Thursday, June 11, 2015

Blog 3: Hope

Sometimes it’s easy to get lost in all the negative media.  I like to find the good in situations, so this story stuck out to me.  Paul Peterson, a Paralympic, had his apartment broken into.  They took quite a bit of his things including three custom-fit running blades and his medals.  One of his friends set up a GoFundMe page and reached over $30,000 in around 4 days from 600+ donors. 


Photo by: Paul Peterson 

When bad things happen like this it’s easy to think that the world is full of corrupt and soulless people.  There’s plenty of negative media to back that statement up. But what makes this story stick out is hope. Even in negative situations, hope comes through.  This kind of media shows that there is still good in the world.  There are still people out there that would stop in a heartbeat to help someone they’ve never meet.  Negative media is so amplified, sometimes it drowns out the good things that happen in our world.  Getting his apartment broken into is horrific.  The amount of people who stepped in to help Paul was amazing.  There are bad people out there, but that act of kindness from strangers shows that there is still good in this world. 


http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/paralympic-hopeful-gets-new-legs-after-devastating-theft-n372486

5 comments:

  1. What an amazing story!!! Such a bummer he was stolen from. Stories like this restore my faith in humanity. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. This is a great story, thanks for sharing it. I think that sites such as gofundme are perfect examples of how social media can be used to really help people in need.

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    1. I agree! It really helps restore my faith in people.

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    2. I agree! It really helps restore my faith in people.

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