Josh Paler Lin decided to do a little experiment and the outcome was something neither him nor us would ever expect.
He went up to a random homeless man and gave him $100. Then he followed him around to see what he would do with the money. The guy walked into a liquor store and came out with a big bag. What we all expected is that he stocked up on booze and we are all wrong. Because after he came out of the store, they continued to follow him to see what was in the shopping bag. To his surprise and ours, he bought food and was handing it out to other people that are in the same predicament as him.
Josh had to ask him about it. The guy told him he did not know the people he was giving the food to. Therefore, Josh asked him why he did it; and he told him “There are things money can’t buy. I get a happiness out of what I am doing.” Lin was so touched by his actions that he gave him another hundred bucks even though the guy didn’t want to take it. Both men were left stunned by the other one and we are left stunned by both of them.
Then Lin wanted to find out how he found himself living on the street. The man’s mother and stepfather, who he was living with, were both sick and on hospice care. The insurance only covered so much, so he quit his job to take care of them. Both of them died within two weeks of each other. The place where they were living was sold and then he found himself homeless for the last four months. The man also explained there are a lot of good people on the streets who find themselves suddenly without a home for many different reasons.
This is something we have to remember the next time see someone who finds themselves in a bad situation. I know it is something I will remember. Who would think a video that is under 5 minutes could leave such an impact, but it does.
Thank you to Josh Paler Lin for restoring my faith in humanity, I hope that he does the same for you.
Now, I am going to wipe my tears off because I can’t stop crying after watching this.
We have heard of soul mates and now we are seeing skeleton mates. Archeologists at the University of Leiceste were digging under the lost chapel of St. Morell when they discovered several bodies have been buried there. However, that was not their great discovery; finding a couple under the dirt who are not only lying next to each other, but their arms are crossed together.
Therefore, in a day when almost half of all marriages end in divorce, it is nice to see that 700 years ago even death couldn’t separate true love.
CVS announced today that they will stop selling cigarettes at all of their stores by October 1st. Not only will they no longer be carrying the cancer sticks, starting this spring they will launch programs that will help people who want to kick the disgusting habit.
This will cost the pharmaceutical billions of dollars and they are OK with that. CVS Caremark CEO, Larry Merlo, explained his decision CBS Morning News why he is putting health before financial gain, “Well we generate about $2 billion in tobacco and related sales, but at the same time, we believe this is the right decision for our company. It positions us for future growth and the opportunity to play a greater role in our evolving healthcare system.”
As a former smoker, I applaud their decision. I hope other companies will follow suit because we need to get rid of smoking. The only reason why tobacco is still being sold because of all the money it generates. Should we put money ahead of human lives? I think not. Plus the world will smell so much better if it doesn’t smell like smokers.
The patients and staff at Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock took Katy Perry’s song Roar and recorded a really positive video to it. Not until I saw these kids, who are beating the odds, lip-syncing to the hit did I realize the powerful meaning behind this song.
Read these lyrics and don’t tell me it isn’t perfect for these children, who aren’t going to let their ailments keep them down. And it is also perfect for the staff who bring smiles to their little faces every day as the ask the little ones to endure the shots, tests and medicines to make them better.
You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Already brushing off the dus
You hear my voice, you hear that sound
Like thunder gonna shake the ground
You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Get ready cause I’ve had enough
I see it all, I see it now
I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire
Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Seriously this video brought inspirational tears to my eyes because I love looking into their eyes of the tiger. It’s hard not stare at them and want to donate to the hospital and help these kids out. So that is what I am going to do and you should do the same.
via Country Weekly
Kevin Smith has spoken out on the schmucks at Westboro Baptist Church, who have protested his shows and movies, by talking about them during his one man tour and even did a movie about them called Red State. As of yet, I don’t remember ever seeing Silent Bob confront them head on.
Well Vince Gill on the other has. On Sunday, a small group of them (because there really aren’t that many of them, thankfully) were protesting his show in Kansas City claiming he is an adulterer because both his wife, Amy Grant, and him were married before they got together. When the Country singer heard they were out there, he decided he wanted “to see what hate looked like.” But he didn’t stop there, when they called him an adulterer in the name of Jesus Christ, he responded by saying “He said a lot of stuff, about forgiveness, grace. You guys don’t have any of that.” Amen Vince Gill.
I get that the first amendment grants us Freedom of Speech, but I think this group does not deserve that right when they preach what I perceive as hate at funerals for innocent victims.
I am proud that Vince Gill took a peaceful stand against them and I hope more celebrities in his position will do the same. If they have the right, then so do we.
I normally don’t post on them because I don’t want to give them publicity, but I wanted to give Gill the publicity for how he handled them. Seriously my hat is off to him!
