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Today, my little cousin cut 8 inches off her hair and donated it to a foundation dedicated to girls with cancer to make wigs. She wasn't really happy about her new haircut so I told her I thought it looked beautiful. She replied "At least someone else will feel pretty, so that makes me feel beautiful on the inside". She's only 8."
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Today, I was reading about a little kid whose mom told him the key to life was happiness. When he was in school the teacher asked them to write down what they wanted to be when they grew up. He said happy. They said he didn't understand the assignment. He said they didn't understand life."
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When my mother would walk home from work, she would always give a few dollars to a homeless man. One day, he noticed she was pregnant, shook his head, and said "Keep it for the baby." From that day forth he refused to accept her money. She was pregnant with me, and if I knew who he was, I'd take him out to dinner."
"One of my neighbors has been recently diagnosed with Acute Lymphatic Leukemia, a type of cancer. He is 7 years old. His classmates held a hair cutting party for him so he wouldn't have to go through losing his hair alone. Bald 7-year-olds GMH."
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Other people's boyfriends take them out for elaborate meals, and buy them Tiffany bracelets. My boyfriend, though, is eighteen, lives by himself, goes to school, pays rent and has no money. Our dates are nights in with movies. When I see him going through his change jar to treat me to some chocolate, it makes me wanna cry."
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When I was little, my dad worked as a manager at a restaurant. One of the dish washers at the restaurant gave me a new coloring book everytime he saw me. He lived in the alley behind the restaurant in a cardboard box."
"A deaf man was assaulted and his laptop, cell phone and hearing aids were stolen. Upon hearing the news, a company fitted him with top-of-the-line hearing aids, Best Buy gave him a cell phone and a couple, who wished to remain anonymous, bought him a Macbook so he could continue his studies."
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My grandma recently had knee surgery and tried to tell my grandpa that he didn't need to spend all weekend at the hospital with her. He simply replied with, "Didn't I say in sickness and in health?"
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I work in an animal shelter. Today, an 18 year old girl came in and asked which cat was the oldest and had been there the longest. I told her, and she adopted him without a second thought because she thought he needed a second chance. He was 16 and losing his fur. Her unconditional love..."
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I have a friend who was born without limbs, but never lets that get him down or stop him from doing things. At our prom, for the first time in public, he used his prosthetic legs to slow dance with the girl he's liked forever."
"When I was 6 I broke my arm. Stuck in hospital for a few days, one morning I woke up to find my favourite barbie doll had a cast on her right arm too, just like mine. The Doctor said that it had taken him longer to cast my barbies arm then my own."
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Today I was feeling down and went to be alone in an old graveyard. One particular headstone struck me- a married couple's gravestone and only the wife had died- 20 years ago. I touched the vibrant flowers sitting in front of the marble marker. They were fresh. Enduring love..."
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When I was 17, I was told by my OB-GYN that I would be unable to ever bear children of my own. Hearing this news simply tore me apart. When I came home and my youngest sister found me crying, she hugged me and told me that she would be more than happy to be my surrogate."
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I was riding the bus and accidently left my bike on the bus. A college student on a skateboard commented asking if that was my bike. With shock realization, I nodded as the bus pulled away. Without questions, he promptly skated away to track down the bus at its next stop to get my bike back"
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I was on the bus with a friend, who works at a spa at a mall. The woman across the aisle had clearly neglected herself, probably because of lack of money. My friend turned to her and asked if she had anywhere to be in a hurry. The woman said no, she was going to the shelter, and got off with my friend, who treated her to a spa day. For free."
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When I was sixteen I went on a train ride to Chicago. I ended up sitting next to a young man from Pakistan. We had a six hour conversation about my struggle with religion. Before he got off at his stop he said, "You do good for goods sake. My God would be proud of you."
"Last weekend I was working at a restaurant for homecoming. Lots of groups of students came in to eat. One particularly large group pulled a dine & dash on me, leaving me with a $500 bill coming out of my paycheck. Another group of students wordlessly pooled their money and came up with an extra $563 to cover the other table's bill."
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About a year before my dog died, he started to go blind. When my cat realized this, she began helping him find his way by rubbing against his legs, running ahead of him, and meowing loudly so he could follow the sound of her voice."
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Everyday I walk past the local Salvation Army Shelter on my way to work. Yesterday, as I passed, an old man sitting outside looked at me and said "Good afternoon, smiley. You must be the most beautiful lady I've seen all week." Kindness from someone that has nothing else to give GMH."
"I work at a hair salon, and every Saturday this man brings his wife in to get her hair washed and blow dried. She had a stroke and cannot walk or talk, he also puts her lipstick and blush on for her every morning, they have been together for over 50 years."
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