I must admit this story got me - great cocktail. After reading I had the feeling.... which Ill share after the story! ----- I dare you not to cry. My son Andrew will never get married, have his own children, drive a car, so many things, BUT he is happy & healthy. That is all that matters to me. When a stranger waves back at him it makes my day. When pretty girls smile back at him you can see the joy in not only his face, but his whole body. It does't take much to be a good human Now the Story: At a party organized at a school for children with special needs, the father of a student delivered an emotional speech that will never be forgotten by those who heard it. After congratulating the school and all those who worked there, this father made the following reasoning: "When there are no external agents interfering with nature, the natural order of things reaches perfection." "But my son, Herbert, cannot learn like other children do. He cannot understand things like other children. Where is the natural order of things in my son?" The audience was stunned by the question. The father of the child continued: "I believe that when a child like Herbert, physically and mentally disabled, comes into the world, an opportunity to see human nature arises, and it manifests in the way other people treat that child." He then told a story about one day when he was walking with his son Herbert near a park where some children were playing baseball. Herbert asked his father: -"Dad, do you think they'll let me play?" His father knew that most of the children wouldn't like it if someone like Herbert played on their team, but the father also understood that if they allowed his son to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and the confidence of being accepted by others despite his special abilities. The father approached one of the children playing and asked (without expecting much) if Herbert could play. The child looked around for someone to advise him and said: "We’re losing by six runs, and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can join our team and we’ll try to put him at bat in the ninth inning."

Hey HighLife Tribe! ✨ (Thank you @Jenny Boljang for that name!) It is Monday, new week, new opportunities! What is your intention for this week? What are you focusing on? Let us know in the comments! 😃 PS. Take some time to see what others are writing, like and give them your thoughts. We're building community together and getting closer 🙏

Where do you keep your "High on Life" book? Is it in a book shelf? On your desk? Let's fill this comment thread with pictures of the book 😃

Just read this and melted: A nurse placed the healthy baby next to her dying twin sister… and what happened next truly revolutionized medicine. In 1995, at a Massachusetts hospital, two premature twins, Kyrie and Brielle, were fighting for their lives. Kyrie was gradually getting stronger… but her sister Brielle was growing weaker by the hour. The doctors had already prepared the family for the worst: her heart was beating erratically, her breathing was failing, and no one thought she would make it through the night. Then a nurse, following her instinct rather than the protocol of the time, decided to try something no one else dared: she placed the two babies in the same incubator, skin to skin. What happened next left the entire neonatal unit speechless. The monitors began to change… Brielle’s breathing stabilized… her oxygen saturation rose… and against all odds, her little body came back to life. The nurses saw Kyrie slip his tiny arm around his sister, as if to hold her. A small gesture. A suspended moment. A phenomenon that medical records couldn’t yet explain. This simple contact between two lives linked even before birth not only saved a child… but also changed the way hospitals around the world now care for premature twins. Sometimes, the miracle isn’t supernatural. It lies in an embrace. In the warmth of a loved one.

Super simple task: - Add a comment with your country+city - Go through the comments to see if you live close to anyone else - IF you are close to someone, hit the like and add a comment with saying hello :) This is for us all to start connecting, saying hi and growing closer ✨ Let's go!