Is it better to focus on the positive, or the negative, better to think the best, or the worst about people? I'll be doing a post on this shortly, but if a picture is worth a thousand words, a video should be worth around 500,000. 
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Great video! It really shows the value of seeing the best in people, without "preaching" about it, but just illustrating.
2:20 – Walter J. Thomson!
Truly great! I've done this with folks both well and ill — and they smiled and brought tears of gratitude to a few eyes.
Rev. J. T. Freund