In our world of Facebook posts, Twitter updates, Instagram pics and hashtags, you see plenty of claims of "awesome", "amazing" and similar boasts of the incredible. It could be a 5am workout at camp musclebound medieval magic, a wine cork found at a dollar store or something trivial performed by your six year old daughter. But it's too much. I'm not against positivity or enthusiasm, yet if everything is "off the charts" noteworthy, you're not leaving much room on the scale for things that may be truly packed with awe. Get it?
It's holiday time. It's 2013. Some things you encounter are special but they don't seem to match up to things in our past. Almost as if you can't believe that anything capable of leaving a positive strong impression could ever happen now, we're too buried in media and times have changed. It was "better back then," when the naive dreams of youth were still possible. I say pooooh to all of that! Two recent events, performed and captured on purpose for that "viral video" effect, are fabulous and I want to help spread the good feelings these short videos represent. Have a look...
For me and the millions of others that have seen these great deeds, it is moving to know that so much GOOD can come from others. We get enough crazy and warped news all year long. There are amazing and very awesome things all around us. Let them make you feel special and let them help you see things in a new way. These acts are most memorable and will hopefully spawn copycat acts that get equal or greater exposure. Why can't we ride a wave of domino-like good deeds? And recognize them as such, because they really deserve that top billing!
-dm