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1. Today, when I left our common apartment for the last time in my life I was walking home and had to switch 64 songs on my iPad before I found a song that didn't remind me of her.
2. Today our whole family gathered to celebrate my daughter's 30th birthday. We laughed about the old days, and my wife reminded me that as a child, my daughter always called me her hero, and she turned to me and said: “You are still my main character.”
3. Today I lost my wallet at school and did not expect that the biggest bully and punk in high school would get him back to me safe and sound.
4. Our school, like any other, has the most popular girl. She is incredibly beautiful and smart, and all the boys are ready for a lot of things, if only she would pay attention to them, but she spends time with only one guy - with her younger brother, who has autism.
5. Today in the store I saw a little girl being pulled by the hand by a dirty, scary man. I approached and asked her if she knew this man. She said no and started crying. Then I shouted at the whole store that this man was a kidnapper, security came up. The girl's parents were called over the loudspeaker, it turns out they were in another room and lost her. It is terrible to think what could have happened if no one had raised the alarm.
6. Today I got off the subway and noticed that a group of suspicious-looking young people were following me. When they caught up with me, I was already ready to part with my wallet, but it turns out that I had already dropped it in the subway car and they were catching up with me to return it to me.
7. Today my classmate, whom I really like, was dumped by her boyfriend. He did it in front of everyone, on the school porch, as if he specifically wanted to humiliate her. But he regretted it because she told him, “Thank you for giving me the opportunity to find someone better than you.”
8. Today at school I received a note from a boy who everyone thinks is a local freak. He is unsociable, dresses strangely and dyes his hair in incredible colors. The note read: “I like your smile, but I noticed that you rarely smile, and I also noticed cuts on your hands. I also suffered from depression and I know what it is. If you want to talk, let's meet tonight. My phone is xxx-xxx-xxxx”. We met in the evening and talked for a long time, and when I returned home I didn’t want to hurt myself, I didn’t want to cry, the depression was gone.
9. Today at the airport, I sat next to a woman being escorted by her daughters. They hugged for a very long time and constantly repeated that they loved each other. Suddenly, one of the daughters noticed that I was watching them and said to me: “Recently, my dad got on a plane and never came back, it crashed. Now we know how important it is to constantly talk to loved ones about your feelings.”
10. I am a musician, but my band is not very popular. Sometimes I wonder why I do this at all, and today I got the answer to it. After the concert, a young man came up to me and said: “Thank you very much, your music helps me a lot. I am not the most popular guy at school, I am often offended by my peers. But then I come home, turn on all your songs and sing along with all my strength. And it makes me feel better.”
11. Today I returned to work for the first time after a year of being on disability leave. There was an explosion at the factory where I work, as a result of which I was deaf in both ears. My return was a real holiday for me. I was greeted with posters “Glad to see you!”, “Welcome!”, “We missed you”, and nine of my colleagues even learned sign language during my absence so that it would be easier for them to communicate with me and understand me.
12. Today I would visit her in the hospital for the 127th time, as I did for the previous 126 days that she was in a coma. Last night I dreamed that she was dead. I woke up and lay in bed wondering if I could learn to live without her. And then the phone rang. It was her.
13. Today, about an hour after I lost my wallet, a man knocked on my door and found it and brought it to me. Everything was in place, exactly 200 dollars lay inside. I asked the stranger about the reward and he agreed to take only 100 dollars, explaining that he also lost his wallet in the morning, which contained exactly 200 dollars, and it would be fair to take half. He left, but after a while he knocked on my door again. He brought me back my $100 because some woman returned the wallet to him safe and sound.
14. I recently went to a second-hand bookstore and bought a copy of a book that was stolen from me as a child. Imagine my surprise when I opened it and saw that it was my stolen book. On the first page was my name and the signature of my grandfather, who gave it to me. He wrote: “I really hope that in many years this book will fall into your hands again and you will re-read it.
15. Three weeks ago I donated clothes to the homeless, and today, walking in the park, I saw a woman wearing my shirt. I smiled at her and said, “Great shirt!” and she smiled back and agreed, “Yes, I like it too!
16. This morning I stopped on my way to work to help a woman change a tire. And at lunchtime, this woman saved my life by accidentally meeting me in the city center and pulling me out of the road onto the sidewalk when some driver decided to rush through a red light.
17. I worked as a parenting consultant for 15 years. Years later, I ran into one of my charges. He was a difficult child, constantly upset and angry at life. Once I drew Superman for him and wrote the words about how superheroes never give up and always win in the end. Now this boy is a firefighter, he saves the lives of others. We chatted with him for about half an hour, and then, before parting, he opened his wallet and showed me my Superman drawing, which he still keeps.
18. I have diabetes. Two years ago my mother died and I took her cat Kita in with me. Recently, at three o'clock in the morning, I woke up to the fact that the Keith was sitting at my feet and meowing. I've never heard him do it so loudly and insistently before. I got up to see what had happened and suddenly felt very weak. I grabbed a glucometer to check my blood glucose levels. It went down to 53, while the doctor told me that the normal level is 70-120. Later in the hospital, I was told that if Keith hadn't woken me, I might not have woken up.
19. Ten years ago my best friend became ill and needed a kidney transplant. I decided to become a donor for her. Today she has a wedding. She's getting married to a man she met 10 years ago in the hospital. And I'm a bridesmaid.
20. There was a time when I could barely make ends meet. Once I did not have enough money to pay at the supermarket. As I began to unload the extra groceries from the cart, the man behind me in line paid my check. I thanked him and he said that a few years ago someone had done the same for him. He returned the debt and now hope that someday I will do the same for someone.
21. Today exactly ten months after a severe stroke my dad got up for the first time wheelchair alone to dance with me the dance of father and bride.
22. A large stray dog ​​followed me from the subway almost all the way to my house. I'm already starting to get nervous. But suddenly, right in front of me, a guy with a knife in his hands appeared from somewhere and demanded my wallet. Before I could react, the dog pounced on him. He threw the knife and I ran away. Now I'm home, safe and all thanks to that dog.
23. Today my son whom I adopted eight months ago, called me mom for the first time.
24. An elderly man walked into the store where I work with a guide dog. He stopped in front of a stand with postcards and began to take each one in turn, close, close to his eyes, trying to read the inscription. I was about to approach him and offer to help, but a hefty truck driver beat me to it. He asked the old man if he needed help, and then began to reread all the inscriptions on the cards to him, one by one, until finally the old man said: “This is suitable. She is very sweet and my wife will surely like her.
25. Today at lunch time a deaf-mute child, whom I have been caring for 5 days a week for the past four years, looked at me and said, “Thank you. I love you." These were his first words.
26. 28 years ago, a man saved my life by protecting me from three bad guys who tried to rape me. As a result of that incident, he suffered a leg injury and still walks with a cane. And I was very proud when today he laid down that cane to lead our daughter down the aisle.
27. When we left the doctor's office, where I was told that I had an incurable form of cancer, my girlfriend asked me to be her husband.
28. My dad is the best dad you could ever dream of. He's great for mom. loving husband, for me, a caring father who did not miss a single one of my football match plus he is a great host in the house. This morning I reached into my father's toolbox for pliers and found an old note. It was a page from his diary. The recording was made exactly one month before my birth, it said “I am an alcoholic with a criminal past, who was kicked out of college, but for the sake of my unborn daughter, I will change and become the best father in the world. I will become for her the dad that I never had.” I don't know how he did it, but he did it.
29. I have a patient who suffers from a severe form of Alzheimer's disease. He rarely remembers his name, where he is and what he said a minute ago. But one section of his memory miraculously remains untouched by the disease. He remembers his wife very well. Every morning he greets her with the words: "Hi, my beautiful Kate." Perhaps this miracle is called love.
30. I work as a teacher in a poor neighborhood. Many of my students come to class without lunch and without money for lunch because their parents earn too little. I periodically lend them some money so they can eat and they always return it after a while, despite my refusals.
31. My wife is a teacher of English language at school. About two hundred of her colleagues and former students wore T-shirts with her photo and the inscription "We will fight together" when they learned that she had breast cancer. I have never seen my wife so joyful.
32. When I arrived from Afghanistan, I found out that my wife had deceived me and fled with all our money. I had nowhere to live, I didn't know what to do. One of my school friends and his wife, seeing that I needed help, took me in. They helped me get my life back on track and supported me in Hard time. Now I have my own diner, my own house, and their kids still consider me part of the family.
33. My cat ran away from home. I was very worried because I thought that I would never see him again. It took about a day after I put up the missing ads and I got a call from a man who said that he had my cat. It turned out to be a beggar who spent 50 cents to call me from a payphone. He was very nice and even bought my cat a bag of food.

1. There was a fire in my house, which the scars on my face will remind me of for a long time to come. It's been two months since I returned to school after being hospitalized and for two months every day someone has pinned a red rose to my locker. I even tried to get to class early to find out who was doing it, but the rose was always there already.

2. Today, a little girl who had an accident was brought to our hospital. She needed a rare blood type. Her parents and twin brother, who had the same rare group as her, arrived at the hospital. I explained to him that his sister needed blood and that it was a matter of life and death. He thought about something for a second, and then, after saying goodbye to his parents, he went with me to the ward. When we finished with him and I told him that he could rest, he suddenly asked me: “How? Am I not going to die?” That is, at the moment when he agreed to donate his blood, he was sure that it would kill him. But for the sake of his sister, he was ready to give his life.

3. Today my boyfriend and I were sitting in a cafe and I noticed that every time someone passes by, he leans towards me and kisses me on the cheek. I asked him why he was doing this, and he smiled and replied that he wanted everyone to know that I was his girlfriend. We both lost our spouses about ten years ago. They had cancer. But we were able to love again. Everyone has a second chance.

4. My sister, who has Down's Syndrome, entered the school talent competition. Day after day, she diligently learned the words to the song she was about to sing. I was very afraid that the students would make fun of her, because children are very often cruel. But when she stepped onto the stage, silence reigned in the hall, and after her performance, the applause did not stop for a long time.

5. Today, two years after I was told I couldn't walk, I got up from my wheelchair and took two steps into my wife's arms.

6. Today, one of our patrons, an elderly man who has been coming to us for breakfast for 5 years, left me a $500 tip and a note: “Thank you, Cheryl. Your sweet smile and hospitable service have lifted my spirits every morning for many years. I am moving to live with my son and his family in another area and will no longer be able to have breakfast with you. May your life be magical.”

7. I always buckle up while driving. But today I had to get the cards out of the glove compartment and I unbuckled my seat belt. As I leaned over, a long aluminum tube fell out of the back of a truck that was at the traffic light in front of me. She broke windshield and crashed right into the driver's seat, right into the spot where my head was a second ago. The policeman who arrived at the scene marveled for a long time at how lucky I was.

8. Today, a football team boy burst into tears of joy in the middle of training and, exclaiming “Daddy”, ran into the arms of his father, who had just returned from Afghanistan and immediately came to the school to see his son.

9. I work as an accountant in a chain of restaurants. In addition to me, our company employs several hundred more people. The crisis significantly affected the number of our clients and revenues, but not a single employee was fired. And not one of them knows that the owner of the network has not received his salary for six months.

10. Today, when I was sitting on a park bench, I saw an elderly couple. They stopped their car under an old oak tree, turned on jazz music and began to dance a slow dance. They held hands and didn't take their eyes off each other. They then got back into the car and drove away.

11. Today I caught a taxi, but when I got to the place I discovered that I had forgotten my wallet and I had nothing to pay with. Then the man who ran to the taxi to take my seat paid for me. I asked him how I could pay him back and he gave me a business card with an address saying, "You can leave them here." When I arrived at this address in the evening, I saw that this was the building of a charitable foundation.

In the hospital, in a double ward, there were two hopeless patients. They had exactly the same beds, absolutely equal conditions ...
The only difference was that one of them could see the only window in the room, while the other could not, but he had a nurse call button next to him.

Time passed, the seasons changed ... The one who was lying at the window told his neighbor about everything he saw there: that it was raining outside, snow was pouring or the sun was shining, that the trees were either covered with light sparkling lace, or covered with a light spring haze. .. That people walk on the street, cars drive ... That there is a WORLD there. The second patient listened to him and did not understand why he was not lying at the window, why did not he see all this? He was choked with black envy...

And then one day it happened that the first one, the one who was lying at the window, became ill at night. He asked a neighbor to call a nurse, but for some reason he did not. And the patient lying by the window died. The next day, the second patient asked, since it happened so, to put him by the window. The request was fulfilled - and finally he saw ... The window faced a deaf gray wall beyond which there was nothing to be seen

My sister, who is 10 years older than me, said that when I was eight, I confessed to her that I wanted to be like her in everything. It was on that day that she decided to give up drugs and leave her boyfriend, who hooked her on them, and she is still grateful to me.

A woman I know told me how much she suffered when her daughter died in a car accident. She could not recover from grief for a very long time, her life stopped, she constantly mourned her. And one night she dreamed of a little girl. She was carrying two huge buckets. It was immediately clear that it was very difficult for her. Each step was given to her with great difficulty. My friend asked the girl: “What are you talking about?”, And she answered her: “These are your tears, mom.” From that day on, she pulled herself together and did not cry anymore.

Today in the store I saw a girl about eight years old. She talked to the dog, stroked it and smiled. Her parents stood aside. They, holding hands, watched her and it was clear from their faces that they were happy. A little later, I found out that their daughter had autism and for the first time they heard her speak in full sentences.

It's been about ten years since my husband passed away from lung cancer, but to this day, when I'm cleaning my backyard, I find the cigarette butts that killed him.

When I cried because my boyfriend left me, my grandmother patted me on the shoulder and said: “Things change, but the sun always rises the next day. The bad news is that nothing is permanent, the good news is that same.”

Today, having stopped in my car at a traffic light, listening to the melody sounding from the speakers, I began to drum to the beat in the air, as if in front of me was a drum kit. Suddenly, I noticed that a girl from a nearby car was watching me. I was embarrassed and was about to look away, when suddenly I saw that she smiled and began to play an imaginary guitar. We continued to play together, and then the green light came on and our jam session ended.

One of my co-workers teased another because he commuted to work by public transport rather than by private vehicle. A little later, I heard the same colleague asking his creditor for a delay.

***
Today, after five years of marriage, I finally decided to tell my husband where the scars on my wrists come from. In response, he smiled, showed me his same scars and said: “I understand everything. I love you.” Our love saved us.

I informed my patient that her son would be born with a deformed left hand, she thought for a moment, and then said, “I knew he would be special.”

Today I realized that for the past five years I have been thinking only about myself. And now that she's gone, all I can think about is her.

My 4 year old son asked me to play dinosaurs with him. And when I agreed, he was very surprised and to my horror I realized that he expected to hear "no".

***
Every morning my boyfriend tells me that I am the most beautiful, despite the fact that a year ago I had a terrible accident, the memory of which left scars on my face.

Today, before leaving for school, I discovered that my dog ​​was missing. I ran all over the neighborhood, but never found it. The whole day I was completely broken, and at the last lesson my teacher looked out the window and asked: “Who lost the bulldog?” And then I saw that my dog ​​was sitting under the school windows. I have no idea how she found me.

When my friend mentioned suicide as one of the options, I thought she was joking. I turned out to be wrong.

Today I bought more flowers for my daughter than in all the time she was alive.
At the funeral of my best friend Lara, her mother said, “My daughter donated organs to ten people, four of whom it saved their lives. Even her death made me proud of her.”

Today my little brother finally hit back at a classmate who has been humiliating him for years. When I discussed this with the vice principal, he told me, “I have never been so happy holding a student for fighting.”

Exactly ten years have passed since my boyfriend broke up with me and sold my favorite guitar. He did it out of spite to hurt me. I went to the pawnshop and asked the workers for the address of the buyer. It turned out to be a young handsome guy. He agreed to give me a guitar for free if I agreed to sit with him on his porch and play for him. It was a wonderful evening. We have been married for nine years.

“Today I returned to work for the first time after a year of being on disability leave. There was an explosion at the factory where I work, as a result of which I was deaf in both ears. My return was a real holiday for me. I was greeted with posters “Glad to see you!”, “Welcome!”, “We missed you”, and nine of my colleagues even learned sign language during my absence so that it would be easier for them to communicate with me and understand me.”

“Today I would visit her in the hospital for the 127th time, as I did all the previous 126 days that she was in a coma. Last night I dreamed that she was dead. I woke up and lay in bed wondering if I could learn to live without her. And then the phone rang. It was her."

“Today, about an hour after I lost my wallet, a man knocked on my door and found it and brought it to me. Everything was in place, exactly 200 dollars lay inside. I asked the stranger about the reward and he agreed to take only 100 dollars, explaining that he also lost his wallet in the morning, which contained exactly 200 dollars, and it would be fair to take half. He left, but after a while he knocked on my door again. He brought me back my $100 because some woman returned the wallet to him safe and sound.”

“Recently, I went to a second-hand bookstore and bought a copy of that book that was stolen from me as a child. Imagine my surprise when I opened it and saw that it was my stolen book. On the first page was my name and the signature of my grandfather, who gave it to me. He wrote: “I really hope that in many years this book will fall into your hands again and you will re-read it.”

“Three weeks ago I donated clothes to the homeless, and today, walking in the park, I saw a woman wearing my shirt. I smiled at her and said, “Great shirt!” and she smiled back and agreed, “Yes, I like it too!”

“I stopped on my way to work this morning to help a woman change a tire. And at lunchtime, this woman saved my life by accidentally meeting me in the city center and pulling me out of the road onto the sidewalk when some driver decided to rush through a red light.”

“I worked as a parenting consultant for 15 years. Years later, I ran into one of my charges. He was a difficult child, constantly upset and angry at life. Once I drew Superman for him and wrote the words about how superheroes never give up and always win in the end. Now this boy is a firefighter, he saves the lives of others. We chatted with him for about half an hour, and then, before parting, he opened his wallet and showed me my Superman drawing, which he still keeps.”

“I have diabetes. Two years ago my mother died and I took her cat Kita in with me. Recently, at three o'clock in the morning, I woke up to the fact that the Keith was sitting at my feet and meowing. I've never heard him do it so loudly and insistently before. I got up to see what had happened and suddenly felt very weak. I grabbed a glucometer to check my blood glucose levels. It went down to 53, while the doctor told me that the normal level is 70-120. Later at the hospital, they told me that if Keith hadn't woken me up, I might not have woken up.”

“Ten years ago, my best friend got sick and needed a kidney transplant urgently. I decided to become a donor for her. Today she has a wedding. She's getting married to a man she met 10 years ago in the hospital. And I'm a bridesmaid."

“There was a time when I could barely make ends meet. Once I did not have enough money to pay at the supermarket. As I began to unload the extra groceries from the cart, the man behind me in line paid my check. I thanked him and he said that a few years ago someone had done the same for him. He returned the debt and now hope that someday I will do the same for someone.”

“Today, exactly ten months after a severe stroke, my dad got out of his wheelchair for the first time, unassisted, to dance the father-bride dance with me.”

“A big stray dog ​​followed me from the subway almost to the house. I'm already starting to get nervous. But suddenly, right in front of me, a guy with a knife in his hands appeared from somewhere and demanded my wallet. Before I could react, the dog pounced on him. He threw the knife and I ran away. I am now at home, safe and all thanks to that dog.”

“Today my son, whom I adopted eight months ago, called me mom for the first time.”

“An elderly man walked into the store where I work with a guide dog. He stopped in front of a stand with postcards and began to take each one in turn, close, close to his eyes, trying to read the inscription. I was about to approach him and offer to help, but a hefty truck driver beat me to it. He asked the old man if he needed help, and then began to reread all the inscriptions on the cards to him, one by one, until finally the old man said: “This is suitable. She is very sweet and will surely please my wife.”

“During lunch today, a deaf and mute child that I have been caring for 5 days a week for the past four years looked at me and said, “Thank you. I love you." Those were his first words.”

“28 years ago, a man saved my life by protecting me from three bad guys who tried to rape me. As a result of that incident, he suffered a leg injury and still walks with a cane. And I was very proud when today he put down that cane to lead our daughter down the aisle.”

“When we left the doctor’s office where they told me I had terminal cancer, my girlfriend asked me to be her husband.”

“My dad is the best dad you could ever dream of. For my mother, he is a wonderful loving husband, for me a caring father who never missed a single football match of mine, plus he is an excellent host in the house. This morning I reached into my father's toolbox for pliers and found an old note. It was a page from his diary. The recording was made exactly one month before my birth, it said “I am an alcoholic with a criminal past, who was kicked out of college, but for the sake of my unborn daughter, I will change and become the best father in the world. I will become for her the dad that I never had.” I don't know how he did it, but he did it.”

“I have a patient who suffers from a severe form of Alzheimer's disease. He rarely remembers his name, where he is and what he said a minute ago. But one section of his memory miraculously remains untouched by the disease. He remembers his wife very well. Every morning he greets her with the words: "Hi, my beautiful Kate." Perhaps this miracle is called love.”

“I work as a teacher in a poor neighborhood. Many of my students come to class without lunch and without money for lunch because their parents earn too little. I periodically lend them some money so they can eat and they always return it after a while, despite my refusals.”

“My wife is an English teacher at a school. About two hundred of her colleagues and former students wore T-shirts with her photo and the inscription "We will fight together" when they learned that she had breast cancer. I have never seen my wife so joyful.”

“When I arrived from Afghanistan, I found out that my wife had deceived me and fled with all our money. I had nowhere to live, I didn't know what to do. One of my school friends and his wife, seeing that I needed help, took me in. They helped me get my life back on track and supported me through difficult times. Now I have my own diner, my own house, and their kids still consider me part of the family.”

“My cat ran away from home. I was very worried because I thought that I would never see him again. It took about a day after I put up the missing ads and I got a call from a man who said that he had my cat. It turned out to be a beggar who spent 50 cents to call me from a payphone. He was very nice and even bought my cat a bag of food.

33 stories that make you think

1. Today, when I left our common apartment for the last time in my life, I was walking home, and I needed to switch 64 songs on my iPad before I found a song that would not remind me of her.

2.Today our whole family gathered to celebrate my daughter's 30th birthday. We laughed about the old days, and my wife reminded me that as a child, my daughter always called me her hero, and she turned to me and said: “You are still my main character.”

3. Today I lost my wallet at school and never expected that the biggest bully and punk from high school would return it to me safe and sound.

4. In our school, like in any other, there is the most popular girl. She is incredibly beautiful and smart, and all the boys are ready for a lot of things, if only she would pay attention to them, but she spends time with only one guy - with her younger brother, who has autism.

5. Today in the store I saw a little girl being pulled to the exit by the hand of a dirty, scary man. I approached and asked her if she knew this man. She said no and started crying. Then I shouted at the whole store that this man was a kidnapper, security came up. The girl's parents were called over the loudspeaker, it turns out they were in another room and lost her. It is terrible to think what could have happened if no one had raised the alarm.

6. Today I got out of the subway and noticed that a company of suspicious-looking young people was following me. When they caught up with me, I was already ready to part with my wallet, but it turns out that I had already dropped it in the subway car and they were catching up with me to return it to me.

7. Today my classmate, whom I like very much, was abandoned by her boyfriend. He did it in front of everyone, on the school porch, as if he specifically wanted to humiliate her. But he regretted it because she told him, “Thank you for giving me the opportunity to find someone better than you.”

8.Today at school I received a note from a boy who everyone thinks is a local freak. He is unsociable, dresses strangely and dyes his hair in incredible colors. The note read: “I like your smile, but I noticed that you rarely smile, and I also noticed cuts on your hands. I also suffered from depression and I know what it is. If you want to talk, let's meet tonight. My phone is xxx-xxx-xxxx”. We met in the evening and talked for a long time, and when I returned home I didn’t want to hurt myself, I didn’t want to cry, the depression was gone.

9. Today at the airport I was sitting next to a woman who was being escorted by her daughters. They hugged for a very long time and constantly repeated that they loved each other. Suddenly, one of the daughters noticed that I was watching them and said to me: “Recently, my dad got on a plane and never came back, it crashed. Now we know how important it is to constantly talk to loved ones about your feelings.”

10. I am a musician, but my band is not very popular. Sometimes I wonder why I do this at all and today I got the answer to it. After the concert, a young man came up to me and said: “Thank you very much, your music helps me a lot. I am not the most popular guy at school, I am often offended by my peers. But then I come home, turn on all your songs and sing along with all my strength. And it makes me feel better.”

11. Today I returned to work for the first time after a year that I was on disability leave. There was an explosion at the factory where I work, as a result of which I was deaf in both ears. My return was a real holiday for me. I was greeted with posters “Glad to see you!”, “Welcome!”, “We missed you”, and nine of my colleagues even learned sign language during my absence so that it would be easier for them to communicate with me and understand me.

12. Today I would visit her in the hospital for the 127th time, as I did all the previous 126 days that she was in a coma. Last night I dreamed that she was dead. I woke up and lay in bed wondering if I could learn to live without her. And then the phone rang. It was her.

13. Today, about an hour after I lost my wallet, a man knocked on my door, found it and brought it to me. Everything was in place, exactly 200 dollars lay inside. I asked the stranger about the reward and he agreed to take only 100 dollars, explaining that he also lost his wallet in the morning, which contained exactly 200 dollars, and it would be fair to take half. He left, but after a while he knocked on my door again. He brought me back my $100 because some woman returned the wallet to him safe and sound.

14. Recently I went to a second-hand bookstore and bought a copy of the book that was stolen from me as a child. Imagine my surprise when I opened it and saw that it was my stolen book. On the first page was my name and the signature of my grandfather, who gave it to me. He wrote: “I really hope that in many years this book will fall into your hands again and you will re-read it.

15. Three weeks ago I donated clothes for the homeless, and today, walking in the park, I saw a woman wearing my shirt. I smiled at her and said, “Great shirt!” and she smiled back and agreed, “Yes, I like it too!

16. This morning I stopped on my way to work to help a woman change a tire. And at lunchtime, this woman saved my life by accidentally meeting me in the city center and pulling me out of the road onto the sidewalk when some driver decided to rush through a red light.

17. I worked as a parenting consultant for 15 years. Years later, I ran into one of my charges. He was a difficult child, constantly upset and angry at life. Once I drew Superman for him and wrote the words about how superheroes never give up and always win in the end. Now this boy is a firefighter, he saves the lives of others. We chatted with him for about half an hour, and then, before parting, he opened his wallet and showed me my Superman drawing, which he still keeps.

18. I have diabetes. Two years ago my mother died and I took her cat Kita in with me. Recently, at three o'clock in the morning, I woke up to the fact that the Keith was sitting at my feet and meowing. I've never heard him do it so loudly and insistently before. I got up to see what had happened and suddenly felt very weak. I grabbed a glucometer to check my blood glucose levels. It went down to 53, while the doctor told me that the normal level is 70-120. Later in the hospital, I was told that if Keith hadn't woken me, I might not have woken up.

19. Ten years ago, my best friend got sick and needed a kidney transplant urgently. I decided to become a donor for her. Today she has a wedding. She's getting married to a man she met 10 years ago in the hospital. And I'm a bridesmaid.

20. There was a time when I could barely make ends meet. Once I did not have enough money to pay at the supermarket. As I began to unload the extra groceries from the cart, the man behind me in line paid my check. I thanked him and he said that a few years ago someone had done the same for him. He returned the debt and now hope that someday I will do the same for someone.

21. Today, exactly ten months after a severe stroke, my dad got up for the first time from a wheelchair without assistance to dance the dance of father and bride with me.

22. A big stray dog ​​followed me from the subway almost to my house. I'm already starting to get nervous. But suddenly, right in front of me, a guy with a knife in his hands appeared from somewhere and demanded my wallet. Before I could react, the dog pounced on him. He threw the knife and I ran away. Now I'm home, safe and all thanks to that dog.

23. Today my son, whom I adopted eight months ago, called me mom for the first time.

24. An elderly man with a guide dog entered the store where I work. He stopped in front of a stand with postcards and began to take each one in turn, close, close to his eyes, trying to read the inscription. I was about to approach him and offer to help, but a hefty truck driver beat me to it. He asked the old man if he needed help, and then began to reread all the inscriptions on the cards to him, one by one, until finally the old man said: “This is suitable. She is very sweet and my wife will surely like her.

25. Today, during lunch, a deaf and mute child, whom I have been taking care of 5 days a week for the past four years, looked at me and said: “Thank you. I love you." These were his first words.

26. 28 years ago, a man saved my life by protecting me from three scoundrels who tried to rape me. As a result of that incident, he suffered a leg injury and still walks with a cane. And I was very proud when today he laid down that cane to lead our daughter down the aisle.

27. When we left the doctor's office, where they told me that I had an incurable form of cancer, my girlfriend asked me to become her husband.

28. My dad is the best dad you could ever dream of. For my mother, he is a wonderful loving husband, for me a caring father who never missed a single football match of mine, plus he is an excellent host in the house. This morning I reached into my father's toolbox for pliers and found an old note. It was a page from his diary. The recording was made exactly one month before my birth, it said “I am an alcoholic with a criminal past, who was kicked out of college, but for the sake of my unborn daughter, I will change and become the best father in the world. I will become for her the dad that I never had.” I don't know how he did it, but he did it.

29. I have a patient who suffers from a severe form of Alzheimer's disease. He rarely remembers his name, where he is and what he said a minute ago. But one section of his memory miraculously remains untouched by the disease. He remembers his wife very well. Every morning he greets her with the words: "Hi, my beautiful Kate." Perhaps this miracle is called love.

30. I work as a teacher in a poor neighborhood. Many of my students come to class without lunch and without money for lunch because their parents earn too little. I periodically lend them some money so they can eat and they always return it after a while, despite my refusals.

31. My wife works as an English teacher at school. About two hundred of her colleagues and former students wore T-shirts with her photo and the inscription "We will fight together" when they learned that she had breast cancer. I have never seen my wife so joyful.

32. Having arrived from Afghanistan, I found out that my wife had deceived me and fled, taking all our money. I had nowhere to live, I didn't know what to do. One of my school friends and his wife, seeing that I needed help, took me in. They helped me to improve my life and supported me in difficult times. Now I have my own diner, my own house, and their kids still consider me part of the family.

33. My cat ran away from home. I was very worried because I thought that I would never see him again. It took about a day after I put up the missing ads and I got a call from a man who said that he had my cat. It turned out to be a beggar who spent 50 cents to call me from a payphone. He was very nice and even bought my cat a bag of food.

Friends, it is never superfluous to think in our vain world about simple and good deeds that each of us has done. And today, on this beautiful day of Spring, when all nature seems to be waking up after hibernation, we would like these short ones to also wake up your hearts and direct them to the path of goodness!

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Today my dad came home with roses for mom and me. "In honor of what?" I asked. He said that some of his colleagues complained today about their wives and children, and I could not keep them company.

Today, on our 50th wedding anniversary, my husband pulled out an old envelope and handed me a love note he wrote back in 7th grade.

A couple of years ago, I held the door for an elderly lady at the exit of a hypermarket. She thanked me and said that she would be lucky for the girl who got such good man. This afternoon I went with my wife to the grocery store, we walked hand in hand and on the way out I met the same old lady. She held the door open for us, winked and said, “I told you so.”

My daughter was 28 years old, a firefighter saved her life when he carried her out of a burning building. In the process, he injured his leg, and doctors said he would never be able to walk properly again. Yesterday he put down his cane and slowly led my daughter down the aisle. best husband I didn't want for my daughter.

Today, for the first time in six months, I called my to the best friend and apologized for not being able to support him in difficult times. To which he said to me: "I knew that you would call me... Come..."

My two-year-old daughter, who did not know how to swim, fell into the pool, I was in the kitchen, and when the yard dog ran up, she was already pulling her out of the pool, carefully clutching her dress in her teeth. Now we have a dog.

My little sister, who is 6 years old, cut her hair today long hair. She told her mother that she wants to be as beautiful as her elder sister those. I. I recently had chemotherapy and my hair is just starting to grow back...

At the nursing home where I work, I kept an eye on an elderly couple. They always eat together. They have been married for 63 years. She had a stroke and can't stand, eat alone, or even talk... He doesn't need to live in a nursing home, but he came and stayed. Every day he eats food himself, feeds her, and sits next to her, looks at her and smiles. That's what you call love...

Today I stood in line for a rollercoaster for a man in years, while he had a good athletic physique, which surprised me, and a woman who, as I understood, was his daughter. The man was crying, I asked what was wrong with him. It turns out they are from another country and 5 years ago they came to ride this slide, but then they were not allowed in because the man was overweight and unacceptable for the slide. And those were tears of joy.

I found my mother's diary, there were a lot of feelings and suffering in it, but in the middle the diary ended with the entry: "I found my happiness ...". There were no more entries. On this day, my parents constantly celebrate the day they met.