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How a Little Boy’s Wish Turned the City of SF into Superheroes Full of Compassion

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The Power of Compassion

Yesterday five-year-old Miles Scott, a leukemia survivor, got his wish via the Make A Wish Foundation to play the caped crusader alongside Batman fighting crime and locking up bad guys for an entire day.

The entire city of San Francisco got into the act of expressing their heartfelt compassion by making this childhood dream a reality for Miles.

The video below is guaranteed to bring a tear to your eyes but it will also arouse your sense of compassion. Watch and embrace the compassion that wells up in you. Then express your compassion by paying it forward in an act of kindness today.

Be the superhero the world needs you to be.  😎

The End of Existential Angst

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Why am I here?

What’s my purpose?

If there is a God, what is her plan for my life?”

I used to ask myself these ‘big questions’ on a regular basis. In so doing, I was searching for existential answers to questions that mankind has asked since we developed the ability to question.

I never arrived at any answers that satisfied me. Instead, I banged my head against the existential wall and lived in a perpetual state of uncertainty.

Religion, philosophy, culture – all attempted to answer the big questions, but none succeeded. They never will. That’s because the questions are flawed.

They seemed like legitimate, well-intentioned questions that deserved to be answered. Yet as hard as I tried and as often as I pondered these questions, the truth about my existence eluded me.

Then one day I woke up

I don’t recall when it occurred or where I was, but I did awaken from the dream we call life. I forever left the world of conditioned thinking and religion-influenced dogma. I awakened to the reality that existential questions have nothing to do with the present moment.

 Asking questions about my existence is like questioning the cup of steaming coffee on my desk.

The whole point is to drink it, experience it, live it.

  • enjoy its strength
  • enjoy its flavor
  • enjoy its warmth
  • enjoy its consumption

Asking questions about my life’s purpose will never yield satisfactory answers because they can change tomorrow. So I’ve forgotten about asking the big questions.

  • I drink my coffee
  • I live my life

That’s the point.