Good people will show more of their good in these tough times: more empathy, more generosity, more accountability. Evil people will show more of their evil in these tough times: more narcissism, more irresponsibility, more greed.
Good companies will show more of their good in these tough times: More protection of their employees to the utmost of their abilities, more service to their customers in novel ways, more use of their facilities for common and community benefit. Bad companies will show more of their bad in these tough times: More uncaring for the literal and emotional safety of their employee culture, more disregard for being relevant to their customers unless they are trying to sell them something, more refusal to use their resources to give and give back rather than to always take.
Good government officials will show more of their good in these tough times: More recognition that the first purpose of leadership is to serve your true constituency or your leadership is fundamentally corrupt, more emphasis on the safety of their constituency as the priority, more modeling and messages of hope, truth and appeal to our better angels. Bad government officials will show more of their bad in these tough times: More partisan divide, more inflammatory rhetoric that passes for and distracts from substantive solutions; more concern about their own careers and donors than the welfare of their citizens.
The only question is whether there are more good people than bad people. This was decided long before this current crisis descended upon us. I believe, with my heart and to my soul, that there are a lot more good people, and that they populate communities and organizations that are extraordinarily capable of doing good things in these tough times.
Otherwise nothing will ever make sense in our world, even when this crisis passes.
Our energy should be focused on confirming that we’re on the side of the angels, not wondering what the devils are up to. They play poker with the face card pasted smack on their foreheads – it’s easy to tell what they’re up to, and easy to forecast their motives and plans. But we’re playing at our own table, not theirs.
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What actions of people and organizations have just reinforced your belief that there is enough good out there to smack down, stop, thwart, ignore, interrupt, screw mightily with, and ultimately triumph over the bad? They can be mainstream or obscure; global or known only to you; profound or bizarre; your own actions or the actions of others. Share them here and keep ‘em coming. View ListAdd to itMORE GOOD
After Reese Osterberg lost her collection of baseball cards in a California wildfire, Kevin Ashford decided to give her his 25,000-card collection that goes back to the 1960s.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/04/us/man-donates-baseball-cards-trnd/index.html
Post by Stan Slap from SLAP.
For a father and son, a hug before the first game of football season is a special moment. For Scott and Cade Sullivan, it was the moment of a lifetime.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/17/us/hospice-patient-flies-to-see-son-play-football-trnd/index.html
Post by Stan Slap from SLAP.
LaShenda Williams once slept in her car in the grocery store's parking lot.
Post by Stan Slap from SLAP.
The day after Hurricane Laura rolled through parts of Louisiana and Texas, Rikesh Patel, the owner of several McDonald's in Louisiana, made a call to corporate. Within 24 hours, a restaurant on wheels arrived in Lake Charles to help feed families in need of a hot meal.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/11/us/hurricane-laura-lake-charles-mcdonalds-meals-trnd/index.html
Post by Stan Slap from SLAP.
Jimmy MacDonald of Albany had been sober for seven years when he was rescued by a floating tiki bar on Lake George.
Post by Stan Slap from SLAP.
After the pandemic left him jobless, catering chef Barney Corrigan quickly recognized the effect Covid-19 was having in his community in Westville, New Jersey — so he transformed his garage into a food pantry.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/05/us/chef-garage-food-pantry-trnd/index.html
Post by Stan Slap from SLAP.
For a few hours every Saturday morning, Los Angeles' Skid Row -- home to one of the nation's largest concentrations of homeless people -- transforms into an outdoor beauty salon.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/30/us/skid-row-makeover-homeless-beauty-2-the-streetz-trnd/index.html
Post by Stan Slap from SLAP.
Post by Sondra Norris from SLAP.
Comedian Kristina Wong formed an online community of
Post by Rikki Kiefer from SLAP.
When Geriann Wiesbrook founded the online support group, 'Military Mama Network,' she never expected it would grow from her and five friends, to a community of more than16,000 military moms and families.
Post by Rikki Kiefer from SLAP.
Dr. Gulshan Harjee grew up with limited access to medical care. She's giving back to her community by healing the uninsured and underserved.
Post by Sondra Norris from SLAP.
Crisis will provide homeless people with smartphones to help them access essential services and prevent them from feeling isolated
Post by Anthony Bear from SLAP.
Leeds will launch its first Festival of Kindness next weekend with organisers seeking to foster greater unity after years of division
https://www.positive.news/society/one-citys-mission-to-spread-altruism/
Post by Rikki Kiefer from SLAP.
Noelle Hughbank, a waitress at a Red Lobster in Lincoln, Neb., received a $100 tip, and a note thanking her for wearing her mask.
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/nebraska-red-lobster-waitress-100-tip-mask
Post by Anthony Bear from SLAP.
Thousands of Oregonians waited in long lines at credit unions across the state on Thursday to apply for $500 emergency relief checks but people at one location left with more than they expected.
Post by Sondra Norris from SLAP.
Haxtun and Holyoke bridged the social distance of the Eastern Plains, raising nearly $120,000 to help 29 Phillips County businesses in need during Colorado’s COVID-19 shutdown
https://coloradosun.com/2020/08/12/rural-colorado-helps-each-other-coronavirus/
Post by Rikki Kiefer from SLAP.
Post by Rikki Kiefer from SLAP.
Melanie and Tyler Tapajna served dozens of women and children while they were still dressed in their wedding attire.
Post by Rikki Kiefer from SLAP.
It's been done to spread joy during the coronavirus pandemic as a random act of kindness.
Post by Rikki Kiefer from SLAP.
Christopher Vane opened Florida's Little Bear Sanctuary in honor of his late mother, who taught him compassion. He's saved more than 150 farm animals.
https://www.today.com/pets/little-bear-sanctuary-helps-abused-farm-animals-live-peace-safety-t188872
Post by Rikki Kiefer from SLAP.
At California's Helen Woodward Animal Center, K-10 students can join virtual classrooms with in-person assistance — and play with animals during breaks.
https://www.today.com/pets/help-working-parents-workplace-has-free-site-tutoring-kids-t189454
Post by Rikki Kiefer from SLAP.
Watch the video as 14-year-old Tennesse local William Cabaniss creates a non-profit, Vanilla Feeds Tomorrow, to raise funds for food banks.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tennessee-teen-raises-thousands-for-food-bank-by-creating-vanilla/
Post by Rikki Kiefer from SLAP.
he African continent is finally free of the wild poliovirus, 24 years after Nelson Mandela helped Rotary International launch its Kick Polio Out of Africa campaign.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/africa-finally-eradicates-wild-poliovirus/
Post by Rikki Kiefer from SLAP.
Willie Ray’s Q Shack has been serving up to 400 free meals a day to storm-hit, Cedar Rapids residents in Iowa.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bbq-joint-grills-comfort-food-for-storm-ravaged-iowa-residents-free/
Post by Rikki Kiefer from SLAP.
A live list of beautiful and amazing tributes in remembrance.
https://www.latimes.com/projects/coronavirus-lives-lost-in-california/
Post by Sondra Norris from SLAP.
