag at half-mast. They had made a sign to display on the side that read, We Stand By You. The entire crew was manning the rails, saluting, in their dress blues.
A woman with her family meets two homeless men in a fast food place. She feels an overwhelming sensation to buy them lunch. Everyone in the place learns a lesson.
I asked the class to list the names of the other students in the room and think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.
Hundreds of communities and churches across the country will say they participated in the fourth annual Random Acts of Kindness Week, February 9-16. Certainly the kindness benefits the recipient, but as the practitioner of the act, you are also rewarded, by a palpable energy surging through you; and you are fairly floating along to your next appointment!
Anthropologists once examined a society that utilized a special technique for the treatment of those members who chose to break rules or violate customs, which were predominantly children.
Santa Claus -- aka Julio Sly'' Dones -- is back outside of the Harrison Gardens public housing complex, bringing holiday cheer to children of all ages for the 43rd year in a row. Santa stands next to the elaborate Nativity scene he created at Third and Jackson streets handing out candy while Christmas carols play on a stereo.
An unassuming school teacher in Toronto, hid her riches -- gained through shrewd savings and investments in stocks and bonds. But she always gave large donations to those in need.
The reforestation of a barren savannah was successful. More than just successful, it initiated economic opportunities and unleashed a chain reaction of positive effects that surprised even the initiators of the program.
When Jackie related the incident to her son, he flipped. “Are you crazy? Haven’t you heard of car-jackers!!†She said it never crossed her mind. It felt from the start that it was right. “I knew I was meant to help this young man. I had no fear.
We have to look beyond our past experiences and how are parents raised us. (If they were traumatic or regrettable experiences.)And the next time you hear yourself blaming your actions on the way your parents raised you, stop, and say I have a choice and I can transcend my presently perceived limitations.
Attaining success in life, Jim Carrey told students in his recent commencement address at a university in Iowa, is about "letting the universe know what you want, and working toward it, while letting go of how it comes to pass."
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