Sometimes, a hug is all what we need. Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann. A man whos sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives. In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal.
As this symbol of human hope spread accross the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs campaign BANNED. What we then witness is the true spirit of humanity come together in what can only be described as awe inspiring.
In the Spirit of the free hugs campaign, PASS THIS TO A FRIEND and HUG A STRANGER! After all, If you can reach just one person…
Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity provides practical and emotional support to families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness. We support 1,000 families each year.
I think that the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity is worth supporting. You will find details on their website.
Michael Moore cut this scene from Sicko because no one would believe it
Best Country In The World To Live | Norway?
This is a video clip teaser from the bonus material on the DVD-version of Michael Moore’s movie – Sicko.
This clip was left out of the original movie because it was said to be “unbelievable” and “people wouldn’t believe it” because it was too good to be true.
By the way – Norway Ranks No 2 in world for Women in Government (Sweden is No 1)
Can | Dick Hoyt | Worlds Strongest Dad in The World
Can | Dick Hoyt | Worlds Strongest Dad in The World
Isn’t it that every year around this time, the media is flooded with articles and stories about gratitude. And of course, it makes us all “feel good” for a few days before we move on to complaining. We forget to respect and honour what is right in our lives, NO matter how small… each day.
Gratitude is not an issue for Dick and Rick Hoyt. They are a father and son team who have competed in over than nine hundred road races, marathons, triathlons and other athletic endeavours. Dick is in his late 60s and Rick, his son is in his 40s and he has been wheelchair bound without the ability to speak since birth. Together they are a team and have been an inspiration for thousands of people. One of the most touching videos I’ve seen.
Eighty-five times Dick pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times he’s not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a wheelchair, but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming, and pedalled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars and that ALL IN THE SAME DAY!!!!
Rick Rielly recently wrote in Sports Illustrated:
This love story began in Winchester , Mass. , 43 years ago, when Rick was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs.
“He’ll be a vegetable the rest of his life;” Dick says doctors told him And his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old. “Put him in an Institution.”
But the Hoyts weren’t buying it. They noticed the way Rick’s eyes followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was anything to help the boy communicate. “No way,” Dick says he was told. “There’s nothing going on in his brain.”
“Tell him a joke,” Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed. Turns out a lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? “Go Bruins!” And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the school organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, “Dad, I want to do that.”
Yeah, right. How was Dick, a self-described “porker” who never ran more than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he tried. “Then it was me who was handicapped,” Dick says. “I was sore for two weeks.”
That day changed Rick’s life. “Dad,” he typed, “when we were running, It felt like I wasn’t disabled anymore!”
I suggest to watch the video… then watch it again… and again… move beyond talking about being grateful once a year. Start to live Gratitude!
At the time of my posting the video had 7,424,888 viewings on youTube.
Aqua Dots Containing Date Rape Drug | Another Chinese Toy Recalled
Aqua Dots Containing Date Rape Drug | Another Chinese Toy Recalled
Another Chinese toy recalled!!!
Aqua Dots are liquid-filled beads that can be arranged into designs and sprayed with water to hold them together. Safety officials in the US have recalled 4.2 million Chinese Aqua Dots art and craft bead toys containing a chemical that after swallowing the beads’ coating reportedly metabolizes into the hallucinogenic “date rape” drug gammahydroxybutyrate, also known as GBH. An overdose can cause unconsciousness, drowsiness, seizures, coma or death.
Attitude of Gratitude | My Most Fulfilled Years Yet
Attitude of Gratitude | My Most Fulfilled Years Yet
I was thinking today what I am grateful for – right now I am sitting on my recliner chair with my feet up and my laptop resting on my knees whilst working. That’s how it has been for the last four weeks. I know, it sounds cosy, but having fractured both ankle bones of my right ankle on one of my early morning walks, having surgery and being housebound until “further notice”… believe me, it can be all else but cosy at times.
To me it is a time of reflection and the time I am looking back over the last (almost) seven years with amazement. They have been by far the most fulfilled years yet… years full of Personal Growth beyond my wildest dreams.
I have lost a lot – and gained tenfold more… People have left my life – new friends and guides have arrived… My boys have grown taller than I am – my daughters have stepped from babies to growing into warm, gentle, joyous young women. I am blessed with four beautiful, gorgeous grandchildren…and not to forget, my loving partner who is also my best friend.
There were times when I shed enough tears to drown in – but now I have more joy, fun, laughter and love in my life than I’ve ever experienced, having the chance to grow, learn and remember more than I ever thought possible.
Do you know, I am not even sure if any of this is so unusual, but I am sure that it isn’t really better or worse, as I know that it is my awareness as well as my sensitivity to everything has become greater than it has ever been before. And what I know is that I am incredibly grateful for who I am today and all the different aspects of myself I have experienced. Learning to navigate the world and my life with understanding and insights make it an incredible journey and for that I am most grateful.
Steve Jobs | Getting Fired from Apple in 1985 | Life and Death
Steve Jobs | Getting Fired from Apple in 1985 | Life and Death
You may have already seen this, as this video has been around for quite sometime now, but in my opinion it is well worth watching even if you have seen it already.
In 2005 Steve Jobs delivers his commencement speech to the graduates of Stanford University. In it he talks about getting fired from Apple in 1985 and also about life & death.
His words really get me, every time. Very inspiring… motivating… touching…
At the time of my posting this video has been watched 1,054,590
I thought you may be interested in Neale Donald Walsch newest DVD. It is packed with step-by-step advice. It can change your life and help you to overcome obstacles and the blockages that are stopping you from living the life you truly and sincerely desire.
Neale shows that true abundance has nothing to do what we have and that it has everything to do with “how” we are being. Walsch responds to the many questions we all have and he describes how to overcome what blocks us and what keeps us from experiencing true abundance. Neale offers practical steps to achieve our heart’s desires and how to attract and sustain more abundance into our lives.
Be the source of that which you would choose for another – whether be it more money, a better relationship, being healthier, having more love in your life – than be the source for another and your life will become truly abundant.
St. Francis of Assisi | Make Me An Instrument of Thy Peace
St. Francis of Assisi | Make Me An Instrument of Thy Peace
I am not into any kind of religious stuff (far from it), but I have always liked the message in this:
Make Me An Instrument of Thy Peace
St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Did you know:
Saint Francis was born in Assisi, Italy in 1182. He lived and preached a life of poverty and love of God to all men. He founded the religious Order of the Franciscans; with St. Clare, he founded the Order of the Poor Clares; and the Third Order for lay people. He died in 1226.
