The Smartest Thing CNN does

Is their CNN Hero thing that was on last night.
I LOVE THIS SHOW. Every single person who was honored couldn't be more deserving. It totally renewed my faith that there is plenty of good going on, we just don't see it because we are too fricken busy being bombarded by the trash on the news constantly.
Did you know that there is a woman out there from Zimbabwe who was raped at the age of SIX, and who then watched her mother be killed IN FRONT OF HER at 9? Do you know what she has done? Instead of doing what most of us would do if that had been us- and she was angry for a long, long time (rightfully so!), she decided that it is INSANE that this is a way of life there, and it is- on both counts. in 1999, she started her foundation, and she started collecting women who have been victimized and she helps them go from victim to SURVIVOR. Do you know how many women she has SAVED? 35,000. OVER 35,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't stop crying.
And did you know that right now there is a man and his wife who started an orphanage for these darling abandoned babies? Whether their families were too big (these people can't afford birthcontrol...we forget how spoiled we are), or the parents are dead, or sick, whatever it is. While they were filming his story, his family of FORTY SEVEN (and they call him Dad, his wife Mom)- became 48. They showed us what it is like when they get the call that there is a child who needs a new home, this was a newborn baby, and the poor darling mother was so sad to need to do that.
And did you know that there is a Phillipenes man who grew up poor...he couldn't stand to think of all the kids who are just in the street doing whatever they want, with no one looking after them...he is educated and saw that that is the way out of poverty. These kids can't afford school- do you know what he does?! He has a school on wheels, and they bring out these schools on wheels and all these precious babies come running from every direction TO LEARN. He teaches these kids. With love and patience, he teaches these kids! He's saving all these babies!
And how about the guy in Queens who saw a group of people on a street corner, and they were hungry...so he went home and started cooking and now he has 6 fridges in his house, and it takes his whole family to make all the food, but every single night, they go out and feed whoever is hungry. Sometimes it's as high as 140 people a night!!! His wife didn't go with him to the ceremony, so she could feed the hungry people waiting for food!!!!!!
Isn't it a great world?
It helped me to realize something. Cullen is probably right. If I get to donate a kidney, it isn't going to kill the insane noise in my head. But if I can find something that I really, really love, and I can stick with it- then I'll probably feel like I can actually make a difference someday, somehow, for someone.
I want to watch that show all day and all night long. Can't you see how much better the world would be if we showed THAT constantly instead of the gross negative crap filled with lies, politics, murders?
We waste so much time. Silly, silly humans.