Sometimes, in the face of rejection, we end up achieving even more than we ever planned. This inspirational talk by Jay Shetty helps us put failures in perspective. We may live in down times for months, years and even decades, but many of the most successful people on the planet have all gone through the same experiences of rejection. Here’s how to understand that a failure now can actually mean better opportunities are on the horizon.
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What happens when you take the time to call someone you haven’t spoken to in a while? From contacting former teachers to estranged parents and old friends, all of these strangers were surprised by the powerful emotions they experienced during their calls.
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When mailman Jeff Jones went to his last house for delivery one afternoon, it’s likely he was just excited for the day to be done. But upon noticing smoke and evidence of a fire in the house he was delivering to, he realized he needed to take immediate action and make sure people in the house were safe. A heroic rescue of three kids and their grandmother meant that this mailman-turned-fireman gave one family a lot to be thankful for this past Christmas.
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Jillian Massey may have been released from hospital treatment back in October, but she hasn’t forgotten all the children who needed to stay.
This brave little 4-year-old was diagnosed with medulloblastoma in April and started undergoing treatment at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. During her six months as a patient, Jillian made lots of friends with other children who were hospitalized.
When she was released, she asked her mother, Janelle, if they could start a toy drive for all her buddies who had not yet been given a green light to go.
Though they started out with a modest goal of 50 toys, an outpouring of generosity from friends, family, and strangers on her Facebook page raised over 3,000 gifts.
“It’s pretty cool to see how excited she is,” Janelle told ABC News. “She checks the front porch and brings them in, it’s her little job each day.”
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Most of us take for granted our ability to take a daily shower and get an occasional haircut. But Doniece Sandoval recognized that there are many people in her home of San Francisco who don’t have access to these basic necessities. So she founded Lava Mae, a non-profit organization that brings mobile showers, haircuts and other grooming services to San Francisco’s homeless population. This video shows how she has inspired citizens to truly connect with one another through love and compassion.
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Motivational philosopher Jay Shetty describes how beauty is ours for the taking in so many ways every day — but more often that not, we don’t even see it. When we’re looking only at our phones or seeking grandiose events, we’re missing a whole lot. Yet, if we tune into our surroundings and become more mindful, we can reap rewards in many ways. We’ll see the flowers, the energy, the kindnesses and the people that make our world beautiful.
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To create one of the most fun and noisy surprises on the streets of New York City, Improv Everywhere organized a random parade. Marching band members, people in costumes, and noisemakers were all waiting around the corner for someone to lead the parade. And who did? These random volunteers sure had a lot of fun, and everyone around seemed to have a blast watching this surprise performance!
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It’s a Christmas gift she never expected.
It was a typical day for Sarah Clark when she was working her shift as a server at the Pita Jungle in Phoenix, Arizona, this month. But that changed when she looked down at a receipt and saw that a customer had left a $900 tip on a $61.30 bill.
“You always hear about these [things] happening, but you never expect to be the recipient of it,” Clark, who was nine months pregnant, told KPHO. “It’s a huge, huge help for me and my family.”
The customer who left the generous tip also included a note. “This is God’s money — He gave it to us so we could give it to you. God bless,” it states.
Clark told local news outlets that the customer is someone she is friendly with and has served before.
With her fiancé scheduled for knee surgery and Clark planning to go on maternity leave, the extra cash couldn’t have come at a better time.
“I couldn’t have asked for anything more right now,” Clark said. “It’s going to help with bills, with rent, with being able to stay home and spend some more time with my baby.”
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This student was sure that he was in trouble after he got pulled over by Officer Martin Folczyk for speeding.
But after explaining that he was running late for a school presentation and he needed someone who could help him tie his tie, the officer took pity on the tardy student.
While Trevor Keeney from the University of Wisconsin-Stout was fetching his license and insurance papers, Officer Martin knotted the tie around his own neck before giving it to Trevor and explaining how to adjust it.
Keeney was let off with a warning and – thanks to Officer Martin’s lesson – a chic, properly knotted necktie for his presentation.
A father has described the “proud moment” his children asked him to pull over the car so they could get out and help a wheelchair-user shovel snow off a sidewalk.
Wisconsin resident Daniel Medina posted an account of the random act of kindness to Facebook.
It was re-shared to the Love What Matters Facebook page the following day, where it has since received tens of thousands of reactions and thousands of shares.
“Proud dad moment. We’re driving down South 60th Street near Morgan (Avenue) and my two sons aged 10 and six asked me to pull over because they just saw a guy in a wheelchair trying to shovel his corner lot and they wanted to help,” the post reads.
The post was accompanied by a photo of Mr Medina’s two sons shovelling show off a sidewalk while a man in a wheelchair works away behind them.
Mr Medina has since responded to the hundreds of Facebook users thanking them for praising both his sons and their upbringing.
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A group of Texas students came together to make sure that one of their own wouldn’t go without.
Somerset High School student J.R. Gilbert has special needs and had been wearing size 10 shoes, even though the lanky sophomore is actually a size 13, the school wrote in a Facebook post. Turns out, according to the school system, JR had been wearing the size 10 shoes because they belonged to his beloved grandfather, who could no longer wear them.
His classmates decided to raise money to buy him not one, but two new pairs of shoes for Christmas.
With cellphones recording all around, a large group of students brought Gilbert in to give him the presents before the holiday break.
After Gilbert tears the wrapping paper off the first gift, his reaction is priceless.
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Angie Tyma may have celebrated 89 different birthdays, but this one tops them all.
The senior has lived in the same house in Hudson, Fla., for the past 35 years — a home purchased by a family friend in Europe after her Angie’s husband had died.
Last month, she was informed that the home she was renting had fallen into foreclosure, due to lack of payments on the mortgage.
Angie – and all of her possessions – were thrown into the streets.
After the senior took up residence in a Day’s Inn hotel room, the neighbors, seeing her furniture in the streets, became determined to bring her home.
Danielle Calder, who lives a few houses away, bought the property for $167,500 so she could become Angie’s landlord.
The Floridian was speechless, after being invited back to her old home, by the surprise waiting for her. Neighbors had collected and stored her possessions from the street and repainted the building before returning them home.
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