If you haven't listened to Story Corp, you should. It's easy to forget the best in us, and what's really important. Every time I hear them, this is what I remember.
Mother Teresa once said " We cannot do great things, only small things, with great love."
Here's a few you might enjoy....
Boy Lifts Book; Librarian Changes Boy's Life
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113357239
October 2, 2009 In 1950s Arkansas, Olly Neal didn't care much for school. Then he wandered into the library and stumbled onto a book by author Frank Yerby. The discovery changed the life of a boy who was, in Neal's memory, "a rather troubled high school senior."
A Toddler, An Open Window And An Amazing Catch
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103418413
April 24, 2009 Marvin Goldstein was a toddler in 1945 when he fell out of a window five stories up in Brooklyn, N.Y. Fortunately for him, Sal Mauriello was there. Goldstein tells the story of Mauriello's great catch — and their reunion years later — to his son, Eric.
Memorial Day Miracle At 'The Wall'
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104389637
May 22, 2009 After his son was killed in Iraq four years ago, Allen Hoe decided to spend Memorial Day at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. He was not expecting to meet the nurse who tried to save his son's life.
Cancer Patients Teach Nurse Importance Of Love
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111633198
Eleven-year-old Sarafina Viviano wants to go into the medical field when she grows up. She asks her mother, Dana Viviano, a nurse who cares for cancer patients, what she's learned from her patients and what it's like to tell someone he's going to die.
