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:
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 couple—a rare birth of “one of the least known and understood species on the planet”
Known as the forest giraffe, the endangered mammal, named Arabi, was born at Chester Zoo on May 12th to a 10-year-old mother and a 20-year-old male named Stomp.
Arabi’s namesake is a village located in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve inside the only country where okapis are found—the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Africa.
It’s estimated that fewer than 10,000 remain in the wild, living in the dense rainforests in the DRC where their zebra stripes act as camouflage.
~ “Biodiversity, it starts in the distant past and points towards the future.” ~ Frank Lanting
~ Walter Rosen, National Academy of the Sciences
When Others Wouldn’t
When Others Wouldn’t Princess Diana In 1987, the rhetoric around AIDS was fear-inducing and alarmist. The public were unsure about the nature of the disease, how dangerous it was and how it could be transmitted. When Princess Diana visited a hospital in London, she...
The Real Bionic Dog
The Real Bionic Dog In 2010, rescuers entered an abandoned, foreclosed home in Nebraska and discovered a mother dog and her babies in the frigid basement. The mother had passed away, but her puppies were alive, although one of them had severe frostbite from having...
Abducted Girl Saved by Lions
Abducted Girl Saved by Lions Sgt. Wondimu Wedajo -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia A 12-year-old girl who was abducted and beaten by men trying to force her into a marriage was found being guarded by three lions who apparently had chased off her captors, a policeman said...
