This young, autistic man, because of his condition, was becoming too isolated from other people. But he was quite able to communicate and interact in writing, and so his father put out a request for pen-pals.

3,200 people responded, mainly with letters, but also with parcels.

Again we see that humans are starved for clear opportunities to do good… for clear opportunities to bless someone. Regardless of the world’s propaganda and rage porn, there is a tremendous amount of good will bottled-up inside of humanity.

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As you go through your day, please hold this thought in mind: People do hold goodness inside of them; they’re just so overwhelmed by dark imaginings that they can’t see how to express it. So, please start finding openings and opportunities. This is a hard problem, and so we need to get started on it; some of our efforts may fail, but if we never start we’ll always fail.