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demmiblue

(36,903 posts) Tue May 5, 2020, 12:55 PM May 2020

If You Think People Are The Worst These Days, These 50 Wholesome Pics May Change Your Mind:

#1 During His Wedding Photoshoot A Groom Saves A Boy From Drowning

#2 Today I Found Out That The Overnight Security Guard At My Work Knits Boots And Mittens For Premature Babies At The Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

#3 Parents Must Be So Proud

#4 This Husband Spent 2 Years Planting Thousands Of Scented Flowers For His Blind Wife To Smell And Get Her Out Of Depression

#5 Commuters Wiped Away Anti-Semitic Graffiti They Found On A Subway Train. Within About Two Minutes, All The Symbolism Was Gone

https://www.boredpanda.com/wholesome-positive-stories/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=BPTwitter

*The fifth one is a DUer.

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If You Think People Are The Worst These Days, These 50 Wholesome Pics May Change Your Mind: (Original Post) demmiblue May 2020 OP

I needed to see these uplifting photos. MLAA May 2020 #1

Sometimes, especially lately FM123 May 2020 #2

OK i gotta say #28 really broke me up rurallib May 2020 #3

I cried at that one, and the wedding where the dad brought in the step dad to walk down the aisle. BComplex May 2020 #4

Oh man..... dixiegrrrrl May 2020 #17

I am a long time blood donor, including white cells rurallib May 2020 #20

Thank you for this link. 3catwoman3 May 2020 #5

I needed this so much. The refugee girl/college grad made me cry Hekate May 2020 #6

loved the message on her cap rurallib May 2020 #21

Thanks. That's something this girl could use right about now. n/t luvallpeeps May 2020 #7

My eyes are leaking... StarryNite May 2020 #8

thanks for sharing this with me . makes me smile. AllaN01Bear May 2020 #9

those are really lovely--thank you! renate May 2020 #10

I remember the fifth one when it happened. He did his first post after that. Amaryllis May 2020 #11

Thanks. Aristus May 2020 #12

Thank you for posting GeoWilliam750 May 2020 #13

I remember hearing about number 5 wryter2000 May 2020 #14

Thank you for sharing the lives worth saving. n/t. NNadir May 2020 #15

I wish I had a husband like #4. SunSeeker May 2020 #16

Kick! burrowowl May 2020 #18

Lady Gaga is here? mahina May 2020 #19

MLAA

(17,342 posts)

1. I needed to see these uplifting photos.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2020, 01:09 PM

May 2020

Thank you!

FM123

(10,054 posts)

2. Sometimes, especially lately

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2020, 01:21 PM

May 2020

My heart just aches as it searches for signs of human kindness out-trumping human monstrosity - thank you for these reminders that it still does.

rurallib

(62,465 posts)

3. OK i gotta say #28 really broke me up

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2020, 01:30 PM

May 2020

The heart recipient - wow

#28 A Year Ago My Little Sister Left This World. This Weekend Her Heart Recipient Met My Mom And Shared Her Heart Beat

I regret that I have but one recommendation to give this thread.

BComplex

(8,077 posts)

4. I cried at that one, and the wedding where the dad brought in the step dad to walk down the aisle.

Reply to rurallib (Reply #3)

Tue May 5, 2020, 01:51 PM

May 2020

Now THAT is open hearted! Some step-parents love their step-kids as if they were their own blood.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

17. Oh man.....

Reply to rurallib (Reply #3)

Wed May 6, 2020, 10:41 PM

May 2020

the mother must have had a lot of mixed emotions. Sniff.

rurallib

(62,465 posts)

20. I am a long time blood donor, including white cells

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #17)

Thu May 7, 2020, 07:55 AM

May 2020

I had the distinct experience of accidentally meeting a couple of patients who received white cells from me and lived. Very, very humbling and emotional experience.

3catwoman3

(24,073 posts)

5. Thank you for this link.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2020, 01:55 PM

May 2020

Helps balance off jackasses like the nose wiper.

Hekate

(90,880 posts)

6. I needed this so much. The refugee girl/college grad made me cry

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2020, 03:18 PM

May 2020

rurallib

(62,465 posts)

21. loved the message on her cap

Reply to Hekate (Reply #6)

Thu May 7, 2020, 07:57 AM

May 2020

luvallpeeps

(935 posts)

7. Thanks. That's something this girl could use right about now. n/t

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2020, 03:27 PM

May 2020

StarryNite

(9,462 posts)

8. My eyes are leaking...

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2020, 03:33 PM

May 2020

Thank you so much for sharing this.

AllaN01Bear

(18,558 posts)

9. thanks for sharing this with me . makes me smile.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2020, 03:45 PM

May 2020

renate

(13,776 posts)

10. those are really lovely--thank you!

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2020, 04:10 PM

May 2020

I needed these today more than ever before. I'm so, so lucky to be able to stay home, and to not have to worry about family members because they're all able to stay home as well. But as this pandemic goes on, I keep watching TV and reading news stories (I know I should stop--it solves nothing and makes me feel like crap) about how awful so many people are being, how deliberately stupid so many people pride themselves on being, how truculent and argumentative so many people are being for no reason... I thought living in the same country as Trump voters was bad, but I had no idea how much worse it could get when I see them putting others' lives at risk because they are too blind to see they're being lied to. People being pushed around or even shot over face masks, my God. Nobody's being asked to go to war to "defend the American way of life." Just to wear a damn face mask. It's breaking my heart. I remember when we would all go to Fourth of July parades and just feel good to be there.

Anyway. Thank you for these pictures. It's so important to remember that there really are more good people than bad. The bad ones just get all the attention.