Tell me somethin' good...

TheWalkingHorn

TheWalkingHorn

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I stole this thread title from the Bobby Bones Show segment where they share happy stories/good news to brighten everyone's day. Who doesn't love hearing awesome stories that restore our faith in humanity?!

To begin, I'll post this video which hit me right in the feels:

 
I wish I could Like this a thousand times Walker. There is so much negativity in the world.

Another animal-related thing. This is what happens when a joey needs a pouch but does not have a mother.

 
A man in Oregon organized a home makeover for an elderly neighbor after overhearing teens say the house was so ugly that it should be burned down.
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Bullock, who had some mobility issues, was floored by the offer of help.

“He was speechless,” Cyganik said.

He asked a few railroad coworkers to help with the labor, and also asked for volunteers in a post on Facebook. That post was shared more than 6,000 times.

When painting day came, more than 100 volunteers showed up.
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“There’s nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer,” Cyganik said.

The fresh coat of paint now gives Bullock a sense of pride as he sits on the porch. “Every time I see him, I wave to him still,” Cyganik said. “He just smiles from ear to ear.”
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The story of Cyganik’s good deed has since been shared around the world, something that surprised him.

“For me, it was no big thing,” he said.

But he said he was happy to have been part of something good at a time when much of the news is filled with negativity. He encouraged others to lend a helping hand where they saw a need.

It had taken him four years of waving at Bullock before taking that step. Now, he stops to chat regularly with the older man and check on his progress with other home improvement projects.

“Don’t be afraid to go out there and help them,” Cyganik said. “Don’t be afraid to take the first step.”
 
The Brad Pitt effect: How movie star has transformed the lives of 109 New Orleans families who lost their homes to Katrina - but now live in these hurricane-resistant eco-friendly properties

Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans with furious and deadly force this month ten years ago - and no celebrity is more attuned to the anniversary than Brad Pitt.
Pitt, who recently listed his and Angelina Jolie's five-bedroom French Quarter home for $6.5 million, has been working to rebuild destroyed houses in the hard-hit Lower Ninth Ward since the monster hurricane left its path of destruction.

'We went into it incredibly naïve,' the megastar told the New Orleans Times-Picayune, 'just thinking we can build homes - how hard is that?'

A lot harder than he thought, it turns out. But that didn't stop him, nor the area's residents, from plugging along, and now Pitt is thrilled that 109 colorful, sturdy, ecofriendly homes dot the land that following Katrina was nothing but mud and debris and torn-apart lives.

'I get this well of pride when I see this little oasis of color and the solar panels,' the dad of six told the paper.

As a part-time NOLA resident and amateur architecture enthusiast, Pitt wanted his foundation, Make It Right, to build homes that not only suited the residents' needs, but were well-designed, environmentally-friendly, and not only cheap to make, but to live in.

'I drive into the neighborhood and I see people on their porch, and I ask them how is their house treating them? And they say, 'Good.' And I say what's your utility bill? And they'll throw something out like, '24 bucks' or something, and I feel fantastic.'

Pitt was also able to use his considerable powers of persuasion to lure some of the world's best architects, including Shigeru Ban, Thom Mayne, and even Frank Gehry, to design some of the futuristic homes.

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Pitt says that rebuilding the neighborhood cost $26.8 million, for an average of $150,000 per home.

The cash for the project came from federal loans and donations. It's unclear if Pitt used any of his personal income to make the project come true - but he certainly put in his time.
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Mississippi firefighter calms 4 year old boy involved in car crash by playing the movie "Happy Feet" on his cell phone while they wait for an ambulance to the hospital.

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