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Current Events to Restore Your Faith in Humanity

Finding the good news amongst all the bad.

Kathryn Pesek

Jul 19, 2016

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Current Events to Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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With all the bad news, terrorist attacks and political arguments circulating through the media I think the world could use a little good news. So heres some current events to help restore your faith in humanity.

1. Guy Takes His Terminally Ill Dog On The Trip Of A Lifetime.

When Robert Kuglers best friend, a chocolate lab named Bella, was diagnosed with cancer he was faced with a heart breaking decision. He could have her put down or have her leg amputated buying her 3-6 more months. He decided to amputate her leg and take her on the trip of a life time with those precious few months. The dynamic duo have been traveling the world inspiring others to do the same. Bella has now lived 8 months longer than her doctors predicted, proving that a little love and adventure is the best medicine.

2. Officers Respond To Couple Who Refused To Sit By Them

On Friday July 8th, the day after five officers were shot and killed in Dallas, officer Chuck Thomas and three colleagues decided to enjoy a meal at an Eat'n Park near Pittsburgh. A couple was about to be seated next to the officers but made it very clear they did not want to be seated across from the police. So instead of making a scene or being mad Thomas responded with grace by picking up the couples tab and adding a ten dollar tip. "I wanted to break the tension and say, we're human, too," he said. "And we want to be treated as such. We're not all bad guys. We're here for the public. We're here for you. We're public servants, bottom line." Thomas told TODAY.

3. Five-Year-Old Boy Takes His "Best Friend In The World" On An Adorable First Date

Five-year-old Freddie Gibson asked his parents what a date was and once the details had been explained he decided to ask his best friend Dee Dee on a first date. Freddie sent Dee Dee a letter asking her to go on a date with him once she turned five (because four is simply to young) and saved up his birthday money to pay for their meal. When the day came for their first date Freddie got Dee Dee a bouquet of flowers and the young couple went to their favorite restaurant, Pizza Express. The staff at the restaurant even threw in a desert decorated with hearts. Guys could learn a thing or two from Freddie and his chivalry.

You can read more about this heart warming couple here- http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/five-year-old-boy-saves-8158084

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1. Guy Takes His Terminally Ill Dog On The Trip Of A Lifetime.

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3. Five-Year-Old Boy Takes His "Best Friend In The World" On An Adorable First Date

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2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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