THESE AMAZING PEOPLE MADE OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE
A little over a year, I completed a research project to find out what the recently deceased did to live meaningful lives.? I read over 2,100 obituaries from two newspapers in a five-month period and collected information from 477 obituaries.? Here is what some of these remarkable people did.? *
A man clipped and mailed comics and editorial cartoons to friends to bring enjoyment to their lives.? Another man listened carefully to find out what was important to his friends and then would send news articles to support those interests.? A woman visited sick friends in the hospital to bring her trademark “apple and flower” to cheer them.? A man kept a pocketful of teabags to give to those he encountered.? He often mailed tea bags with a note to “Join me for a cup of tea.”? He was known as the “Tea Man.? I thought it was a wonderful project when a man became a pen pal with a first grade reading class.? Four or five times each year, for ten years, the kids would each write a note to him. He would then write each student a personal response, sent with candy and small toys.
*? If you want to see the results of the entire research project, click up my website and read the Obituary Project.? Website:? drmelwhitehurst.com
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