Tony Robbins awoke the day of 9/11 about to conduct a training session in Hawaii for 2,000 people from 39 countries, teaching Emotional Mastery. Instead of canceling the day's session, he decided to bring together this diverse audience -- people from different religions and cultures -- and get them to redirect their focus to somehow serve a greater good.
It's been difficult to avoid the deluge of dissonance in the US Presidential election, but I'm protected by a loyal umbrella: my unshakable faith in humanity.
Here's how some Muslims around the world have protested ISIS and terror groups in the last year, including 70,000 clerics declaring a fatwa against them.
When a little girl with diabetes had a panic attack onboard a flight, threatening her blood sugar level, this flight attendant went above and beyond.
This ice cream vendor is teaching kids to pay it forward now that strangers are donating money to give ice cream in exchange for learning.
This sweet duo had never met each other before they both sat down – but when they start to sing, one would think they've known each other their whole lives.
A delivery network app that allows people to ship items with drivers already headed in that direction is waiving fees for people wanting to help flood victims.
Hoping to be part of the solution and promote a unified community, dozens of volunteers came out to clean up after riots left businesses burned.
Television host Leeza Gibbons has used her $700,000 in reality TV show winnings to give back to a critical group of people often forgotten by society.
Students took to the streets, handing out free hugs to police officers and strangers at a time when all Americans could use a hug.
When an arsonist attacked a shop catering to immigrant tastes, a community in England came together to help the shopkeeper, and stand with love.
A poetry project in NYC beams the keystrokes of a public typewriter onto a website, like a collective Twitter feed, capturing the emotions of a chaotic summer.
A new adult coloring book provides the perfect creative outlet to help people in recovery focus on the good in their world.
A nationwide chain of dental offices is putting smiles on the faces of thousands of veterans who don't have dental insurance, providing millions in free care.
Over the past several summers, the 'Mower Gang' has volunteered to mow abandoned Detroit parks free of charge to help give kids a place to play. With winter here, the mower gang has traded in their lawnmowers for snow blowers. The problem for him is that all his neighbors have snow blowers, so he wants to find people disabled or elderly who need help clearing walkways and driveways.
When this woman heard kids in her county could go hungry over the summer, she rallied volunteers to deliver free lunches to them every day.
A 14-year-old from Rhode Island, Nicholas Lowinger, was chosen as a 2012 Huggable Hero, winning $10,000 for outstanding work in public service. His foundation, Gotta Have Sole, donates new footwear to children living in homeless shelters. New shoes not only provide the perfect fit for a child, but they also instantly increase a child's self-esteem. To date, Nicolas has purchased 5,000 pairs of shoes for homeless kids by raising tens of thousands of dollars.
Now that beloved baseball great Derek Jeter is headed for retirement, a new Gatorade commercial has baseball fans getting misty-eyed.
Police officers and teens link arms to promote racial harmony and stronger community ties - and to #endthepain.
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