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Have you ever provided some type of assistance to someone who was truly in need?
Someone you didn’t even know, and would likely never even see again?
I’ll bet it felt good, didn’t it?
Our world is full of people who are down on their luck and in need of some kind of help.
I guess it’s just human nature to think of the homeless as somehow less worthy of respect than other people.
But have you ever passed by a homeless person and wondered what brought them to this point?
And more important, what it would take for them to turn their life around?
This story of a man named Donald Gould proves things aren’t always as they seem.
The story begins here… [Read more…]
Have you ever gotten down on yourself because some bit of misfortune came your way?
It happens to all of us, and when it happens to me I always try to tell myself that there’s always someone who’s having a rougher time than I am.
And I must admit that it usually helps.
This video features the incredible life and story of a man named Nick Vujicic. I won’t go into detail about Nick’s circumstance because the video speaks for itself. [Read more…]
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Have you ever witnessed someone working at a job that appeared to be so ridiculously dangerous that you wondered who in the world would ever have the intestinal fortitude to do it?
Every day numerous people go to work at jobs that require them to do things “the average person” would never do.
Some of those jobs pay extremely well, for obvious reasons. Others, not so much.
Well, it’s that time of year again.
The time when everyone is running from store to store and surfing from website to website trying to get their Christmas shopping finished on time.
And in case you haven’t noticed, it’s also the time of year when our TVs, computers and mobile devices are flooded with an endless stream of Christmas shopping ads.
Most of the holiday ads we see are pretty blah, but last December Chevrolet managed to come up with a real tear-jerker that’s quite possibly the most inspirational ad I have ever seen. [Read more…]