He is the world’s fastest human calculator who helps children defeat their math phobias. When he was five, Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash fell off his cousin’s scooter when it was hit by a truck, banging his head on the road. Doctors told his parents he could be cognitively impaired the rest of his life. Instead, he… Continue reading He became the world’s fastest human calculator after severe head injury
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he turned a catastrophic accident into a life of service
Twenty-five years ago, Al White was “saving the world one piece of cardboard at a time” as a co-owner of a company that recycled cardboard. Then in a flash his life changed forever. He turned a catastrophic accident into a life of service. White saw a “big opportunity to build a business while doing good… Continue reading he turned a catastrophic accident into a life of service
grief led her to help people tap into their inner strength
grief led her to help people tap into their inner strength With her bold, life-affirming messages of hope, Nicole Leth reaches thousands of people each month on every continent except Antarctica. After the death of her father, grief led her to help people tap into their inner strength. When she was 17, Leth’s father, a… Continue reading grief led her to help people tap into their inner strength
A human swan she flies the skies to save endangered wildlife
She flew 7,000 kilometre in a paramotor, tracking Bewick swans across 11 countries to help save them. A human swan, she flies the skies to save endangered wildlife and to bring awareness of climate change. Australian biologist Sacha Dench flies the skies to emphasize a “drastic shift is needed in the global economy to save… Continue reading A human swan she flies the skies to save endangered wildlife
he succeeded where others failed
“Just remember that a kind word, one nice gesture, or a helping hand can make the biggest difference to someone’s life. It did for me.” James Leonard. He lived a life of desperation, using drugs, overdosing, going to prison for small sentences. Then, after injecting two bags of drugs, which he knew could be fatal,… Continue reading he succeeded where others failed
after abuse and death, love can grow
Ten years ago, a mother from Maryland didn’t know much about relationship abuse. Then her daughter died. Sharon Love “didn’t know relationship abuse could be so insidious, difficult to recognize or that it could happen” to her daughter, Yeardley Love, according to the Baltimore Sun. She has learned, however, that after abuse and death, love… Continue reading after abuse and death, love can grow
the awakening
by Eugene Solomon, Melbourne, Australia “I’d been looking at shadows on a cave wall all my life. Now I saw the sun.” My body was a fiber; an elongated, pinkish thread, stretched out over time, all the way from my birth to the present. It grew out of the fibre above me. I looked up… Continue reading the awakening
life with schizophrenia
By Chanette Smith “People who have schizophrenia feel different and forgotten,” says Chanette Smith. Growing up in Johannesburg, South Africa, in a coloured suburb in a lower-class home, was a battle and limited me. I was unhappy in my adolescence, being raised by a single parent. Finding self-acceptance was a problem. Living with schizophrenia was… Continue reading life with schizophrenia
consumed with love for animals, he helps them any way he can
This 10-year-old boy loves animals so much he helps thousands of needy animals. A 10-year-old boy in Canada was born with a deep love of all animals. His unconditional love for animals drives him to help all needy animals. When Kashton “Kash” Weinber began walking, he walked dogs, according to WZDX News Fox TV. Unlike… Continue reading consumed with love for animals, he helps them any way he can
childhood friends who became lifelong partners
they were childhood friends who became lifelong partners Finding true love and a lifelong partner is something many people strive to do. One Washington state couple started that journey when they were five years old. Married for more than four decades, they are childhood friends who became lifelong partners. Julie Houk and Ron Bohman have… Continue reading childhood friends who became lifelong partners
he feels he is a walking miracle
Higgins is “excited to go back to work and live a sober life.” In June, Isaac Higgins made a decision that could have altered the course of his life forever. Instead, he feels he is a walking miracle. Higgins, who lives in Vineyard, Massachusetts, suffered a traumatic brain injury after falling off the roof of… Continue reading he feels he is a walking miracle
she gave him everything he has and then she died
“She’s still with me, in my memories and my never-ending love for her. She always will be.” From the moment he met her, she changed his life for the better. He told her she gave his life meaning and purpose. And later, when their two daughters were born, his life was complete. She gave him… Continue reading she gave him everything he has and then she died