Category: Inspired

Arkansas Couple Confront Food Shortages, Inflation by Growing Own Food, Starting Off-Grid Homestead

Mad Max never seemed so near at hand. With ballooning inflation and looming food shortages, people are facing potentially hazardous futures. “Experts” and world leaders are calling it a “transition.” Into what, they don’t say, but it looks bad. Like many even-keeled Americans, though, Becky and Cam Porter from northwest Arkansas are transitioning on their…


‘It’s My Legal Duty to Safeguard Children Against Harm’: British Headmaster

By introducing children to knives, skinning rabbits, and shooting guns, Mike Fairclough isn’t a typical British headmaster. His approach to teaching has brought him criticism in the past, but it is his insistence on speaking out against lockdowns and COVID-19 vaccines for children that has become his biggest challenge. Fairclough has 20 years’ experience in…


The Moving Story Behind Dog Sitting All Alone, Staring at the Sea: ‘It Broke My Heart’

On a family outing to the beach near her home in Peru, a woman came across a little dog sitting all alone and watching the ocean. As it turned out, there was a sweet, sad story behind his sea-gazing. Jolie Mejía, 23, of Lima, first saw the dog on the nearby sandy shores of Punta…


Boy, 5, Gives His 30 Cents to a Homeless Man, Inspiring a Chain of Kindness

In a tender example of generosity, a 5-year-old in Nashville, Tennessee, gave his 30 cents—which was everything he had—to a homeless man he encountered on the street. Justus Mateo Smith, 5, and his father, Justice, 40, encountered the man at a busy intersection, just off a highway exit, in the middle of rush-hour traffic. The…


Researchers Uncover 12,000-Year-Old Human Footprints in Great Salt Lake Desert Dating From Late Ice Age

Researchers in the salt flats of Utah were driving to a prehistoric open-air hearth site when they spotted what were determined to be unshod human footprints dating back to the late stage of the ice age, some 12,000 years ago. Located in the Air Force’s Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR), the tracks were picked…


Scientist Connects 256 Electrodes to His Head, Discovers Happiness Not Linked to Material Success

Everybody longs for happiness, but it seems like a hidden treasure. One way or another—consciously or unconsciously, directly or indirectly—everything we do, our every hope, is related to a deep desire for happiness. With 256 electrodes on his shaven head, French Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, author of the book “Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s…


‘I Made a Teacher Cry Today’: Mom Shares Daughter’s Kind Act Toward Boy Who Fell in Class

The mother of a kind seventh grader, who helped a fellow student with Tourette’s syndrome when he fell over in class, has shared the sweet story that made her weep with pride. Mom-of-four and third grade teacher Kristin Adair lives in Tampa, Florida. Karington Nobles is her oldest child. Kristin, 39, told The Epoch Times…


Couple Rescues Dog and Puppies Buried in Mudslide

This brave mother dog was stuck in mud and cried for help for three days. …


Aged Horse About to Be Sold to Butchers in Mexico Gets Rescued, Thrives With Loving Care

Nothing heals like love. Bud, a used up and aged horse from a dude ranch in West Texas, was about to be sold to butchers in Mexico for his weight in horse meat. One of over fifty work horses kept at the Texas ranch for trail rides and summer camps, his treatment had left him…


VIDEO: Man Builds Impressive Dugout Wooden Shelter in the Forest—’Life Is Unity With Nature’

A Sweden-born furniture seller, inspired by a hut he stumbled across while walking in nature, has built himself a dugout wooden shelter in the forest. From start to finish he worked alone, and the impressive solo project has become his private haven. Alex Wild, 36, owns his own business selling furniture for homes and offices….