compassion
The Nation Speaks (Jan. 16): How to Stay Positive When the News Cycle is Negative; Fighting Lockdown Measures
In this episode, psychotherapist Dr. Robi Ludwig gives advice on how to take care of your mental health when the news cycle is negative. Then, Lisa Monet, co-owner of Alibi Drinkery, and Darius Teichroew, co-founder of Reopen Minnesota Coalition, tell us how they’re fighting lockdown measures in their state. And a former Arizona Sheriff is […]
Schoolchildren hold ‘Peace Gathering’ to condemn Syria’s chemical weapons attack
Hundreds of schoolchildren gathered at the Gandhi Memorial in New Delhi in a peace gathering, on Monday, April 10, to condemn the deadly chemical weapons attacks by Syria. The children held signs saying “I refuse to accept violence on children” and “Peace for All.” Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi led the children a moment of […]
Forgiving mother does the unthinkable and hugs her daughter’s killer in court
Look up “compassion” in the dictionary and next to it you’ll find Ady Guzman-DeJesus’ name. In 2012 her 13-year-old daughter, Lourdes “Jina” Guzman-DeJesus, was accidentally shot while riding a school bus. Two years after the incident at the killer’s sentencing, Guzman-DeJesus got up in front of the court and did something that stunned everyone. She hugged […]
Kind bus driver sees mom struggling to get her daughter to the bus in a wheelchair, builds them an access ramp
One morning when Thomas Mitchell, a mechanic and fill-in school bus driver, saw a mother struggling to get her daughter in a wheelchair out of their home to catch the bus, he knew he wanted to help. “There was hardly any room for her to maneuver this chair,” Mitchell told his employer at the Tennessee […]
Two Olympic athletes crash and fall, then motivate each other to finish the race
“Get up, get up! We have to finish,” D’Agostino told her competitor Hamblin, “This is the Olympic Games. We have to finish this.” In this one moment these two athletes captured the true spirit of the 2016 Olympics. With 2,000 meters of the 5,000 meters sprint left to go, New Zealand’s Hamblin tripped and fell, crashing […]
Talented photographer clicks photos of children with cancer in their dream settings, invokes hope and peace
An Utah based photographer is on an amazing, soul-searching project to bring hope to children suffering from cancer. Jonathan Diaz takes fantasy photos of these children in their dream settings and provides them with immense joy and hope. The inevitable question a child is asked by visiting friends and strangers is … what would you like to […]
Little boy joyfully gives away his toys to less fortunate kids at his special ‘lemonade stand’
Blake, 6 is unlike other children of his age. At his age while other children pester their parents for toys, Blake’s heart thinks of less fortunate children and gifts them his toys for free. He has a regular pop-up store in front of his home for it. Melissa Work, Blake’s mother and he have always […]
This Indian man helps his beloved wife, a rape survivor, to study law and fight abusers!
True love is powerful enough to become the lifeline of those in love. This Indian man’s love for his wife has become a constant source of strength for her to stay positive and seek justice from those who raped her before their marriage. This love story gives us hope and touches our hearts. As conflict […]
Child beggar gets adopted after crying and praying for a woman worse off
A beggar boy in Kenya approached a car to beg. When he came to see and learn of the condition of the person sitting in the car, he cried uncontrollably out of empathy. His emotional pictures shared by a netizen went viral. This is an incident which took place in Kenya, Nairobi, where a beggar boy […]
Courtroom Transforms into Disney Land for little girl’s adoption
Courtrooms are very normally serious and formal places, but for five-year-old, Danielle Koning, the courtroom transformed into a Disney land. Everybody left their formal suits and stern expressions behind, and dressed up as Disney characters, to make it the best day in the little girl’s life. The little girl, hailing from Grand Rapids, Michigan, was attending her […]
A quick thinking, empathetic flight attendant rescues a teenage girl from human trafficking
A flight attendant’s job is no cake-walk. What with nights turning into days and the ever demanding requests from passengers, the job becomes ever so challenging. Amidst the chaos, this flight attendant had the motherly compassion and insight of noticing a teenage girl in distress. Shelia Frederick, 49, from Alabama, was on one such Alaska Airlines flight from […]
Amazing photos showing acts of selfless love and kindness will restore your faith in humanity!
Were we to follow the news channels, all we would learn is that the world is full of horrible, cunning, treacherous people waiting to pounce on each other. Happily, this is not at all a fact. Quite often, if we look around us, we certainly encounter endless examples of kindness and benevolence. Here are some […]
Touching video of a shopkeeper and homeless man
Sometimes things are a lot more complicated than they seem. Even the homeless have their own fate and absolutely nothing is quite as at it appears… This video below, showing the tragedy of a homeless man, has gone viral. Since it surfaced it has been clicked on more than 81 million times. But in fact, […]
Cops escort children to school after they lost their brave dad in a crash
Justin Scherlen, who was a police officer with the Amarillo Police Department died on duty in a crash. His children were sad as they were going to school for the first time without him giving them a hug. To bring them hope and love, dozens of cops from their dad’s department threw up a surprise […]
5-year-old cancer patient scored an awesome goal against Chelsea soccer club. Treated as a guest by star footballers.
Bradley Lowery, a five-year old boy from Blackhall Colliery, England is a cancer patient. The deadly disease however didn’t limit his enthusiasm for soccer. To support his fight for freedom from Cancer, Sutherland soccer club made him the guest of honour of a match and the mascot of their club. In 2013, Bradley was diagnosed with […]
A mother of two comes forward to adopt 3 kids of her dying best friend!
Being best friends from almost two decades is indeed special, but this predestined bond becomes even more amazing when the friendship stands through some of the most challenging tests. This is the story of two good friends who are lovely mothers as well. How their friendship endured through the hard times is beyond compare, and has indeed become an example we […]
College best friends turn into magicians, dress up as princesses and visit sick children
A group of college best friends have come together to spread some magic in the life of sick children. Dressed up as princess, characters from world’s most famous fairy tales, these girls visit sick children and enliven their rooms with fresh hope and happiness. Kylee McGrane, Wilkes Barre and Margaret McAndrew started ‘A Moment of […]
Child lovingly makes and delivers hundreds of soft toys for sick children
You would have seen kids playing with soft toys all day around refusing to part with them. But have you seen a kid hunching over a sewing machine all day long because he wants to make soft toys for sick kids? 12-year-old Campbell Remess crafts stuffed toy animals so that he can gift them to sick […]