date: Friday, August 1, 2008
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It's touching how inspirational stories happen all around us, and how the simple knowledge that humanity is not all there is to what we see in this world of deception and striving to be at the top of the social strata, the champion of the corporate ladder and the quintessential person. Rather, the simple acts of nobility and compassion, founded on a real yet intangible force. A force to help, a force that shows the little things around us that we take for granted even though they are in fact, the things that make things happen in our lives.
Here is an example:
When Western Oregon senior Sara Tucholsky hit her first career home run in one of the last games of the softball season, something odd happened. She missed the bag at first and when she doubled back to touch it, her knee gave out. Her teammates were unable to help her around the bases so it looked like her only career home run would turn into a single. Then a member of the other team, a senior with knee problems of her own, said: "Excuse me, would it be OK if we carried her around and she touched each bag?"
And here, is the video:
Touching, isn't it? Food for thought: Life isn't a rat race to be at the top of verything. Sit back, and enjoy the slowness and little things in life, for they are the ones that bring true satisfaction in life.
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