The Heart Warming Thread

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  1. drgumbybrain

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    I hope that this doesn't off as tooting my own horn, which in truth I guess it is.

    I'm walking into Wal-Mart this week. I grab a cart and stroll on in. Then I notice that there is something in the front of the cart. It's a zippered pouch like the ones you get at the bank. But there's no way there is anything in it, right? I pop it open and peek inside. There's a wad of 20's filling up the pouch. Some serious bank here. I stroll right on over to customer service to let them know someone has lost the money.

    Before I even get to the lady at the counter, I look over and see a young woman. She's been crying. She sees the pouch and I can visibly see a look of pure relief come over her. I don't even have to ask, but I say, "are you looking for this?"

    Seldom do you truly get the opportunity to save someone's day, but it sure feels good when you do.
     
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    He walked all night to be on time for his first day of work. His boss was so impressed he gave him a car
    https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/17/us/alabama-student-walks-20-miles-gets-car-trnd/index.html


    CNN)When an Alabama college student's car broke down the night before his first day at a new job, there was one thing he knew he wouldn't do: Not show up.

    So he walked to work. For 20 miles.
    After he asked someone for a ride and it fell through, Walter Carr walked all night from Homewood, Alabama, south to Pelham. He needed the job at Bellhops moving company, even though his phone told him it would take him seven hours on foot.
    "I've never been that person that gives up," said Carr, 20. "I've just never seen myself doing that. I can only be defeated if I allow myself do be defeated."
    And what began as a man determined to get to work on time became so much more -- a community coming together to change a life.

    Local police officers helped him
    Carr began his journey about 11:40 p.m. Friday in Homewood, a suburb of Birmingham. He made it to Pelham by about 4 a.m. Saturday, but still had a ways to go before he reached the address of the woman he was hired to help move.
    Pelham police officer Mark Knighten was making rounds in his patrol car when he saw Carr sitting on the ground, catching his breath. Because it was so late, Knighten pulled over to see what was going on.
    "Less than a minute from hearing his story, we were like, wow, this kid seems determined," Knighten said.
    Knighten and his two partners took Carr to breakfast and got him lunch to go. Then they took him to a church to rest before his shift started at 8 a.m.

    When Carr continued his walk to work several hours later, another officer found him and drove him the rest of the way to the Pelham home of Jenny Lamey.
    Because Carr was early, Lamey asked if he'd like to rest upstairs in her house until the rest of the movers arrived. He said no and got to work.
    Lamey was impressed by Carr's story and shared her thoughts later on Facebook.
    "I just can't tell you how touched I was by Walter and his journey," she said. "He is humble and kind and cheerful and he had big dreams! He is hardworking and tough. I can't imagine how many times on that lonely walk down 280 in the middle of the night did he want to turn back. How many times did he wonder if this was the best idea. How many times did he want to find a place to sit or lie down and wait 'til morning when he could maybe get someone to come pick him up and bring him back home. But he walked until he got here! I am in total awe of this young man!"

    Then his employer stepped up
    When Bellhops CEO Luke Marklin learned of Carr's story through Lamey's Facebook post, he was impressed by Carr's determination and character.
    "We are a company that is trying to change a broken, not customer-friendly industry," Marklin said. "We're trying to transform that with a lot of heart and a lot of grit. And when I read that story on Sunday I was blown away, and I couldn't think of a better story of what this company is all about."
    Marklin decided that since the only thing standing in the way of Carr excelling at his company seemed to be reliable transportation, he would do something about it.
    So he gave Carr his own 2014 Ford Escape.
    "It seemed like the car was going to be put to a lot better use," Marklin said. "He's just awesome. He's our role model."

    Inspired by Carr's story, Lamey started a GoFundMe campaign to help him out and set the campaign's goal at $2,000. As of Tuesday evening, it had raised more than $11,000.
    Carr is in awe of the support he has received.
    "I'm still in shock," Carr said. "I thank him [Marklin] ... I thank everyone for taking their time to listen to my story."
     
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    These were pretty awesome:

     
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    ^^ Seeing that impromptu Wedding performance by Bon Jovi reminded me of the time I bought tickets to see him at a funeral.

    Upon arriving late, I was completely beside myself to find Jon already halfway thru signing a teary mashup of It’s My Life/Wanted Dead or Alive to an occupied casket and church full of mourners instead of the other way around.
     
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    Kunlun slips a photo of himself as a baby into the thread!
     
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    Whoa! Wonderful! :D

    I'm certainly qualified for that one. But you know the old thing: if you gave at home, no need to give at the office.

    Or maybe that's too British-1950s. But I'm sure you know what I mean.
     
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    I do not feel that direction to help Berlin, despite blockade efforts, where out of pure kindness.

    However, there was kindness. And in desperate times, if only it rained food. And it did.
     
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