The Homeless

In this article from the Austrian times, we find a heartwarming, if not bizarre tale of the Golden Rule of doing unto others as you would have them do to you in effect.

A previously homeless man ended up in an amazing situation after just being a good samaritan. Upon finding 7000 euros lying around(why that was lying around is beyond me), he turned it into the police who then found the rightful owner, rather than keeping it for himself. Upon hearing about this, the people of the town, and especially the owner, sent tons of donations and job offers. So much generosity came in from all the people that he now has a job, income, and his own apartment for the first time in his life.

This story speaks amazingly to the good that is really in humanity. Most people like to report on all the bad and evil news around the world, but there are so many great stories that just get hidden! The crazy thing is, this guy is an ex-con! He used to be hardcore into drugs. But through perseverance, a good heart, and a lot of love from the people around him, he's now thriving in a working lifestyle! I wish more stories like this could emerge. It makes me really love the people of Austria, and wonder if this is something we could begin to see elsewhere in the world?

Obviously it's a little bit of a bizarre story, and it's likely that the same circumstances would not occur a second time. However, people should take heart from this tale of love and learn to be less selfish. This man who had absolutely nothing still returned what seemed like his ticket to everything. And through that he began to gain.

It makes me sad to think that this is something that probably wouldn't happen in America. In general, we live in a nation of greed. I don't want to out and say it isn't possible, but it does seem like a rather European thing. I would love to move to Austria and live in a community of people as loving and generous as that town seemed to be!

Karneval!

I think this photo has a lot of cultural impact on America. Duh. Karneval seems like a fun time to go and pretty much make fun of everybody and all the craziness going on in the world, regardless of offense. Which is awesome. But this could possibly offend Americans because of the silliness of it. I was not expecting this much of craziness in the Karneval! But it's hilarious. I so want to go visit one next Karneval :)

This obviously has made some impact on Germany. The whole incident with Google Street View has caused quite an uproar, and of course they've decided to make fun of it! It's important for them apparently to make a stand out against all these things, so I think it's pretty great and clever. It's a hilarious float too. I love how they just throw it all out in the open and literally just show how funny the situation is. It's cool that they are standing against this idea though. They view it as an invasion of privacy, and that's cool that they're taking a stand!

This photo to me is just hilarious. I think it embodies Karneval, because it's simply crazy! They're hilariously dressed exactly the same, just there to have a fun goofy time of it all! Nothing like any of this would ever happen in the States, and it's kind of sad. They're just willing to let it all hang out and it's great.

Next year I think it would be hilarious to see some more political fiascos turned into hilarious floats. I don't know what blunders will happen next year, but I'm sure they will be represented!