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Sunday, December 30, 2012

An Awesome American

As we get ready to start a new year, many of us are reflecting on the past year of our personal lives - where we've been, where we've succeeded, where we've failed, where we want to go and grow, and what we want to achieve.  We've also witnessed some really bad things happening in this world that have made some wonder about the future.  

I wanted to start the New Year on a positive note so I'm posting the article below that was shared on my Facebook page by a friend. May it bring a smile to your face and hope to your heart as it did to mine.
  
Remember this next time you walk up to the ticket window of your local movie theater with $10 in your hand.

The Media (accidentally?) missed this one!

Please read this: The troops overseas would like you to send it to everybody you know.

Subject: Denzel Washington and Brooks Army Medical Center.

Denzel Washington


Don't know whether you heard about this but Denzel Washington and his family visited the troops at Brooks Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, (BAMC) the other day. This is where soldiers who have been evacuated from Germany come to be hospitalized in the United States , especially burn victims.

There are some buildings there called Fisher Houses. The Fisher House is a hotel
where soldiers' families can stay, for little or no charge, while their soldier is in the hospital. BAMC has quite a few of these houses on base, but as you can imagine, they are almost filled most of the time.


While Denzel Washington was visiting BAMC, they gave him a tour of one of
the Fisher Houses. He asked how much one of them would cost to build. He took his checkbook out and wrote a check for the full amount right there on the spot.


The soldiers overseas were amazed to hear this story and want to get the word out to the American public, because it warmed their hearts to hear it.

The question is - why do:
Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Tom Cruise and other Hollywood fluff
make front page news with their ridiculous antics, and Denzel Washington's Patriotism doesn't even make page 3 in the Metro section of any newspaper except the local newspaper in San Antonio!?

Courtesy of


My hat is off to Denzel Washington…an awesome American! 

Wishing all of you a Wonderful and Blessed New Year!


 

12 comments:

  1. Great post. Denzel Washington is a great American and likes to be low key. He is also a great supporter of the Girls and Boys Clubs of America. He's a great actor too and has always been one of my favorites, just ask my hubby.

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    1. He's always been one of my favorites also Sunny - great acting and lovely eye candy. LOL I knew he was a supporter of the Girls and Boys Clubs of America and donates a lot to them but I hadn't heard about this until it hit Facebook, which is so sad.

      Have a wonderful New Year.

      Blessings,
      Cat

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  2. Great post Cat, thank you for sharing, I was not aware of this.

    What a wonderful act of humanity. You are right, acts like these should be publicised more instead of the usual fluff that fills our television screens and newspapers.

    Denzel is a favourite of mine too.

    Wishing you a Happy and Blessed New Year

    Hugs
    Roz

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    1. Happy you liked it Roz. I love passing on happy news rather than sad.

      Isn't Denzel adorable - great actor and not too shabby to look at either. ;)

      Wishing you a Happy and Blessed New Year also.

      Hugs and Blessings,
      Cat

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  3. Wishing you a great New Year, Cat.

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    1. Thank you SNP - wishing the same to you!

      Blessings,
      Cat

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  4. That is awesome! We could all learn from his example. Although, we may not be able to do something on that scale....more random acts of kindness in all forms, would make this world a better place!

    Love this :)

    Hugs....

    ~Lucy

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    1. So happy you enjoyed it Lucy. You are so right - we can all give at our level - money, time, kindness, etc. I'm all for making the world a better place!

      Hugs and Blessings,
      Cat

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    1. Thank you BB.

      Wishing you a wonderful New Year also.

      Blessings,
      Cat

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  6. Do you know, this is always something I have pondered. It makes it even better when you know there hasn't been too much hype about it and was done relatively quietly. All you hear about with many of these celebs is partying and marrying and divorcing a couple of years later. It's very heart-warming to hear a good story. Should make us all think. Thank you for sharing it with us Cat.

    Happy New New!

    Hugs, Ami

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    1. I love hearing about the good that people do rather than the bad. Happy you enjoyed it Ami.

      Wishing you Happy New Year!

      Hugs and Blessings,
      Cat

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