Say Hello to The Conditioned

His name is Ramundo Arruda Sobrinho and for 35 years, this 77-year-old homeless man spent his days doing his passion: writing poetry and short stories. But his work remained completely invisible to the world until one day in 2011, he befriended a woman named Shalla. 

The video below is a critically acclaimed documentary called “The Conditioned” and it tells the incredibly story of Ramundo’s life and how it changed after giving Shalla one of his poems. Shalla was so touched by Ramundo’s poetry that she started a Facebook page to share his work with the world. What happened next is nothing short of a miracle.

Monday Blues: Quick appreciation

Did you notice the cute smiley the teacher had managed to draw on the book apart from the star and the very good sign. We need more teachers like her. I am impressed. How long do you think it would have taken the teacher to do that? Not more than a minute. How long do you think the child would have smiled and showed off her appreciation? The whole evening! 

Quite often we choose to ignore the good things that happen around us and take them for granted. Instead if we could stand up and appreciate, give positive reinforcement and applaud the simple things that go in the right way, it changes the way people would look at work. What can be more satisfying than a heartfelt thank you after a hard day's work! 

This Monday, we will choose to give positive feedback and appreciate people. Take a little bit more time and send out an appreciation for good work. Draw that extra star and guess what you just made someone's day!

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