Good news from all over the world. I wish you could see my smile. Finding the good, underneath all the negativity brings me so much joy.
Tag: <span>kindness</span>
Today I want to shine a light on people doing good things, not organizations, businesses, or governments. Just ordinary individuals like you and me doing remarkable things all around the world.
These eyes
The trust, the love, the bond—
so fresh, so fragile,
so strong already.
Collecting ‘good news’. It doesn’t get better than that.
This is Vader, on the morning of August 6th, 2022. A tenant had given him a stuffed animal to play with. The maintenance guy, who also happened to be one of my helpers when I have too much to do in my workroom, took the picture and sent it to me. “We found this little guy abandoned in the sink in the janitor’s room when we got our stuff. One of the apartments had been vacated in the night. Can you take him in?”
Wandering around the Albuquerque Airport Terminal, after learning my flight had been delayed four hours, I heard an announcement: “If anyone in the vicinity of Gate A-4 understands any Arabic, please come to the gate immediately.”
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The old year has been good to me
That’s in retrospect, of course
Because from this perspective
All bad looks smaller.
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Like a sock in a wrong drawer, being overlooked and sometimes pushed around for no other reason than not matching.
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I believe that we always carry the best version of ourselves within us. Deep down, we are all peaceful, radiant, loving, and wonderful. (Please, don’t burst my bubble!)
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I dislike questions like that. How could you improve your community? They misguide us and quite often, they leave us feeling small and little. Am I doing enough?