I just came across this amazing video of Patrick Hughes Henry. This young man was born without eyes. By his second birthday he was playing the piano. His father says his son is his hero. This is truly an inspirational story. Here is the link to his website.
Category: Everyday Heroes
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Memorial Day, Remembering Our Heroes
Memorial Day Yesterday, I wrote the title of my blog Mango Connections Falling on My Doorstep. My routine in the morning this past week is getting up to see how many mangoes have fallen on my lawn. Cristian asked me why I gave all the good ones away. I had saved about 10 cracked ones for myself. I told him that there were plenty more on the tree and lots of fruit on the cracked and bruised ones.
As I opened the door a few minutes ago, there was a big semi broken & bruised mango right on my doorstep this time. It just made me think, how many families are wishing today,Memorial Day, that their loved ones who are away at war, arrive at their doorstep no matter how bruised and broken they may be. And most importantly, and the reason why today is a somber day of remembrance, what about the families that have no hope of this because they have already lost a member of their family? (more…)
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Angels Watching Over Us – Visible & Invisible
Angels Always Watch Over US Oprah had a show this week of several people who have provided services and help to people that are in need during these hard times. She named the show every day heroes One woman was crying at an auction of her house and Marilyn Mock went up to her and asked her why she was crying. Normally, the homeowner who is in foreclosure doesn’t go to these auctions. Usually it is the investors who buy the homes from the bank. When Marilyn found out why this woman was in despair, she went and bid for the house and later gave the title of the house back to the woman that was crying. Now they are friends.
Since then, Marilyn has created a foundation called Foreclosure Angel Foundation. The amazing thing about the story is that Marilyn did not go to the auction to invest. She went to accompany her son and watch. I think some big angel was watching over her instead and Marilyn did this beautiful act of kindness. In life you never know what happens and how angels, invisible ones and real human angels happen to show up when you least expect it. It has happened to me many times and these are the moments that I will never forget. They make my life so much richer. I hope one day when I get back on my feet, I can do the same for others.
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A Hero in My Eyes
I just saw the episode on Oprah of this woman who had to have her arms and legs amputated after an infection took over her body. Her attitude moved me to tears when I saw that what kept her together was her focus on her family. She had just given birth to a daughter and wanted to go home after rehabiliation and give her newborn daughter the attention she needed.
These kind of stories make you pause and value what is really real and important in life. What a real hero she is. It is beyond words.
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A Pilots Quick Thinking
The pilot in the incident on the Hudson River in New York yesterday is quoted in the Miami Herald that a catastrophe was averted by his “quick thinking and deft manuevers”. Quick thinking like this can only be achieved by an alert and clear mind. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/856361.html. The passengers marvel they are alive. Just reading the story myself wells up in me the amazing feeling that yes, they are all alive. Why is that so? Why does it take a near death to jolt you into that clear minded awareness of the power of our life, our aliveness. We live in a world of constant distractions and worries especially now with the state of the economic affairs. These instances give us a pause to remind us that our life is not to be taken for granted. We each have a purpose, no matter how small. Maybe the chaos that is happening in the world economically is simply a shift for us to pause for us to restructure and reshape our lives with more meaning. (more…)
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A Woman that took a Negative into a Positive
This story about a woman who had her eye crushed and is not a photographer and makes her living in the visual arts is a great example and inspiration of someone who transforms a negative into a positive. These stories remind us that even with our limitations, we can accomplish much. Check out the story here. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/819066.html