When he was 13 years old, James Harrison needed 13 liters of blood for a crucial surgery. At 18, he began donating blood, in appreciation and to pay something back.

To everyone’s surprise, James’ blood contained a rare antigen that cures Rhesus disease. He has since donated blood a thousand times and has saved more than two million babies from the disease.

Humans, when faced with a clear opportunity to do something good, rise to the occasion, as this gentleman has done for many years.

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Please take a moment to put yourself into this man’s position, and go slowly through the mental and emotional processes he went through. Imagine them carefully and in detail. Once you’re done, and if you need to go back to the mundane, please wade back in slowly.