On Christmas Eve, Buffalo NY was being pummeled by the worst blizzard in recent memory. Snuggled at home with his wife, Alex Campagna heard frantic knocking on the door. There stood two shivering South Korean tourists hoping to borrow a shovel to dislodge their vehicle from a gigantic snowdrift. Knowing it was hopeless, Campagna invited all ten of the party inside and … [Read more...]

There is so much suffering in the world right now. Most pointedly, as the war in Ukraine slogs into its tenth month, people are facing sub-zero temperatures  with no heat, water or essential supplies. Bombs are falling. Yet both sides have ruled out a Christmas truce as soldiers battle it out in bloody trenches. Pope Francis echoed our collective distress when he broke down … [Read more...]

Edwin Lusichi, head keeper at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi, with a six-month-old orphaned baby elephant. Without their mothers, such calves have few survival skills and are vulnerable to despair. Once upon a time, when an elephant walked through  town with its keeper, the pachyderm’s trunk would tend to wreak havoc. Expressing the intelligent animal’s … [Read more...]

Auri Katariina is the ultimate cleaning lady. She is so passionate about making things sparkle that she quit her job in Finland a year ago to help struggling women scour and declutter their homes at no cost. “My dream is to clean for free all over the world, and help people whilst doing something I absolutely love,” says Katariina. The blonde beauty’s Insta-ready charm … [Read more...]

What will this Uranian eclipse bring? In The Call to Courage, now streaming on Netflix, researcher Brene Brown asserts that it’s impossible to be brave without being vulnerable. The tough-talking Texan, who came to fame in a 2010 viral Ted Talk on vulnerability, has made it her life’s work to dispel the deeply ingrained myth that this quality is a weakness – instead of our … [Read more...]