A "Feel Good" Thursday

The past few days, I've been collecting images and videos, stories and articles about all sorts of stuff--from art to politics.  But today, as I was going through my mail, I found a few stories that made me both happy and sad--that lovely "happysad" feeling.  And although I may have cried, there was something inside of me that still felt happy to be a part of what I'd seen--that maybe even being a small part of these moments, life was somehow that much better.

So, today, I want to share with you some happysad that will hopefully leave you with a feel-good Thursday.

The Fault in Our Stars

Until today, I had never heard of this, but TheMarySue, in their usual way, brought to light a new movie trailer.  The movie is called The Fault in Our Stars and is based on a novel by John Green.  The story, from what I've gathered so far, is about two teens dealing with cancer--about the ephemeral and the infinite.  And today it touched my heart, as I hope it will touch yours.


When I was looking for that Peter Gabriel song mentioned in the opening monologue of the trailer, I stumbled across, not a Peter Gabriel song, but a song by a young man named, Troye Sivan.  The song he wrote, and the video he made--the beauty of the people in that video, and the warmth and wonder of the words he sings left me smiling and in tears.  And since he can say it so much better than I can, here's the video he made.



Take a Chance on Me

All I can say is: if you haven't seen this video, you're missing out.  I have to give credit to people who love animals as much as these people at the Wake County SPCA seem to, and even if you don't want a pet, please consider donating to area shelters near you.  The love of a pet is to be treasured, and these adorable people and pets left a warm, fuzzy feeling in my heart--not to mention...ABBA!


Special thanks to this post which was Facebooked and made it to my attention via Ginger Gish.


Good Day Sunshine

In keeping with my The Beatles post yesterday, I thought I'd share one more song that always leaves me smiling and swaying a little.  As a fun aside, this song has been used to wake up astronauts on the space shuttle missions.  And while today it is gray and gloomy outside, I figured a little song-born sunshine is in order.


And with that, I leave you with a message from Garfield, left in a forum topic by Becke Davis at Barnes & Noble.  Thanks, Becke!

 

Addendum:

For anyone reading this from Atlanta, or anyone just curious about all the snow issues going on there, I found a Facebook page that is bringing those people together to help one another out.  Thanks to this Leadercast blog--here is that Facebook page!

SnowedOutAtlanta Facebook Page
Be safe, Atlantans!  (Is that the proper way of addressing people of Atlanta?)