Image by: Unsplash By James Reubin If you were given the chance to go back in time and take a shortcut to find love, success and happiness, would you take it? Would you choose to take a journey without bad roads, without lousy decisions, no heartaches and no hard-fought battles? I couldn’t imagine life without…
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This Is How Playing By the Rules Can Actually Make You a Better Man
Image by: PDPics By Ronnie Toofan I know this guy named Mark who hates his job. Whenever he has the chance, he tells his friends he’s going to quit. He loves going to fun parties and goes home totally wrecked. He jumps from one relationship to another and never runs out of something to complain…
A Team’s Inspirational Support For Their Sidelined Player Shows Us the Meaning Of Compassion
By Jack Day Life always seems to have other plans for you when you least expect it. An unexpected traffic jam when you are running late, a cancelled flight, a chance encounter with a long lost relative at the DMV. Then there are the life altering changes that you just can’t ever prepare for. For…
This Inmate’s Gesture For the Man Who Put Him In Prison Will Leave You Speechless
By Jack Day Sometimes in life you get a chance to do something completely out of character, something out of the kindness of your heart. For inmate Charles Alston, that chance came when he read in the newspaper that the former DA who prosecuted him had been diagnosed with cancer. Carl Fox, now a North…
This Man Walked 645 Miles Dressed As a Storm Trooper to Honor His Wife’s Legacy
By Anne Cacherell Some people find it hard to let go of a deceased loved one until they truly feel in their hearts that they have been sufficiently honored. Meet Minnesota native Kevin Doyle, the man who walked 645 miles from San Francisco to San Diego dressed as a Storm Trooper as a tribute to his…
Braylon Beam Sets New Standards as the Carolina Panther’s Youngest Couch
By Richard K. Noots How does one explain to a six year old that they have a tumor on their optic nerve? Well, chances are it isn’t easy for one parent. Moreover, I couldn’t imagine how I would’ve processed such information at that age. Luckily, Braylon Beam takes it all in stride and couldn’t be cooler. Recently, he…
Would You Do Something Illegal to Help Your Terminal Illness?
By Richard K. Noot When Daniel Hibbitt was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he decided to look for any means to help his predicament. Well, if you haven’t been living under a rock for 15 years, you might have heard that marijuana might actually help in many ways with all cancer-related issues. Unfortunately for Daniel, he lives in…
His Love For Life & Commitment to Excellence Made Him “The Man” At the First Ever ESPY’s
By Anne Cacherell This video features American college basketball player, coach and broadcaster James Thomas Anthony “Jim” Valvano, also known as Jimmy V, as he delivers a remarkable speech at the first ESPY awards in 1993 that inspired generations. In 1992, Jimmy was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Without much time to live, he found an…
These Students Donated Their Money For a Class Trip to Help Sick Kids, Then Karma Gave Them the Best Surprise Ever
By Jack Day “The compassion and the love, they just care for one another.” Those are the words a group of teachers at John A. Renfro Elementary School in Collinsville, Illinois used to describe one particular class of students. The reason is because of the lesson they are teaching everyone else in human kindness and…
This Man Was at One Of Life’s Crossroads When a Dog, a Motorcycle, & His Passion For Life Showed Him the Way
By Jack Day When a loved one passes away after a battle with cancer, the remaining family members are consoled and told that “things will get better.” As someone who is one of those family members I can honestly say it never gets easier, you just deal with it. I know it’s a little somber,…
The Next Time You Run Out Of Food, Try Calling 9-1-1 & Just Give Them Your List Like This Man Did
By Jack Day When you ain’t got no food to eat, man there’s nothing worse! Hunger pains can be debilitating and for someone like 81 year old veteran Clarence Blackmon, it’s no joke. He had recently returned home after being in the hospital for several months after under going cancer treatment, except he must have…
This Iron Cop Uses His Powers to Protect and Serve
By Richard K. Noots Now that Baltimore’s dust is settling, we often ask ourselves, “Just what is the point of law enforcement?” Although we cannot judge one group by a few bad eggs, outcries against authoritative abuse are nothing new. That’s why when I see men like Damon Cole of the Dallas Police Department, I know there are officers out there who care…
What Would You Do With An Extra 11 Minutes? Aetna Asks Public to Quit Smoking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qurrfu0vklc By Jack Day By now, we’ve all seen the “Truth” campaign. The antismoking group uses interesting experiences or jarring examples to shock people into considering a change of lifestyle. Now Aetna Insurance is doing something similar and taking the message viral. “The 11 Initiative” uses an 11 minute experience to send a message. Strangers…
This Man is Battling Cancer With … Long Distance Running?
By Richard K. Noots Jim Willett really lives up to his name. After receiving a diagnosis of Cancer, he decided, rather suddenly, to start running. For some reason, running just eased his mind and made life easier. Now, he just finished the Bruce Trail in Canada, which is over 550 miles long, in less than eleven days. I could barely even handle driving that far, let alone running. Regardless, Jim…
Find Out How This Young Cancer Survivor Used His Maturity Against His Bullies
By Anne Cacherell 10-year old cancer survivor, Dominic Zaffino of Philadelphia has been harassed at school by bullies who make fun of his height. His schoolmates didn’t know that he battled 3 torturous years of chemotherapy in order to survive cancer. Although the treatment was a success, the result had some side effects like stunted…
He Might Be Famous For His Crazy Antics, But He’s Dead Serious When it Comes to Cancer
By Anne Cacherell In the effort to raise cancer awareness, Will Ferrell played every position on the field for 10 different teams in 5 different baseball games all in one day. HBO’s Funny or Die and Major League Baseball covered the whole stunt. Ferrell is raising funds for Cancer for College, a foundation that helps…
This Couple Receives a Life Changing Gift In the Best Reverse Prank Ever
By Jack Day “When a man loves a woman, he’d change the world for the good thing he’s found.” Thank you Percy Sledge. This quote applies quite well to the video here of Mario & Elaine. The two were engaged to be married until Elaine was diagnosed with cancer. In order to care for her…
This Man Will Never See His Daughter, but He’s Got a Special Message for Her
By Ivan Russo Nick and his wife Alyssa had one simple dream: to have a daughter to raise. Of course, things rarely work out that simply. Instead, Nick developed Appendix cancer, and his condition didn’t look positive. Still, they wanted a daughter to call their own. In the end, the couple got their wish. Nick…
A Final Wish for a Dying Cancer Patient Brings Rapper Eminem Bedside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6vzsZ4G6Dk By Jack Day An entire community in Michigan is mourning the death of 17 year old Gage Garmo. The teen had a rare bone cancer known as osteosarcoma and had been fighting for quite some time. His final wish was to meet his idol, rapper Eminem. As fate would play out, the superstar came…
If You Were a Fan of ESPN’s Scott Stuart, Please Watch This Video
By Charlie DeWitts About a couple weeks ago, a great announcer on ESPN’s SportsCenter passed on after a long battle with cancer. One of the men who trained under his tutelage, Rich Eisen, shows his lament and remorse in the above video as tribute. Now, heroes come in all shapes, sizes and colors. When a…
The Inspiration in Our Small Victories Comes From Big Battles
By Charlie DeWitts John Wall had an amazing victory for the Washington Wizards in a recent Basketball game. However, his victory was inspired by a recent victim of cancer, a six year old named Miyah Telemaque-Nelson. She was just a girl who looked up to John, who had an amazing game with only her in…
You Might Remember Him From Such Movies Like, “Mommy! What’s Wrong With That Man’s Face?!”
By Richard K. Noots Sam Simon was one of the original producers of the Titular show, the Simpsons. The show is currently on it’s twenty-sixth season, and doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon. However, cancer seems to be putting a break in Sam’s life. So, he’s done what any man would do when…
Is Coffee Your Friend or Foe? What you Should Know Before that Next Cup
Image by: Jorge Royan By: George Lamb Where would America be without coffee? We’d all probably be trudging through our days like zombies after a shot of morphine. These days, America–and many other parts of the world–rely on coffee to get them through their daily routines. That’s all fine and dandy—the fact that it is…
If Your Body was a Car, Here are 3 Mileage Service Recommendations
Image by: Jackie Anderson By: Ken Lucas If your body were a car would you rather it be an old, ramshackle station wagon or a top of the line Lamborghini Gallardo? And before you make the argument that your body is in fact not a car, I’m here to tell you that yes—your body is…
