Three Things To Inspire Your Weekend #50


Quote of the day: 
If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets. -Haruki Murakami


Where does inspiration to spread love and happiness come from? A good answer may be derived from the stories that are shared below.



Photo of Philip Sossou behind some of his charcoal portrait sketches
Photo of Philip Sossou behind some of his charcoal portrait sketches /Image: NEWSCODEX

The first is of 18-year old Philip Soussou. As all 411 seniors at Boston Latin School in the US arrived for their final day of classes they stumbled on portraits of themselves along the corridors.
Philip sketched self portraits of his entire class as a parting gift, using charcoal and worked on the project sometimes late into the evening. He worked on it everyday for four months and although he didn't know each student personally, he got names from the school registry and used Facebook and sometimes his phone camera to take photos without giving anything away.


Owen who has brain damage and his support dog, Blue /Image: Facebook/Lowes

American home improvement and retail store Lowe's presented two of its newest hires on social media, Owen and his service dog named blue, both employed to greet customers at their new store in North Regina, Saskatchewan. A message on the store's twitter page goes, “Our recent hire couldn’t find a job due to brain injury & a support dog. So meet Blue, our customer service canine!”.



As seen on Arch Daily, 'Valeria House', by architects Luciano Kruk, María Victoria Besonías. Located in Valeria del Mar, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its great design is simplistic, 'It is ground in a new development, with lush vegetation and crossed by tall dunes'.



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36 Comments

  1. What a wonderful gift Philip gave to his friends. Have a great weekend, Valerie

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  2. Hi Blogoratti - loved Philip's charcoal drawings - amazing: brilliant and I bet the school and all the kids are staggered ... he's got a bright future - very bright one.

    Good for the store helping out Owen, with Blue, - what a wonderful thought too ..

    Cheers Hilary

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  3. What a great guy Philip is. And it's also wonderful to read about Owen and Blue.
    Thanks for sharing. Happy weekend!

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  4. Beautiful stories! Philip will be in the student's happy memories always! Loved the story of Own & Blue! More customers will definitely visit just to see them!

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  5. Thanks for the inspiration. Have a great weekend!

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  6. What a nice way to start a weekend.

    Phillip Sossou has some serious talent. How neat that he so generous with his sharing of it.

    I love that Lowes acknowledged their new employees. Corporations sometimes come across as cold and uncaring.

    Have a great weekend, Blogoratti.

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  7. Hello, wonderful inspiring stories. Congrats to Philip and to Owen and his dog Blue. I love the pretty house, those windows are just beautiful. Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

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  8. I love that the service dog has his own Lowe's vest!

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  9. The first story about Philip is just incredible- touched my heart! Have a beautiful weekend! Your post has made mine more beautiful!

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  10. Great choices to share with us here, thank you.

    Have a good weekend

    All the best Jan

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  11. All things to make me smile!

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  12. It's great to hear the positives with so much negatives going on right now.

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  13. Lovely post dear! Have a great weekend!

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  14. (at least in these parts) Stacey will be Long remembered.... (we are the "Town Boogieman" after-all.... they even voted us as the "Greatest Villain" of this town (over Murders and worse !!).... Folks tent to"remember" me... guess that is a "good" thing (if only remembered for the "Rumors") ... "the Evil that a man does lives long after him... whilst the good is oft buried with his bones"...

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  15. Thank you for these stories today. The news feed is full of hatred and meanness. I need a break from it or it just gets so darn depressing. I LOVE the artist. Wow. Just WOW.

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  16. What a great quote that is !! You are the father of quotes :)) love your quotes . Copying this quote for my what's app status . Lol :)

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  17. Always great to see these rather refreshing side of latest news
    Well done!

    www.jbshares.com

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  18. neat - you always find the greatest tidbits. thanks for sharing. i am going to check out your song ... i am not familiar with that music or is a group? i will find out. take care. ( :

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  19. Such wonderful stories! :)

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  20. Interesting story of Owen and his support dog, I liked it!


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  21. Great stories! I like the one about Owen and his dog. Every once in a while, the good guy wins.

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  22. Thanks for sharing these stories! The one about Lowe's really melted my heart, i so wish that more stores would be open to these ideas. Also, I live in Argentina so next time I'm in Buenos Aires I wanna check it that gorgeous house ;).
    have a lovey rest of the week!

    www.stylebydeb.com

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  23. Love those first two eports. The one about Philip Soussou I thought particularly inspiring - what a lovely thing to do.

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  24. Beautiful post! Philip Soussou is very talented!

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  25. Ah! Love the portrait story. What a memorable event for all concerned. I would treasure that portrait if I were in that graduating class. Philip Soussou may go very far in life!

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  26. Wow, that Philip is a real talent!

    -Kati
    http://almoststylish.blogspot.de/

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  27. Inspiring stories. It is nice to remember that there are still giving people in this world.
    Amalia
    xo

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  28. Stories like this makes me believe in the goodness of mankind once more.

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  29. At the end of the day we can only say we did our best.

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  30. Phillip is so thoughtful. I love it

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  31. Very inspiring stories to start my weekend :) thank you!

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  32. The talent of the first young man astounds me. I saw his story somewhere else and then on the news...I was amazed.

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  33. While we were living in Buenos Aires, I always wanted to visit that house but it was too far and difficult to get to. I would love to live in a house like that .

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