Positive Stories

Emotions

I wasn't golfing too well yesterday; the game was going just all right the first nine, and completely fell apart the second nine so that the achievements I made during the first half were all but erased. What could've been my personal best round turned into another average round.

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Choices

People always talk about wanting the one thing you can’t have, but that’s a flawed outlook: if you want something bad enough, nothing should stand in your way. But if it’s something that’s truly out of your reach,simply move on—there’s no sense in making yourself miserable over it.

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Little Differences

There are ordinary people, and then there are extraordinary people. The only difference between the two is that extraordinary people are willing to do the extra little things that ordinary people won’t.

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Frying Out

Ah...spring! Truthfully, it's not quite spring yet, but starting to feel like it in my geographical area. The awesome thing about spring, aside from the retreat of winter? The Brat Fry.

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Community Spirit

It was no secret my mom's next-door neighbor had been having health problems; he used to enjoy spending a lot of time in his garden, and this was the first year out of ten that she's been living in the neighborhood where he didn't bother to plant one this year; ailing too much.

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Viewpoints

Sometimes being a little pessimistic can help – if nothing is ever good enough for you, you always have something to strive for. However,don’t take the pessimism overboard; be just unhappy enough that you can always makey our life better.

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“Beautiful people,” by ElisabethKübler-Ross

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”

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When's the Last Time?

When's the last time you did something kind for a stranger? I have a challenge for you: next time you're in line at the grocery store, leave some money at the register for the patron in line behind you, even if just a couple of dollars if you are able. You'd be amazed as to how impactful small, anonymous kindness can be.

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