LET'S SEE SOME GLOBAL ACTS OF KINDNESS. I LIKE TO MAKE THE OCCASIONAL SEARCH FOR THEM AND SOMETIMES THERE IS ONE THAT IS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. THESE ARE PRETTY SPECIAL. SO GLAD I COULD FIND THEM. I MAY ADD MORE STORIES TO THIS PAGE SOON.
Opera Singers Have Been Hosting Weekly Concerts in Their Driveway to Bring Neighbors Together
Story From Good News Network - May 2020
A South Carolina couple has been using their musical talents to bring their community together for weekly street concerts—all while respecting social distancing guidelines.
Leah Edwards and her husband Dimitri Pitta are professional opera singers who have been setting up shop at the end of their driveway in Mount Pleasant to perform classical and contemporary opera pieces for their neighbors.
Not only have their performances served as a source of entertainment for the neighborhood, they have also helped to keep the community close together during the novel coronavirus lockdowns.
“We’re practicing, they say they can hear us anyways, so we said why not take it to the driveway and make it a concert,” Edwards told WCBD. “It gets everyone out, checking on each other and get some breath of fresh air and make music.”
Although the news outlet goes on to report that the couple usually performs at the Gaillard Center, they reportedly have no qualms playing for a smaller audience until the outbreaks subside.
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“We’re practicing, they say they can hear us anyways, so we said why not take it to the driveway and make it a concert,” Edwards told WCBD. “It gets everyone out, checking on each other and get some breath of fresh air and make music.”
Although the news outlet goes on to report that the couple usually performs at the Gaillard Center, they reportedly have no qualms playing for a smaller audience until the outbreaks subside.
Newlyweds Donate And Serve Food From Canceled Wedding To Those In Need | NBC Nightly News
A pair of Ohio newlyweds turned their cancelled wedding reception into an act of kindness. After their dream wedding reception was cancelled due to the pandemic, the couple decided to repurpose their prepaid catered wedding feast to be served at a children and women's shelter instead.
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Inspired By The Kindness Of Strangers Kamilah Finds Her Way To A Better Life
Kamilah was homeless for much of her late teens, after family and mental health issues drove her away from home. She remembers that during that time, she never felt safe and never got a good night’s sleep.
One early winter morning, Kamilah woke up freezing cold after sleeping in a soaking-wet sleeping bag all night. She decided to go into a nearby laundromat to try to get warm.
With only 10 cents on her, Kamilah couldn’t afford to run the dryer, but she put her sleeping bag in anyway in an attempt to look like she belonged there. One woman noticed Kamilah’s predicament and approached her.
“She gave me a loving look,” Kamilah told us, “and pulled out a $20 bill and said, ‘Here you go, sweetheart, get whatever you need to today.’”
Kamilah was overwhelmed with joy. She rushed next door to get a cup of coffee and some change to run the dryer, and when she came back, every single person in the laundromat came up to her and gave her something to help her get by.
Kamilah said she lived through a lot of scary things during her three years of homelessness, but what really stayed with her were the hundreds of kind people she met along the way.
That morning at the laundromat, she said it was like something finally clicked. The shame she felt about her situation had made it hard to reach out, but the kindness these strangers showed her helped her shift her perspective.
“It was acts of kindness that got me out of homelessness,” Kamilah said. “I started realizing it is OK to get help and to ask for help.”
And she did get help. Within five days, a chain of strangers and acquaintances all worked to get Kamilah on a flight back to her hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah, where friends put her up while she got back on her feet.
It’s been eight years since that day. Now, Kamilah has a 5-year-old daughter, a fiancé and a much better relationship with her family. She also finished her first year of college with a 4.0 GPA, and she just got elected student body president. Her plan is to become a therapist and help patients work through trauma.
“I really love people, and I want to help them in their lives the way that I've been helped,” Kamilah said. “I think everybody has a story. Everybody has value.”
From WBUR.COM
The Art of Conversation Lives On
In front of Barcelona’s Arc de Triomf (in Spain) 26-year-old Adrià Ballester (above) sets up two foldaway chairs and a sign in large letters that reads: “Free conversations!”
Anyone is welcome to stop, sit and chat with him in Spanish, English or Catalan about anything they like. “The idea is just to talk freely for a while,” the 26-year-old writer and storyteller explains. “We have lost the art of conversation,” agrees a young Italian psychology student among the day’s visitors.
At times he feels like a therapist. “You hear good, positive stories and really tough ones, too. A lot of people will tell you about a tricky episode in their life, maybe heartbreak or loss of work. There’s a bit of everything.”
From Reader's Digest
The Town That Farms Together
With a population of just under 700, Milestone, Sask (in Canada) is the kind of place where the mayor knows your name—and your phone number.
On August 18, Mayor Jeff Brown learned that Brian Williams, one of his constituents, had died after a brief illness. The farmer had left behind a wife, three sons and about 640 acres of unharvested durum wheat.
“Mid-August is go time for crops,” says Brown, himself a farmer. “And if a family is in need, the community pulls together.” He sent out a text to 10 or so locals, asking them to pitch in to help the grieving family. Word spread from there.
The next day, 20 farmers and their combines arrived at the Williams’ farm and completed the harvest. It took about three hours for them to do what would have taken the Williams sons several days. “Years ago, when the farming machines weren’t so big, families would get together more to help out like this,” says Brown. “It’s in our DNA.”
From Reader's Digest
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