Scary World We Live In

Have you seen the news lately? It is terrifying the world we live in. A woman cuts a baby from its mothers womb, a mother decapitates her baby, two children's remains were found in their mothers freezer, and very close to my house another store clerk was shot dead in his convenience store. I know bad things happen all the time and they have been happening for quite a while. It just seems like lately things are getting out of control! The children in the freezer and the convenience store owner were both from Michigan and within an hour away from me. The convenience store in which the owner was shot is about 5 minutes away from me. This is the second shooting within the year that we have lived here that was in my city.

I know what a lot of people are saying. The world is a horrible place and the fact that a lot of people don't follow God anymore is the reason. That may be true but I personally know some people who don't believe in God and they are good people with morals. Just because someone doesn't believe in God doesn't make them not have morals. I do wish more people followed Jesus and his teachings but that is their choice to make, not mine. There are people that do bad things who are Christians. I know that people are saying the devil is running rampant. The fact is satan might have a part in this, but these are humans committing these acts. I think satan gets blamed for a lot of things that he only has a small roll in. Yeah, he might be that little voice whispering in the background but the fact is these people made the choice to do these horrible things. They were not being possessed into doing it. It was their choice.

So, because I need a little positivity today I decided to look up 5 people that are doing good around the world. I truly believe for every evil person out there there is at least 5 good people. I want to see the good in the world and believe that this world has an enormous amount of goodness to it. There are very wonderful people out there that are caring, compassionate, and all around good people. So, I hope you can read this when you are getting sad and afraid of this world and it helps to create some positivity for you too. I am an optimist at heart so I really like to see the positives instead of the negatives.

Amazing Person Number 1: Amanda Plunkett

I decided to start with one of my friends that I met through church. I told you about her heartbreaking story in an earlier post in my blog and I feel like she is the type of person you need to read about. If you want to read my blog post about her story please click here. She took her heartbreak over losing her baby and have helped out so many other families. Amanda Plunkett you are such a bright star in this world and I am so happy to know you. She makes care packages for families that have lost their babies. The hospital that she had her son at also now has something called a cuddle cot thanks to her. A cuddle cot is a refrigerated bassinet that allows the parents to keep their baby in their room with them instead of being sent to the morgue. Owens Gift now provides its care packages for numerous hospitals around Michigan. If you want to learn more about Owens Gift please click here.

Amazing Person Number 2: Lee Jong-rak

You might have already heard about this amazing person. There is a documentary that is about him and what he is doing called The Drop Box. Lee Jong-rak is a Pastor in South Korea. He had created something called a baby box after seeing how many orphaned babies are just left on the street to die. A baby box is a metal box to place unwanted babies. Inside of the box has heating lights and a thick towel to cover the bottom to keep the baby comfortable. When a baby is put in the box a bell rings. After the bell rings Pastor Lee, his wife, or another staff member come to move the baby inside. From what I have read about Pastor Lee, he has saved 652 children. He is legal guardian to 19 children, including two of his own. This man has so much love to share and he is another light in this world.

Amazing Person Number 3: Chris Rosati (Also Anna and Cate Cameron)

Chris Rosati suffers from ALS or amytrophic lateral sclerosis but that doesn't stop him from being an all around good person. While eating at a diner in North Carolina, Chris gave two sisters he saw eating $50 a piece and told them to do something kind. The girls names are Cate and Anna and what they did with the money is amazing. The girls sent the money to a village in Sierra Leone to host a feast to celebrate being and remaining Ebola-free. This is just one thing that Rosati has done. In 2014 he caught the attention of Krispy Kreme Donuts by saying he wanted to "steal" a donut truck to hand out free donuts in his hometown. Krispy Kreme sent him a cruiser and he was able to hand out free treats for a day. He also started a nonprofit called Inspire Media which created Big Ideas for the Greater Good or BIGG. What BIGG does is challenges kids to come up with ideas that make a positive impact on the world. Chris does so much good for this world and the fact he is inspiring children to make a positive difference is amazing!

Amazing Person Number 4- Ray Umashankar and his daughter Nita

For this amazing person you get two for the price of one! This daddy-daughter team are changing the lives of women and children that have been affected by the sex trade industry in India. The organization they made is called Achieving Sustainable Social Equality through Technology or ASSET India Foundation. What they do is help educate these women and children by teaching them computer and conversational English skills. They partner with non-profit organizations in India to leverage relationships with the sex-worker community and help these women find jobs. Recently they have made sanitary pads available to girls in India so that they can stay in school! They are doing fantastic things for people that have been through a lot of trauma and have a lot of negativity surrounding them! They are changing these women and children's lives!

Amazing Person Number 5- Alex McKelvey

This amazing person is only 8 years old! In a year Alex performed 600 acts of kindness in honor of her late grandmother after her family performed 60 acts of kindness over the span of a year to celebrate her grandmothers 60th birthday. Some of her acts of kindness have been giving out laundry kits with soap, leaving quarters in candy dispensers, and helping to renovate the Youth Center in Lakewood, Washington by helping paint and collecting donations. These are just a few acts of kindness that she has done. If you want to see all of her acts of kindness her mother documented them on Instagram. Her user name is @actsofflowingkindness and she uses the hashtag #FORLINDA. Alex is just getting started too. She wants to do thousands and even millions acts of kindness. This little girl brings so much hope to future generations and my only hope is that many more kids learn a thing or two from her!


Those are just 5 (okay, a couple more than 5) people that are making a positive difference in this world. There are hundreds, thousands, millions of people doing wonderful things. Some people are doing small things and some are doing large things but each is making a positive impact in this world. There is a quote out there that says "Believe there is good in the world" and some parts of the quote are highlighted to say "Be the good in the world." So, my question to you is what good things are you doing to make this world a better place?


Peace and Love,