by Smiley Society
Baby Blanket Crocheted by Queen Mary and Surviving WWII Set to Raise Money for Ukraine Childrenโs Fund
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Anonymous Donor Pays Off Student Debt for Entire 2022 College Class in Texas
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Tiny Bomb-Sniffing Jack Russell is a National Hero, Sporting a Presidential Medal
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Researchers Overcome โMajor Hurdleโ in Reversing Deafness, Discovering Gene Responsible for Crucial Cells
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Handheld Device Painlessly Identifies Skin Cancer Without Biopsy Scars
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MacKenzie Scott Gives $436 Million to Habitat for Humanity
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World Central Kitchen: Josรฉ Andrรฉs’ organization has served 3.5 million meals to Ukrainians & distributed 2,000 tons of food
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Drought-prone African nations got some good news:
There is enough groundwater under the African continent for most countries there to survive at least five years of drought
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Amazon Joins the U.S. Department of Energy and MIT to Tackle Plastic Waste With New Science
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Denverโs Program to Dispatch Mental Health Teams Instead of Police is So Successful it is Expanding 5-Fold
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Airbnb and its Community Raise More Than $40 Million and Offers 150,000 Temp-Homes for Ukraine
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Teens launch website that matches Ukrainian refugees to hosts around the world
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Chicago businessman donates $200,000 in free gas to help fellow residents with surging gas prices
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NBA Basketball Star, Bismack Biyombo, Donates Full Salary This Season to Build Hospital in DR Congo to Honor Father
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Google To Support Black-Led UK Tech Start-Ups With ยฃ3M โBlack Founders Fundโ
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Mila Kunis and husband Ashton Kutcher have raised more than $20 million for Ukraine in 1 week
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People Are Booking So Many Airbnbs in UkraineโThey Raise $2M for Hosts in Need, and Never Even Check-in
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Boy who kept getting in trouble for doodling in class signs a deal with Nike
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Polish Parents Leave Baby Strollers For Arriving Ukrainian Refugees
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Canadian Millionaire Donates His Life Savings to Plant 100,000 Daffodils โ And Theyโve Just Begun to Bloom
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In times like these some of everyday problems seem so unimportant.
I may be worried that my dish didn’t turn out as I’d wish while there are hundreds of thousands of people ‘next door’ who don’t have anything to eat ๐.
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I may be worried that there’s a stain on my favourite jumper and that it’s ruined while there are people freezing to death not that far away from me ๐.
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I may be worried that I didn’t do as much as I wished at work this week while there are people without jobs and/or money who’d love to just get back to work, instead they’re fighting for their lives ๐ช.
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I guess it’s always been like that, there’s always been a war somewhere in the world while I was watching Netflix, there’s always been people struggling to get any food while I overcooked a dinner, there’s always been people freezing somewhere in the world while I’ve been walking in my penguin onesie in my warm home.
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Sadly there’s always been people with better, beautiful lifes while other fight to survive ๐
The key is to:
a) appreciate what we got, cherish every moment of our peaceful life with simple problems
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b) help those in need as much as we can.
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I LOVE my life. I love that I’m able to eat/cook anything I want ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐. I love my apartment, the fact that I live in the city center and have everything close ๐ก . I am grateful for my family and friends โค. I love that I am able to travel โ๏ธ, to learn new things.
I just love it all.
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And you?
What do you like/love about your life?
What are you grateful for?
Being good is better than being rich.
Being worried is better than being indifferent.
Being humble is better than being cool.
Watching/reading news all the time is better than not knowing anything and talking nonsense.
Helping a little bit is better than not helping at all.
Being together, united is better than anything.
#strongertogether ๐๐๐บ๐ฆ
#standwithukraine
Who doesn’t love getting a kiss on a cheek? ๐ฅฐ
We should all care for and love each other โค
In times like those there’s always one big advantage. People uniting โค. Same vibe was when pandemic started.
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When I went shopping on Wednesday to create a package for people in need in Ukraine I felt this amazing vibe on streets. 70% of the people I was walking by were talking about Ukraine and planning how to help ๐. When I was in a pharmacy buying diapers, cosmetics and other things for people in need I saw couple more people in the store with baskets full of diapers, 20-30 energy bars, canned food, medicine and I could tell that they’re also shopping for those in need โค.
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Later when I went to a store with electronics where I wanted to buy a powerbank for refugees I saw that there’s hardly any powerbank left on a shelf and a salesman confirmed that plenty people came to buy one for people in Ukraine.
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People are united as never. I’ve never experienced such love and will to help. Even our government started acting…normal ๐
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I feel so sorry for Ukrainians, can’t imagine what they’re going through ๐
So I’m trying to help as much as possible. And so are millions, dozens of millions other people โค.
I believe that it will soon be over, that Ukraine will survive and be even stronger ๐ช and that we’ll have amazing friendship between Poland and Ukraine lasting forever โค.
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ะกะปะฐะฒะฐ ะฃะบัะฐัะฝั!!! ๐๐๐บ๐ฆ
โMore people than everโ are offering their homes to Ukrainian refugees
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People around the world are booking Airbnbs in Ukraine as means of getting money directly to the people
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Ukraine Receives Truckload of Starlink Terminals From Elon Musk For Uninterrupted Internet
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Taiwan president to donate a month’s salary for Ukraine relief efforts
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Refugee Camp Throws Birthday Celebration for 7-Year-Old Ukrainian Girl
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Last 2 years have been hard to us all. First pandemic, now war (next door for us here in Poland ๐ฌ).
We’re all tired, stressed, tired of being stressed…we need to take care of ourselves ๐ we need to take care of our minds โค
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How to stay calm now?
๐ธ๏ธ First of all, if watching news boosts your anxiety stop watching it! Either go online only for 10-15min to catch up on most important things to know what’s happening or, even better, ask your family/friends to inform you if there’d be something you really need to know about. Don’t spend hours watching photos/videos from the war.
๐ธ๏ธ Instead of constant reading about next victims ๐ read how you can help. There’s plenty foundations where you can donate. If you live in Poland, Moldova or Romania you can donate food, clothes, cosmetics, blankets for the refugees.
๐ธ๏ธ If that’s all too much for you you can cut off from all of that completely and keep on living your normal life, that’s totally fine and understandable. Focus on yourself and practice self-care.
๐ธ๏ธ If you find yourself panicking, take slow deep breaths, try meditating, go for a walk or soak in a warm bath. Do whatever makes you calm.
๐ธ๏ธWrite down all your questions, all your anxieties, let it all out.
๐ธ๏ธ Talk to your close ones about your concerns, hear them out (but please talk to people who know what they’re talking about, don’t spread fake news etc). Remember that you can always message me โค
How to be HAPPY 