Hey there folks, it's me, the Quiet Mouse once again. Today I just wanted to share some more positive news. I think that often in our society that is obsessed with sex, violence, and death, as can be seen on our daily news, movies, and television programming. This may be our innate human nature, but today I would like to offer something more positive and meaningful.
I am going to just kinda list off 10 positive things that are happening in the world that rarely, if ever, receive public media attention. These are in no particular order...
1) Silverton, Colorado with a population of 638... the towns inhabitants all chipped together to save their local newspaper, the Silverton Standard, a historic regional paper.
2) Former NBA star and former husband of Carmen Electra, Dennis Rodman is re-united with his father this week after an estranged 42 years of absence.
3) Quadriplegic man fulfills dream of biking across the country. People with whole bodies cannot even do this. I admire the willpower and resolve of a person not letting a personal handicap keep them from fulfilling a dream.
4) A New York City bus driver was walking home from work, heard a commotion and actually ended up catching a woman who fell out of a third story window, making him a genuine hero of the day, the child whom he caught only suffered mere bruises instead of a far more serious fate.
5) Trooper delivers twins on highway in Utah. The highway patrol officer received a call from a mother in distress on the side of the road, already well into labor with the twins. The officer helped deliver the babies and ensured the safety of all three, mother and twins.
6) Boy, 16, set to become youngest helicopter pilot in U.S. This goal was achieved through charitable donations of strangers ranging from $275 per hour of flying time for the boy, racking up a total of $3500 to pay for his flying training. Now he is set for his first solo flight. What a dream come true.
7) 'Payback Painter' thanks town for kindness with mural. After a near-death accident, the town of Bussey Iowa, Todd Spore is painting a mural for the town in thanks for helping him with raising his children after the accident, leaving him a single dad and stuck in a wheelchair. Today he is thanking his community with a large scale mural of the town's people and their kindness, and he is up out of his wheelchair and walking again with a cane thanks to the help of his fellow men and women.
8) Golden Gate Bridge links lovers for a lifetime. Upon the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, a story is recounted of two lovers, who found each other via mail as pen-pals, eventually meeting for the first time upon this bridge. They spent the next 48 years together STILL sending one another love notes like when they were 12 years old starting out as pen-pals. Ain't love grand?
9) Cat saves owners lives hours after adoption. In Wisconsin a mother and her son adopted an older cat named Pudding from the Humane Society. The mother, having had diabetes since childhood went into a diabetic seizure, which the cat promptly tried to wake her up by nipping at her face and hands until the woman was able to regain enough consciousness to call out for her son, who then was able to call 911 for emergency help. Good job Pudding!
10) Smiles for the morning commute. "If people think I'm crazy, I don't care." So says Erica McElrath of St. Louis Missouri. Each morning she greets people on the streets with loud music playing on her headphones, just singing and dancing and rocking to the beat. She lost her job recently but is not without hope. She isn't wanting a hand-out or sympathy, just to make others smile, but feels over-joyed to do the thing she loves MOST: dancing. Her message for others is pretty simple: Do something that you enjoy, no matter what your situation or circumstances. So despite no job and no income, she might just be the happiest thing that St. Louis commuters see on their way to work.
I know the world can seem rough and depressing at times. I hope I was able to show others that it isn't all that bad. There are a lot of genuinely good people out there doing genuinely good things. It sucks that these good deeds are often overshadowed by corruption, greed, violence, and death in the modern media. The fact that people will NOT be held down by alleged handicaps, lack of jobs, or whatever... it gives me hope for humanity and puts things into perspective for sure. No one is perfect, but when I see those with physical, emotional, and economic setbacks rise up and do better for self and others... makes me feel like ANYTHING is possible. This has been the one and only Quiet Mouse.
Peace. Love. Respect. Good news.
I am going to just kinda list off 10 positive things that are happening in the world that rarely, if ever, receive public media attention. These are in no particular order...
1) Silverton, Colorado with a population of 638... the towns inhabitants all chipped together to save their local newspaper, the Silverton Standard, a historic regional paper.
2) Former NBA star and former husband of Carmen Electra, Dennis Rodman is re-united with his father this week after an estranged 42 years of absence.
3) Quadriplegic man fulfills dream of biking across the country. People with whole bodies cannot even do this. I admire the willpower and resolve of a person not letting a personal handicap keep them from fulfilling a dream.
4) A New York City bus driver was walking home from work, heard a commotion and actually ended up catching a woman who fell out of a third story window, making him a genuine hero of the day, the child whom he caught only suffered mere bruises instead of a far more serious fate.
5) Trooper delivers twins on highway in Utah. The highway patrol officer received a call from a mother in distress on the side of the road, already well into labor with the twins. The officer helped deliver the babies and ensured the safety of all three, mother and twins.
6) Boy, 16, set to become youngest helicopter pilot in U.S. This goal was achieved through charitable donations of strangers ranging from $275 per hour of flying time for the boy, racking up a total of $3500 to pay for his flying training. Now he is set for his first solo flight. What a dream come true.
7) 'Payback Painter' thanks town for kindness with mural. After a near-death accident, the town of Bussey Iowa, Todd Spore is painting a mural for the town in thanks for helping him with raising his children after the accident, leaving him a single dad and stuck in a wheelchair. Today he is thanking his community with a large scale mural of the town's people and their kindness, and he is up out of his wheelchair and walking again with a cane thanks to the help of his fellow men and women.
8) Golden Gate Bridge links lovers for a lifetime. Upon the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, a story is recounted of two lovers, who found each other via mail as pen-pals, eventually meeting for the first time upon this bridge. They spent the next 48 years together STILL sending one another love notes like when they were 12 years old starting out as pen-pals. Ain't love grand?
9) Cat saves owners lives hours after adoption. In Wisconsin a mother and her son adopted an older cat named Pudding from the Humane Society. The mother, having had diabetes since childhood went into a diabetic seizure, which the cat promptly tried to wake her up by nipping at her face and hands until the woman was able to regain enough consciousness to call out for her son, who then was able to call 911 for emergency help. Good job Pudding!
10) Smiles for the morning commute. "If people think I'm crazy, I don't care." So says Erica McElrath of St. Louis Missouri. Each morning she greets people on the streets with loud music playing on her headphones, just singing and dancing and rocking to the beat. She lost her job recently but is not without hope. She isn't wanting a hand-out or sympathy, just to make others smile, but feels over-joyed to do the thing she loves MOST: dancing. Her message for others is pretty simple: Do something that you enjoy, no matter what your situation or circumstances. So despite no job and no income, she might just be the happiest thing that St. Louis commuters see on their way to work.
I know the world can seem rough and depressing at times. I hope I was able to show others that it isn't all that bad. There are a lot of genuinely good people out there doing genuinely good things. It sucks that these good deeds are often overshadowed by corruption, greed, violence, and death in the modern media. The fact that people will NOT be held down by alleged handicaps, lack of jobs, or whatever... it gives me hope for humanity and puts things into perspective for sure. No one is perfect, but when I see those with physical, emotional, and economic setbacks rise up and do better for self and others... makes me feel like ANYTHING is possible. This has been the one and only Quiet Mouse.
Peace. Love. Respect. Good news.
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