We Have Got To Show Each Other Some _____

Love. "We have got to show each other some love," is what everyday hero Wesley Autrey, who jumped on NYC subway train tracks in 2007 to save a man having a seizure, advises us.  It makes you think about what more you could be doing for strangers.  Here are two stories of everyday heros and the extraordinary sacrifices they made for their fellow man. Tonight's post is dedicated to such love.

Man Is Rescued By Stranger On Subway Tracks

College Baseball Star Receives Kidney from His Own Coach

Song of the Day: "Bowl of Oranges" by Bright Eyes

I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health.
I said "There is nothing I can do for you
that you can't do for yourself."
He said "Oh yes you can. Just hold my hand. I think that would help."
So I sat with him a while and then I asked him how he felt.
He said, "I think I'm cured. No, in fact, I'm sure.
Thank you Stranger, for your therapeutic smile."


Poem of the Day: 
"Casabianca" by Elizabeth Bishop

Love's the boy stood on the burning deck trying to recite `The boy stood on the burning deck.' Love's the son stood stammering elocution while the poor ship in flames went down. Love's the obstinate boy, the ship, even the swimming sailors, who would like a schoolroom platform, too, or an excuse to stay on deck. And love's the burning boy.

And love's the tumbling boy, tumbling on to the tracks...