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Today, I told the boy who bagged my groceries that I didn’t need help carrying them out. So I assumed he didn’t hear me when he pushed my cart out anyway. Once outside, I noticed a shady group of guys hanging out in the parking lot. The boy said, “I heard you. But I wanted to be sure you were safe.” MMT

#6210 (2) - Apr 4, 2010 by sunnie - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (1847) - No, that made me sleepy. (32)

Today, I've been off Heroin for a full year. One of my rehab clinic doctors told me I would be lucky to live through detox. But I made it. My fiancé and son just came in with a cake and sang to me, leaving me crying. My son then hugged me and said he was happy to see his real daddy again. MMT

#6178 (2) - Apr 2, 2010 by Ex-Addict - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (1330) - No, that made me sleepy. (21)

Today, I was in my car at a red light on my way to drop my 7-year-old daughter off at school when a homeless man walked up to my car holding a sign that read, “I’m Hungry. Please help me.” I was about to start driving again when my daughter rolled down the back window and handed him her bagged lunch. MMT

#6157 (1) - Apr 1, 2010 by Tommy - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (1830) - No, that made me sleepy. (27)

Today she got married. Four years ago her breast cancer went into remission. Six years ago her doctors gave her eighteen months to live. MMT

#6141 (1) - Mar 31, 2010 by lucky - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (1148) - No, that made me sleepy. (22)

Today, my friends and I saw a blind man ice skating at a fairly decent speed around the skating rink. He kept one hand extended out just barely grazing the outer wall and a blind walking stick in the other hand extended forward to ensure he didn’t run into anyone. MMT

#6063 (1) - Mar 30, 2010 by inspired - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (984) - No, that made me sleepy. (90)

Today, after a 72 hour shift at the fire station, a woman ran up to me at the grocery store and gave me a hug. When I tensed up, she realized I didn’t recognize her. She let go with tears of joy in her eyes and the most sincere smile and said, “On 9-11-2001, you carried me out of the World Trade Center.” MMT

#6050 (19) - Mar 29, 2010 by toby - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (4117) - No, that made me sleepy. (70)

Today, as I was struggling to get up a hill in my wheelchair after visiting a friend down the block in my neighborhood, a garbage man saw me, jumped off the back of the garbage truck, jogged down the hill and pushed me all the way back up to my doorstep. MMT

#6004 (1) - Mar 28, 2010 by maryann - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (1245) - No, that made me sleepy. (34)

Today, a man pulled up to the drive thru window and insisted on paying for the woman’s meal behind him. When I asked him why, he said, “I can see her in my review mirror and she’s crying. If I can put even the slightest smile on her face for a split second, I consider it money well spent.” MMT

#5991 (2) - Mar 28, 2010 by kindness - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (2238) - No, that made me sleepy. (25)

Today on the way to the airport I told my mom if I ever saw someone in the armed services in a restaurant I would buy their meal. I’m sitting in a restaurant at the airport right now and my mom pointed to a solider sitting two tables down. He doesn't know it yet, but I just bought him his lunch. MMT

#5943 (6) - Mar 25, 2010 by meow22 - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (1349) - No, that made me sleepy. (203)

Today on the subway, I got harassed by a guy sitting next to me. He kept saying vulgar things and trying to put his arm around me. Finally, a stranger standing up next to us looked at the guy and said, “If you don’t leave my wife alone, I’m going to call the cops.” The vulgar man moved seats. MMT

#5925 (2) - Mar 23, 2010 by egirle - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (1714) - No, that made me sleepy. (47)

Today, my best friend’s cousin, a neurosurgeon, took an unpaid leave of absence from his $300K a year position at the hospital to assist a non-profit medical relief organization in Haiti for the next 14 months. MMT

#5759 (0) - Mar 20, 2010 by MrE - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (1300) - No, that made me sleepy. (90)

Today, despite that he was recently diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer and told he only has a few years to live, my brother started his final semester of college. When I asked him why he wanted to spend his time earning a degree he’ll never get to use, he said, “I just want to finish what I started.” MMT

#5756 (4) - Mar 20, 2010 by hanna - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (1517) - No, that made me sleepy. (43)

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