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Daily Good News 47: Man Plows Snow for Community, Cancer Treatment Breakthrough, and Man Returns Valuable Ring

Ah yes, it’s another day of good news.

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A man is being called the Good Samaritan on Main Street. Here’s why:

As other residents cozied under blankets inside last week, Bob Meldrum bundled up to brave the elements. Rather than doing just the minimum in snow and bitter cold, the retired superintendent of schools and Rotarian goes the extra mile—literally. With every snowstorm during the past 25 years, he has taken it upon himself to plow the stretch of sidewalk on Main Street from the Vermont border to Slocum Avenue.

Here’s some of why he wants to do this:

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Wednesday Word: Feed My Lambs

It’s another Wednesday Word. This feature has been the most liked on the blog. I don’t know if it’s the video or my commentary or both. Whatever it is, I’m glad it’s touching you. Let’s get to the video:

Wow. You know, I needed that video. I’ve told you my stories of how I tend to run away from God’s calling on my life to serve in various areas of my church. Aaron here talks about Peter denied being with Jesus. In so many ways, we as Christians tend to hide the fact that we are His followers.

Why?

Fear of being ridiculed. Fear of being rejected.

We need to stop.

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Daily Good News 46: Sergeant Overcomes Cancer, Building Homes for Single Mothers

I took some sort of break yesterday but I’m back and I have good news for you.

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Anybody know how to pronounce that name? Hello? I have an idea but I’m black and I feel like that somehow plays a part in it.

Our first story is tale of two wars:

Reality hit and she immediately started crying when she realized she was just diagnosed with cancer. She learned that she had two tumors, one located on the front and one located on the back of her liver. The tumor in the front was attached to an artery which interfered with the blood flow to her heart.

Two weeks after the diagnosis, Echols was admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the District of Columbia area to be close to her family. She would have to prepare for a life threatening surgery which the chances of survival were very slim.

Yeah, she’s a sergeant who was stationed in Germany. There’s more:

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New Feature: Monday Motivation

I can’t believe I haven’t done this before but, I’m going to attempt to run a new series. Monday Motivation.

As usual, I keep it simple.

It’s what it sounds like. Each Monday morning, I send you a word of encouragement. I’ll offer some kind words. Or maybe I’ll link you to someone who has them. Either way, the goal for the post is to offer motivation to get you through the day, the next day, the next day, and so on. I hope to make this a daily feature but, I want to start off slow. So, the first Monday Motivation will be on the 13th.

So:

  • Daily Good News: Monday-Saturday
  • Dante’s Opinion: Tuesday
  • Wednesday Word: Wednesday (duh)
  • Monday Motivation: Monday (duh)

This is just another way to bring a positive spin on the world. These words will not only speak to you, but they’ll probably speak to me too, and I’ll be speaking most of them. These posts will be from the heart for the most part. And we’ll see if any of the team here wants a crack at it.

I said I would “attempt” to do this because I am not entirely sure I can keep it up. Before I start any series on the blog, I make sure I can find enough material to be able to last for a while. Something to start with. In this case, most of the material is coming directly from me. I must have a sound mind if I’m able to keep it up. I want to do this though. This idea is something I am already behind. It’s part of what I’m trying to do with my other features. So I have to at least give it a run.

Are you ready? What more motivation do you need to look forward to this new feature? Ha!

-DALANEL

Dallas’ Opinion: Friendship problems!! Help!!?

In this special version of Dante’s Opinion, Dallas T. takes over. She answered a question from Laura:

“My friend tweeted about a problem. I texted her to see what it was and she was just saying “nothing.” When I asked if it was me she said, “it’s nothing. Just Stop!” I then said “you know I’m here if you need to talk?” There was no response, so I tried to face time her and she ignored the call. I text her hi later and she text back hi, but she’s not really into our conversation. We are best friends! What should I do?

When caught in a situation that involves someone expressing their feelings, you have to approach them cautiously. On one hand you want to find out what the problem is, but on the other, you don’t want to press them so much to where they completely close you out. How far you can go with asking a person “What’s wrong?” kind of depends on your relationship with that person. You would think asking what’s wrong to someone is harmless right? The truth is that it’s easier to squeeze information out of a sibling, but when it comes to friends or best friends it is harder.

All throughout the environment we see best friends as being inseparable, having no secrets, and always sharing information. Honestly, your friends are not going to always want to share their feelings and because you care so much about them you want to do everything you can to help. While you see it as, “just trying to help,” your friend may be in a fragile state and just needs time to gather his/her emotions. Of course when asking someone why they may be upset, they will probably say, “nothing.” From this point you have to decide if it is the best time to keep trying to help or if you should give it some time and continue to remind them that you are their best friend and truly value their happiness.

You don’t want to press your friend too far to where they feel as though you are just overbearing and then you may lose a great friendship. I say that if your friend doesn’t want to share right away, give them some time to kind of collect and make sense of everything he/she has taken in and allow them to get into an comfortable state and they may come to you and ask for advice in time. If not you may want to bring it up after a day or 2 and maybe say, “Hey! I noticed the other day you were feeling kind of down and I was wondering if it was something I could help with or if it it was something I did. You know you can talk to me about anything and i’ll be here for you.” If you do this and they still don’t feel comfortable with sharing, you should just respect that and let them come to you on their own time when they are ready.

Follow Team DALANEL on Social Media!

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Fresh introducing the team of bloggers here at DALANEL, of course I have to mention the many ways you can follow us. Their following is counted towards DALANEL’s following.

I am on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, and Tumblr

Dallas is on Twitter.

Nia is on Google Plus.

So, at this point, you know what to do. Follow the links that interest you and follow. Obviously, being on G+ and/or Twitter gives you twice the action. I wonder if either of the young ladies would be willing to go on multiple social media platforms. Shoot, the image I used kinda gives you a clue of where you should follow the blog.

So, thanks for the follows. DALANEL is only getting better and you don’t want to miss it. You can subscribe to the blog and have the latest posts sent right to your inbox, too!

-DALANEL