A lullaby may be intended to help children doze off to sleep, but Faamai the elephant seems to enjoy them just the same. After giving caretaker Lek a big elephant…
Fire crews from around the world will be joining the fight this week against a massive wildfire burning near Fort McMurray. Senior wildlife manager Chad Morrison said up to 1,000…
He held the door but we couldn’t hold back the tears… Hodor may be gone, but his memory will live on in the form of tiny, well-placed stickers. Since the…
Imagine receiving a postcard, addressed to you, from a complete stranger during a really tough time. Well now you could receive one or even send one! The postcard happiness project…
While some struggle to get employment, one man has identified a market and says he has found the key to making his mark in the world. Pretoria East Rekord recently…
In J.K. Rowling’s 2008 Harvard commencement speech, the author explored how two phenomena, failure and imagination, can be crucial to success. While failure can help you understand where your true passion…
You ever go to a party and just not want to be there? Well that seems to have been the case for Andrew Stadelberger. Stadelberger recently attended a wedding and…
In June of 1988, Hartford, Connecticut, police officer Peter Getz carried a lifeless 5-year-old girl to safety from a burning apartment building. Nearly 20 years later, the retired officer watched…
Two things happened to a South African man which has made him realise that the power of change and unity in our beautiful country lies in all of us. Sowing…
She is a 91-year-old former pre-school teacher living in Sweden. He is a 47-year-old Senior Human Rights Advisor to the UN. You wouldn’t guess they’re really, really close friends, but…
Where mind meets heart
“The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” - Nelson Mandela
