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The Daily Positive: Man Stopped From Committing Suicide; Now Helps Others

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A 15 year old was ready to jump off a bridge.

“I had already climbed over the railing and I remember this person coming up behind me – this man and I didn’t see his face and I don’t really remember what we talked about but I remember he was wearing a light brown jacket and he was a little taller than me. He just talked to me. He didn’t try to solve all my problems or give me any magic solutions or anything, we just talked like any two people meeting on an overpass in Cape Breton.”

As it turned out, there was another person there that was encouraging the teen to jump. Anyway, Mark Henick’s life was saved by this stranger. Now:

That stranger made a huge difference to Henick, who has since devoted his life to helping others who may have mental health issues. Henick has the unique qualification of having survived mental illness.

“I extend a hand to someone who may need help now,” said Henick. “I know first hand just how effective that is.”

Lastly, Mark is trying to find this stranger, who saved him in 2002.

Now he wants to find that person so he can thank him. As part of the #BellLetsTalk initiative to get Canadians talking about mental health, Henick has spoken on Canada AM and has tweeted his desire to find this person.

It now looks as though this will actually happen – Henick said he had a credible lead that he hopes will lead him to the person.

“What if I find him, what will I say – I don’t know,” said Henick. “And I still don’t know. But here we are.”

Read the entire story to find out more about Mark’s charity and more stuff.

The Daily Positive: Sick Boy Sends Friend on Vacation

Welcome to The Daily Positive. This post is meant to provide a quick, positive boost to your day. Good News is the center of this post, and it will have other items like quotes, scripture, and other stuff I decide on.

Let’s start with a quote:

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For the good news

Let me set it up. So, Six year old Levi was sick enough that he qualified for a request to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He used it on his best friend, Emma. She was by his side during his illness and he wanted…well, look…

To show his gratitude, Levi wished for Emma to take a special trip to Florida, “to visit the theme parks and see the ocean.” For the little Indiana girl who’d never been on a plane, the surprise vacation was truly the trip of a lifetime.

When Emma and her family went to Florida, they brought along a “Flat Levi” figure, which they included on all of their adventures. At their welcome home party, they gave Levi a scrapbook of photos from “Emma and Levi’s trip.”

Sometimes, when I’m doing research for stories, I run into stuff like this. These stories…ahem…get me a little…uh…emotional. You gotta hit the link and look at some of the photos.

New Feature: The Daily Positive

In keeping with the quick and simple style of posts here at DALANEL, I’m introducing a quick hit to start the day. The Daily Positive is a quick positive boost for you.

The initial run is a Bible Verse, Quote, and Good News article.

Now, you might be thinking “What about Thursday Thoughts (quotes) and Fearless Friday (good news)?” The answer to that is simple. The quotes for Thursday Thoughts are more to get you to think whereas The Daily Positive has quotes that are meant to inspire and motivate. As for the Good News, I’ll be sharing positive news that are not hero themed as Fearless Friday takes care of that.

The Good News is the cornerstone of this feature. It’s possible that I’ll add another element besides quotes and scripture, but, ultimately, this is not supposed to take more than 10 minutes to get through. None of the weekly features are meant to take more than 10 minutes to get through.

Daily Good News and Daily Word are sort of resurrected at the same time with this post. Guess what? I plan to make this a weekend post as well! Saturday and Sunday are just as daily as any other day.

Fearless Friday: Man saves boy from icy pond

We get this story often of how somebody falls under ice and into the body of water. Some freeze. Some are saved.

This is a story of someone saved. But, you already knew that.

Sgt. Shawn Yech saved Andrew Seils. Let’s find out how!

David Place told the Herald-Palladium of St. Joseph that Yech didn’t hesitate. He pulled Andrew from the water using an extension cord he tied around his foot.

“As soon as he set eyes on Andrew, he was running,” he said. “He seemed to know how to read the ice. The way he crawled out there, he snaked around a little bit until he heard the ice popping.”

Andrew survived, although there were some interesting effects.

Andrew’s mother, Melissa Place, said her son lost his voice for a day, but had no permanent damage. Doctors told him to protect his lungs when he was outside by breathing through a scarf.

Still, let’s be grateful for heroes like Shawn Yech.

Fearless Friday: 13 year old saves family from fire

In this new yet old feature on DALANEL, Fearless Friday looks at good news from across the web with one theme: Heroes. This story is a perfect example.

13 year old Ania Polk found that her house was on fire. She got her siblings out of there safely.

The brave girl went back upstairs to get her brothers out of the home. She credits her quick actions to her teacher, Ms. Pamela Scott. She says she learned what to do during health class a few weeks ago. According to the girl’s parents, she created a home escape plan and checking the smoke alarms.

It’s a teacher’s dream when the lessons they give are carried out. That’s awesome for Ania. The entire story can be read here. Take a lesson from this girl and make sure that, in the event of an emergency, you know what the plan is. I learned my tricks from Boy Scouts. But, easily look on the internet for home escape plans. Don’t wish you did.

So…that’s what Fearless Friday is all about. If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I’m always trying to tweak some things. So, don’t think this is the usual.

-Dante Writes

Good News Friday…Fearless Friday?

I’ve been debating this, among other things, for the blog. You can blame this on my obsession with the double initials for my weekly posts as you can see from Monday Motivation, Tuesday Testimony, Wednesday Word, and Thursday Thoughts.

Fearless Friday.

So, what is it? It’s the same as Good News Friday, except I focus on one particular type of “good news”: Heroes. After cracking open the thesaurus, I found a word that I liked. Fearless. That’s a word we tend to associate with heroes.

So, I’ll be mainly looking at the person(s) that have stepped up to save the day. Physical…financial…emotional…and more.

I went this type of story because I guess that’s the one that spoke to me the most.

Is this the end of Good News Friday? I have my doubts actually. I’m gonna give Fearless Friday a run and see what happens. It’ll be the same format at Good News Friday.

-Dante Writes