Tired of negative threads? This one celebrates the human spirit

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purklize

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Thanks for sharing this story Winter Woman (the original post). Very moving - I've long believed most people are good, that it's just the system that makes them bad, like iron fillings lining up in a magnetic field... manipulated as puppets by an invisible master... look at all the selfless kindness here, the runners giving her their medals, etc...

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Winter Woman

Winter Woman

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It’s not often you hear of random acts of kindness but when you do, it can warm your heart like a hot cup of coffee takes the chill off of a winter day and that is just what is happening in Bluffton, S.C.. At one coffee shop, random acts of kindness are practically a menu item.
Corner Perk has been doling out inspiration along with the coffee thanks to the generosity of some do-gooders for two years and the trend is catching on. Thanks to one customer, just an average person who started the ball rolling with a $100 bill, others are following suit.
“It’s someone that just has a kind heart and wants that to generate in this area,” Josh Cooke, owner of Corner Perk explains. “People will come in and say, ‘What do you mean? I don’t understand. Are you trying to buy me a coffee today?’ “And I say, “No, somebody came in 30 minutes ago and left money to pay for drinks until it runs out.”

At a time when many are eking out a living, the pay-it-forward gesture can really put a bright spot in their day. Others have joined in since that first anonymous female donor made the first contribution two years ago. Customers who have heard about the kindnesses at the shop want to participate and will leave extra money for the next customer’s bill. Even strangers have been known to come in and leave a donation without buying anything themselves.
What do the customers think?
“It made my day, it really did. It made my day,” customer Michael Aldea said.
“When I went to go pay, they said ‘Oh, it’s paid for. Somebody paid it forward,’ “customer Sheri Buda said.
“It’s very inspiring to just see someone living out what so many of us talk about, and doing things for other people,” customer Jenny Dolin agreed.
The donors never leave a name, just the cash and a much needed jolt of inspiration in a community, like so many others, trying to get by. Paying it forward is becoming contagious here and compassion, not coffee, is perking people up at Corner Perk.
 
Trolling

Trolling

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Nice thread, I've been thinking people have been lying about their age to get in, I thought stoners were suppose to be chill, dunno what some of these negative people have been smoking lol.
 
Winter Woman

Winter Woman

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Trolling said:
Nice thread, I've been thinking people have been lying about their age to get in, I thought stoners were suppose to be chill, dunno what some of these negative people have been smoking lol.
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Schools out, it's an election year and oh, it's a hundred friggin degrees outside. :eyesmoke:
 
shrxhky420

shrxhky420

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thanks for the thread WW...
since this is celebrating the human spirit I thought I would repost this video, I think it deserves to be on this thread... This kid was homless at the age of 5. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. [video=youtube;tZ46Ot4_lLo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ46Ot4_lLo&feature=player_embedded[/video]

stay high
 
Winter Woman

Winter Woman

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Sun-Bong no wonder I liked him. Did you ever hear what happened to him? Did he win? Either way his life will never be the same. It did make me feel good.
 
Winter Woman

Winter Woman

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[h=1]60 percent reduction in acidity of Delaware rain[/h] May 12, 2012
"It's one of the largest, longest continual records in the whole country, and the data shows pretty dramatically that the legislation is working."- Joseph Scudlark, assistant director of the School of Marine Science and Policy in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment


Several decades ago, precipitation in Delaware was among the most acidic in the country. Pollutants in the air reacted with rainwater to sprinkle sulfuric, nitric and carbonic acids onto the ground below, affecting crops and ecosystems statewide.

The scientific consensus is that pollution controls enacted through the Clean Air Act Amendments in the 1990s and other measures have helped decrease the acidity of rain by approximately 60 percent to less harmful levels, as reflected in data gathered nationwide and by UD researchers in Lewes, Del., as part of a longstanding study.

"Every time it's rained since 1978, we've collected and analyzed samples," said Joseph Scudlark, assistant director of the School of Marine Science and Policy in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment. "It's one of the largest, longest continual records in the whole country, and the data shows pretty dramatically that the legislation is working."

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Winter Woman

Winter Woman

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Sorry wrote the title wrong. 2 totally different meanings

Winter Woman said:
60 percent reduction in acidity of Delaware rain

May 12, 2012
"It's one of the largest, longest continual records in the whole country, and the data shows pretty dramatically that the legislation is working."- Joseph Scudlark, assistant director of the School of Marine Science and Policy in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment


Several decades ago, precipitation in Delaware was among the most acidic in the country. Pollutants in the air reacted with rainwater to sprinkle sulfuric, nitric and carbonic acids onto the ground below, affecting crops and ecosystems statewide.

The scientific consensus is that pollution controls enacted through the Clean Air Act Amendments in the 1990s and other measures have helped decrease the acidity of rain by approximately 60 percent to less harmful levels, as reflected in data gathered nationwide and by UD researchers in Lewes, Del., as part of a longstanding study.

"Every time it's rained since 1978, we've collected and analyzed samples," said Joseph Scudlark, assistant director of the School of Marine Science and Policy in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment. "It's one of the largest, longest continual records in the whole country, and the data shows pretty dramatically that the legislation is working."

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Winter Woman

Winter Woman

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Aaron Collins' dying wish was to give a $500 tip to a waiter or a waitress at a pizza joint. Collins, 30, died earlier this week, and his family members fulfilled the request he'd outlined in his will and went over to their local pizza joint in Lexington, Kentucky and surprised one very lucky, and very grateful, young server.

Aaron's brother Seth raised the money by setting up a website asking for donations, and the rest, as they say, is $500 tip history. The video of the waitress receiving the tip has gone viral and more and more donations have been pouring in. As of this morning, there's over $10,000 in the Aaron Collins fund.


The family says that they'll continue to leave $500 tips for servers with all the money they've received. They'll continue to pay it forward, just like Aaron wanted. By my math, 20 waiters and waitresses are about to get the surprise of their lifetime.
Watch the first $500 tip be given to a waitress in Aaron's honor. It's a great, uplifting way to start your weekend. The waitress explains that she's going to continue the act of random kindness and share the tip with the guys in the kitchen.


Bonus, it makes you want to do the same, and order pizza for dinner.



[video=youtube;jP-TOI1mO0A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP-TOI1mO0A[/video]
 
shrxhky420

shrxhky420

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Winter Woman said:
Sun-Bong no wonder I liked him. Did you ever hear what happened to him? Did he win? Either way his life will never be the same. It did make me feel good.
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just saw this... not sure if he won or not but I do know that he made it to the finals... stay high
 
RyanTheRhino

RyanTheRhino

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Winter Woman said:
Aaron Collins' dying wish was to give a $500 tip to a waiter or a waitress at a pizza joint. Collins, 30, died earlier this week, and his family members fulfilled the request he'd outlined in his will and went over to their local pizza joint in Lexington, Kentucky and surprised one very lucky, and very grateful, young server.

Aaron's brother Seth raised the money by setting up a website asking for donations, and the rest, as they say, is $500 tip history. The video of the waitress receiving the tip has gone viral and more and more donations have been pouring in. As of this morning, there's over $10,000 in the Aaron Collins fund.


The family says that they'll continue to leave $500 tips for servers with all the money they've received. They'll continue to pay it forward, just like Aaron wanted. By my math, 20 waiters and waitresses are about to get the surprise of their lifetime.
Watch the first $500 tip be given to a waitress in Aaron's honor. It's a great, uplifting way to start your weekend. The waitress explains that she's going to continue the act of random kindness and share the tip with the guys in the kitchen.


Bonus, it makes you want to do the same, and order pizza for dinner.
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[video=youtube;n5phRmgFpcY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5phRmgFpcY&feature=player_detailpage[/video]
 
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