I've been personally working in the gallery for over a year now and one unexpected pleasure is chatting with gallery visitors about their lives and learning of all the good things going on that never make the news.
Though these personal anecdotes may not be "newsworthy" by most standards, I've found they provide a welcome antidote to the barrage of negative stories we learn about every day -- the ones that start to make us believe the world is going to hell in a handbasket.
Among some of the stories people have shared: sponsoring a young persons college education, completing work on the 60th house in the area built by Habitat For Humanity and organizing an event to raise money for those who have met some setbacks. Not to mention the steady stream of rescue dogs that find love from a caring household.
In that vein, here is a link to a mashup of security camera videos that have captured little vignettes of people demonstrating their better selves worldwide - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Happy New Year.
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