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It changes their world

1,169 views | Posted by Lauren on July 15, 2021

As I walked to my car in the local shopping mall, I saw a man who was sitting quietly with a sign that said, please help. I often give $20 but after reading these posts over the past few weeks I decided to invest time as well… I stopped and just said… come on buddy… pick up your things and let’s get you...

If you give you will always receive back

1,027 views | Posted by Natascha on July 5, 2021

This week, Friday, my husband and I arrived in Madeira where we will live for the next 3 months. As I had to work he went to the next big supermarket to do the grocery shopping and went home by taxi. Once he arrived he learnt that he could not pay by card and did not have any cash. The taxi driver was super nice waived the charge and told...

A Light In The Storm

993 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on July 5, 2021

A series of massive thunder storms had battered our area recently. Heavy rains, high winds, hail, and lots of lightening had caused flash flooding, knocked down tree limbs and even toppled trees. I had spent the afternoon picking up branches out of my yard and tossing them away. Then just before I was getting ready to take my dogs for their...

NHS worker returns to ambulance to find gift

718 views | Posted by NHS Worker on July 2, 2021

An NHS worker posted this photo to Twitter and said: "A busy 60-hour block of shifts this one. Came out of a house in Ainsdale to find this. Thank you." She added: "When we came outside, we found chocolate bars and drinks had been left on the step of the ambulance by one of her neighbours. It was a really...

She Can't be Real

710 views | Posted by Kay Heitsch on July 10, 2021

This week we drove over to spend some time with Aunt Carmeleta. We don't see her very often since she lives in Tennesee. However, this past week her husband Ken drove their motor home to Michigan to attend their Campmeeting. As always, it was great to see Aunt Carmeleta. She met us at the motor home door smiling. She gave us...

Photos

704 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on July 12, 2021

I don’t own a camera anymore. Yes, I know my computer has one and my daughter is constantly taking pictures and filming little movies with her smart phone. I am talking about those old stand alone cameras that we all used to have. I am even so old that I can remember taking a roll of film over a period of weeks, mailing it out, and...

You Can Dine Out On A Good Story

701 views | Posted by Les Close on July 12, 2021

I was sitting at a social distance near a couple from nearby High River and we got to swapping "feel good stories" at The Little New York Bistro in Longview, Alberta. I told them about a nice woman who was ahead of me in line at a grocery store who asked me to go ahead of her since I only had 3 items. I told the woman...

Mobility Scooter

668 views | Posted by Barbara on July 14, 2021

A friend/Buddhist nun’s weekend project was to sell her mother’s mobility scooter online. Joanna Lavelle is 90 and a bit more homebound these days. She and her daughter/my friend went to the shops this morning and her mother stopped to chat, as she always does, today to an elderly gentleman struggling with a rickety...

Today has been a good day

607 views | Posted by Kerrie on July 15, 2021

Today has been a good day. My birthday wish this year was for friends & family to donate blankets & beanies to me. I ended up with nearly 30 blankets & 52 beanies! Unexpected generosity! My husband and I then packaged them up. Each day for the last week I've randomly met a rough sleeper during my lunch,...

Kindness through Letters

587 views | Posted by Allison Bond on July 12, 2021

Hello I am Allison and I love spreading kindness to others all around the world. I am disabled I am 24 and I’m from Arkansas I love sending love to others even if I don’t know them it’s a huge blessing being able to show God’s love, as well as my love to all these people I send stuff to I, have pen pals...

When you expect miracles, miracles will happen

499 views | Posted by Rachelle on July 24, 2021

My father and I went to lunch today. Our conversation was about the power of a positive mindset, synchronicities, saving for future dreams and just life in general. The waiter grabbed my attention half way through our meal and pointed towards the exit saying something, I didn’t hear him at first because he was behind the...

Anj

486 views | Posted by Sigrid on July 24, 2021

Yesterday I posted on Facebook a photo of me overlooking the ocean with the title‚ Missing my family 😞. I haven’t seen my family, which lives overseas, in almost 2 years due to Covid, and the longer it takes, the more disconnected I feel. Today my doorbell rang. I opened the door and found an Uber eats' bag...

Every Single Thing

422 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on July 27, 2021

"I just don’t know what my purpose, what my mission in this life is!," a friend wrote me in an e-mail recently. For some reason her letter awakened an old memory in me so I wrote her back and shared this with her. When I was a young Dad my family was struggling just to get by. I was getting a few days work here and...

Surprise Coffee

412 views | Posted by Kylie on July 24, 2021

Today I felt a little bit broken. I was up all night with a sick kid, snoring husband and a clingy dog (they are all SOOOOOO lucky I love them so much). Teaching my own 3, my high school students and using my breaks to do washing, house work and get dinner on. Then I was teaching my Year 10s period 5 when what do you see through the study...

An Old Wet Dog

387 views | Posted by Joseph J. Mazzella on July 27, 2021

It was several years ago. The air was cool, rain was falling, and it felt more like early Spring than early Summer. I was sitting at the desk I am sitting at now working on my old computer when I saw him. He was an old, wet dog walking up the hill to my house. His furry face was a grizzly white. The leather collar around his neck was faded,...