Unexpected Goodness
Just like sunlight and vitamins energize our bodies, goodness and kindness fuel our souls. Unfortunately, today’s media highlight dissension and negativity when the world we live in is already filled with more challenges than usual since the inception of the pandemic.
Goodness is happening all around us but seldom receives the public appreciation and enjoyment it deserves. Our blog is a way to bring everyday heroics to inspire, reenergize or just warm your heart. Here are our latest entries to feed your soul:
Cher Ami
UNEXPECTED GOODNESS
The most famous pigeon in history: Cher Ami
Cher Ami, French for “dear friend,” was a homing pigeon, one of 600 English-bred birds donated to the U.S. Army Signal Corps in France to help deliver important messages during World War 1. He is most famous for traveling over 40 km (25 miles) to deliver a message from an encircled battalion (“The Lost Battalion”) despite being shot through the breast, blind in one eye, and covered in blood with a severed leg hanging by one tendon. The message that dangled from his injured leg ultimately saved 194 lives. Today, the little hero of the 77th Infantry Division has been mounted by a taxidermist in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in its “Price of Freedom” exhibit.
~National Museum of American History
Brothers in Blue
UNEXPECTED GOODNESS Michael Martinez, a 9-year-old boy who suffers from cerebral palsy, was bullied and shoved from his wheelchair last year after he dressed up like a police officer for career day. Bullying isn’t tolerated in Texas. Humble Police Department and Texas...
Biodiversity is More Precious than Diamonds
UNEXPECTED GOODNESS “Every birth is incredibly special indeed,” said Hannah Owens, an okapi keeper at Chester Zoo. “Mum has been doing a fantastic job of feeding and nurturing her calf every day.” Zookeepers threw a coming-out party for the baby calf of an okapi...
Standing Up for Good in Toxic Times
The Nobel Peace Prize put up for auction by the Russian journalist Dmitry A. Muratov to help Ukrainian refugees, sold Monday night for $103.5 million to an anonymous buyer, obliterating the record for a Nobel medal. The proceeds from the auction will go to UNICEF to...
